General Chair:

Prof. Achille Messac
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

General Co-Chair:

Prof. John E. Renaud
University of Notre Dame

International Chairs:

Prof. George Rozvany - ISSMO Chair
Budapest University of Technology and Economics

Dr. Jaroslaw Sobieski - North American Chair
NASA Langley Research Center

Prof. Byung Man Kwak - Asian Chair
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology

Prof. Robert E. Melchers - Australian Chair
University of Newcastle - Australia

Prof. Fred van Keulen - European Chair
Koiter Institute Delft

Prof. Helcio R. B. Orlande - South American Chair
Federal University of Rio de Janeiro

Dr. Sergey Selyugin - Former Soviet Union Region Chair
Engineering Center of AIRBUS in Russia

Technical Track Leaders:

Multidisciplinary Design Optimization Methodologies

Prof. Bernard Grossman
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Prof. Afzal Suleman
University of Victoria

Uncertainty Quantification and Non-Deterministic Design

Prof. Timothy W. Simpson
The Pennsylvania State University

Dr. Peter Gosling
University of Newcastle - United Kingdom

Modeling and Simulation

Prof. Kyung K. (KK) Choi
The University of Iowa

Dr. Srinivas Kodiyalam
Silicon Graphics International

Shape and Topology Optimization

Dr. Johann Sienz
University of Wales Swansea

Dr. Osvaldo M. Querin
University of Leeds

Optimization Methods

Lt. Col. Robert A. Canfield
Air Force Institute of Technology

Prof. José Herskovits
Federal University of Rio de Janeiro

Design

Dr. Harold Thomas
Altair Engineering Inc.

Dr. Christopher A. Mattson
ATL Technology

Strategic Issues

Mr. Johannes M. Schweiger
European Aeronautic Defense and Space Company

Emerging Methods and Applications

Prof. Karen Willcox
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

MA&O Applications

Dr. James Reuther
NASA Ames Research Center

Prof. Gyung-Jin Park
Hanyang University

Work-in-Progress

Prof. Sung-Kie Youn
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology

Conference Committee Co-Chairs:

Prof. Wei Chen - Student Paper Competition
Northwestern University

Prof. Olivier de Weck - Special Panels and Technical Sessions
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Dr. Christopher A. Mattson
ATL Technology

Dr. Harold Thomas - Altair Representative
Altair Engineering Inc.

Dr. Garret N. Vanderplaats
Vanderplaats R&D, Inc.

Dr. Liping Wang - General Electric (GE) Representative
General Electric Company

Prof. Karen Willcox - Audio & Visual
Massachusetts Institute of Technology