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- Invited Lecture, “The Emergence of Predictive Computational Science”, The Austin Forum on Science, Technology and Science, AT&T Executive Education and Conference Center, Austin, Texas, August 2, 2011.
- Plenary Lecture, “Foundational Issues in Computational Mechanics: Occam’s Razor, Predictive Modeling and Uncertainty Quantification, and the Legacy of Thomas Bayes,” to be presented at USACM XI: 11th U.S. National Congress on Computational Mechanics, to be held in Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota, July 25-29, 2011.
- Plenary Lecture, “Estimation and Adaptive Control of Error in Multiscale Models in Mechanics of Materials,” American Mathematical Society, von Neumann Symposium on Multimodel and Multialgorithm Coupling for Multiscale Problems, Snowbird, Utah, July 4-7, 2011.
- The Zienkiewicz Lecture, “Predictive Modeling in Computational Mechanics: Foundational Issues in Model Validation, Error Control, Multiscale Modeling, and Uncertainty Quantification,” presented at the Second African Conference on Computational Mechanics – An International Conference – AfriCOMP11, held in Cape Town, South Africa, January 5 – 8, 2011.
- Invited Lecture, “Uncertainty Quantification in Atomic-to-Continuum Methods for Complex Molecular Systems,” Department of Energy, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, 2011.
- Invited Lecture, “Foundational Issues in Computational Science: Model Validation, Error Control, Multiscale Modeling, and Uncertainty Quantification, Presented at Ohio Statue University, Department of Mechanical Engineering, in Columbus, OH, on December 10, 2010.
- Invited Keynote Lecture, “Simulation-Based Engineering: Where Do We Go From Here? Presented at NAFEMS 2010 Virtual Conference, 2020 Vision of Engineering Analysis and Simulation, held November 15, 2010.
- Invited Lecture, “Estimation and Control of Error in Predictive Multiscale Models of Complex Material Behavior,” presented at the Multi-Scale, Multi-Disciplinary Modeling of Electronic Materials Workshop, Army Research Laboratory, Fairfax, VA September 1-2, 2010.
- Invited Lecture, “A Brief View Of Verification, Validation, And Uncertainty Quantification,” presented at the Foundations of Verification, Validation, and Uncertainty Quantification Conference held in Albuquerque, NM on June 10, 2010.
- Invited Lecture, “Validation, Prediction, and Error Control of Multiscale Models: Foundational Issues in Modern Computational Science,” presented as the 2009/2010 Newmark Distinguished Lecture at The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, on December 7, 2009
- Invited Lecture, “Mixed Finite Element Methods for Predictive Phase-Field Models of Tumor Growth”, presented at the 13th Conference on Mathematics of Finite Elements and Applications, Brunel University (MAFELAP 2009), held at Brunel University in Uxbridge, England on June 9-12, 2009.
- Invited Lecture, “Validation, Error Estimation, Uncertainty Quantification, and Control of Multiscale Models in Nano-Manufacturing”, presented at the 8th MSU – UAB Conference on Differential Equations and Computational Simulations, at Mississippi State University, in Jackson, Mississippi on May 7-9, 2009.
- Invited Lecture, “Real-Time Control of Laser Treatment of Cancer Using Computational Models of Nonlinear Bio-Heat Transfer, ” ICES Workshop, The University of Texas at Austin in Austin, Texas, on March 28, 2009.
- Invited Lecture, “Adaptive Multiscale Modeling of Large-Scale Molecular Systems”, Applied Mathematics Principal Investigators Meeting at Argonne National Laboratory in Argonne, Illinois, October 15-17, 2008.
- Invited Lecture, “Computational modeling and real-time control of patient-specific laser treatment of cancer.” Seventh Interventional MRI Symposium, in Baltimore Maryland, September 12-13, 2008.
- Lecture. Oden, J. T., “Adaptive Modeling of Stochastic Molecular Systems”, RTG-NSF Workshop on Multi-scale Modeling, held at The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, August 4, 2008.
- Lecture. Oden, J. T., “Modeling Uncertainty, An Approach for Multiscale Modeling,” PECOS Project UQ Summit, Austin, Texas, July 22-23, 2008.
- Invited report, “Simulation-Based Engineering Science: Review of the NSF Blue Ribbon Panel Report on SBES,” Defense Science Board ASC Study Meeting, Washington, DC, April 17, 2008.
- Invited Lecture. Multiscale Modeling Group Research Activities in 2007-08 and The Institute for Computational Engineering and Sciences, Aerospace Engineering & Engineering Mechanics Annual Review, The University of Texas at Austin, April 2008.
- Invited report, “A Brief Report of Progress on Adaptive Control of Multiscale Models: A General Approach to Multiscale Modeling of Large Molecular Systems, Sponsored by Department of Energy Program “Multiscale Mathematics” presented at The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, on March 20, 2008.
- Invited Lecture, “Mathematical and Computational Methods for Multiscale Modeling: Adaptive Control of Modeling Error”, presented at the Mathematics and Statistics Colloquium – The University of Texas at Arlington in Arlington, Texas on February 29, 2008.
- Invited Lecture, “Adaptive Control of Multiscale Models: A General Approach to Multiscale Modeling of Large Molecular Systems”, presented at the Winter Quarter iCME Colloquium – Stanford University, in Stanford, California, February 4, 2008.
- Invited Proposal, “NIMS: a proposal for the creation of the National Initiative for Modeling and Simulation: a joint initiative between the University of Texas and Sandia National Laboratories, held at December 15, 2007.
- Invited Report, “Goals and Barriers to Education in Simulation-Based Engineering and Science,” presented at the Workshop on SBE & S National Science Foundation, Arlington, VA, November 1, 2007.
- Invited Report, “The NSF BR Panel Report on SBES”, presented at the U.S. Baseline Workshop on Simulation Based Engineering and Science, for the National Science Foundation, Arlington, VA, November 1, 2007.
- Invited Lecture. “Multiscale Modeling of Complex Systems”, at the Mathematics: Analysis, Modeling, Optimization and Simulation (MAMOS) Conference, held at the Institute for Computational Engineering and Sciences, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, October 15-19, 2007.
- Invited Lecture. “Adaptive Multiscale Modeling of Large-Scale Molecular Systems”, for the Frontiers of Scientific Computing Lecture Series, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, September 12, 2007.
- Invited Lecture, “Overview of DOE Offices and Future Math Needs, presented to the ASCR Applied Mathematics Program Panel. Department of Energy, Legacy Management and Environmental Management offices in Washington, DC for Aug. 23-24, 2007.
- Invited Lecture.” Estimation and Adaptive Control of Modeling Error: A General Approach to Multiscale Modeling, given at ASC Institute for Terascale Simulation Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA, August 22, 2007.
- Plenary Lecture, “Adaptive Control of Multiscale Modeling Error, With Applications to Large-Scale Molecular Systems, presented at Advanced Scientific Computing Research 2007 Applied Mathematics PI Meeting, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory on May 22, 2007
- Invited lecture, “ Estimation and adaptive control of modeling error in multiscale molecular systems,” presented at the Seventieth Anniversary of Roland Glowinski, University of Houston, Houston, Texas, March 9, 2007.
- Lecture. “Some Remarks on the History of Finite Elements, presented to The University of Texas student chapter of USACM, at The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, on February 14, 2007.
- Invited Seminar, “Estimation and control of modeling error: a general approach to multiscale modeling”, a seminar presented at the National Academy of Engineering, Mississippi State University, Starkville, Mississippi, October 16, 2006.
- Invited Lecture, “State of the Art in Computer Simulation and Health Care System Modeling”, Presented at Workshop on Modeling Health Care in Houston, Texas, September 18, 2006.
- Invited Lecture, “The state-of-the-art in computer simulation and health policy in general,” Presented at Workshop on Modeling Health Care in Houston, Texas, September 18, 2006.
- Plenary Lecture, ““Estimation and Adaptive Control of Modeling Error with applications to Multiscale Modeling of Molecular and Polymer Systems,” presented at the 2nd LNCC Meeting on Computational Modelling Petrópolis, Brazil, from August 8, 2006.
- Lecture, “Application of Goal-Oriented Adaptivity to Multi-scale Models in Molecular Dynamics”, presented at the 7th World Congress on Computational Mechanics in Los Angeles, CA, July 2006.
- Plenary Lecture, “Adaptive Multi-scale Modeling of Complex Systems”, presented at the 7th World Congress on Computational Mechanics in Los Angeles, CA, July 16-22, 2006.
- Plenary Lecture. “Development of a Computational Paradigm for Laser Treatment of Cancer” work done in collaboration with D. Fuentes, K.R. Diller, C. Bajaj, J.C. Browne, J. Hazle, I. Babuska, J. Bass, L. Demkowicz, Y. Feng, S. Prudhomme, M.N. Rylander, Sepideh Khoshnevis, and Y. Zhang, presented at MAFELAP, University of Brunel, London, United Kingdom, Tuesday, June 13, 2006.
