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Invited Talks
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  • Advances in Cohesive Finite Element Formulations. University of Michigan, May 2001.

  • Cohesive Zone Models for Polymer Interfacial Fracture Simulations. Purdue University, November 10, 2000.

  • Computational Cohesive Zone Modeling of Fracture, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, November 5, 1998.

  • Mechanics and Materials Highlights, AFOSR Mechanics and Materials Program Review, Dayton, OH, October 14, 1998.

  • Cohesive Zone Parameters and Energy Dissipation in Soft Adhesives with Cohesive Elements in Viscoelastic Fracture, School of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Purdue University, March 5, 1998. Also McCormick School of Engineering, Northwestern University, March 6, 1998.

  • NSF Mechanics and Materials Programs, IMM Young Investigators’ Meeting, Seattle, WA, October 1996.

  • Research Directions in Computational Mechanics in the U.S., Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India, December 1995. 

  • Research  on  the  Acetabular  Component  in  Total  Hip   Arthroplasty, Department  of  Orthopaedic  Surgery,  University  of  Pittsburgh  Medical Center, June 1994.

  • An Internal State Variables Model for Compaction of  Powder  Packings, ALCOA Technical Center, February 1994.

  • Finite  Element  Simulations of Powder Compaction Including Micromechanics Effects, Staff  Seminar  Series,  Department  of  Materials  Science  and Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, February 1994.

  • Finite Element Analysis and Applications in Orthopaedics, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, March 1993.

  • Issues in Modeling of Powder Consolidation Processes, Semiannual Meeting of  the  Center for  Advanced Deformation Processing Research, Carnegie Mellon University, January 1993.

  • Boundary Element Sensitivity Analyses with 2D Applications, Institut fur Technische Mechanik, Universitat Karlsruhe, Germany, May 1992.

  • Contact and Inverse Problems with Boundary Elements using Optimization Techniques, Lehrstuhl  fur  Technische  Mechanik,  Universitat  Erlangen-Nurnberg, Germany, June 1992.

  • Research Advances and Directions in Boundary Element  Design  Sensitivity Analysis   for  Shape  Optimization,  Department  of  Civil  Engineering,  University  of Split, Split, Yugoslavia, December 1990, also Department  of  Civil  Engineering, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Yugoslavia, January 1991.

  • Advances   in   Boundary   Element   Sensitivity  Analysis   and   Shape Optimization,  Boundary  Element  Methods  in Computational Mechanics, Swanson Analysis Systems Inc., Houston, PA, March 1990.

  • Review of Research Activities in Computational  Mechanics  at  CMU, Rockwell International, El Segundo, CA, January 1990.

  • Some Research Aspects of Boundary Element Design Sensitivity Analysis, Department of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, Cornell University, March 1989.

  • A  Finite  Strain  Shell  Theory with Non-Rotating Principal Directions, Department of Civil Engineering, Rutgers University,  New  Brunswick,  NJ, October 1988.