Fonte Profa. Maria Laura Martins Costa (UFF)

O IV BCR (http://www.reologiabrazil.lncc.br/conference) organizado pelo Comitê de Reologia da ABCM, se realizará entre 02 e 04 de julho de 2008, no Hotel Marina Palace, Rio de Janeiro. Estão previstas palestras de convidados, além de apresentações orais de trabalhos selecionados.

DATAS IMPORTANTES:

Submissão de Resumos Estendidos: 25 de abril de 2008 Notificação de Aceite: 16 de maio de 2008

Áreas de Interesse:
Mecânica dos Fluidos não-Newtonianos
Reologia de Sistemas Poliméricos
Reologia na Indústria de Petróleo
Reologia na Indústria de Alimentos e Cosméticos
Inovações em Equações Constitutivas
Materiais Viscoelásticos
Materiais Viscoplásticos
Progressos em Reometria
Colóides, Suspensões e Emulsões
Biomateriais e Fluidos Biológicos
Escoamento em Meios Porosos
Reologia Computacional

Palestrantes Estrangeiros Convidados:
K. Rajagopal (Texas A&M University, USA),
D. Bonn (Université Paris VI, France),
M. Denn (City University of New York, USA),
G. Mompean (Université de Lille, France)

Comissão Organizadora:
Maria Laura Martins-Costa – UFF (laura@mec.uff.br)
José Karam F. – LNCC/MCT (jkfi@lncc.br)
Roney Leon Thompson – UFF (roney@vm.uff.br)
Sérgio Frey – UFRGS (frey@mecanica.ufrgs.br)

Fonte: Prof. Marcelo José Colaço (IME)

REMINDER ANNOUNCEMENT/INVITATION

We are writing to invite you to participate in the next ASME Computers and Information in Engineering conference, to be held August 3-6 2008 at the Brooklyn Bridge Marriott in New York City.

This call is specific to the particular topical area of “Inverse Problems in Science and Engineering” and is described in detail at http://divisions.asme.org/cie/events/cie2008/inv.doc

The submission deadline for the 2008 IDETC/CIE Conference is approaching quickly. An abstract and draft paper MUST BE submitted by Monday, January 21, 2008. This is a FIRM deadline and will be strictly enforced.

OTHER USEFUL LINKS:

General Call for Papers: http://asmeconferences.org/idetc08/ and select “28th Computers and Information in Engineering Conference (CIE) ”

Draft Paper Preparation Information: http://asmeconferences.org/IDETC08/DraftPaperPrep.cfm

Author Resources: http://asmeconferences.org/IDETC08/AuthorResources.cfm

General conference web site: http://asmeconferences.org/idetc08/

Organizers:

George S. Dulikravich, Ph.D., FASME, FAAM
Professor and Chairman
Department of Mechanical and Materials Eng.
Florida International University
10555 West Flagler St., EC 3474
Miami, FL 33174
+1 (305) 348-7016 phone
+1 (305) 348-6007 FAX
e-mail: dulikrav@fiu.edu
URL: http://maidroc.fiu.edu

John G. Michopoulos, Ph.D.
Senior Scientist/Engineer
Naval Research Laboratory
Center of Computational Material Science
Special Projects Group, Code 6390.2
Computational Multiphysics Systems Lab.
Washington, DC 20375
tel.+1 202.767.2189
e-mail: john.michopoulos@nrl.navy.mil
URL: http://cms.nrl.navy.mil

Ashok V. Kumar, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Eng.
University of Florida
Gainesville, FL 32611
e-mail: akumar@ufl.edu

Fonte: Prof. João Manuel R. S. Tavares (Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto)

“Caros Colegas,

No âmbito do Simpósio “Processamento de Imagem e Visualização”, inserido no CLME’2008 – 5º Congresso Luso-Moçambicano de Engenharia, a decorrer em Maputo, Moçambique, de 2 a 4 Setembro 2008, convidam-se os colegas a submeter os seus trabalhos nas áreas do Processamento e Análise de Imagem e da Visualização Cientifica.

Como exemplos de tópicos a considerar no Simpósio “Processamento de Imagem e Visualização” podem ser considerados os seguintes: Processamento de Imagem, Análise de Imagem, Segmentação de Imagem, Reconstrução de Imagem, Análise de Movimento, Registo de Imagem, Reconhecimento de Objectos, Desenvolvimento de Algoritmos de Processamento e Análise de Imagem, Imagem Médica, Visão Computacional, Aplicações de Processamento e Análise de Imagem, Processamento de Dados, Visualização de Dados, Interfaces Homem/Máquina, Usabilidade, Visualização Cientifica, Interfaces e Sistemas de Visualização.

Resumos alargados dos artigos, até duas páginas A4, devem ser submetidos em ficheiro electrónico no formato indicado no site do Congresso e segundo o exemplo disponível para “download” em http://paginas.fe.up.pt/clme/2008/Modelo_Resumos.doc, indicando Simpósio “Processamento de Imagem e Visualização”.

A data limite para a recepção dos Resumos é 18 de Janeiro 2008. Os resumos aceites serão publicados num “Livro de Resumos” para distribuição a todos os participantes durante Congresso, e os Artigos completos serão compilados em CD-ROM.

Com os nossos melhores cumprimentos,

João Manuel R. S. Tavares
Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto
tavares@fe.up.pt, www.fe.up.pt/~tavares

R. M. Natal Jorge
Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto
rnatal@fe.up.pt

(organizadores do Simpósio “Processamento de Imagem e Visualização”)

Fonte: Prof. Jose Herskovits Norman (COPPE/UFRJ)

EngOpt 2008 – International Conference on Engineering Optimization.