- Invited Lecture, “Estimation and Control of Modeling Error in Multi-Scale Simulation”, presentation of joint work with P. Baumann and S. Prudhomme at the Conference on Adaptive Model Reduction Methods for PDE Constrained Optimization, Rice University, Houston, TX, May 17-19, 2006.
- Plenary Lecture, “The Place of Computer Simulation in Science: the Third Pillar”, presented at Honoris Causa ceremony at Ecole Normale Supérieure de Cachan, Cachan, France, May 9, 2006.
- Report, “Simulation-Based Engineering Science Report”, given at National Science Foundation Engineering Advisory Committee meeting at the National Academies in Arlington, VA, May 2-3, 2006.
- Invited Lecture. “Estimation and Adaptive Control of Modeling Error with Applications to Multiscale Modeling,” in collaboration with P.T. Bauman, L. Demkowicz, and S. Prudhomme, presented at University of Pennsylvania, Department of Mathematics, Philadelphia, PA, April 21, 2006.
- Invited Lecture, “Adaptive Modeling for Multi-scale Methods”, in collaboration with Paul T. Bauman, Leszek Demkowicz, and Serge Prudhomme, presented at The AtC Coupling Method Workshop in Albuquerque, NM, March 20-21, 2006.
- Invited Lecture. “Development of a Computational Paradigm for Laser Treatment of Prostrate Cancer” work done in collaboration with K.R. Diller, C. Bajaj, J.C. Browne, J. Hazle, I. Babuska, J. Bass, L. Demkowicz, Y. Feng, D. Fuentes, S. Prudhomme, M.N. Rylander, R.J. Stafford, and Y. Zhang, presented at the International Conference on Computational Science (ICCS 2006), held at University of Reading, United Kingdom, 2006.
- Invited Lecture, “Estimation and Control of Modeling and Discretization Errors in Structural and Solid Mechanics, “ presented at the Workshop on Advanced Simulations for Nuclear Fuel Cycles at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California, December 14-15, 2005.
- Talk. “Design of Optimal Laser Therapy for Prostate Cancer through Adaptive Finite Element Modeling, “ By M. Rylander, Y. Fen, J. Bass, K. Diller, and, J.T. Oden, given in the “Computational Bioengineering” Symposium at the USNCCM VIII congress held in Austin, TX, July 26, 2005.
- Talk. “Multi-scale Goal-oriented Adaptive Modeling of Random Heterogeneous Materials, “ By A. Romkes, J.T. Oden, and K. Vemaganti given in the “AM-FEM: Interacting Adaptive Modeling and Discretization in Macro- and Micromechanics” Symposium at the USNCCM VIII congress held in Austin, TX, July 26, 2005.
- Talk. “On a Verification and Validation Procedure for he Simulation of Mechanical Joints,“ By I. Babuska, J.T. Oden, S. Prudhomme, and R. Tempone, given in the “Uncertainties, Verification and Validation Symposium in Honor of Prof. Ivo Babuska” at the USNCCM VIII congress held in Austin, TX, July 26, 2005.
- Talk. “Application of Goal-0orieented Adaptive Modeling to Problems in Molecular Statics,“ By P. Bauman, S. Prudhomme and J.T. Oden, given in n the “Multiple Scale Analysis and its Applications to Nanoscale Mechanics and Materials” Symposium at the USNCCM VIII congress held in Austin, TX, July 25, 2005.
- Talk. “Extensions of Goal-Oriented Error Estimation Methods to Simulations of Highly-nonlinear response of Shock-loaded Elastomer-reinforced Structures, “ by D. Fuentes, D. Littlefield, J.T. Oden, and S. Prudhomme, given in the “A Posteriori Error Estimation and Adaptive Procedures from 1976-2005 Symposium in Honor of Prof. Ivo Babuska”, at the USNCCM VIII congress held in Austin, TX, July 25, 2005.
- Plenary Lecture. Oden, J.T, “Theory and Methods for Multi-scale Modeling of Materials,” given at the McMat 2005 conference in Baton Rouge, LA on June 2, 2005.
- Presentation. “Progress in Error Estimation and Adaptive Modeling: Applications to Multi-scale Modeling “ given at the FY05 ONR Computational Mechanics & Structural Acoustics Program Review in Arlington, VA, on April 17, 2005.
- Invited Lecture. “Simulation-based Engineering, A New Paradigm,” given at the American Society of Mechanical Engineers Meeting, held at Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas, April 13, 2005.
- Invited Talk. “Multiscale Modeling of Physical Phenomena.” Given at Southwest Research Institute in San Antonio, Texas, April 13, 2005.
- Invited Colloquium Speaker. “Multi-Scale Modeling of Physical Phenomena: Adaptive Control of Models”, given at Oregon State University in Corvalis, OR March 8, 2005.
- Invited Presentation. “ICES – Research and Academic Programs in CES and CAM at the University of Texas at Austin”, given at the First Penn State Institute for Computational Science Day in State Park, PA, February 17, 2005.
- Invited Presentation. “Educational Programs in Computational Science at the University of Texas at Austin,” given at the PITAC Meeting held in Arlington, VA, January 11-12, 2005.
- Invited talk. Oden, J.T. “A Dynamic Data Driven Infrastructure for Reliable Computer Simulations”, by Oden, J.T., Browne, J.C., Babuska, I., Bajaj, C., Demkowicz, L.F., Gray, L., Bass, J., Feng, Y.S., Prudhomme, S., Nobile, F., and Tempone, R. Presented at the Computational Science – ICCS 2004 Conference, held in Cracow, Poland, June 6-9, 2004.
- Short Course. J.T. Oden and S. Prudhomme. “Estimating and controlling computational errors, “ ERDC, Vicksburg, MS, May 25, 2004.
- Report. Oden, J.T. “Simulation Based Engineering Science (SBES) a new paradigm in engineering and applied sciences” workshop report and recommendations to NSF for a workshop held under the auspices of the National Science Foundation in Austin, Texas April 15-16, 2004. Presented in Arlington, VA. April 30, 2004.
- Presentation. Oden, J.T. “Multi-scale Metal/Elastomer Interaction-Computations: Goal-Oriented Analysis of Non Linear Impact Problems “at the U.S. Army Natick Soldier Center, in Natick, Massachusetts, April 29, 2004.
- Invited Lecture, “Estimation and Control of Modeling and Approximation Error in Mechanics, Applications to Multiscale Models of Heterogeneous Materials, University of California at San Diego, San Diego, CA, April 28, 2004.
- Presentation. Oden, J.T. “Progress on estimation and control of modeling and approximation errors,” by J.T. Oden, with I. Babuska, L. Demkowicz, Y. Feng, F. Nobile, S. Prudhomme, A. Romkes, K. Vemaganti, and R. Tempone, presented at the FY2004 Joint Review of ONR Computational Mechanics and Structural Acoustics Programs, in Washington, D.C., April 19-22, 2004.
- Presentation. Oden, J.T. “Simulation Based Engineering Science (SBES),” workshop supported by the National Science Foundation in Austin, Texas April 15-16, 2004.
- Presentation. Ivo Babuska and J.T. Oden. “Theoretical formalism for verification and validation”, a verification and validation workshop presented at the Institute for Computational Engineering and Sciences at The University of Texas at Austin, April 13, 2004.
- Invited talk. J. T. Oden “Estimation and control of errors in computer simulations in continuum mechanics”, presented at conference in honor of the 60th birthday of Prof. Thomas J.R. Hughes, given at Rice University, Houston, Texas, April 7-9, 2004.
- Invited talk. Oden, J.T. “Estimation and Control of Modeling Error for Random Heterogeneous Materials”, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Michigan, March 2–3, 2004.
- Invited talk, Oden, J.T. “Simulation-Based Engineering: The future is now,” by J.T. Oden, with Tom Hughes, Ted Belytschko, and Jacob Fish, presented at National Science Foundation, Washington, DC. November 17, 2003.
- Invited talk. J. T. Oden. “Estimation and control of Approximation and Modeling Error in Nonlinear Computational Mechanics”, presented at ADAPT’03- Ad Adaptive Methods for Partial Differential Equations and Large-Scale Computation, held in Honor of Dean Joseph E. Flaherty on the Occasion of his 60th Birthday, held in Troy, New York, October 11-12, 2003.
- Presentation. Oden, J.T. “ A computational Infrastructure for reliable computer simulations”, by J.T. Oden, J.C. Browne, I. Babuska, K. Liechti, and L.F. Demkowicz. Presented at ICCS, 2003.
- Invited Plenary Lecture. “Theory and Methodology for estimation and control of errors due to modeling, approximation and uncertainty.” MAFELAP XI, held at Brunel University, Uxbridge, England, June 19-23, 2003.
- Invited lecture. “A Computational Strategy for Verification and Validation in Computational Mechanics. Part 1: the Deterministic Case”, given at the Honorary Mini-symposium, Computational Mechanics: From Theory to Practice, on the Occasion of Ted Belytschko’s 60th Birthday at the 7th U.S. National Congress on Computational Mechanics, Albuquerque, NM, July 28, 2003.
