International Society for Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization

The International Society for Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization is a learned society in the field of multidisciplinary design optimization that was founded in October 1991. It has more than 1000 members in 45 countries.^[1] The current president is Wei Chen (Northwestern University).^[2] The society is an affiliated organization of the International Union of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (IUTAM).^[3]

Objectives

The objectives are:^[1]

• to stimulate and promote research into all aspects of the optimal design of structures and related topics, including engineering systems consisting partially of structures and/or fluids;
• to encourage practical applications of optimization methods and the corresponding software development in all branches of technology;
• to foster the interchange of ideas amongst various fields contributing to structural and multidisciplinary optimization;
• to support the role of optimization in multidisciplinary design;
• to provide a framework for the organization of meetings and other means for the dissemination of knowledge on structural optimization; and
• to promote teaching of structural optimization in tertiary institutions.

The society works towards these objectives by organizing a biennial "World Congress of Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization" and publishing an official journal, Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization, in collaboration with Springer Science+Business Media.^[4]

Past Presidents

• 1991-1995: George Rozvany (Founder President) ^[5]
• 1995-1999: Raphael Haftka
• 1999-2003: Niels Olhoff ^[6]
• 2003-2007: Martin P. Bendsøe ^[7]
• 2007-2011: KK Choi ^[8]
• 2011-2015: Ole Sigmund ^[9]
• 2015-2019: Cheng Gengdong