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, June 1-5, 2008.

http://www.engopt.org

Dear Colleague,

Following the many requests coming from colleagues willing to participate in the EngOpt 2008 Conference, the Organizing Committee has decided to postpone the DEADLINE FOR SHORT ABSTRACTS SUBMISSION to:

JANUARY 15th 2008

The short abstracts will be included in the proceedings book of the conference (Up to 300 words, written in plain text, without mathematical formulas)

All abstracts must be submitted through the Conference website: www.engopt.org

If you have not yet done it, you are kindly requested to submit as soon as possible your abstract.

Up to now, about 450 abstracts have been submitted to EngOpt 2008. These are in the review process and the result for each paper will be communicated to the authors as soon as a decision is taken, no later than the 15th January 2008.

I am looking forward to seeing you in Rio de Janeiro for EngOpt 2008.

With my best wishes,

Prof. Jose Herskovits Norman
OptimizE – Engineering Optimization Lab
Mechanical Engineering Program
COPPE
Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
www.optimize.ufrj.br

Chairman of EngOpt 2008 – www.engopt.org
International Conference of Engineering Optimization
Rio de Janeiro, 2-5 June 2008

Fonte: Prof. Marcílio Alves (USP)

Dear colleagues,

Last issue of 2007 of the Latin American Journal of Solids and Structures is now out.

Please access www.lajss.org for free download of the articles below.

Note that LAJSS is from this issue onwards indexed in the Web-of-Science.

We welcome your support to LAJSS by accessing its site, downloading articles, referencing them and, of course, by submitting papers. As an average, a successfully submitted article is published within six months of its first system input.

We take the opportunity to wish you all a fruitful 2008.

Marcilio Alves and Paulo de Mattos Pimenta Editors LAJSS

Volume 4, Number 4, December 2007

S. M. Ibrahim, N. A. Siddiqui and S. Q. A. Naqvi
A simple procedure for reliability assessment of thin composite plates against buckling
267

Aura Conci
A model for the displacement behavior of after buckled membranes and textiles based on tension field theory and experiments
299

João B. de Aguiar
Bending of floating wedges with initial curvature under deformation dependent loading
315

Marcelo Lucas Pereira Machado, José Denti Filho and José Fagundes Junior
A thermomicrostructural model for simulation disturbances in a hot strip mill and its effect in steel properties, roll force and exit strip thickness

Fonte: Prof. Marcelo José Colaço (IME)

World Congress on Computational Mechanics and IACM-ECCOMAS08
Venice, Italy, June 30 – July 5, 2008
http://www.iacm-eccomascongress2008.org/frontal/Invited2.asp

CALL FOR ONE-PAGE ABSTRACTS

for the following four mini-symposia:

COMPUTATIONAL ELECTRO-MAGNETO-HYDRO-DYNAMICS (EMHD)
http://www.iacm-eccomascongress2008.org/admin/files/fileabstract/a42.pdf

METAMODELS FOR HIGH DIMENSIONALITY RESPONSE SURFACES IN MULTIOBJECTIVE OPTIMIZATION
http://www.iacm-eccomascongress2008.org/admin/files/fileabstract/a45.pdf

NEW TRENDS FOR EVOLUTIONARY OPTIMIZATION METHODS APPLIED TO MULTIDISCIPLINARY PROBLEMS
http://www.iacm-eccomascongress2008.org/admin/files/fileabstract/a76.pdf

INVERSE PROBLEMS FOR PARAMETER IDENTIFICATION
http://www.iacm-eccomascongress2008.org/admin/files/fileabstract/a167.pdf

One-page abstracts must be submitted via the website at:
http://www.iacm-eccomascongress2008.org/frontal/Submision.asp

December 15, 2007: Deadline for submitting a one page abstract.
January 31, 2008: Acceptance and instructions for writing the final one page abstract.
February 28, 2008: Deadline for submitting the final abstract and early payment

CALL FOR ONE-PAGE ABSTRACTA

for minisymposium no. 42 entitled
Computational Electro-Magneto-Hydro-Dynamics (EMHD)
http://www.iacm-eccomascongress2008.org/admin/files/fileabstract/a42.pdf World Congress on Computational Mechanics and IACM-ECCOMAS08 Venice, Italy, June 30 – July 5, 2008

Electro-Magneto-Hydro-Dynamics (EMHD) addresses all phenomena related to the interaction of electric and magnetic fields with electrically conducting or magnetic fluids. Electric and magnetic flow control, for example, is a challenging area of mathematical and engineering research with many applications such as the reduction of drag, flow stabilization in order to avoid transition to turbulence, tailored stirring of liquids, pumping using travelling EM waves, and many others. The application of electric and magnetic fields in branches such as crystal growth, solidification, metal casting, welding, fabrication of nanofibers, fabrication of specialty composites and functionally graded materials, or ferrofluids is recently of growing interest. Fully coupled EMHD systems, that is, situations where the flow-field is influenced by the electric and magnetic fields and where these fields are in turn influenced by the flow-field, are challenging research subjects with applications in geo- and astrophysics (dynamo, magneto-rotational-instability, etc.). Numerical simulations of complex processes (growth of single crystals, metal casting processes, aluminium electrolysis, etc.) require sophisticated tools for coupled fluid flow – heat/mass transfer – electromagnetic field systems. In summary, computational EMHD is a vital subject of recent research with a long list of interdisciplinary applications and scientific problems.

Under the title of “Computational Electro-Magneto-Fluid-Dynamics (EMFD)” the topic successfully participated as minisymposia at WCCM VI and WCCM VII. Recently, EMHD received a major funding, e.g., in Germany and China. On European scale the recent COST-Action P17 might be mentioned as a clear indicator that EMHD activities are going to be intensified in several European countries. A dedicated minisymposium on “Computational EMHD” will ideally fit into the development of the field both on European as well as international level.