- Invited dinner speech in honor of Ted Belytschko, for the attendees of the Honorary Mini-symposium, Computational Mechanics: From Theory to Practice, on the Occasion of Ted Belytschko’s 60th Birthday, given at the 7th U.S. National Congress on Computational Mechanics, Albuquerque, NM, July 27, 2003.
- Invited Lecture. “Hierarchical Modeling of Heterogeneous Materials: A General Approach for the Analysis of Multiscale Media,” Engineering Mechanics Seminar, sponsored by the Center for Mechanics, Solid Structures and Materials, at the University of Texas at Austin on October 31, 2002.
- Invited Lecture. “A posteriori estimation and control of modeling and approximation error in computational science and engineering, “ Mechanics Seminar, Dept of Mechanical Engineering, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, October 15, 2002.
- Invited Keynote Lecture. “Hierarchical Modeling of Heterogeneous Materials: A general approach for the analysis of Multiscale Media,” Daniel C. Drucker Memorial Symposium, held at the University of Florida, October 8-10, 2002.
- Invited Lecture. “New Computational Methods for Verification and Validation: A Posteriori Estimation and Control of Numerical and Modeling Error” presented at the CFD-CSM Workshop on Fluid Structure Interaction, offered by the Programming Environment & Training Program and sponsored by the Department of Defense High Performance computing Modernization office, held at the Engineering Research and Development Center (ERDC), in Vicksburg, Mississippi on July 30-31,2002.
- Invited Lecture. “Recent Developments in a Posteriori Error Estimation for Discontinuous Galerkin Methods,” by Oden, J.T; Prudhomme, S.; and Romkes, A. presented at the WCCM V, Fifth World Congress on Computational Mechanics, held July 7–12, 2002 in Vienna, Austria.
- Invited Plenary Lecture. “A Posteriori Estimation of Modeling and Approximation Error in Computational Science and Engineering: New Tools for Verification and Validation of Computer Simulations,” presented at the WCCM V, Fifth World Congress on Computational Mechanics, held July 7–12, 2002 in Vienna, Austria.
- Lecture. “Estimation of Modeling and Approximation Errors in Computational Science and Engineering: Verification and Validation of Computer Simulations,” presented at the ONR Program Review in Washington, D.C. April 15-16, 2002.
- Invited Lecture. “Estimation and Control of Modeling Error in Computational Science and Engineering: Applications to Composite and Heterogeneous Materials”, presented at the 2002 Fowler Distinguished Lecture at Texas A& M University, in College Station, Texas, on February 20, 2002.
- Lecture. “Adaptive Modeling in Computational Solid Mechanics,” presented at the Current and Future Trends in Numerical PDE’s conference in honor of Professor Jim Douglas, Jr., held at the University of Texas at Austin in Austin, Texas February 8-9, 2002.
- Invited Plenary Lecture. “Adaptive Modeling in Computational Solid Mechanics”, by J.T. Oden and S. Prudhomme, presented at the Guanajuato 2002 II Congreso Internacional de Métodos Numéricos en Ingeniería y Ciencias Aplicadas, in Guanajuato, Mexico January 17-19, 2002.
- Invited Lecture. “Terascale Computing: the Nemesis or the Grail of Computational Engineering and Science?” presented ECCOMAS CFD 2001 in Swansea, United Kingdom, September 4-7, 2001.
- Lecture. “Adaptive model order reduction in the analysis of perforated materials,” by K.S. Vemaganti and J.T. Oden, presented at the Mini-symposium on Verification and Validation at Sixth U.S. National Congress on Computational Mechanics in Dearborn, Michigan August 1-3, 2001.
- Lecture. “Functionally graded material: Optimal tailoring of volume fracture distributions,” by J.R. Cho, D.Y. Ha, H.J. Park, and J.T. Oden, presented at the Mini-symposium on Verification and Validation at Sixth U.S. National Congress on Computational Mechanics in Dearborn, Michigan August 1-3, 2001.
- Lecture. “A priori and a posteriori error estimation for a discontinuous Galerkin finite element approximations,” by S. Prudhomme, J.T. Oden, A. Romkes, and F. Pascal, presented at the Mini-symposium on Verification and Validation at Sixth U.S. National Congress on Computational Mechanics in Dearborn, Michigan August 1-3, 2001.
- Lecture. “Verification of simulations using a posteriori error estimation,” by J.T. Oden and S. Prudhomme, presented at the Mini-symposium on Verification and Validation at Sixth U.S. National Congress on Computational Mechanics in Dearborn, Michigan August 1-3, 2001.
- Lecture. “Adaptive Modeling of heterogeneous materials: a goal-oriented approach to the problem of model selection,” by J.T. Oden, K.S. Vemaganti and A. Romkes, presented at the Mini-symposium on Verification and Validation at Sixth U.S. National Congress on Computational Mechanics in Dearborn, Michigan August 1-3, 2001.
- Lecture. “A posteriori error estimation and adaptive mesh refinement for Eulerian impact mechanics,” by D.L. Littlefield and J.T. Oden, presented at the Mini-symposium on Verification and Validation at Sixth U.S. National Congress on Computational Mechanics in Dearborn, Michigan August 1-3, 2001.
- Lecture. “Goal-Oriented error estimation and adaptation for industrial applications,” by J.T. Oden, S. Prudhomme, M.E. Botkin, J. Bass, and T. Westerman, presented at the Mini-symposium on Verification and Validation at Sixth U.S. National Congress on Computational Mechanics in Dearborn, Michigan August 1-3, 2001.
- Invited Lecture. “A Posteriori Error Estimation,” presented at the Mini-symposium on Verification and Validation at Sixth U.S. National Congress on Computational Mechanics in Dearborn, Michigan August 1-3, 2001.
- Invited Lecture. “Benchmarks”, presented at the Mini-symposium on Verification and Validation at the Sixth U.S. National Congress on Computational Mechanics in Dearborn, Michigan August 1-3, 2001.
- Invited Lecture. “ Adaptive Modeling of Heterogeneous Materials: A Goal-Oriented Approach to the Problem of Model Selection,” presented at Sixth U.S. National Congress on Computational Mechanics in Dearborn, Michigan August 1-3, 2001.
- Invited Lecture. “ Verification Of Simulations Using A Posteriori Error Estimation, “ presented at Sixth U.S. National Congress on Computational Mechanics in Dearborn, Michigan August 1-3, 2001.
- Keynote Address. “Progress on Practical Methods of Error Estimation for Engineering Calculations”, presented at the Mini-Symposium on Error Estimation and Adaptivity at the ECCM 2001: Second European Conference on Computational Mechanics in Cracow, Poland, June 26-29, 2001.
- Acceptance speech. “The Promise of Computational Engineering and Science: Will it be Kept?” given at the Ceremonial Seating of the Senate of CUT for the nomination of J.T. Oden for Doctor Honoris Causa of Cracow University of Technology in Cracow, Poland on June 25, 2001.
- Plenary Lecture. “ Adaptive Modeling In Computational Solid Mechanics”, presented at the ECCM 2001: Second European Conference on Computational Mechanics in Cracow, Poland, June 26-29, 2001.
- Invited Lecture, “Adaptive Modeling of Heterogeneous Materials: A Strategy for Automatic Selection of Models in Mechanics of Solids”. Presented for the IME Distinguished Lecture Series at the South Carolina Industrial Mathematics Institute on January 24, 2001 in Columbia, SC.
- Invited Lecture, “Adaptive Modeling of Heterogeneous Materials: A Strategy for Automatic Selection of Models in Mechanics of Solids”. Presented for the IME Distinguished Lecture Series at the South Carolina Industrial Mathematics Institute on January 24, 2001 in Columbia, SC.
- Lecture. “Adaptive Modeling of Heterogeneous Materials: Theory, Fast Summation Methods and Applications,” by J.T. Oden, G. Rodin, K. Vemaganti, and Y.H. Fu, presented at the 20th International Congress of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics Conference held 27 August – 2 September, 2000 in Chicago, IL.
- Invited Plenary Lecture, “Adaptive Modeling of Heterogeneous Materials: Theory, Fast Summation Methods and Applications”, by Oden, J. T. and Rodin, G. to be presented at the 20th International Congress of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics in a pre-nominated Session on Computational Strategies for Multiscale Phenomena in Mechanics held 27 August – 2 September, 2000 in Chicago, IL.
- Workshop. “A Critique of Various “Meshfree” Methods”, Presented at the Workshop on Meshfree Methods held June 11-13, 2000 in Chicago, IL.
- Invited Lecture, “Use of hp Finite Element Methods in Material Modeling.” Presented at p-FEM 2000 conference: p and hp Finite Element Methods: Mathematics and Engineering Practice held May 31-June 2, 2000 at Washington University in St. Louis, MS.
- Invited Workshop, “Hierarchical Modeling of Heterogeneous Materials.” Presented at Sandia National Laboratories April 2000 in Los Alamos, NM.
