Keynote Lectures
Keynote lectures in the 3rd Joint International Conference on Multibody System Dynamics and the 7th Asian Conference on Multibody Dynamics are:
Challenges in the Use of Multibody Dynamics for the Study of Human Body Motion
in Medical Applications
Prof. Javier Cuadrado, Universitu of La Coruna, Spain
Biography,
Javier Cuadrado is full-professor of mechanical engineering at University of La Coruña, and has been working on multi-body system dynamics for more than 25 years. Since March 2002 he is the Head of the Laboratory of Mechanical Engineering (http://lim.ii.udc.es), an academic group devoted to theoretical research in the mentioned discipline as well as application to automotive, biomechanical, maritime and heavy machinery industrial sectors. Since September 2005 he chairs the IFToMM Technical Committee for Multibody Dynamics. He has been co-organizer of the ECCOMAS Thematic Conference Multibody Dynamics 2005, held in Madrid, Spain, and organizer of the EUROMECH Colloquium 476 Real-time Simulation and Virtual Reality Applications of Multibody Dynamics, held in Ferrol, Spain, in 2006. He is member of the editorial board of Multibody System Dynamics, Journal of Multi-body Dynamics, Mechanism and Machine Theory, and Mechanics Based Design of Structures and Machines.
Prof. Javier Cuadrado, Universitu of La Coruna, Spain
Javier Cuadrado is full-professor of mechanical engineering at University of La Coruña, and has been working on multi-body system dynamics for more than 25 years. Since March 2002 he is the Head of the Laboratory of Mechanical Engineering (http://lim.ii.udc.es), an academic group devoted to theoretical research in the mentioned discipline as well as application to automotive, biomechanical, maritime and heavy machinery industrial sectors. Since September 2005 he chairs the IFToMM Technical Committee for Multibody Dynamics. He has been co-organizer of the ECCOMAS Thematic Conference Multibody Dynamics 2005, held in Madrid, Spain, and organizer of the EUROMECH Colloquium 476 Real-time Simulation and Virtual Reality Applications of Multibody Dynamics, held in Ferrol, Spain, in 2006. He is member of the editorial board of Multibody System Dynamics, Journal of Multi-body Dynamics, Mechanism and Machine Theory, and Mechanics Based Design of Structures and Machines.
Generation of Minimal Coordinate Formulations in Multibody Applications
Prof. Andres Kecskemethy, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany
Biography,
Professor Kecskeméthy graduated from the University of Stuttgart in Mechanical Engineering in 1984 and received his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Duisburg in 1993. From 1994 to 1995, he stayed as a senior guest researcher at the Centre for Intelligent Machines at McGill University with a fellowship from the German Research Foundation (DFG). In 1996, Dr Kecskemethy was appointed Professor at the Technical University of Graz, where he held the Chair for Mechanics and Mechanisms. In 2002, Dr Kecskeméthy was appointed as Professor at the University of Duisburg-Essen, where he holds since then the Chair for Mechanics and Robotics at the Institute of Mechatronics and System Dynamics. He served there as Dean of the Faculty of Engineering and as Chairman of the Senate of the University Duisburg-Essen. He has been visiting professor at MIT in 2010 and visiting professor at the Universidad Católica del Perú in 2013. Since 2011, he is External Corresponding Member of the Academy of Sciences of the University of Bologna. Dr Kecskemethy is currently Editor-In-Chief of the Journal Mechanism and Machine Theory. His memberships include the German Engineering Association VDI and the International Federation for the Promotion of Mechanism and Machine Science. Dr Kecskeméthy has worked in the areas of kinematics and dynamics of multibody systems, in particular with view to the closed-form and differential-geometric representation of kinematics. The application of these methods include the modelling and control of mechatronic systems, vehicle dynamics, design of legged machines, biomechanics of the human musculoskeletal system, mechanism design and dynamic modelling, and heavy-weight robotics. Dr Kecskemethy was co-organiser of the Euromech Colloquium 511 on “Biomechanics of Human Motion” and organiser of the conferences “Computational Kinematics” in 2009 and “Interdisciplinary Applications of Kinematics” in 2008 and 2013. He is the author of the object-oriented multibody system Mobile and more than 170 proceedings and journal papers.
