Honorary Chair
Professor R.W. Lewis, Swansea University, UK

Co-chairs
X. K. Li, Dalian University of Technology, China
N. Massarotti, Università di Napoli “Parthenope”, Italy
P. Nithiarasu, Swansea University, UK

Executive Committee
P.Cheng, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China
G. Comini, Università di Udine, Italy
G. de Vahl Davies, University of New South Wales, Australia
Y. Jaluria, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, USA
V. Naso, Università di Napoli Federico II, Italy
E. Oñate, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain
K.N. Seetharamu,PES Institute of Technology, India
B. Sunden, Lund University, Sweden
K. Vafai, University of California, Riverside, USA

International Advisory Committee
F. Arpino, Università di Cassino, Italy
A. Carotenuto, Università di Napoli “Parthenope”, Italy
S. Chang, National University of Singapore, Singapore
G. D. Cheng, Dalian University of Technology, China
R. Codina, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain
R. M. Cotta, University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
D. Drikakis, Cranfield University, UK
D. Givoli, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Israel
Y. Joshi, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA
B.V.R. Kumar, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India
A.G. Malan, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, South Africa
O. Manca, Seconda Università di Napoli, Italy
C. Meola, Università di Napoli Federico II, Italy
J.C. Mandal, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, India
C. Nonino, Università di Udine, Italy
D. Poulikakos, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
J. Reese, University of Strathclyde Glasgow, UK
B. Sarler, University of Nova Gorica, Slovenia
K.N. Seetharamu, PES Institute of Technology, India
B. A. Schrefler, Università di Padova, Italy
W. Q. Tao, Xi'an Jiao Tong University, China
V.R. Voller, University of Minnesota, USA
H. W. Zhang, Dalian University of Technology, China
W. X. Zhong, Dalian University of Technology, China

Local Organising Committee
B. S. Chen, Dalian University of Technology, China
Q. L. Duan, Dalian University of Technology, China
M. Qu, Dalian University of Technology, China
J. B. Zhang, Dalian University of Technology, China
Z. Zhang, Dalian University of Technology, China
Y. G. Zheng, Dalian University of Technology, China