- Presentation, “DoD HPCMP Review: MSRC/PET Post Implementation Review, CSM: Computational Structural Mechanics Adaptive Meshing Techniques for Damaged Structures.” Presented at the ERDC CSM Academic Briefing for the Department of Defense High Performance Computing Modernization Program, Program Review 2000 on March 29, 2000 in Washington, DC.
- Presentation, “THE HPC FUTURES TASK FORCE: Information Science and Technology for the Twenty-First Century.” Presented at The University of Texas at Austin Internet2 Workshop on January 18, 2000 in Austin, Texas.
- Presentation, “Future of IAT”. Presented at The University of Texas at Austin on November 19, 1999 in Austin, Texas.
- Invited Lecture, “Hierarchical Modeling of Heterogeneous Materials: A Progress Report.” Presented at the Texas Differential Equations and their Applications Conference in honor of Jacques-Louis Lions’ 70th Birthday, held October 7-9, 1999 in Houston, Texas.
- Invited Lecture, “Adaptive Modeling of Heterogeneous Media: local estimates of modeling error.” European Conference on Computational Mechanics (ECCM99), held Aug 31- Sep 3, 1999 in Munich, Germany.
- Keynote Lecture, “Goal-Oriented Error Estimation and Adaptivity in FEA.” Presented in the “Recent Advances in A Posteriori Error Estimators and Adaptive Techniques” Mini-Symposium at the USNCCM 99 Congress on Computational Mechanics, held Aug 3 – 6, 1999 in Boulder, CO.
- Keynote Lecture, “Hierarchical Modeling of Heterogeneous Materials: a progress report.” Presented at the “Computational Advances in Modeling Heterogeneous Material” Mini-Symposium at the USNCCM 99 Congress on Computational Mechanics, held Aug 3 – 6, 1999 in Boulder, CO.
- Invited Lecture, “Local Estimates and Upper and Lower Bounds of Modeling Error and Adaptive Modeling of Multiscale Heterogeneous Media.” MAFELAP 1999 held Jun 22-25, 1999 at the Brunel University in London, England.
- Presentation, “ Adaptive Multiscale Modeling: the Example of Heterogeneous Materials.” Center for Simulation Based Engineering Industrial Partner’s Planning Meeting, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, held May 26-27, 1999 in Troy, NY.
- Invited Speech, “A Conservative DGM for Convection-Diffusion and Navier-Stokes Problems”, DGM International Symposium, held May 24-26, 1999 in Providence, RI.
- Invited Presentation, “TICAM: Texas Research in Advanced Modeling and Simulation” at DTRA Meeting held May 17, 1999, at Pickle Research Center in Austin, TX.
- Invited Presentation, “TICAM Program”, University of Alaska, held Apr 27-29 1999 in Fairbanks, AL.
- Invited Speech, “A-Posteriori Error Estimates and Goal-Oriented Adaptivity – Application to Heterogeneous Media” at Florida State University, held Mar 31-Apr1, 1999 in Tallahassee, FL
- Instructor, Specialty Workshop on Adaptive Grids. “A Posteriori Error Estimation: An Introduction and Review.” sponsored by CEWES Project NRC-CR 97-0002, held at the Texas Institute for Computational and Applied Mathematics, in Austin, Texas March 21, 1999.
- Invited speech, “Adaptive Hierarchical Modeling of Heterogeneous Continua”, ONR Annual Joint Program Review. CMSA, held Jan 3-9, 1999 in Boulder, CO.
- Keynote Lecture, “Adaptive Modeling of Heterogeneous Solids” CEWES, November 3-4, 1998 in Vicksburg, MS.
- Presentation, “Progress and Status of NPACI Engineering Applications.” NPACI Executive Committee Meeting, April 27-30, 1998, in College Park MD.
- Invited Speaker, “On the Adaptive Selection of Physical and Computational Models”, presented at the Robert J. Melosh Medal Competition, Duke University, March 26-28, 1998 in Durham NC.
- Invited speech, “Progress on Error Estimation and Hierarchical Modeling in Nonlinear Solid Mechanics”, presented at the ONR Review, February 27, 1998 in San Diego CA.
- Keynote Lecture, “New Approaches to Error Estimation and Adaptivity for the Stokes and Navier-Stokes Equations.” presented at the 10th International Conference on Finite Elements in Fluids, January 5-8, 1998 in Tucson AZ.
- Invited Speaker, “Multiscale Hierarchical Modeling of Deformation, Damage, and Service Life of Heterogeneous Structures”, presented at the 18th Annual International Conference on Predictability: Quantifying Uncertainty in Models of Complex Phenomenon, sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy Applied Mathematics Sciences Program, hosted by Center for Nonlinear Studies at the Los Alamos National Laboratory, May 11-15, 1998 in Los Alamos NM.
- Plenary Lecture, “Hierarchical Modeling of Heterogeneous Materials: a Computational Approach Toward Resolving Problems of Multiple Scale”, given at the 13th U.S. Congress on Applied Mechanics, June 22-24, 1998 in Gainesville FL.
- Plenary Lecture, “Advances in Adaptive Modeling of Heterogeneous Continua”, given at WCCM IV, June 29-July 2, 1998 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
- “Adaptive Modeling of Heterogeneous Materials”, Conference on New Advances in ACMIM, September 15-24, 1997 in Paris, France.
- “Analysis and Adaptive Modeling of Highly Heterogeneous Elastic Structures.” Fourth US National Congress on Computational Mechanics, San Francisco, CA, August 6-8, 1997.
- “Investigation of influence of Numerical Error in HDPM.” Fourth US National Congress on Computational Mechanics, San Francisco, CA, August 6-8, 1997.
- “Adaptive PUMs: Abstract Formulation of Meshless Methods as PUMs.” Fourth US National Congress on Computational Mechanics, San Francisco, CA, August 6-8, 1997.
- “Modeling Error, Error Estimations, and Adaptivity in the Analysis of Heterogeneous Materials.” SIAM 45th Anniversary Meeting, Stanford University, July 14-18, 1997.
- “Adaptive Hierarchical Modeling of Heterogeneous Materials: a New Approach to the Characterization of Microstructural Effects on the Performance of Composites and Heterogeneous Structures.” Northwestern University, June 1997.
- “Adaptive Methods for Hierarchical Modeling of Heterogeneous Materials”, IMA Workshop, University of Minnesota, May 1997.
- “Adaptive hp-Clouds: Theory and Application to Problems in Solid Mechanics”, ARO PI Conference, Army Research office, February 26-27, 1997.
- “Hierarchical Modeling, A Posteriori Error Estimation, and Adaptive Control in Nonlinear Solid Mechanics.” ONR Program Review Meeting, February 18, 1997, Austin, Texas.
- Invited Speaker and U.S. Delegate to the 19th ICTAM to represent the National Academy of Sciences, “Adaptive Hierarchical Modeling in Computational Mechanics”, the International Union of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, and Co-Chairman of Two Technical Sessions, Kyoto, Japan, August 25-31, 1996.
- Oden, J.T. invited Speaker, “Adaptivity, Error Control, and Hierarchical Modeling in Structural Mechanics”, Hewlett-Packard’s 1996 Worldwide High-Performance Technology Seminar Series, Detroit, Michigan, April 29-30, 1996.
- Oden, J.T. invited Speaker, “The Use of Parallel Adaptive hp Methods in Computational Mechanics”, Conference on Engineering Problems: Mathematical Formulations, Analysis, and Computational Treatment, University of Maryland, March 21-24, 1996.
- Oden, J.T. invited Speaker, “Optimal hp Methods, Local Error Estimates, and Pre-Conditioning for the Stokes and Navier-Stokes Equations”, and “Adaptive hpq FEMS for Hierarchical Models of Plate-and Shell-like Structures”, interdisciplinary Seminar Series, the Ohio State University, March 6, 1996.
- Oden, J.T. invited Speaker, “Progress on Adaptive Parallel Methods for Large-Scale Structural Acoustics”, Department of the Navy, the office of Naval Research’s Annual Review, February 12-16, 1996.
- Oden, J.T. invited Speaker, “Meshless Methods”, 1995 International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition, San Francisco, California, November 12-17, 1995.
- Oden, J.T. invited Speaker, “New Trends and Applications, Finite Elements in Fluids”, 9th International Conference on Finite Elements and Fluids, Venezia, Italy, October 15-21, 1995.
- “Progress on Parallel Adaptive h-p Methods”, Plenary Lecture at Third U.S. National Congress on Computational Mechanics, Dallas, Texas, June 12-14, 1995.
- “Parallel Adaptive h-p Methods: Applications to Fluid Mechanics, Solid Mechanics, Porous Media, and Acoustical Scattering and Radiation.” International Conference on Spectral and High Order Methods, Houston, Texas, June 5-9, 1995.
- “Smart Algorithms: Control of Accuracy, Stability, and Modeling of FEMs.” Technology Trends in Automotive Engineering, Sixth Annual Convex Symposium, Detroit, Michigan, June 6, 1995.
- “Adaptive h-p Methods for incompressible Flow Problems.” Phillips CHE/ME Symposium Series, New Mexico State University, March 20, 1995.
