The International Society for Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization is a
learned society
A learned society ( ; also scholarly, intellectual, or academic society) is an organization that exists to promote an academic discipline, profession, or a group of related disciplines such as the arts and sciences. Membership may be open to al ...
in the field of
multidisciplinary design optimization
Multi-disciplinary design optimization (MDO) is a field of engineering that uses optimization methods to solve design problems incorporating a number of disciplines. It is also known as multidisciplinary system design optimization (MSDO), and mul ...
that was founded in October 1991. It has more than 1000 members in 45 countries.
The current president is
Wei Chen (
Northwestern University
Northwestern University (NU) is a Private university, private research university in Evanston, Illinois, United States. Established in 1851 to serve the historic Northwest Territory, it is the oldest University charter, chartered university in ...
). The society is an affiliated organization of the
International Union of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (IUTAM).
Objectives
The objectives are:
* to stimulate and promote research into all aspects of the optimal design of structures and related topics, including engineering systems consisting partially of structures and/or fluids;
* to encourage practical applications of optimization methods and the corresponding software development in all branches of technology;
* to foster the interchange of ideas amongst various fields contributing to structural and multidisciplinary optimization;
* to support the role of optimization in multidisciplinary design;
* to provide a framework for the organization of meetings and other means for the dissemination of knowledge on structural optimization; and
* to promote teaching of structural optimization in tertiary institutions.
The society works towards these objectives by organizing a biennial "World Congress of Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization" and publishing an official journal, ''
Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization'', in collaboration with
Springer Science+Business Media
Springer Science+Business Media, commonly known as Springer, is a German multinational publishing company of books, e-books and peer-reviewed journals in science, humanities, technical and medical (STM) publishing.
Originally founded in 1842 in ...
.
Past Presidents
* 1991-1995: George Rozvany (Founder President)
* 1995-1999: Raphael Haftka
* 1999-2003: Niels Olhoff
* 2003-2007: Martin P. Bendsøe
* 2007-2011: KK Choi
* 2011-2015: Ole Sigmund
References
External links
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Organizations established in 1991
International learned societies
Mathematical optimization
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