[CIG-SHORT] Suggested speaker: Mark S. Shephard

[Charles Williams]

OK.  If people are interested in having him speak, I can talk to him.

Charles


On Dec 21, 2007, at 10:24 AM, Matthew Knepley wrote:

> I know Mark. He is very nice and a great scientist. His mesh framework
> is cutting edge and he has the best integration with CAD. Charles can
> walk over and ask him :)
>
>    Matt
>
> On Dec 21, 2007 8:28 AM, Carl W. Gable <gable at lanl.gov> wrote:
>> Someone from outside the community that could provide insights from
>> another field:
>>
>> Mark S. Shephard  Professor and (Samuel A. and Elisabeth C.  
>> Johnson, Jr.
>> Professor of Engineering) and Director of the Scientific Computation
>> Research Center
>>
>> Department Affiliations:
>>
>>      * Department of Mechanical, Aerospace & Nuclear Engineering»
>>      * Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering»
>>      * Computer Sceince
>>
>> Research Center Affiliations:
>>
>>      * Scientific Computation Research Center»
>>      * Computational Center for Nanotechnology Innovations (CCNI)»
>>
>> Professional Background:
>>
>> Shephard is a fellow past president the U.S. Association of
>> Computational Mechanics, and is an active member of numerous
>> organizations including the American Society of Mechanical Engineers,
>> SIAM, the Institute of Applied and Computational Mathematics, and the
>> American Society for Engineering Education. He serves at the  
>> Editor of
>> Engineering with Computers and is on the editorial board of five  
>> other
>> technical journals.
>>
>> Research:
>>
>>      * Simulation
>>      * Modeling
>>
>>   Mark S. Shephard's professional activities have focused on
>> technologies to improve the reliability and level of automation of
>> advanced numerical simulations to support their effective  
>> application by
>> engineers and scientist. His research activities have lead to well
>> recognized and applied contributions on the areas of automatic mesh
>> generation of CAD geometry, automated and adaptive analysis  
>> methods, and
>> parallel adaptive simulation technologies. This research has been
>> supported by both government agencies (over 65 research grants  
>> from 13
>> agencies) and industry (funding from 44 companies). Dr. Shephard has
>> published over 250 papers.
>>
>> Awards:
>>
>>      * Fellow, American Society of Mechanical Engineering
>>      * Fellow and Past President, U.S. Association for Computational
>> Mechanics
>>      * Fellow, International Association for Computational Mechanics
>>      * Associate Fellow, American Institute of Aeronautics and  
>> Astronautics
>>
>> Dr. Shephard is a fellow and past president of the US Association for
>> Computational Mechanics, and was recipient of the 1997 USACM
>> Computational and Applied Sciences Award; a fellow and member of the
>> General Council of the International Association for Computational
>> Mechanics; a fellow of ASME and an Associate Fellow of AIAA. He is
>> editor of Engineering with Computers and on the editorial board of  
>> five
>> computational mechanics journals.
>> --
>>
>> \/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\
>> Dr. Carl W. Gable, Staff Scientist
>> EES-6, MS T003
>> Los Alamos National Laboratory
>> Los Alamos NM 87545
>>
>> gable at lanl.gov     Voice 505-665-3533     Fax   505-665-8737
>> http://www.ees.lanl.gov/staff/gable     http://lagrit.lanl.gov
>>
>> Hydrology, Geochemistry & Geology Group (EES-6)
>> Focus: Geophysics, Hydrology, Mesh Generation
>> Correspondence / TSPA
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Charles A. Williams
Dept. of Earth & Environmental Sciences
Science Center, 2C01B
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Troy, NY  12180
Phone:    (518) 276-3369
FAX:        (518) 276-2012
e-mail:    willic3 at rpi.edu


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