- “Progress on Adaptive hp Methods for Structural Acoustics Simulation.” Structural Dynamics and Structural Acoustics Program Review Meeting, Office of Naval Research, Boca Raton, Florida.
- “High-Order, Multi-Level Adaptive Time-Domain Methods for Structural Acoustics Simulations.” National Research Council Symposium on Large-Scale Structures in Acoustics and Electromagnetics, Washington, DC, September 26-27, 1994.
- “Parallel Adaptive Hp-Finite Element Methods for Problems in Fluid and Solid Mechanics.” Conference dedicated to Robert L. Taylor, Recent Developments in Finite Element Analysis, Stanford, California, September 19-21, 1994.
- “Error Estimation and H-P Adaptivity in Computational Fluid Dynamics: Parallel Adaptive Analyses of the Incompressible Navier Stokes Equations.” Tokyo, Japan, July 31-August 6, 1994.
- “Parallel Adaptive h-p Finite Element Methods in Solid and Fluid Mechanics.” 1994 SIAM Annual Meeting, San Diego, California, July 24-26, 1994.
- “Theory and Industrial Practices of the H-P Version of FEM.” 1994 SIAM Annual Meeting, San Diego, California, July 24-26, 1994.
- “HP Adaptive Methodologies for CFD: Applications and Results”, Fifth Annual Symposium on Technology Trends in Automotive Engineering, Detroit MI, May 23-24, 1994.
- “h-p Solution Adaptive Meshes for Capturing Important Flow Features in Automotive and Aerospace Applications.” Basel CFD User Days in Basel, Switzerland, May 5, 1994.
- “Automatic Error Control and Mesh Optimization in Computational Fluid Dynamics: Adaptive Hp Finite Element Methods.” Basel CFD User Days in Basel, Switzerland, April 30-May 4, 1994.
- “Highly Accurate Adaptive Computational Methods for Large-Scale Structural Acoustics Simulations.” Presented with L. Demkowicz, A. Safjan, P. Geng, and R. van de Geijn. ONR Annual Contract Review Meeting in Structural Acoustics, Austin, Texas, January 24-27, 1994.”Optimal Methods, Directional and Local Error Estimates for Non-self-adjoint Boundary Value Problems, “ Computational Mechanics Seminar, The University of Texas at Austin, March 8, 1994.
- “Error Estimation and H-P Adaptivity in Computational Fluid Dynamics: Parallel Adaptive Analyses of the incompressible Navier Stokes Equations.” Georgia Tech Institute, Atlanta GA, February 8-9, 1994.
- “An Hp Adaptive Strategy for Finite Element Approximation of the Navier-Stokes Equations, VIII International Conference on Finite Elements in Fluids Conference.” Barcelona, Spain, September 18-25, 1993.
- “Parallel Adaptive Methods for Complex Flow Problems.” 2nd U.S. National Congress, Washington, DC, August 16-18, 1993.
- “Recent Progress on Application of HP-Adaptive BE/FE Methods to Elastic Scattering.” Presented with Demkowicz, L., 2nd U.S. National Congress, Washington, DC, August 16-18, 1993.
- “A Unified Approach to A Posteriori Error Estimation for Hp Adaptive Finite Element Methods, IMA Summer Program, Modeling, Mesh Generation, and Adaptive Numerical Methods for Partial Differential Equations.” Workshop on Error Estimation and Adaptive Strategies, July 19-23, 1993.
- “Reflections on the Wind and Beyond.” First Joint ASCE/ASME/SES Engineering Mechanics Meeting, Presented with Theoodore Von Karman, held in Charlottesville, VA, June 9, 1993.
- “Error Estimation and Control in CFD, The Second Zienkiewicz Lecture, 8th Conference on the Mathematics of Finite Element Methods and Applications.” held at Brunel University, London, England, April 27-30, 1993.
- “Error Estimation and Control in Computational Fluid Dynamics, 4th Annual Technology Trends in Automotive Engineering Symposium.” Convex Automobile Engineering Conference, Convex Corporation, Dearborn, MI, April 7-8, 1993.
- “Error Estimation and Control in CFD.” Vehicle and Powertrain CAE Technical Exchange Conference, Detroit, MI, November 30-December 3, 1992.
- “Hp-Adaptive Methods in CFD, US-Japan Symposium on Finite Element Methods in Large-Scale Computational Fluid Dynamics.” Minnesota Supercomputer Institute, Minneapolis, MN, October 11-14, 1992.
- “Highly Accurate Adaptive Computational Methods for Large-Scale Structural Acoustics Simulations.” ONR Program Review Meeting, held in Austin TX, July 27-28, 1992.
- “Adaptive Finite Element Methods, Seminar on Competitiveness in Computing.” Convex Computer Corporation At General Electric Research Laboratories, Schnectady, New York, June 18, 1992.
- “Highly Accurate Adaptive Hp Methods for Linear Elastostatics.” Ninth Engineering Mechanics Specialty Conference, American Society of Civil Engineers, College Station, Texas, May 24-27, 1992.
- “A General Method of A Posteriori Error Estimation and An Adaptive Strategy for Hp Finite Element Methods.” U.S. Army Workshop on Adaptive Methods for Partial Differential Equations, Troy, NY, May 17-20, 1992.
- “Topics in Error Estimation.” Pre-Workshop Shortcourse”, U.S. Army Workshop on Adaptive Methods for Partial Differential Equations, Troy, NY, May 17, 1992.
- “Progress in Error Estimation and hp Adaptivity Finite Element Analysis”, invited seminar at the University of Michigan, held in Ann Arbor MI, April 23, 1992.
- “Error Estimation and hp Adaptivity in Computational Mechanics”, invited Seminar at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, held Champaign IL, April 21, 1992.
- “New Adaptive Methods for CFD”, invited talk at Technology Trends in Automotive Engineering, Ford Research Division, March 12, 1992.
- “hp-Adaptive Computational Methods for Structural Acoustics.” ONR Program Review Meeting, held in Alexandria VA, January 26-31, 1992.
- “h-p Adaptive Finite Element Methods in Transient Acoustics”, presented with A. Safjan at the Winter Annual Meeting of the American Society of Mechanical Engineering, held in Atlanta GA, December 2–5, 1991.
- “A Procedure for A Posteriori Error Estimation for hp Finite Element Methods.” Second Workshop on Reliability in Computational Mechanics, Krakow, Poland, October 14-16, 1991.
- Invited Shortcourse, “ 16th Annual Finite Element Analysis in Fluid Mechanics”, Knoxville TN, August 12-17, 1991.
- “A General Hp-Adaptive Finite Element Method for Broad Classes of Problems in Engineering.” Fourth International Conference on Computing in Civil and Building Engineering, Tokyo, Japan, July 29-31, 1991.
- “Progress on Adaptive High-Order Hp-Finite Element Methods in Computational Fluid Dynamics.” First U.S. National Congress on Computational Mechanics, Chicago, IL, July 22-24, 1991.
- Invited presentation, “Adaptive Computational Methods for Structural Acoustics”, JASON Summer Study, San Diego CA, July 16, 1991.
- “Progress in Fluid Structure Interaction: The Texas Group”, ONR Fluid Structure Interaction Program Review Meeting in Boston MA, July 13-14, 1991.
- “Review of Texas Program on Computational Methods in Advanced Submarine Technology”, ONR/DARPA Interaction Program Review Meeting in Boston MA, July 11-12, 1991.
- “A Runge-Kutta Discontinuous Finite Element Method for High-Speed Flows”, presented with K.S. Bey at AIAA 10th Computational Fluid Dynamics Conference, Honolulu HI, June 24-27, 1991.
- “Smart Algorithms and Adaptive Finite Element Methods in CFD: their Status and Potential.” Second SA CFD Symposium, held in Stellenbosch, South Africa, June 1991.
- “Toward Optimality, Generality, and Reliability in Computational Mechanics.” Alcoa Seminar in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, April 29, 1991.
- “Progress in Fluid Structure Interaction: The Texas Group”, ONR Fluid Structure Interaction Program Review Meeting in Austin TX, January 24-25, 1991.
- “A New hp Adaptive Finite Element Method for High-Speed Compressible flow Simulations”, AIAA 29th Aerospace Sciences Meeting, Reno, Nevada, January 7-10, 1991.
- “A New hp Adaptive Finite Element Method for High-Speed Compressible Flows, Symposium on Computational Technology for Flight Vehicles.” NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA, November 5-7, 1990.
- “h-p Adaptive Finite Element Methods for Compressible and incompressible Flows.” Symposium on Computational Technology for Flight Vehicles, NASA Langley Research Center, November 5-7, 1990.
- “Toward Optimal Control in Computational Fluid Dynamics: Smart Algorithms and Adaptive Methods.” 27th Annual Meeting of the Society of Engineering Science, Santa Fe, New Mexico, October 21-25, 1990.
- “Smart Algorithms and Adaptive Methods: Optimization of the Computer Process.” Conference on Very Large Scale Computation in the 21st Century, held at Thinking Machines, Inc., Boston, Massachusetts, October 1-4, 1990.
