2008 Workshop
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Research Consortium for Multidisciplinary System Design Workshop, 2008

Agenda

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All sessions will be held in the Allen room, 36-462 on the MIT Campus.

Day 1: Thursday July 17

9:00 AM 9:30 AM Welcome and introductions. Purpose and goals of the workshop
9:30 AM 12:30 PM Industry/government presentations.

Multidisciplinary Analysis and Optimization in the Fundamental Aeronautics Program at NASA, Steve Smith, NASA Ames.

Computational Design Applications for the Air Force Research Laboratory, Maxwell Blair, AFRL.

The EMBRAER MDO Initiative, Luis Carlos de Castro Santos, Embraer.

Industry Perspective: Expanding MDO Use, Michael Nolan, Raytheon.

12:30 PM 1:30 PM Lunch.
1:30 PM 2:15 PM MDO Frameworks and Approaches, Joaquim Martins, University of Toronto.
2:15 PM 3:00 PM Industry challenges in using state-of-the-art MDO frameworks and approaches. Discussion led by Joaquim Martins
3:00 PM 3:15 PM Break.
3:15 PM 4:15 PM πMDO Overview and Demo, Joaquim Martins, University of Toronto.
4:15 PM 5:15 PM MDO Test Problem Suite. Discussion led by Joaquim Martins.
6:00 PM     Reception and light dinner, 100 Memorial Drive.

Day 2: Friday July 18

8:30 AM 9:00 AM Geometry challenges and approaches in multidisciplinary system design. Discussion led by Ilan Kroo and Karen Willcox.
9:00 AM 10:30 AM Using Parametric CAD for Analysis, Design, and Optimization, Robert Haimes, MIT.
10:30 AM 10:45 AM Break.
10:45 AM 11:15 AM Experiences with Production Validation & Verification and Uncertainty Calibration at Sandia, Brian Adams, Sandia National Laboratories.
11:15 AM 12:15 PM Latest Developments in Uncertainty Quantification and Design under Uncertainty within the DAKOTA project, Michael Eldred, Sandia National Laboratories.
12:15 PM 1:15 PM Lunch.
1:15 PM 3:15 PM Consortium Research Overview and Research Status. Topics will include multifidelity modeling, methods for design under uncertainty, hybrid optimization, system of systems theory.
3:15 PM 3:30 PM Break.
3:30 PM 4:30 PM Discussion: Future Research Directions, Challenges.
4:30 PM     Adjourn.