SPECIAL SESSIONS

Special Session 1 EXPERIMENTAL AND COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS(E&CFD) (SS1)	Organiser(s): Prof. Chin-Hsiang Cheng National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan
Special Session 2 PLASTICITY AND CONSTITUTIVE MODELLING (SS2)	Organiser(s): Prof. A. Oechsner Esslingen University of Applied Sciences, Germany Assoc. Prof. Luca Placidi International Telematic University Uninettuno, Italy
Special Session 3 INNOVATIVE FRONTIERS IN BIOMECHANICS, BIOENGINEERING, GENERATIVE DESIGNS, AND TOPOLOGY APPLIED IN PROSTHETIC-ORTHOTIC AND ORGANIC HEALTH SOLUTIONS (SS3)	Organiser(s): Prof. J.A. Beltrán Fernández Instituto Politecnico Nacional, Mexico
Special Session 4 GENERALIZED MODELS OF CONTINUA AND STRUCTURES WITH APPLICATIONS TO MICRO- AND NANOMECHANICS (SS4)	Organiser(s): Dr. Nataliya Sakharova University of Coimbra, Portugal Prof. Victor A. Eremeyev University of Cagliari, Italy
Special Session 5 MULTIFUNCTIONAL MATERIALS (MFM) (SS5)	Organiser(s): Prof. Silvia Gonzalez Prolongo University Rey Juan Carlos, Spain Dr. Alberto Jimenez Suarez University Rey Juan Carlos, Spain
Special Session 6 COMPOSITES, METAMATERIALS AND CELLULAR MATERIALS: EXPERIMENTAL TECHNIQUES AND MODELING CHALLENGES (SS6)	Organiser(s): Prof. Anne Jung Helmut Schmidt University, University of the Federal Armed Forces Hamburg, Germany Dr. Sarah Fischer Fraunhofer Institute for Nondestructive Testing IZFP, Germany PD Dr.-Ing. habil. Christian Jochum ENSTA Bretagne, France
Special Session 7 EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS AND MODELLING IN POLYMER MECHANICS: STATE OF THE ART AND FUTURE TRENDS (SS7)	Organiser(s): Prof. Michael Johlitz Universität der Bundeswehr München, Germany Prof. Lucien Laiarinandrasana Mines Paris - PSL University – MAT, France Prof. Yann Marco ENSTA Bretagne, France
Special Session 9 OPTIMIZATION OF STRUCTURES AND COMPONENTS (SS9)	Organiser(s): Prof. Pablo A. Muñoz-Rojas State University of Santa Catarina, Brazil Prof. Miguel Vaz Jr. State University of Santa Catarina, Brazil
Special Session 10 NUMERICAL MODELING OF STRUCTURES (SS10)	Organiser(s): Prof. Alen Harapin University of Split, Croatia Prof. Nikola Grgić University of Split, Croatia
Special Session 11 HIGH-PERFORMANCE AI-DRIVEN MODELLING AND SIMULATIONS FOR ADVANCED MULTIDISCIPLINARY ENGINEERING BASED ON INTUITIVE SCIENTIFIC VISUALIZATION (SS11)	Organiser(s): Prof. Dean Vučinić VICORE SA, Brussels, Belgium Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium University of Osijek, Croatia University of Pula, Croatia A/Prof. Sheeja Janardhanan Indian Maritime University, India
Special Session 12 ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING: PROCESS CONDUCT, MATERIAL MODELLING, APPLICATION AND OPTIMIZATION (SS12)	Organiser(s): Prof. M. Merkel Aalen University, Germany Dr. Leonhard Hitzler Technical University Munich, Germany