- “New Developments in Adaptive Finite Element Methods in Computational Fluid Dynamics.” Sixth Chautauqua Meeting, White Plains, New York, September 9-11, 1990.
- “Advances in Smart Algorithms and Adaptive Methods in Computational Fluid Dynamics.” 2nd World Congress on Computational Mechanics, Stuttgart, West Germany, August 27-31, 1990.
- “Adaptive Finite Element in Computational Fluid Mechanics, ONR Structural Acoustics Program Review.” Stanford University, Palo Alto, Ca, July 12-13, 1990.
- “Adaptive Methods in Computational Fluid Dynamics: Status and Potential.” NASA Headquarters, Washington DC, July 1990.
- “Adaptive Methods in Computational Fluid Dynamics: A Look At Their Status and Potential.” NASA Ames Research Center, June 5, 1990.
- “Adaptive Methods in Computational Fluid Dynamics: Status and Potential.” NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton VA, May 2, 1990.
- “Robust Parametric Evaluation Procedures for Dynamic Response of Anisotropic Structure”, NASA Conference on Advanced Earth-on-Orbit Propulsion Technology in Huntsville AL, May 1990.
- “Fluid Structure Interaction in Underwater Acoustics”, presented with L. Demkowicz and J. Bennighof at the 11th National Congress on Applied Mechanics in Tucson AZ, May 1990.
- “An H-P Adaptive Finite Element Method for Incompressible Viscous Flows.” MAFELAP, Brunel University, April 24-27, 1990.
- “Advances in Computational Methods in Combustion Stability.” JANNAF Workshop on instability Combustion, China Lake, Ca, April 5-6, 1990.
- “Adaptive Finite Element Methods in Computational Fluid Mechanics.” MSC’s 1990 World Users’ Conference, Los Angeles, Ca, March 29-31, 1990.
- “Error Estimation and Adaptivity in Computational Fluid Dynamics: Towards the Development of Smart Algorithms”, Department of Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics at the University of Minnesota, March 2, 1990.
- “Progress in Fluid-Structure Interaction.” ONR Workshop on Submarine Acoustics, Boston, January 31-February 2, 1990.
- “Progress in Acoustical Modeling.” Structural Acoustics Program Review.” Boston, January 28-31, 1990.
- “Adaptivity & Smart Algorithm for Fluid-Structure interaction.” AIAA 28th Aerospace Sciences Meeting, Reno, NV, January 8-11, 1990.
- “Error Estimation & Adaptivity in Computational Fluid Dynamics: Towards the Development of Smart Algorithms.” Seminar in the Department of Aerospace Engineering & Mechanics, University of Minnesota, January 2, 1990.
- “A Posteriori Error Analysis in Finite Elements: the Element Residual Method for Symmetrizable Problems with Applications to Compressible Euler and Navier-Stokes Equations.” Lakeway, Austin, Texas, October 26-28, 1989.
- Keynote Speaker, “New Directions in Computational Fluid Dynamics: Smart Algorithms and Adaptivity.” Proceedings 21 Midwestern Mechanics Conference Michigan Technological University, Houghton MI, August 12-16, 1989.
- “Sliding Mesh Algorithms and Fluid-Structure Interaction Models for Rotorcraft Aerodynamics”, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field CA, June 1989.
- “Smart Algorithms for Complex Problems in Fluid Dynamics.” the Seventh Army Conference on Applied Mathematics and Computing”, West Point NY, June 6-9, 1989.
- “Smart Algorithms and Adaptive Methods in Computational Fluid Dynamics.” 12th Canadian Congress of Applied Mechanics, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada, May 28-June 2, 1989.
- “Smart Algorithms and Adaptive Methods in Computational Fluid Dynamics.” at the Minnesota Supercomputing Institute, at the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, May 3, 1989.
- “Smart Algorithms and Adaptive Methods; the Search for Optimality in Computational Fluid Dynamics.” Seminar, University of Cincinnati, April 21, 1989.
- “Adaptive Method in Computational Fluid Dynamics.” Finite Element Methods in Flow Problems, Huntsville, AL, April 3-7, 1989;
- “Smart Algorithms and Adaptive Methods for Computational Fluid Mechanics.” Symposium on Frontiers in Computational Mechanics, in Honor of T.H.H. Pian, Boston MA, March 17-18, 1989.
- “The Best FEM.” Melosh Medal Competition, Duke University, February 25, 1989.
- “Adaptive Methods in CFD”, ONR/DARPA Review Workshop, University of Texas, Austin TX, January 18-19, 1989.
- “Adaptive Methods in CFD”, ONR/DARPA Review Workshop, University of Texas, Austin TX, January 18-19, 1989.
- “Texas Work on Adaptive Methods in Acoustics and CFD”, ONR-DARPA Review Workshop at MIT, Boston MA, January 9, 1989.
- “Recent Results in Adaptive Methods in Computational Fluid Dynamics.” Army Workshop on Adaptive Methods for Partial Differential Equations, RPI, Troy NY, October 15, 1988.
- “Advances in Adaptive Methods and Computational Fluid Mechanics.” Conference on Iterative Methods for Large Linear Systems, Princeton NJ, October 12, 1988.
- Invite Shortcourse, “Finite Element Analysis in Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer”, The University of Texas, Austin TX, July 11-20, 1988.
- “Advances in Adaptive Methods in Computational Fluid Mechanics.” the Eringen Symposium, Joint Applied Mechanics/Engineering Science Conference, Berkeley, California, June 20-22, 1988.
- “Development of Adaptive Methods in Computational Fluid Dynamics.” Recent Trends in Nonlinear Computational Mathematics and Mechanics—a Conference in Honor of Werner C. Rheinboldt, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, March 9-11, 1988.
- “Adaptive Computational Fluid Dynamics, a First Step Toward AI.” Mechanical Engineering Graduate Colloquium, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, February 23, 1988.
- “Some Historical Comments on Finite Element Methods.” ACM Conference on the History of Scientific and Numeric Computation, Princeton, New Jersey, May 13-15, 1987.
- “Adaptive Methods for Complex Flow Problems.” MAFELAP 1987, Uxbridge, England, April 28-May 1, 1987.
- “Adaptive Finite Element Methods in Solid Mechanics.” Fourth International Conference on Numerical Methods in Fracture Mechanics, San Antonio, Texas, March 22-26, 1987.
- “Recent Advances in Error Estimation and Adaptive Improvement of Finite Element Calculations.” Symposium on Future Directions in Computational Mechanics, ASME Winter Annual Meeting, Anaheim, California, December 7-12, 1986.
- “Adaptive Finite Element Methods for Compressible Flow Problems.” Symposium on Numerical Methods for Compressible Flows –Finite Difference, Element, and Volume Techniques, ASME Winter Annual Meeting, Anaheim, California, December 7-12, 1986.
- “Finite Element Methods.” Presented at the ASME/IEEE Computer Society 1986 Fall Joint Conference. November 2-6, 1986.
- “Adaptive and Moving Mesh Methods for Supersonic Flow Problems.” First World Congress on Computational Mechanics, Austin, Texas, September 22-26, 1986.
- Invited Shortcourse, “Finite Element Theory and Application Overview.” ICES/NASA Workshop, Hampton, Virginia, July 28-30, 1986.
- Invited Shortcourse, “Finite Elements in Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer”, Cleveland OH, July 21-23, 1986.
- Shortcourse, “Finite Elements Analysis in Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer”, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin TX, July 14-18, 1986.
- Invited Presentation, “Adaptive Methods in Solid and Fluid Mechanics”, Seminar on Scientific Computing at Brown University, held in Providence RI, April 23-26, 1986.
- Invited Lecture, “A Finite Element Analysis of the General Rolling Contact Problem for A Viscoelastic Rubber Cylinder.” Fifth Annual Meeting and Conference on Tire Science and Technology, held in Akron, Ohio, March 25-27, 1986.
- Invited Lecture, “Adaptive Finite Element Methods and Computational Fluid Dynamics.” AIAA 24th Aerospace Sciences Meeting, Reno NV, January 6-9, 1986.
- Invited Lecture, “Adaptive Finite Element Methods for Complex Problems in Solid and Fluid Mechanics”, FEICOM-85, held in Bombay, India, December 2-6, 1985.
- Invited Lecture, “Variational Principles and Adaptive Methods for Complex Flow Problems.” International Symposium on Variational Methods in Geosciences held at the University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, October 15-17, 1985.
- Invited Presentation, “Rolling Contact and Friction”, Applied Mathematics Seminar Series, University of Missouri, held in Rolla, Missouri, October 5, 1984.
- Invited Presentation, “Topics in Computational Mechanics”, Applied Mathematics Seminar Series, University of Missouri, held in Rolla, Missouri, October 3, 1984.
- Invited Presentation, “Penalty Methods and Underintegration for Constrained Problems in Mechanics”, Applied Mathematics Seminar Series, University of Missouri, held in Rolla, Missouri, October 1, 1984.
- Invited Presentation, “Some Adaptive Finite Element Methods for Complex Flow Problems”, University of Wyoming, Laramie WY, September 26-27, 1985.
