Prof. Olivier de Weck

to serve as Technical Chair of the 1st AIAA Multidisciplinary Design Optimization Specialist Conference

April 12, 2005

Prof. Olivier de Weck is serving as the Technical Chair of the 1st AIAA Multidisciplinary Design Optimization Specialist Conference, to be held April 18-21, 2005 in Austin, Texas. 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, rule-based design, and physical programming-all in the context of integrated design dealing with multiple disciplines and/or subsystem interactions.