Sponsors

SECRETARIAT
 
Mrs. Luísa Martins
IDMEC/Instituto Superior Técnico
1049-001 LISBOA, PORTUGAL
Phone: +351 21 8417454
Fax: +351 21 8419634
e-mail: nmaia@dem.ist.utl.pt

Keynote speakers

To cover the main themes of the conference, four internationally-recognized specialists will present state-of-the-art keynote lectures:
 
Prof. Micheal Link, Univ. of Kassel, Germany
“Structural Damage Identification: model based... or not?” 
 
Dr. Thomas G. Carne, Consultant at MannaTech Engineering, Retired from Sandia National Laboratories.
“Model Validation – What’s the Point?”
 
Prof. Keith Worden, Sheffield University, U.K
“Bayesian Inference and Nonlinear System Identification”
 
Prof. Peter Avitabile, University of Massachusetts Lowell, U.S.A
“Alternate Techniques/New Approaches for Identification of Full Field Dynamic Stress Strain from Limited Sets of Measured Data”