CALL FOR ONE-PAGE ABSTRACTS

for minisymposium no. 45 entitled
Metamodels for High Dimensionality Response Surfaces in Multiobjective Optimization
http://www.iacm-eccomascongress2008.org/admin/files/fileabstract/a45.pdf World Congress on Computational Mechanics and IACM-ECCOMAS08
Venice, Italy, June 30 – July 5, 2008

When performing large scale optimizations involving many simultaneous and often conflicting objectives, hundreds and even thousands of design variables, and dozens of equality and inequality constraints, and where each objective function evaluation is very costly, the only practical method of reducing the overall computing effort is to use metamodels or lower fidelity models. The most popular such method is to perform analytical fits of the available high fidelity data thus creating multidimensional response surfaces. Current methods for the creation of the response surfaces are based on algorithms such as linear regression, radial basis functions, wavelet based neural networks, self-organizing maps, graph theory, Kriging, etc. All of these methods suffer from rapidly decreasing accuracy and rapidly increasing computing time as the number of design variables increases. Furthermore, most of the currently used methods are not capable of dealing with irregularities and noise of the realistic design space topologies which are unknown a priori.

Since optimization is becoming widely accepted in industry when performing multidisciplinary design involving simultaneously disciplines such as fluid mechanics, elasticity, heat transfer, electromagnetism, chemistry, etc., there is a recognized and growing need for the development of more reliable, accurate and computationally efficient methods for the automatic construction of multidimensional response surfaces for hundreds and even thousands of noisy design variables.

The proposed minisymposium should bring together international experts on this subject and serve as a perfect event for comparing the capabilities and drawbacks of conceptually different algorithms and their hybrid combinations for fitting large dimensionality response surfaces, thus advancing the fields of large scale multi-objective optimization and design.

Minisymposium Organizers:

Principal Organizer:
Prof. George S. Dulikravich
Dept. of Mechanical and Materials Engineering
Florida International University, Miami, U.S.A.
dulikrav@fiu.edu

Co-organizer:
Prof. Marcelo J. Colaco
Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering (DE/4)
Military Institute of Engineering (IME), Rio de Janeiro, BRAZIL
colaco@ime.eb.br

CALL FOR ONE-PAGE ABSTRACTS

for minisymposium no. 76 entitled
NEW TRENDS FOR EVOLUTIONARY OPTIMIZATION METHODS APPLIED TO MULTIDISCIPLINARY PROBLEMS
http://www.iacm-eccomascongress2008.org/admin/files/fileabstract/a76.pdf

Organizers
William Annicchiarico, IMME, Universidad Central de Venezuela
George S. Dulikravich- MME, Florida International University, Miami, USA

Multidisciplinary optimization problems represent a complex task which requires outstanding model environments, complex analytical solvers and powerful optimization techniques, which combined in a reliable way lead to an effective solution of the problem. From the optimization point of view, Evolutionary Algorithms methodologies have shown its evident benefits in simple and multimodal optimization problems due to their robustness, easy applicability and the fact that they do not need specialized information such as gradient information or smoothness of objective functions.

The aims of this mini-symposium is to provide a forum to join scientists, academicians and practical design engineers in order to explore, discuss and present recent developments in analysis and evolutionary optimization techniques with potential applications to multidisciplinary optimization problems in different engineering disciplines and in science

In this sense, the proposed minisymposium on application of evolutionary optimization techniques in multidisciplinary problems thus offers a unique international forum that should provide an excellent basis for cross-fertilization of ideas and creation of new synergistic approaches and methodologies that will combine advances in computational methods to model and analyze complex problems with powerful optimization techniques based on evolutionary principles in order to create more general, robust, accurate and computationally economical design methods for multidisciplinary applications.

The areas of interests include but are not limited to:

Robust Design, Reliability-Based Design Optimization, Optimization Methods, Sizing and Shape Design, Topology Optimization, Multidisciplinary Design Optimization, Design Sensitivity Analysis, Materials Processing Optimization, Hybrid Optimization Algorithms, Evolutionary Algorithms (Genetic Algorithms, Evolutionary Strategies and so on) Managing the Design Process, Optimization with High Performance Computing, Benchmarking, Testing, and Classification of Optimization Software

CALL FOR ONE-PAGE ABSTRACTS

for minisymposium no. 167 entitled
INVERSE PROBLEMS FOR PARAMETER IDENTIFICATION
http://www.iacm-eccomascongress2008.org/admin/files/fileabstract/a167.pdf
george S. DULIKRAVICH *, Giulio maier §, Helcio R. B. ORLANDEª
* Florida International University, Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, 10555 West Flagler St., EC 3474, Miami, Florida 33174
dulikrav@fiu.edu, www.eng.fiu.edu/mme/, http://maidroc.fiu.edu

Technical University (Politecnico) of Milan,
Department of Structural Engineering
P.zza Leonardo Da Vinci, 32, 20133 Milano, Italy
giulio.maier@polimi.it, http://www.stru.polimi.it

Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, UFRJ Department of Mechanical Engineering, POLI/COPPE
Cid. Universitaria, Cx. Postal: 68503 Rio de Janeiro, RJ, 21941-972 Brasil
helcio@mecanica.coppe.ufrj.br

Motivation and purposes.

Methods for the parameter identification through inverse analysis (namely by minimization of the discrepancy between measured and computed quantities) are at present spreading in several engineering and technological fields. In fact, the synergistic integration of computational and experimental mechanics, which represents the peculiar feature of inverse analysis, turns out to be fruitful, and sometimes necessary, in a number of practical situations for a variety of reasons, namely: the availability of effective ad hoc mathematical theories and tools; the growing realism and complexity of material models (with more and more parameters not directly measurable by standard tests); the deterioration of many socially important existing structures and the need for their reliable diagnostic analysis before retrofitting provisions.