Prof. Andres Kecskemethy, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany
Biography,
Professor Kecskeméthy graduated from the University of Stuttgart in Mechanical Engineering in 1984 and received his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Duisburg in 1993. From 1994 to 1995, he stayed as a senior guest researcher at the Centre for Intelligent Machines at McGill University with a fellowship from the German Research Foundation (DFG). In 1996, Dr Kecskemethy was appointed Professor at the Technical University of Graz, where he held the Chair for Mechanics and Mechanisms. In 2002, Dr Kecskeméthy was appointed as Professor at the University of Duisburg-Essen, where he holds since then the Chair for Mechanics and Robotics at the Institute of Mechatronics and System Dynamics. He served there as Dean of the Faculty of Engineering and as Chairman of the Senate of the University Duisburg-Essen. He has been visiting professor at MIT in 2010 and visiting professor at the Universidad Católica del Perú in 2013. Since 2011, he is External Corresponding Member of the Academy of Sciences of the University of Bologna. Dr Kecskemethy is currently Editor-In-Chief of the Journal Mechanism and Machine Theory. His memberships include the German Engineering Association VDI and the International Federation for the Promotion of Mechanism and Machine Science. Dr Kecskeméthy has worked in the areas of kinematics and dynamics of multibody systems, in particular with view to the closed-form and differential-geometric representation of kinematics. The application of these methods include the modelling and control of mechatronic systems, vehicle dynamics, design of legged machines, biomechanics of the human musculoskeletal system, mechanism design and dynamic modelling, and heavy-weight robotics. Dr Kecskemethy was co-organiser of the Euromech Colloquium 511 on “Biomechanics of Human Motion” and organiser of the conferences “Computational Kinematics” in 2009 and “Interdisciplinary Applications of Kinematics” in 2008 and 2013. He is the author of the object-oriented multibody system Mobile and more than 170 proceedings and journal papers.
Investigation on the Missing Link between Multi-body System Dynamics and NVH
Ph.D. Ja Kyum Koo, NVH-Korea, Korea
Biography,
Jakyum Koo is chairman and CEO of NVH KOREA, which is one of the biggest vehicle interior & NVH parts suppliers in Korea. He received the Ph.D. degree from the University of Iowa under the supervision of prof. Edward J. Haug in 1991. He worked and was in charge of vehicle body & chassis design for 6 years in automotive industry such as Hyundai Motors, General Motors and Ssangyong Motors. He is interested in NVH(Noise, Vibration and Harshness) and MBD(Multi-body System Dynamics) of automotive, recently heat management in vehicle. He is a vice-president of Korean Society of Automotive Engineers and a member of the National Academy of Engineering of Korea.
Ph.D. Ja Kyum Koo, NVH-Korea, Korea
Biography,
Jakyum Koo is chairman and CEO of NVH KOREA, which is one of the biggest vehicle interior & NVH parts suppliers in Korea. He received the Ph.D. degree from the University of Iowa under the supervision of prof. Edward J. Haug in 1991. He worked and was in charge of vehicle body & chassis design for 6 years in automotive industry such as Hyundai Motors, General Motors and Ssangyong Motors. He is interested in NVH(Noise, Vibration and Harshness) and MBD(Multi-body System Dynamics) of automotive, recently heat management in vehicle. He is a vice-president of Korean Society of Automotive Engineers and a member of the National Academy of Engineering of Korea.
Dynamic Modeling and Experiment Investigation of Rigid-flexible Coupling Multibody Systems
Prof. Jinyang Liu, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China
Biography,
Professor Jin-yang Liu received the Ph.D. degree from Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China, in 2000. From 2000 to 2001, she worked in Institute of Engineering and Computational Mechanics, University of Stuttgart, Germany, as an exchange scholar. Since 2006, she has been a Professor of Department of Engineering Mechanics, School of Naval Architecture, Ocean and Civil Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University. Her research interests include flexible multi-body system dynamics and contact-impact dynamics.
Prof. Jinyang Liu, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China
Biography,
Professor Jin-yang Liu received the Ph.D. degree from Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China, in 2000. From 2000 to 2001, she worked in Institute of Engineering and Computational Mechanics, University of Stuttgart, Germany, as an exchange scholar. Since 2006, she has been a Professor of Department of Engineering Mechanics, School of Naval Architecture, Ocean and Civil Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University. Her research interests include flexible multi-body system dynamics and contact-impact dynamics.