- Invited Lecture, “New Models and Theories of Dynamic Friction.” 19th Midwestern Mechanics Conference at Ohio State University, Columbus OH, September 9-11, 1985.
- Invited Lecture, “Adaptive Methods for Incompressible Viscous Flow Problems with Moving Boundaries.” International Conference on Accuracy Estimates and Adaptive Refinements in Finite Element Computation, Lisbon, Portugal, June 19-22, 1984.
- Invited Lecture, “Penalty and Under-Integration Methods in Computational Mechanics.” Applied Mechanics Seminar, Departments of Mechanical Engineering and Civil Engineering/Engineering Mechanics, Montana State University, held in Bozeman, Montana, May 18, 1984.
- Invited Lecture, “New Interface Models of Dynamic Friction Effects in Nonlinear Structural Dynamics.” AIAA 25th Structural Dynamics and Materials Conference, Palm Springs, California, May 14-16, 1984.
- Invited Lecture, “A Formulation and Finite Element Analysis of A General Class of Rolling Contact Problems and Applications.” Brunel University held in London, England, May 1-4, 1984.
- Invited Presentation, “Adaptive Methods and Applications in Nonlinear Mechanics”, Scientific Computing Seminar Series, University of Pittsburgh, April 16, 1985.
- Invited Lecture, “Advances in Nonlinear Finite Element Methods for Tire Modeling.” National Tire Modeling Program Meeting, March 28-30, 1984.
- Invited Workshop, “Workshop on Finite Elements.” Department of Mathematics and CIMMS at the University of Oklahoma, held in Norman OK, March 5-7, 1984.
- Invited Lecture, “Under-Integration and Finite Element Methods.” Seminar of Department of Engineering, the University of Maryland, February 27, 1984.
- Invited Lecture, “Variational Principles and Adaptive Schemes for A Class of Flow Problems with Moving Boundaries.” Fifth International Symposium on Finite Element Methods in Flow Problems, presented with Demkowicz, L., Strouboulis, T., and L. Campos, held in Austin TX, January 23-26, 1984.
- Invited Lecture, “Models and Computational Methods for Dynamic Friction Phenomena.” International Symposium on Finite Element Methods in Nonlinear Mechanics (Fenomech 1984), Stuttgart, Germany, 1984.
- Invited Lecture, “Load-History Effects in Contact Problems with Non-Classical Friction.” ASME Symposium Houston, Texas, 1983.
- Invited Lecture, “Progress in Finite Element Techniques.” AIAA 6th Computational Fluid Dynamics Conference, Massachusetts, 1983.
- Invited Lecture, “Computational Methods for Problems of Frictional Contact and Impact.” SES Meeting, Delaware, 1983.
- Invited Lecture, “Contact Problems in Elasticity with Non-Classical Friction Laws.” Iowa City, 1983.
- Invited Lecture, “Contact Problems with Non-Classical Friction Laws.” Midwestern Mechanics Seminar, Illinois Institute of Technology, 1983.
- Invited Lecture, “On a Class of Contact Problems with Non-Local Friction.” Engineering Mechanics Seminar, Ohio State University, 1983.
- Invited Lecture, “Penalty Methods and Reduced integration for Finite Element Analysis of Constrained Problems.” Finite Element Seminar, University of Capetown, South Africa, 1983.
- Invited Lecture, “RIP Method for Stokesian Flows.” Midwest Mechanics Seminar: University of Michigan, University of Minnesota, University of Notre Dame, Purdue University, University of Illinois, University of Wisconsin, Michigan State University, 1983.
- Invited Lecture, “A Stable Second-Order Accurate Finite Element Scheme for the Analysis of Two-Dimensional incompressible Viscous Flows.” 4th International Symposium of Finite Element Methods in Flow Problems, Tokyo, Japan, July 1982.
- Invited Lecture, “Mathematical Theory of Plasticity, EM/TICOM Seminar.” University of Texas, Austin, April 1982.
- Invited Lecture, “Workshop on New Methods in Penetration Mechanics.” Aberdeen Proving Grounds, Maryland, April 1982.
- Invited Lecture, “Nonconvex Problems and Phase Transition in Nonlinear Materials.” SECTAM, Huntsville, Alabama, April 1982.
- Invited Lecture, “Numerical Analysis of Certain Contact Problems in Elasticity with Non-Classical Friction Laws.” Symposium on Advances and Trends, Virginia, 1982.
- Invited Lecture, “On the Analysis of a Class of Contact Problems with Non-Local Friction.” SECTAM XI, with E. Pires, 1982.
- Invited Lecture, “Non-Local Friction Laws for Contact Problems in Elastostatics.” SES Meeting, Rolla, Missouri, 1982.
- Invited Lecture, “Non-Local Friction Laws for Contact Problems in Elastostatics.” SES Meeting, Rolla, Missouri, 1982.
- Invited Lecture, “Workshop of Friction Damping of Vibration, Pennsylvania, 1982 Stable Penalty Methods for Problems in integration for the Analysis of Fluids.” ASME WAM, Phoenix, Arizona, 1982.
- Invited Lecture, “Rip Method for Stokesian Flows, Siam Lectures.” Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas, 1982.
- Invited Lecture, “Finite Element Method for Nonlinear Elastostatic Problems in Rubber Elasticity.” NASA Paper, with Becker, E.B.; Pires, E.B.; and Endo, T. Tire Modeling Workshop, Virginia, 1982.
- Invited Lecture, “Variational inequalities in Finite Element Analysis.” Symposium on New Concepts in Finite Element Methods, Joint ASME/ASCE Mechanics Conference, the University of Colorado, Boulder, June 23, 1981.
- Invited Lecture, “Some New Results on Finite Element Methods for Contact Problems with Friction.” Symposium on New Concepts in Finite Element Methods, Joint ASME/ASCE Mechanics Conference, the University of Colorado, Boulder, June 23, 1981.
- Invited Lecture, “Penalty-Finite Element Methods for Constrained Problems in Elasticity.” invitational Symposium on Finite Element Methods, Hefei Polytechnical University, Anhui, Province, People’s Republic of China, May 23, 1981.
- Invited Lecture, “Penalty Methods and Reduced integration–An introduction–With Applications To Constrained Problem in Elasticity and Fluid Mechanics.” Mathematics Seminar, Brunel Institute for Computational Mathematics, Brunel University, Uxbridge, England, May 13, 1981.
- Keynote Speaker, MAFELAP ’81, Fourth Conference on the Mathematics of Finite Elements with Applications, Brunel University, Uxbridge, England, February 29, 1981.
- Invited Lecture, Distinguished Visiting Mathematician in the Special Year in Mathematics, the University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, February 1981.
- Invited Lecture, “Penalty Methods for Constrained Problems in Nonlinear Elasticity.” IUTAM Symposium on Finite Elasticity, Lehigh University, Bethelehem, Pennsylvania, August 11-15, 1980.
- Invited Lecture, “Analysis of incompressible Elastic Bodies by Exterior Penalty Methods.” U.S./Europe Workshop on Nonlinear Finite Element Analysis in Structural Mechanics, Ruhr University, Bochum, West Germany, July 28-30, 1980.
- Invited Lecture, “Penalty Methods and Reduced integration in Elasticity Problems.” Symposium on Finite Element Methods for Nonlinear and Singular Problems, University of Durham, Durham, England, June 26-July 6, 1980.
- Invited Lecture, “Penalty Methods and Selective Reduced Integration for Stokesian Flows.” Third International Conference on Finite Elements in Flow Problems, Banff Centre, Banff, Alberta, Canada, June 10-13, 1980.
- Invited Lecture, “Finite Element Methods for Constrained Problems in Elasticity.” Fifth Invitational Symposium on the Unification of Finite Elements – Finite Differences and Calculus of Variations, the University of Connecticut, May 2, 1980.
- Invited Lecture, “Trends in Computational Mechanics.” Eleventh Southwestern Graduate Research Conference in Applied Mechanics, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma, April 11-12, 1980.
- Presentation, “Reduced integration Penalty Methods for Constrained Problems in Elasticity, Finite Element Circus.” University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, April, 1980.
- Invited Lecture, Joint Mathematics-Engineering Seminar, the University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, November 1979.
- Invited Lecture, Joint Mathematics-Engineering Seminar, the University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma, October 1979.
- Instructor, Fourth Short Course “On Finite Element Analysis in Fluid Dynamics.” The University of Texas at Austin, Texas, July 1979.
- Seminar, Departments of Mechanical and Civil Engineering, the University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, February 1979.
- Invited Lecture, Department of Civil Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, February 1979.
- Invited Lecture, Department of Mathematics, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, January 1979.
- Invited Lecture, Department of Engineering Mechanics, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, December 1, 1978.
- Invited Lecture, Department of Mathematics, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, November 30, 1978.
- Instructor, Third Short Course “On Finite Element Analysis in Fluid Dynamics.” University of Alabama in Huntsville, Alabama, July 1978.
- Keynote Speaker, Southeastern Conference on Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, May 1978.
