Call for Papers & Conference Topics

A vision of CAE’s potential in 2020 has many facets associated with maximizing the value of using engineering analysis and simulation in addressing the ever-increasingly complexity of products and their life cycles. NAFEMS:2020 will include keynote speakers, exhibits, and breakout sessions exploring the following subjects:

• Business developments to increase the financial impact of CAE investments
• • Development and deployment of of CAE roadmaps
  • Management and executive awareness and understanding to make CAE deployment decisions with enduring positive impact
  • Integration of simulation information within Product Lifecycle Management (PLM)
  • Broadening the scope of industries and applications that benefit from advanced engineering analysis and simulation
  • The roles of CAE software and hardware developers
• Technical developments to improve speed, accuracy, reliability, accessibility, and applicability of results (“the purpose of computing is insight, not numbers .”) 
• • High-Performance Computing (HPC) systems for CAE (further synergies between hardware architectures and software algorithms)
  • Capturing the relevant physics well enough to gain engineering insight through multifunctional and multiphysics simulation
  • Material characterization including multiscale material models and data management; understanding and coping with model limitations, etc.
  • The impact of nanotechnologies on CAE requirements such as multifunctional “designer” nano-materials
  • Timely insight of mushrooming results: visualization, animation, and immersive virtual reality (“Moore’s Law doesn’t apply to the human brain ”)
  • Driving design improvement and optimization from smart simulations
  • Real-Time virtual simulations
  • Design uncertainty quantifications and non-deterministic optimization
  • Innovative approximation methods and evolutionary optimization
• Human issues
• • Intelligent engineering collaboration environments
  • Teaching simulation as part of the basic engineering curricula 
  • Evolving engineering processes and organizations to leverage CAE advances 
  • Certification of engineers to help ensure safe and effective use of CAE 
  • Training and education aligned with a 2020 vision

Submission of Abstracts & Presentations

Abstracts of 300-600 words should be submitted for consideration by June 1st, 2008. Abstracts must be clearly marked with author's name, organization, address, fax, phone numbers and email address. If you intend to submit an abstract, please complete the form below, or contact Matthew Ladzinski at NAFEMS by calling 1 (704) 248-2628. You may also email your abstract to: na2008@nafems.org .

Authors whose abstracts are accepted will be asked to prepare an extended abstract (typically 1-2 pages) and a PowerPoint presentation. Full written papers will not be required.

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