The objective of this Minisymposium is to provide an international forum for presentations and discussion of research results concerning practical methods centered on inverse analysis, for mechanical characterization of materials through calibration of their constitutive models and for diagnostic analysis of existing possibly deteriorated structures, with reference to representative classes of engineering and industrial situations.

Items to be dealt with.

Fundamentals: mathematical procedures for constrained minimization of possibly nonconvex and nonsmooth functions; numerical solution methods and algorithms (direct search; first and second order minimization algorithms; mathematical programming); soft computing procedures (genetic algorithms, artificial neural networks); identification methods with “batch” use of experimental data; sequential methods such as Kalman filter and its extensions; statistical processing of measurement noise and modelling errors; sensitivity analyses of measurable quantities with respect to the parameters to identify; some representative and partly innovative experimental techniques related to parameter identification (indentation, small-punch, atomic force microscope, laser profilometers, radar and laser monitoring, etc.).

Calibration of material models on the basis of experimental tests: elasto-plasticity of metals; inelastic and fracture behaviours of quasi-brittle materials (concrete, ceramics); visco-elasto-plasticity of polymers; interface models for joints; constitutive modelling of heterogeneous materials (composites and laminates); assessment of local constitutive parameters through tests at the macroscale in average variables: parameter estimation by indentation tests associated to imprint mapping and by “small punch” tests. Meaningful applications to engineering problems concerning structural components in various industries and in microtechnologies. Specifically, diagnostic analysis of structures based on in situ monitoring and nondestructive tests: main causes of structural damages (deterioration phenomena such as aggregate-alcali-reaction in concrete; extreme loadings); parameters representative of structural damages; typical equipment for in situ tests and monitoring of structures and industrial components; sensitivity analysis; inverse analyses to diagnostic purposes; representative applications to concrete dams, bridges, monumental structures and industrial components.

Fonte: Prof. José Juliano de Lima Jr. (UNIFEI)

Estão abertas até o dia 23/01/2008 as inscrições para o concurso público na ÁREA de PROJETO DE MÁQUINAS (VIBRAÇÕES MECÂNICAS E ACÚSTICA) com QUALIFICAÇÃO MÍNIMA CLASSE ADJUNTO: Doutor em Engenharia Mecânica ou área afim.

PROGRAMA

1. Vibrações Livres e Forçadas em Sistemas Mecânicos com Um Grau de Liberdade: Sem e Com Amortecimento.
2. Transmissibilidade:Movimento de Base, Desbalanceamento de Massa Rotativa e Isolação da Vibração.
3. Resposta a uma Excitação Geral: Resposta ao Impulso, Resposta a uma Entrada Arbitrária e Resposta a uma Entrada Arbitrária Periódica.
4. Análise Dinâmica de Sistemas Mecânicos com Muitos Graus de Liberdade sem e com amortecimento: Análise Modal.
5. Análise Modal da Resposta Forçada.
6. Energia de Vibração – Equação de Lagrange. Dinâmica da Máquina Alternativa.
7. Uso da Análise de Vibração para o Diagnóstico de Defeitos em Máquinas Rotativas.
8. Sistemas com parâmetros distribuídos.
9. Métodos Computacionais para a Análise de Vibrações.
10. Teoria ondulatória do som: equações fundamentais da acústica, equação da onda, ondas harmônicas, ondas planas, ondas esféricas, energia acústica, intensidade e potência sonora.
11. Medidas do som. Caracterização do ruído acústico.
12. Poluição acústica.
13. Transmissão e reflexão de ondas sonoras: impedância acústica, interface entre dois fluidos, atenuação e absorção.
14. Radiação: esfera pulsante, fontes sonoras, monopolos, dipolos e quadrupolos, radiação sonora de corpos vibrantes com geometria simples, reciprocidade.
15. Guias de ondas: ondas acústicas em dutos e cavidades, ressonadores, o ressonador de Helmholtz, orifícios, filtros acústicos.
16. Métodos numéricos, Formulações de Elementos Finitos para Acústica Linear.
17. Tópicos em acústica: acústica estrutural, controle ativo e passivo de ruído.

O edital do concurso encontra-se na página da UNIFEI – http://www.unifei.edu.br/, clicando em Concurso Público e professor de ensino superior.

As inscrições serão feitas no Departamento de Pessoal da UNIFEI, Campus Prof. J.R. Seabra, Av. BPS, 1303, Bairro Pinheirinho, Itajubá/MG, tel. (0xx35) 3629-1277, no horário das 08:00 h às 11:30 h e das 13:30 às 16:00 h., de 2ª à 6ª feira, pessoalmente ou por procuração simples.

Fonte: Prof. Alfredo R. de Faria (ITA)

A coordenação do mestrado profissionalizante em engenharia aeroespacial está aceitando inscrições de candidatos interessados na área de desenvolvimento de motores-foguete a propelente líquido. Os alunos selecionados terão uma série de benefícios, incluindo: bolsa de mestrado de valor equiparado ao da bolsa de mestrado da Capes, aulas ministradas no ITA em inglês por especialistas russos do renomado Moscow Aviation Institute (MAI) e estágio de um mês na Rússia com despesas cobertas pelo programa. Informações adicionais podem ser obtidas em www.mec.ita.br/mprof.htm

Fonte: Prof. Celso P. Pesce (POLI/USP)

O Departamento de Engenharia Mecânica da Escola Politécnica da USP convida para

Palestra “Improving the Aerodynamic Performance of Road Vehicles”

Data, Horário e Local

18/12/2007, 10 horas
POLI/USP – Dep. Enga. Mecânica – Auditório

Palestrante: Prof. Peter W. Bearman

Bearman é Professor of Aerodynamics do Department of Aeronautics do Imperial College of Science, Technology & Medicine, Londres, Reino Unido. Foi Vice-reitor e Pro-reitor (2001 a 2005) e Chefe do Departamento de Aeronáutica (1989-1999) daquela Instituição.