- Invited General Lecture, Third Conference on the Mathematics of Finite Elements with Applications, Brunel University, Uxbridge, England, April 1978.
- Invited Lecture, 75th Meeting of the American Mathematical Society, University of Houston, Houston, Texas, April 1978.
- Instructor, TICOM Short Course on “Finite Element Methods for Senior Engineers.” The University of Texas At Austin, January 1978.
- Invited Lecture, Symposium on Finite Elasticity, ASME Winter Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia, November 1977.
- Keynote Speaker, Symposium on Applications of Computer Methods in Engineering, University of Southern California, August 23- 26, 1977.
- Instructor, Five-Day Short Course “On Finite Element Analysis in Fluid Dynamics.” at Knoxville, Tennessee, July 25-29, 1977.
- Invited Speaker and Paper, Symposium on Nonlinear Equations in Abstract Spaces, The University of Texas At Arlington, June 8-10, 1977.
- Five Invited Lectures, Summer Course on Applied Mathematics, University of Texas at Arlington, Texas, June 1977.
- Invited Lecture, Colloquium on Mathematical Aspects of Finite Element Methods, Rome, Italy, December 10, 1976.
- Invited Lecture, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, California, November 1976.
- Invited Lecture, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, November 1976.
- Invited Lecture, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, California, November 1976.
- Invited Lecture, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California, November 1976.
- Invited Lecture and Guest Speaker, Siam Annual Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia, October 1976.
- Invited Lecture, U.S.-German Seminar on Finite Element Methods, M.I.T., Cambridge, Massachusetts, August 1976.
- Speaker and instructor, Finite Element Analysis in Fluid Mechanics, University of Alabama in Huntsville, Alabama, July 28-30, 1976.
- Invited Lecture, Second International Conference on Finite Elements in Flow Problems, Rapallo, Italy, June 14-18, 1976.
- Invited Lecture, Workshop on Three-Dimensional Fracture Mechanics, Battelle Institute, Columbus, Ohio, April 1976.
- Speaker, “The Finite Element Circus.” Brookhaven National Laboratories, Long Island, New York, March, 1976.
- Visiting Scholar Lecture Series, Three Lectures at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia, February 16-17, 1976.
- Invited Lecture, “Symposium on Approximation Theory.” University of Texas, Austin, Texas, January 18-21, 1976.
- Invited Paper, ASME Annual Winter Meeting, Houston, December, 1975.
- Invited Lecture, Mathematics Seminar, Department of Mathematical Sciences, Rice University, Houston, December 1975
- Invited Speaker, Second INRIA Symposium on Computing Methods in Applied Science and Engineering, Paris, December, 1975.
- Invited Keynote Speaker, Symposium on Applications of Functional Analysis to Mechanics IUTAM/IUM, Marseille, France, September 1975.
- Speaker, “The Finite Element Circus.” Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, March, 1975.
- Invited Lectures in the Midwest Lecture Series, 1975: November 1974; Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois; University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois; Purdue University, Lafayette, Indiana, February 1975, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin; Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan; University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
- Speaker, “The Finite Element Circus.” University of Maryland, College Park, October 11-12, 1974.
- Invited Speaker and Paper, Member of Organizing Committee, International Symposium of Finite Element Methods in Flow Problems.” University of Wales, Swansea, January 1974.
- Invited Lecture, Southwestern Graduate Research Conference, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, 1974.
- Invited Visiting Professor, Doppe, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, 1974.
- Invited Lecture, Mechanics Seminar Series, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, 1974.
- Keynote Speaker, Central U.S. National Congress on Applied Mechanics, Boulder, Colorado, 1974.
- Twenty invited Lectures on the Mathematics of Finite Elements, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, 1974.
- Invited Lecture, International Symposium on Computing Methods in Science and Engineering, INRIA, Paris, France, December 1973.
- Invited Lecture, Computational Methods in Nonlinear Mechanics, At RAIA At Racourt, Paris, December 17-21, 1973.
- Invited Speaker, Asian Symposium on Computational Methods in Structural Mechanics, Supported by the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Tokyo, November 5-10, 1973.
- Invited Speaker, Second International Conference on Structural Mechanics in Reactor Technology, Berlin, West Germany, September 1973.
- Invited Speaker, Signum-Special interest Group on Numerical Mathematics Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) National Conference, Atlanta, Georgia, August 27, 1973.
- Invited Lecture, Symposium, the Mathematics Research Center, the University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, April 1973.
- Invited Lecture, Chevron Oil Field Research Laboratories, Lahabra, California, February 16, 1973.
- Invited Lecture, the University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, February 15, 1973.
- Invited Lecture, “Mechanics Division Seminar.” University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, December 1972.
- Invited Speaker, Second Conference on the Mathematical Theory on Finite Elements with Applications, Brunel University, Uxbridge, England, 1973.
- “Mixed Finite Element Approximations for Nonlinear Boundary-Value Problems by the Method of Conjugate Projections.” presented with J.N. Reddy, SIAM-Signum Fall Meeting, October 15-18, Austin, Texas, 1972.
- Invited Lecture, Southwest Mechanics Lecture Series, 1972 at the Following: Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas; the University of Texas At Austin, Austin, Texas; University of Houston, Houston, Texas; Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana; October-November, 1972.
- Invited Lecture, International Conference on Variational Methods in Engineering, Southampton, England, September 1972.
- Keynote Speaker, the Second U.S.-Japan Seminar on Matrix Methods of Structural Analysis, University of California, Berkeley, California, September 1972.
- Invited Speaker, “First Canadian IASS Conference on Shell Structures and Climatic influences.” Calgary, Alberta, Canada, July 1972.
- Invited Lecture, NATO Advanced Study Institute, Calgary, Canada, July-August, 1972.
- Invited Speaker and invited Paper, Symposium on “The Mathematical Foundations of the Finite Element Method with Applications to Partial Differential Equations.” University of Maryland, Baltimore, June 1972.
- Invited Lecture, Brunel University, Uxbridge, England, April 1972.
- Chairman, and invited Speaker, Session on Mathematical Methods, Annual Structural Engineering Meeting, ASCE, Cleveland, Ohio, April, 1972.
- Invited Lecture, Mathematical Sciences Department, Thomas J. Watson Research Center, IBM, Yorktown Heights, New York, March 30, L972 43, March 30, 1972.
- Invited Paper and invited Speaker, National Symposium on Computerized Structural Analysis and Design, George Washington University, Washington, DC, March 1972.
- Invited Lecture, Spring Seminar Series in Structures and Mechanics, Drexel University, Philadelphia, March 1972.
- Invited Lecture, the University of Texas, Austin, Texas, January 1972.
- Session Chairman, First International Conference on Structural Mechanics in Reactor Technology, Berlin, Germany, September 1971.
- Invited Lecture, the Danish Center for Applied Mathematics and Mechanics, Copenhagen, Denmark, August 1971.
- Invited Lecture, University of Illinois at Chicago Circle, Chicago, Illinois, January 1971.
- Five invited Lectures at the NATO Advanced Study Institute, Finite Element Methods in Continuum Mechanics, Lisbon, Portugal, 1971.
- Chairman, Finite Element Session, Conference on Computer-Oriented Analysis of Shell Structures, Palo Alto, California, August 1970.
- Invited Lecture, University of California, Berkeley, April 1970.
- Chairmen, Mathematical Methods Session, Annual ASCE Structural Engineering Conference, Portland, Oregon, April 1970.
- Invited Lecture, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, January 1970.
- Invited Lecture, Arnold Research Organization, Arnold Air Force Station, Tullahoma, Tennessee, January 1970.
- Invited Paper, International Union of Theoretical Applied Mechanics, Liege, Belgium, 1970.
- Invited To Present Paper and Chair Session, Japan-U.S. Seminar on Matrix Methods of Structural Analysis and Design, Tokyo, Japan, August 1969.
- Invited Lecture, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, May 1969.
- Chairman of Plates and Shells Session, Annual ASCE Structural Engineering Conference in Louisville, Kentucky, April 1969.
- Invited Lecture, Tokyo Institute of industrial Science, 1969.
- Invited Lecture, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 1969.
- Invited Lecture, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, December 1968.
- Invited Lecture, University of Houston, Houston, Texas, October 1968.
- Invited Lecture, Purdue University, Lafayette, Indiana, April 1968.
- Invited Lecture, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, 1968.
- Invited Lecture, Stuttgart University, Stuttgart, Germany, 1967.
- Invited Lecture, Mechanics Seminar, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, 1966.
- Invited Lecture, Danish Engineering Academy, Copenhagen, 1966.
- Presented Paper, IASS Congress, Leningrad, U.S.S.R., 1966.
- Presented Paper, “On Network Topology and Graph Theory, World Conference on Space Structures.” University of Surrey, Surrey, England, 1965.
- Session Paper, “On Elastic Plates.” SECTAM, Atlanta, Georgia, 1964.
- Lecture, Regional AIAA Conference, Fort Worth, Texas, 1963.
- Invited Lecture, Regional ASCE Meeting, Dallas, Texas, 1961.