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Benchmarking the Competitiveness of the United States in Mechanical Engineering Basic Research (2007)

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Suggested Citation: "Appendix D: Virtual World Congress ." National Research Council. 2007. Benchmarking the Competitiveness of the United States in Mechanical Engineering Basic Research. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/12055.

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FIGURE D-1 Summary of the percentage of U.S. or non-U.S. virtual world congress organizers by area of mechanical engineering.

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TABLE D-1 Detailed Results for Mechanical Engineering Virtual World Congress

Area	SubArea	Organizers				Speakers				Speakers by U.S. Organizers				Speakers by Non-U.S. Organizers
Area	SubArea	No. of Organizers	U.S.	Non-U.S.	%U.S.	No. of Speakers	U.S.	NonU.S.	%U.S.	No. of Speakers	U.S.	NonU.S.	%U.S.	No. of Speakers	U.S.	NonU.S.	%U.S.
Acoustics and Dynamics	Acoustics	6	6	0	100	109	45	64	41	109	45	64	41
	Dynamics	10	6	4	60	194	116	78	60	123	85	38	69	71	31	40	44
	Subarea Total	16	12	4	75	303	161	142	53	232	130	102	56	71	31	40	44
Bioengineering	Biomechanics	4	4	0	100	57	45	12	79	60	46	14	77	60	46	14	77
	Constitutive modeling	3	2	1	67	58	37	21	64
	Molecular and cellular biomechanics	2	2	0	100	20	15	5	75	20	15	5	75
	Functional tissue engineering	2	1	1	50	39	34	5	87
	Biomaterials	2	1	1	50	20	15	5	75	20	15	5	75
	Subarea Total	13	10	3	77	194	146	48	75	100	76	24	76	60	46	14	77
Computational Mechanics
	Computational engineering science and design^a	6	3	3	50	113	50	63	44	53	30	23	57	60	20	40	33
	Computational fluid dynamics	5	2	3	40	88	42	46	48	40	22	18	55	48	20	28	42
	Computational solid mechanics	17	6	11	35	288	149	139	52	82	55	27	67	206	94	112	46
	Subarea Total	28	11	17	39	489	241	248	49	175	107	68	61	314	134	180	43
Design
	Design informatics and environments	8	8	0	100	104	88	16	85	104	88	15	85
	Design simulation and modeling	10	9	1	90	141	126	15	89	129	116	13	90	12	10	2	83
	Design theory	11	9	2	82	156	115	41	74	128	102	26	80	28	13	15	46
	Design synthesis	9	8	1	89	131	90	41	69	114	81	33	71	17	9	8	53
	Subarea Total	38	34	4	89	532	419	113	79	475	387	87	81	57	32	25	56
Dynamic Systems and Controls	Control system design methodologies: Control theories	8	6	2	75	151	91	60	60	111	74	37	67	40	23	40	58
Dynamic Systems and Controls	Enabling technologies	6	6	0	100	104	56	48	54	104	56	48	54
	Mechatronics and applications	11	4	7	36	197	79	118	40	73	49	24	67	124	30	94	24
	Modeling, identification and simulation	6	3	3	50	112	42	70	38	51	24	27	47	61	18	43	30
	Robotics and automation	8	4	4	50	150	82	68	55	79	52	27	66	71	30	41	42
	Subarea Total	39	23	16	59	714	350	364	49	418	255	163	61	296	101	218	34
Energy Systems	Energy conversion and storage (combined)	5	4	1	80	74	42	37	57	62	34	28	55	12	3	9	25
	Nuclear energy	7	7	0	100	134	104	30	78	134	104	30	78
	Renewable energy systems and sources	4	4	0	100	66	39	27	59	66	39	27	59
	Subarea Total	16	15	1	94	274	185	94	68	262	177	85	68	12	3	9	25