Autor de mais de uma centena de artigos publicados, além de ser um dos pesquisadores mais citados no mundo em aerodinâmica veicular, escoamento ao redor de corpos rombudos e vibração induzida pelo escoamento.

Diversos orientados de doutorado do professor Bearman trabalham em equipes de Fórmula 1, como o atual projetista chefe da Ferrari, Nicholas Tomabazis.

Evento aberto e gratuito.

Para inscrever-se, clique aqui.

Fonte: Prof. Jose Herskovits Norman (COPPE/UFRJ)

EngOpt 2008, “International Conference on Engineering Optimization” Rio de Janeiro, 2 a 5 de junho de 2008

www.engopt.org

Fonte: Comissão Organizadora CONEM 2008

Prezado Colega,

Lembramos que o prazo final para submissão de resumos para o CONEM 2008, em Salvador – Bahia, foi prorrogado para o dia 20 de Dezembro de 2007. A submissão deverá ser feita pela internet no sítio do evento (http://www.abcm.org.br/conem2008).

Outras informações podem ser obtidas no próprio sítio ou pelo e-mail suporte@conem2008.com.br

Contamos com sua participação e sua presença em Salvador !

Atenciosamente,

Comissão Organizadora CONEM 2008

INFORMATIVO ABCM Nº 149/07 – WCCI 2008

Fonte: Prof. Valder Steffen Jr. (UFU/FEM)

2008 IEEE WORLD CONGRESS ON COMPUTATIONAL INTELLIGENCE

June 1-6, 2008
Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, Hong Kong

http://www.wcci2008.org

The 2008 IEEE World Congress on Computational Intelligence (WCCI 2008) will be held at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre during June 1-6, 2008. Sponsored by the IEEE Computational Intelligence Society, co-sponsored by the International Neural Network Society, Evolutionary Programming Society and the Institution of Engineering and Technology, WCCI 2008 is composed of the 2008 International Joint Conference on Neural Networks (IJCNN 2008), the 2008 IEEE International Conference on Fuzzy Systems (FUZZ-IEEE 2008) and the 2008 IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation (CEC 2008). WCCI 2008 will be the fifth milestone in this series with a glorious history from WCCI 1994 in Orlando, WCCI 1998 in Anchorage, WCCI 2002 in Honolulu, to WCCI 2006 in Vancouver. The congress will feature 20 world-renowned plenary and invited speakers, regular technical sessions, state-of-the-art special sessions, interactive poster sessions, moderated panel discussions, informative pre-congress tutorials, themed post-congress workshops, and entertaining social events.

Call for Papers

Researchers are invited to contribute high-quality papers to WCCI 2008. All papers are to be submitted electronically through the Congress website by December 1, 2007 at http://manuscript.wcci2008.org/v3/author . All submitted papers will be refereed by experts in the fields based on the criteria of originality, significance, quality, and clarity.

For inquiries, contact IJCNN2008 Program Chair Derong Liu at dliu@ece.uic.edu , FUZZ-IEEE2008 Program Chair Gary Feng at megfeng@cityu.edu.hk , or CEC2008 Program Chair Zbigniew Michalewicz at zbyszek@cs.adelaide.edu.au .

WCCI 2008 Technical Programs will include special sessions within the technical scopes of the three conferences. So far, 88 special sessions have been approved. Special sessions, organized by internationally recognized experts, aim to bring together researchers in special focused topics. Cross-fertilization of the three research areas of computational intelligence with new emerging technologies is strongly encouraged. Any enquiries about the special sessions can be sent to the special session organizers, IJCNN2008 Special Sessions Chair Jagath C. Rajapakse at asjagath@ntu.edu.sg , FUZZ-IEEE2008 Special Sessions Chair Xiao-Jun Zeng at x.zeng@manchester.ac.uk , CEC2008 Special Sessions Chair Yuhui Shi at shi@ieee.org, or Special Sessions Chair on Emerging Areas Byoung-Tak Zhang at btzhang@bi.snu.ac.kr. The list of 88 approved special sessions can be found http://www.wcci2008.org/speicalsessions.htm .

Call for Tutorials and Workshops

WCCI 2008 will also feature pre-congress tutorials and post-congress workshops covering fundamental and advanced computational intelligence topics. A tutorial proposal should include title, outline, expected enrollment, and presenter biography. Any inquires regarding the tutorials should be addressed to Tutorial Chairs Wlodzislaw Duch at wduch@is.umk.pl , Russell Eberhart at reberhar@iupui.edu , and Qiang Shen at qqs@aber.ac.uk by January 1, 2008. Any inquires regarding the workshops should be addressed to Workshops Chairs Irwin K.C. King at king@cse.cuhk.edu.hk and Yangmin Li at ymli@umac.mo by January 1, 2008.

Updates on Competitions Program

WCCI 2008 will host competitions to stimulate research in computational intelligence, promote fair evaluations, and attract students. By the deadline, 11 propsals for competitions have been received. The competitions will take place between December 2007 and May 2008. Instructions for participation will be posted on this web site. For questions, please contact the competitions chairs Isabelle Guyon at isabelle@clopinet.com for IJCNN2008, Leszek Rutkowski at lrutko@kik.pcz.czest.pl for FUZZ-IEEE2008, or Philip Hingston at p.hingston@ecu.edu.au for CEC2008.

Important Due Dates:

Paper Submission: December 1, 2007*
Tutorial/workshop Proposal: January 1, 2008
Decision Notification: February 1, 2008
Camera-Ready Submission: March 1, 2008

* Upon numerous requests, a 2-week grace period will be given after the submission deadline. Late submissions after December 15, 2007 and before January 1.2008 may be considered only if time permits for review.