Using Advanced Computing in Applied Dynamics: From the Dynamics of Granular Material to the Motion of the Mars Rover
Prof. Dan Negrut,University of Wisconsin, USA
Biography,
Dan Negrut received his Mechanical Engineering Ph.D. in 1998 from the University of Iowa under the supervision of Professor Emeritus Edward J. Haug. He spent six years working for Mechanical Dynamics, Inc., a software company in Ann Arbor, Michigan. In 2004 he served as an Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Department of Mathematics at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. He spent 2005 as a Visiting Scientist at Argonne National Laboratory in the Mathematics and Computer Science Division. At the end of 2005 Dan joined the Mechanical Engineering faculty at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. His interests are in Computational Science and he leads the Simulation-Based Engineering Lab (http://sbelwisc.edu). Lab sponsors include National Science Foundation, US Army, Army Research Office, NVIDIA, FunctionBay, Caterpillar, Simertis GmbH, and MSC.Software. The lab’s projects focus on high performance computing, large scale multibody dynamics, terrain modeling and simulation, and numerical integration methods for dynamic systems. Dr. Negrut received in 2009 a National Science Foundation Career Award. Since 2010 he is an NVIDIA CUDA Fellow. He is the co-founder and current Director of the Wisconsin Applied Computing Center and a 2014-2015 Vilas Research Fellow at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Since 2012, Dan is an Affiliate Associate Professor in Electrical and Computer Engineering at University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Prof. Dan Negrut,University of Wisconsin, USA
Biography,
Dan Negrut received his Mechanical Engineering Ph.D. in 1998 from the University of Iowa under the supervision of Professor Emeritus Edward J. Haug. He spent six years working for Mechanical Dynamics, Inc., a software company in Ann Arbor, Michigan. In 2004 he served as an Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Department of Mathematics at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. He spent 2005 as a Visiting Scientist at Argonne National Laboratory in the Mathematics and Computer Science Division. At the end of 2005 Dan joined the Mechanical Engineering faculty at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. His interests are in Computational Science and he leads the Simulation-Based Engineering Lab (http://sbelwisc.edu). Lab sponsors include National Science Foundation, US Army, Army Research Office, NVIDIA, FunctionBay, Caterpillar, Simertis GmbH, and MSC.Software. The lab’s projects focus on high performance computing, large scale multibody dynamics, terrain modeling and simulation, and numerical integration methods for dynamic systems. Dr. Negrut received in 2009 a National Science Foundation Career Award. Since 2010 he is an NVIDIA CUDA Fellow. He is the co-founder and current Director of the Wisconsin Applied Computing Center and a 2014-2015 Vilas Research Fellow at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Since 2012, Dan is an Affiliate Associate Professor in Electrical and Computer Engineering at University of Wisconsin-Madison.
The Art and Science of Bicycling
Prof. Arend Schwab, Delft University of Technology, Netherlands
Biography,
Arend Schwab runs the TU Delft bicycle dynamics lab. He is in theoretical and applied mechanics and he teaches mechanics and multibody dynamics. He is interested in Dynamics of Mechanical Systems, the so-called Multibody Dynamics. In particular the treatment of contact phenomena like in collisions and rolling (non-holonomic constraints) has his special interest. He also knows more or less about dynamics of flexible multibody system, finite element method, legged locomotion, speed skating and bicycle dynamics and control. His degrees are from Engineering at Dordrecht (BSc 1979) and Engineering at Delft (MSc 1983, PhD 2002). http://www.bicycle.tudelft.nl/schwab/
Prof. Arend Schwab, Delft University of Technology, Netherlands
Arend Schwab runs the TU Delft bicycle dynamics lab. He is in theoretical and applied mechanics and he teaches mechanics and multibody dynamics. He is interested in Dynamics of Mechanical Systems, the so-called Multibody Dynamics. In particular the treatment of contact phenomena like in collisions and rolling (non-holonomic constraints) has his special interest. He also knows more or less about dynamics of flexible multibody system, finite element method, legged locomotion, speed skating and bicycle dynamics and control. His degrees are from Engineering at Dordrecht (BSc 1979) and Engineering at Delft (MSc 1983, PhD 2002). http://www.bicycle.tudelft.nl/schwab/
Multibody Dynamics Approach for Safety of High-Speed Train
Prof. Yoshiaki Terumichi, Sophia University, Japan
Biography,
Ph.D. from Keio University in 1994
Professor at Sophia University, Tokyo, Japan
Director of Dynamics, Measurement and Control Division of The
Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers (JSME)
Awards : JSME Best Paper Medal in 2011
Interest : Multibody System Dynamics, Vehicle Dynamics, Contact mechanics and Nonlinear Dynamics
Prof. Yoshiaki Terumichi, Sophia University, Japan
Ph.D. from Keio University in 1994
Professor at Sophia University, Tokyo, Japan
Director of Dynamics, Measurement and Control Division of The
Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers (JSME)
Awards : JSME Best Paper Medal in 2011
Interest : Multibody System Dynamics, Vehicle Dynamics, Contact mechanics and Nonlinear Dynamics
