Presentations

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"Electronic-structure calculations at macroscopic scales" Opening Plenary Lecture, 8th World Congress on Computational Mechanics, Venezia, Italy, June 30, 2008 (pdf)

"Nonconvex Plasticity and Microstructure" Invited Lecture, Invited Lecture, 8th World Congress on Computational Mechanics, Venezia, Italy, June 30, 2008 (pdf)

"Discrete Dislocation Dynamics" Invited Lecture, Symposium on Multiscale Dislocation Dynamics, UCSD, La Jolla, CA, January 19 - 20, 2008 (pdf)

"Electronic-structure calculations at macroscopic scales" Lecture, Material Theories Workshop, Oberwolfach, Germany, December 17 - 21, 2007 (pdf)

"Electronic-structure calculations at macroscopic scales" Plenary Lecture, Complas IX International Conference on Computational Plasticity, Fundamentals and Applications, International Center for Numerical Methods in Engineering (CIMNE), Barcelona, Spain, September 5-7, 2007 (pdf)

"Electronic-structure calculations at macroscopic scales" Plenary Lecture,
BAMC 2007, 49th British Applied Mathematics Colloquium, University of Bristol, UK, April 16 - 20, 2007 (pdf)

"Prediction and Multiscale Modeling of Corrosion and Wear", Plenary Lecture, 17th US Army Symposium on Solid Mechanics, Baltimore, MD, April 2-3, 2007 (pdf)

"Importance of shear in the bcc--to-hcp transformation in iron", Lecture, American Chemical Society 233rd National Meeting & Exposition, March 25-29, 2007 (pdf)

"Energy-Dissipation Functionals in Fracture Mechanics", Lecture, Analysis and Numerics for Rate-Independent Processes Workshop, Oberwolfach, Germany, February 25 - March 3, 2007 (pdf)

"Diamonds: Finite-Element/Discrete Mechanics Schemes with Guaranteed Optimal Convergence", Plenary Lecture, International Conference on Multifield Problems, University of Stuttgart, Germany, October 4 - 6, 2006 (pdf)

"Multiscale Modeling of Materials. Part I: Dislocation Structures to polycyrstals", Invited Lecture, Calculus of Variations and Partial Differential Equations Workshop, Centro di Ricerca Matematica Ennio de Giori, Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa, Italy, September 17 - 23, 2006 (pdf)

"Multiscale Modeling of Materials. Part II: Dislocation Structures to polycyrstals", Invited Lecture, Calculus of Variations and Partial Differential Equations Workshop, Centro di Ricerca Matematica Ennio de Giori, Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa, Italy, September 17 - 23, 2006 (pdf)

"Multiscale Modeling of Materials. Part III: Discrete to Continuum", Invited Lecture, Calculus of Variations and Partial Differential Equations Workshop, Centro di Ricerca Matematica Ennio de Giori, Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa, Italy, September 17 - 23, 2006 (pdf)

"Effect of Blast Loads on Reinforced Steel Plates & Shells", Lecture, Materials & Structures for Advanced Ship Protection Workshop, Harbourtowne, St. Michaels, MD, August 28 - 31, 2006.

"Discrete Differential Calculus and Analysis for Incompressible Elasticity", Keynote Lecture, WCCM VII - 7th World Congress on Computational Mechanics, Los Angeles, California, July 16 - 21, 2006.

"Multiscale Modeling of Materials: A Challenge in Predictive Science", Invited Lecture, The Stanford S. and Beverly P. Penner Distinguished Lectures in the Aerospace & Mechanical Engineering Sciences, University of California, San Diego, May 15, 2006.

"Analysis and Computation of Microstructures in Finite Plasticity", Mini-Workshop, Organizer and Speaker, Oberwolfach, Germany, November 13-19, 2005.

"Mixed Continuum Atomistic Methods in Nanomechanics", Keynote Lecture, International Conference on Micromechanics and Microstructure Evolution: Modeling, Simulation and Experiments, Madrid, Spain, September 12 - 14, 2005.