More information can be found at http://www.wcci2008.org

For general inquiries, please contact General Chair Jun Wang at jwang@mae.cuhk.edu.hk . For specific inquires, please contact the secretariat at wcci2008@mae.cuhk.edu.hk.

Fonte: Prof. Marcello Faraco de Medeiros (EESC/USP)

AFOSR (Air Force Office for Scientific Research-USA) estabeleceu uma linha de fomento especifica para a América Latina. Detalhes desta instituição e desta linha de fomento foram apresentados no COBEM pelo representante da AFOSR para a América Latina. Seguem anexos outros detalhes sobre esta possibilidade e instruções para submissão de projetos. Projetos iniciais devem se manter dentro de uma faixa de ate 25 mil dólares por ano.

Aparentemente os projetos são mais bem avaliados se demonstrarem colaboração com outros projetos também apoiados pela AFOSR.

Anexos: SOARD – White Paper Instructions | Broad Agency Announcement (BAA)

Fonte: Profa. Aura Conci (UFF)

Dear Professor

We invite you to submit a paper to the 15th International Conference on Systems, Signals and Image Processing: IWSSIP 2008 (http://iwssip.stuba.sk). It will take place in Bratislava, Slovakia, on June 25–28, 2008.

The deadlines are as following:

Submission of full paper proposals: March 1, 2008
Notification of Acceptance : March 22, 2008
Early registration : March 31, 2008
Camera ready papers :April 18, 2008
Registration deadline: May 16, 2008

IWSSIP 2008 follows the successful events previously held in Budapest, Manchester, Poznań, Zagreb, Bratislava, Maribor, Bucharest, Prague and Chalkida. IWSSIP brings together researchers and developers from both academia and industry to report on the latest scientific and theoretical advances, to discuss and debate major issues and to demonstrate state-of-the-art systems.

Submitted papers will be reviewed by at least two independent reviewers.

Awards will be granted to the best papers of those presented at each session. Special award will be granted to the best student papers, where the first author of the paper is a student and the paper is presented by the student at the conference. Extended version of remarkable number (up to 50%) of the best papers presented at the conference will be selected for their publication in a special issue of International Journal of Signal and Imaging Systems Engineering (IJSISE) ISSN (Online): 1748-0701 – ISSN (Print): 1748-0698 http://www.inderscience.com/browse/index.php?journalCODE=ijsise

Also, we would like to invite you to organize an invited session related to a topic of your research interest. If you are interested in organizing an invited session, do not hesitate to contact us via e-mail.

More details about the reviewing process, the acceptance policy, organizing invited sessions, and submission deadlines can be found at our web site.

Best regards,

Gregor Rozinaj
IWSSIP 2008 General Chair”

Fonte: Prof. José Manuel Balthazar (UNESP/Rio Claro)

A partir de agora, anuncio a todos os colegas da ABCM que sou o editor chefe da revista de circulação internacional (MPE), que publica artigos de todas as engenharias e, em particular, as relacionadas as ciências mecânicas, disponível no portal: http://www.hindawi.com/journals/mpe , cujos detalhes apresento logo abaixo e me coloco à disposição de todos.

Além da publicação principal, estamos em paralelo abrindo espaço para um número especial…. DE INCERTEZAs ….

J M BALTHAZAR- Editor

The most recent Impact Factor for the Mathematical Problems in Engineering (MPE) is 0.452 according to 2006 Journal

Citation Reports released by Thomson Scientific (ISI) in 2007

Mathematical Problems in Engineering publishes results of rigorous engineering research carried out using mathematical tools.

Contributions containing formulations or results related to applications are also encouraged.

The primary aim of Mathematical Problems in Engineering is rapid publication and dissemination of important mathematical work which has relevance to engineering.

All areas of engineering are within the scope of the journal. In particular, aerospace engineering, bioengineering, chemical engineering, computer engineering, electrical engineering, industrial engineering and manufacturing systems, and mechanical engineering are of interest. Mathematical work of interest includes, but is not limited to, ordinary and partial differential equations, stochastic processes, calculus of variations, and nonlinear analysis.

Fonte: Prof. Luciano Pessanha Moreira (UFF)

O Programa de Pós-Graduação em Engenharia Metalúrgica da Universidade Federal Fluminense tem interesse em receber doutores conforme Programa de Apoio a Projetos Institucionais com a Participação de Recém-Doutores http://www.capes.gov.br/bolsas/nopais/prodoc.html

As áreas de interesse são:

1) Biomateriais, metais, polímeros, simulação e modelagem de materiais.
2) Corrosão, engenharia de superfície e eletroquímica.
3) Meio ambiente, tratamento de resíduos
4) Simulação computacional de processos e fenômenos

Mais informações no endereço http://www.capes.gov.br/bolsas/nopais/prodoc.html

Os interessados devem entrar em contato através dos e-mails: luciano.moreira@metal.eeimvr.uff.br adilson@metal.eeimvr.uff.br ou diretamente pelos telefones (24) 3344-303 e (24) 3344-3012

Fonte: Prof. Edson A. Capello Sousa (Unesp/FEB)

Mestrado Engenharia Mecânica – FEB – UNESP – Bauru

O Departamento de Engenharia Mecânica da Faculdade de Engenharia – Unesp – Campus de Bauru comunica que estão abertas inscrições para o Programa de Pós-Graduação em Engenharia Mecânica, para alunos regulares, com o oferecimento de bolsas de estudo através dos programas das agências de fomentos CAPES, CNPq e FAPESP. Detalhes sobre os projetos podem ser obtidos através do site do programa http://www.feb.unesp.br/posgrad_mec/index.php

Período de Inscrição: 01 a 19 de dezembro de 2007 As inscrições são feitas on-line: http://www.feb.unesp.br

