47th AIAA/ASME/ASCE/AHS/ASC Structures, Structural Dynamics, and Materials Conference

Structures and Materials for the Next Generation of Aerospace Vehicles – Evolution or Revolution?

The 47th Structures, Structural Dynamics, and Materials Conference, sponsored by AIAA, ASME, ASCE, AHS, and ASC, is a widely acknowledged annual event that provides a unique forum dedicated to the latest development in the collective disciplines of structures, structural dynamics, materials, design engineering, and survivability.

This year's conference will also host several other events:

• the 14th Annual Adaptive Structures Conference,
• the 7th Annual Gossamer Spacecraft Forum,
• the 2nd Annual Multidisciplinary Design Optimization Specialist Conference
• the 1st Non-Deterministic Approaches Conference.

Plenary presentations will be given by well-known, forward-thinking, invited speakers. Presentations will focus on the theme of near-term and long-term progression of structures and materials technology for the next generation of aerospace vehicles-looking at the correct mixture of evolutionary and revolutionary ideas that will enable future manned and unmanned aircraft and spacecraft.

The 2nd AIAA Multidisciplinary Design Optimization Specialist Conference Multidisciplinary design optimization (MDO) focuses on optimizing the performance and reducing the costs of complex systems involving multiple interacting disciplines, such as those found in aircraft, spacecraft, automobiles, industrial manufacturing equipment, various consumer products, and on the development of related methodologies. MDO is a broad area that encompasses design synthesis, sensitivity analysis, approximation concepts, optimization methods and strategies, artificial intelligence, and rule-based design-all in the context of integrated design dealing with multiple disciplines and/or subsystem interactions.

ESD Professor Oli de Weck, who served as Technical Program Chair for the 2005 AIAA Multidisciplinary Design Optimization Conference, is serving as General Chair for this year.

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