"Multi-Scale Problems: Modelling Analysis and Applications", Invited Lecture, Bath Institute for Complex Systems, University of Bath, September 14- 16, 2005.

"Multiscale Modeling of Materials: Linking Microstructure and Macroscopic Behavior", Keynote Lecture, COMPLAS 2005, VIII International Conference on Computational Plasticity, Barcelona, Spain, September 5 - 8, 2005

"Multiscale Modeling of Materials: Linking Microstructure and Macroscopic Behavior", Semi-Plenary Lecture, USNCCM8 Conference, Austin, TX, July 24 - 27, 2005.

"Multiscale Modeling of Materials: Microstructure and Macroscopic Behavior", Seminar, University of Kaiserslautern, Germany, June 16, 2005.

"Linking microstructure and macroscopic behavior", Seminar, Politecnico di Milano, Dipartimento di Ingegneria Strutturale, Milano, Italy, June 7, 2005.

"Multiscale problems in crystal plasticity", Seminar, Politecnico di Milano, Dipartimento di Matematica, Milano, Italy, June 5, 2005.

"Subdivision Shells ", Keynote Lecture (Fehmi Cirak, Michael Ortiz), Fifth International Conference on Computation of Shell & Spatial Structures, Salzburg, Austria, June 1-4, 2005.

"Multiscale Models of Materials: Linking Microstructure and Macroscopic Behavior", P/T Colloquium, Los Alamos National Laboratory, April 21, 2005.
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Caltech's ASC Center mid-year review presentations, April 13-14, 2005:

i) "Detonation-driven Tube fracture - Modeling and simulation."
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ii) "Dynamic fracture and fragmentation - Modeling and simulation."
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"Continuum Biomechanics (Pantha Psiloni)", by Prof. Ellen Kuhl, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, TU Kaiserslautern, Mechanical Engineering Seminar, March 29, 2005.
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"Multiscale Models of Materials: Linking Microstructure and Macroscopic Behavior", Plenary Lecture, SIAM Conference on Computational Science & Engineering, Orlando, FL, February 11 -13, 2005.
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"A Three-Dimensional Multi-Phase field Model of Dislocation Dynamics and Plasticity in Crystals", Invited Talk (M. Ortiz and M. P. Ariza), MRS Fall Conference, Boston, MA, November 30 - December 2, 2004.

"Statistical Treatments of Deformation in Polycrytals", Keynote Lecture, Second International Conference on Multiscale Materials Modelling (MMM-II), UCLA, October 14, 2004.

"Continuum Models of Dislocation Dynamics and Dislocation Structures", Invited Lecture, Gordon Research Conference on Physical Metallurgy, The Holderness School, Plymouth, NH, July 27, 2004
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"An Overview of Variational Integrators", by A. Lew, M. West, J. Marsden and M. Ortiz, Thomas J. R. Hughes' 60th Birthday Conference, Rice University, April 7, 2004
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"Multiscale modeling of the iron bcc to hcp martensitic phase transformation", by Kyle J. Caspersen, Emily Carter, Adrian Lew and Michael Ortiz, American Physical Society Spring Meeting, Ohio University, Athens, OH, April 16-17, 2004.
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"Capturing the Singular Sets of Solids", Invited Talk, Joint Mechanics & Computaton - Materials Science and Engineering Colloquium, Stanford University, Stanford, April 21, 2004.
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"Dislocation Patterns and the Deformation of Metals", by M. Koslowski, A. Cuitino, M. Ortiz, R. LeSar, R. Thomson, presentated at the 2004 TMS Annual Meeting and Exhibition, Charlotte, North Carolina, March 17, 2004.
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"The CSEM Multiprocessor Computing Facility", by Jarek Knap, Group meeting presentation, Caltech, March 5, 2004.
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"The Case for a Space Science and Technology Initiative", Presentation to the E&AS Visiting Committee, Caltech, March 2, 2004.
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"Shells and Membranes: Grace under Pressure", Presentation at the GALCIT 75th Anniversary Celebration, Caltech, November 14-15 , 2003.
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"Mixed Continuum/Atomistic Models: The Quasicontinuum Method", Invited Lecture, AHPCRC Workshop on the Mechanical Behavior of Materials from Atoms to Structures, AHPRC, UMN, November 5, 2003.
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"State and Future Perspectives in Computational Mechanics of Materials and Structures", Invited Speaker, Commas Graduation Ceremony, University of Stuttgart, June 13, 2003.
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Caltech's ASCI/ASAP Center for the Simulation of the Dynamic Response of Materials, Program review, Caltech, October 22, 2003. Solid Dynamics Group presentations:

Brittle fracture (pdf)
Ductile fracture (pdf)
Dynamic Deformation (pdf)

MURI on Engineered Microstructural Complexity in Ferroelectric Devices, Program review, Caltech, October 28, 2003.
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"Variational Methods in Dislocation Dynamics", Workshop on PDEs and Materials, Oberwolfach, Germany, September 8, 2003.
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Materials by Design CHSSI Porfolio, Review of Caltech and USC programs, Pasadena, July 16, 2003.
Presentations: (Olga Kowalewsky) (Jaime Marian) (Jarek Knap)

"Variational Problems in Mechanics and the Link between Microstructure and Macroscopic Behavior ", Fifth International Conference on Industrial and Applied Mathematics, Sydney, Australia, July 7-11, 2003.
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"The Mechanics of Viral DNA Packaging", Physical Chemistry Seminar, UCLA, May 19, 2003.
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"The Mechanics of Viral DNA Packaging", Solid Mechanics Seminar, Caltech, May 5, 2003.
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"Mixed Continuum/Atomistic Model: The Quasicontinuum Method", Plenary Lecture, 7th Computational Plasticity Conference, Barcelona, Spain, April 7, 2003.
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"Discrete Dynamics and Variational Integrators", Plenary Lecture, 5th World Congress on Computational Mechanics, Vienna, Austria, July 7-12, 2002.
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"Non-Convex Plasticity and Dislocation Structures", Plenary Lecture, 2002 GAMM Annual Meeting, Augsburg, Germany, March 25-26, 2002.
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"Phase-Field Theory and Modeling of Dislocations in Single Crystals"
Caltech's ASCI Center Material Properties Workshop
Pasadena, California, January 24-25, 2002
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"Solid Dynamics Group Presentation"
Caltech's ASCI/ASAP Center FY01 Review
Pasadena, California, October 22-23, 2001
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"An Exactly Solvable Phase-Field Model of Dislocation Dynamics"
Workshop on Multiscale Modeling
Bodega Bay, California, October 7-10, 2001
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"Variational Methods in Convex and Non-Convex Plasticity"
IUTAM Symposium on Computational Mechanics of Solids and
Materials at Large Strains
Stuttgart, Germany, August 20-24, 2001
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"Renormalization of Atomic-Scale Binding-Energy Relations"
CECAM/SIMU Workshop
Heraklion, Greece, July 4, 2001
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"Delamination of Compressed Thin Films"
Workshop on Material Interfaces and Geometrically-Based Motions
IPAM/UCLA, April 26, 2001
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"Microstructure Development and Evolution in Plasticity"
Vienna Summer School on Microstructures
Vienna, Austria, September 25-29, 2000
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"Subdivision Elements for Thin-Film Analysis"
ECCOMAS 2000
Barcelona, Spain, September 11, 2000
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"Cohesive Models of Fracture"
Solid Mechanics at the Turn of the Millennium
Providence, RHode Island, June 16, 2000
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"The Effect of Elastic Stresses and Crystallographic Slip
on Island Growth in Thin Films"
3rd SIAM Conference on Mathematical Aspect of Materials Science
Philadelphia, PA, May 14, 2000
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