Mais informações podem ser obtidas via Internet ou através do endereço.
E-mail: spg@feb.unesp.br
Seção de Pós-graduação da Faculdade de Engenharia
Avenida Eng. Luiz Edmundo Carrijo Coube, 14-01 – Vargem Limpa – Bauru, SP CEP: 17.033-360 – Caixa Postal 473
Telefone: 0(xx)14 3103-6108 / 3103-6109

Fonte: Prof. Giorgio E. O. Giacaglia (UNITAU)

The University of Taubaté, Sao Paulo, Brazil, in association with the Guaratingueta School of Engineering of the State University of Sao Paulo, Brazil, the University of Perugia, Italy, and the San Diego State University, USA, are organizing the 3rd International Congress of University Industry Cooperation (UNINDU 2008) to be held in the beach city of Ubatuba, Sao Paulo, Brazil, in the period December 4 through 7. The web site of the Congress will be available soon (UNINDU 2008) with deadlines for submission of abstracts, submission of final papers and registration. The theme of the meeting is “Clean Energy for the World: Environment, Technology and Logistics”

Fonte: Prof. Marcio Bacci (UFU)

O Coordenador do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Engenharia Mecânica, da Faculdade de Engenharia Mecânica da Universidade Federal de Uberlândia, faz saber a todos quantos virem o presente Edital, ou dele tiverem conhecimento, que estão abertas as inscrições para o Processo Seletivo, níveis de Mestrado e Doutorado, do 1º semestre de 2008, nos dias 15 de outubro a 15 de dezembro de 2007 nas seguintes áreas de concentração: Mecânica dos Sólidos e Vibrações, Transferência de Calor e Mecânica dos Fluidos, Materiais e Processos de Fabricação.

Para o primeiro semestre de 2008, serão oferecidas 20 (vinte) vagas para o curso de Mestrado e 20 (vinte) vagas para o curso de Doutorado para alunos regulares, além de 10 (dez) vagas para o curso de Mestrado e 10 (dez) vagas para o curso de Doutorado, para alunos especiais nas seguintes áreas de concentração: Mecânica dos Sólidos e Vibrações, Transferência de Calor e Mecânica dos Fluidos,Materiais e Processos de Fabricação. No ato da inscrição o candidato deverá optar por uma das modalidades.

Mais informações no endereço: www.mecanica.ufu.br ou pelo telefone: (34) 3239 4282.

Fonte: Prof. Rogerio Ramos (UFES)

Informamos a disponibilidade de bolsa com as seguintes características:

Tipo : bolsa PRODOC/CAPES
Valor : R$ 3.000,00
Formação exigida: Recem-doutor com formação em mecânica dos fluidos Projeto :Atuar em recuperação de óleos em meios porosos
Local: Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo – UFES, Vitória-ES.
Contato: Prof. Edson José Soares (27) 3335 2162 edson@ct.ufes.br

Fonte: Prof. Luiz Mariano Pereira (UNIVASF)

Estão abertas até o dia 10/12/2007 as inscrições para o concurso público para Professor Adjunto na área de Termo fluidos, para a Universidade Federal do Vale do São Francisco – UNIVASF, cuja sede fica em Petrolina-PE com Campi em Juazeiro-BA e em São Raimundo Nonato-PI.

As provas iniciarão em 17/12/2007.

O Edital pode ser acessado pelo endereço: http://www.univasf.edu.br/drh/index.html

Fonte: Prof. Jose Viriato Coelho Vargas (UFPR)

Está aberto o processo seletivo 2008 para novos alunos de mestrado e doutorado no Programa de Pós-Graduação em Engenharia e Ciência dos Materiais, PIPE, da Universidade Federal do Paraná, UFPR, com nota 4 pela CAPES. Serão ofertadas bolsas para os candidatos melhores classificados.

O Processo Seletivo está aberto até 30/11/2007 e as informações para inscrição encontram-se no nosso site: http://www.pipe.ufpr.br

Fonte: Comissão Organizadora CONEM 2008

Prezado Colega,

Esperamos que o CONEM 2008 seja um evento que motive também alunos e pesquisadores a participar e se integrar na comunidade ABCM.

Para tanto, estamos disponibilizando as facilidades possíveis para bem receber e abrigar comitivas e caravanas, oferecendo condições especiais para hospedagem em Salvador.

Os interessados poderão obter mais informações e ajuda com a secretaria do evento, GT5, D. Ana Paula. e-mail: tour@gt5.com.br – Tel: 71 2102-6600

Pedimos divulgar esta informação entre seus colaboradores.

Aproveitamos também para lembrá-los de submeter seus resumos!

Atenciosamente,

Comissão Organizadora CONEM 2008

Fonte: Prof. Marcello Faraco de Medeiros (EESC)

O Prof. Marcello Faraco de Medeiros está selecionando candidatos para pós doc em aeroacústica. Este é um tema moderno que recentemente tornou-se de enorme interesse para a indústria aeronáutica nacional ou mundial.

O trabalho será desenvolvido no âmbito de um projeto Embraer/FAPESP recentemente aprovado. O projeto, com duração prevista de 3 anos, se desenvolverá nos laboratórios da Engenharia Aeronáutica da Universidade de São Paulo, em São Carlos. O trabalho, de natureza experimental, envolverá ensaios aeroacústicos em túneis de vento no Brasil ou no exterior. Os candidatos poderão enviar email para marcello@sc.usp.br ou marcellofaraco@yahoo.com.br. Mais detalhes poderão ser solicitados por estes emails.

Fonte: Prof. Flávio Jose Lorini (UFRGS)

O Programa de Pós-Graduação em Engenharia Mecânica da UFRGS informa que se encontra aberto até o dia 14 de dezembro o período de inscrições para seleção ao Mestrado Acadêmico, para início em março/2008, nas seguintes áreas de concentração:

Energia (Energia Solar, Energia Eólica, Energia na Edificação, Combustão, Motores)

Fenômenos de Transporte (Mecânica dos Fluidos e Transferência de Calor e Massa Computacional, Mecânica dos Fluidos e Transferência de Calor Experimental, Sistemas e Componentes Térmicos, Transporte de Partícula e Radiação).

Mecânica dos Sólidos (Projeto, Análise e Otimização de Sistemas Mecânicos; Vibrações e Acústica; Bioengenharia, Estruturas Metálicas)

Processos de Fabricação (Fabricação por Deformação – Conformação Mecânica, Automação Industrial – Robótica e Sistemas de Controle).

Informações complementares:
Rua Sarmento Leite, 425 – Campus Centro
Fone (51) 3308 3255
Site: www.mecanica.ufrgs.br/promec
E-mail: promec@mecanica.ufrgs.br

Fonte: Prof. Julio Cesar Passos (UFSC)

Ocorrerá no dia 03 de dezembro, no Centro de Cultura e Eventos da UFSC (Campus Universitário de Trindade), o ECO POWER Conference na Universidade – palestras sobre energia renovável e sustentabilidade, com grandes nomes da área.

Programação:

09 às 10h – Abertura
Apresentação do resumo da Eco Power Conference, realizada nos dias 28 a 30 de novembro, em Florianópolis

10 às 11h – Palestra Perspectivas para Geração Eólica
Palestrante: Jens-Peter Molly – Diretor do Instituto Alemão de Energia Eólica – DEWI GmbH, Alemanha

11 às 12h – Palestra sobre Energia do Lixo e Resíduos – Equilíbrio Urbano e Rural
Palestrante: Carlos Roberto Fernandes – Presidente Essencis – Grupo Suez

12 às 14h – Intervalo para almoço

14 às 15h – Palestra Perspectivas para Energia Solar Térmica e Fotovoltaica
Palestrante: William A. Beckman – Professor Emérito de Engenharia Mecânica e Diretor do Laboratório de Energia Solar, University of Wisconsin, EUA

15 às 16h – Palestra Biodigestores e Biodiesel – Aproveitamento da Matéria Orgânica na Geração de Energia
Palestrante: Françoise Falloux – Vice-Presidente da Eco Carbone, França

16 às 17h – Palestra Energia Brasil – Plano 2030
Palestrante: Márcio Zimmerman – Secretário de Planejamento e Desenvolvimento Energético do Ministério de Minas e Energia (MME)

Informações Adicionais pelo telefone (48) 32342161 e inscrições no site www.ecopowerbrasil.com.br/universidade

Fonte: Prof. Marcelo José Colaço (IME)

CALL FOR PAPERS

Metamodels for High Dimensionality Response Surfaces in Multiobjective Optimization

World Congress on Computational Mechanics and IACM-ECCOMAS08

Venice , Italy, June 30 – July 5, 2008

When performing large scale optimizations involving many simultaneous and often conflicting objectives, hundreds and even thousands of design variables, and dozens of equality and inequality constraints, and where each objective function evaluation is very costly, the only practical method of reducing the overall computing effort is to use metamodels or lower fidelity models. The most popular such method is to perform analytical fits of the available high fidelity data thus creating multidimensional response surfaces. Current methods for the creation of the response surfaces are based on algorithms such as linear regression, radial basis functions, wavelet based neural networks, self-organizing maps, graph theory, Kriging, etc. All of these methods suffer from rapidly decreasing accuracy and rapidly increasing computing time as the number of design variables increases.

Furthermore, most of the currently used methods are not capable of dealing with irregularities and noise of the realistic design space topologies which are unknown a priori.

Since optimization is becoming widely accepted in industry when performing multidisciplinary design involving simultaneously disciplines such as fluid mechanics, elasticity, heat transfer, electromagnetism, chemistry, etc., there is a recognized and growing need for the development of more reliable, accurate and computationally efficient methods for the automatic construction of multidimensional response surfaces for hundreds and even thousands of noisy design variables.

The proposed minisymposium should bring together international experts on this subject and serve as a perfect event for comparing the capabilities and drawbacks of conceptually different algorithms and their hybrid combinations for fitting large dimensionality response surfaces, thus advancing the fields of large scale multi-objective optimization and design.

Minisymposium Organizers:

Principal Organizer:
Prof. George S. Dulikravic
Dept. of Mechanical and Materials Engineering
Florida International University, Miami, U.S.A. dulikrav@fiu.edu

Co-organizer:
Prof. Marcelo J. Colaco
Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering (DE/4)
Military Institute of Engineering (IME), Rio de Janeiro, BRAZIL colaco@ime.eb.br

All abstracts must be submitted to the Minisymposia no. 45 via the website at: http://www.iacm-eccomascongress2008.org/frontal/Submision.asp

December 15th., 2007: Deadline for submitting a one page abstract.
January 31st., 2008: Acceptance and instructions for writing the final one page abstract.
February 28th., 2008: Deadline for submitting the final abstract and early payment

Fonte: Luiz Alberto de Oliveira Rocha (FURG)

PROGRAMA DE PÓS-GRADUAÇÃO EM MODELAGEM COMPUTACIONAL

PROCESSO SELETIVO 2008

Fundação Universidade Federal do Rio Grande (FURG)
Inscrições: 15 de setembro a 12 de dezembro de 2007

Linhas de Pesquisa:
a) Computação Aplicada e Métodos Numéricos
b) Modelagem Fí­sica e Matemática

Programa reconhecido pela CAPES. Para mais informações sobre o Mestrado e obtenção de instruções para a inscrição, contacte: http://www.modelagemcomputacional.furg.br