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Area	SubArea	Organizers				Speakers				Speakers by U.S. Organizers				Speakers by Non-U.S. Organizers
Area	SubArea	No. of Organizers	U.S.	Non- U.S.	%U.S.	No. of Speakers	U.S.	Non- U.S.	%U.S.	No. of Speakers	U.S.	Non- U.S.	%U.S.	No. of Speakers	U.S.	Non- U.S.	%U.S.
Manufacturing	Toolings and equipment	5	5	0	100	83	41	42	49	83	41	42	49
	Metrology processes	4	4	0	100	66	28	38	42	66	28	38	42
	Metrology processes	8	7	1	88	129	76	53	59	118	74	44	63	11	2	9	18
	Systems	4	4	0	100	58	30	28	52	58	30	28	52
	Quality	5	5	0	100	53	31	22	58	53	31	22	58
	Subarea Total	26	25	1	96	389	206	183	53	378	204	174	54	11	2	9	18
Mechanics of Engineering Materials	Durability mechanics	8	7	1	88	129	86	43	67	109	74	35	68	20	12	8	60
	Experimental mechanics	6	6	0	100	110	91	19	83	110	91	19	83
	Multiscale mechanics and computational materials	10	8	2	8 0	154	112	42	73	128	96	32	75	26	16	10	62
	Nano-mechanics and nanomaterials	6	6	0	100	121	100	21	83	121	100	21	83
	Subarea Total	30	27	3	90	514	389	125	76	468	361	107	77	46	28	18	61
MEMS / NEMS		8	3	5	38	83	47	36	57	29	8	29	28	54	26	28	48
Thermal Systems & Heat Transfer	Applications	10	8	2	80	194	124	70	64	157	105	52	67	37	19	18	51
	Combustion	5	5	0	100	87	49	38	56	87	49	38	56
	Fluid mechanics	5	3	5	60	77	47	30	61	31	28	3	90	46	19	27	41
	Heat transfer	7	5	2	71	122	86	36	70	90	70	20	78	32	16	16	50
	Nano/Micro systems	5	5	0	100	82	61	21	74	82	61	21	74
	Subarea Total	32	26	9	81	562	367	195	65	447	313	134	70	115	54	61	47
Tribology	Contact mechanics and surface engineering	6	5	1	83	128	68	60	53	101	54	47	53	27	14	13	52
	Diagnositcs of tribosystems	3	0	3	0	54	20	34	37					54	20	34	37
	Friction and wear	4	2	2	50	67	31	36	46	28	16	12	57	39	15	24	38
	Hydrodynamic phenomena	8	4	4	50	135	61	74	45	64	41	23	64	71	20	51	28
	Tribomaterials	5	4	1	80	87	45	42	52	74	41	33	55	13	4	9	31
	Subarea Total	26	15	11	58	471	225	246	48	267	152	115	57	204	73	131	36
							2,73				2,17
TOTAL		272	201	74	74	4,525	6	1,794	60	3,251	0	1,088	67	1,240	530	733	43
NOTE: ^a combination of computational metods in design and optimization, and electromechanical systems, computational bioengineering, and computational electromagnetics

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Table D-2 List of Experts Who Nominated Keynote Speakers for the Virtual World Congresses (Virtual Congress Organizers)

Last	First	Affiliation
Achenbach	Jan	Northwestern, Evanston, Illinois
Adams	George G.	Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts
Adams	Marvin	Texas A&M, College Station, Texas
Agonafer	Dereje	University of Texas, Arlington
Allen	Janet K.	Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta
Ammannati	Fabio G.	Italy
Antsaklis	Panos	University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana
Arimoto	Suguru	Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto, Japan
Arruda	Ellen M.	University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Asada	H. Harry	Massachusetts of Technology, Cambridge
Aubry	Nadine	New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark
Auslander	Dave	University of California, Berkeley,
Ayyaswamy	P.S.	University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
Bao	Greg	Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta
Bar-Cohen	Avram	University of Maryland, College Park
Barlow	Robert S.	Sandia National Laboratory, Livermore, Calififornia
Bathe	Klaus-Jurgen	Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge
Baum	Howard	National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, Maryland
Bazant	Zdenek	Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois
Bejan	Adrian	Duke University, Durham, North Carolina
Belytschko	Ted	Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois
Bendsoe	Martin P.	Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark
Bergles	Arthur E.	Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge
Bettig	Bernhard	Michigan Technological University, Houghton
Bhushan	Bharat	Ohio State, Columbus
Blanchet	Thierry	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York
Blau	Peter	Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee
Book	Wayne J.	Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta
Boothroyd	Geoffrey	University of Rhode Island, Kingston
Cahill	David	University of Illinois, Urbana-Champagne
Campbell	Matthew	University of Texas, Austin
Carpick	Robert W.	University of Wisconsin, Madison
Castaneda	Pedeo Ponte	University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
Chang	Fu-Kuo	Stanford University, Stanford, California
Chen	Gang	Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge
Chen	Wei	Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois
Cho	H.S.	Korea

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Last	First	Affiliation
Cho	Young-Ho	Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
Cho	Chew	Weng University of Illinois, Urbana-Champagne
Clemens	Noel	University of Texas, Austin
Cocks	Alan	University of Oxford, Leicester, United Kingdom
Corrandini	Michael	University of Wisconsin, Madison
Crocker	Malcolm J.	Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama
Curtin	Bill	Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island
Daniel	Isaac	Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois
Danyluk	Steven	Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta
de Borst	Rene	Delft University, Delft, Netherlands
de Vahl Davis	Graham	University of South Wales, Kensington, Australia
de Weck	Olivier	Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge
Demkowicz	Leszek	University of Texas, Austin
DeVor	Richard	University of Illinois, Urbana
Diaz	Nils	Nuclear Regulatory Ccommission, Washington, District of Columbia
Diaz	Alejandro	Michigan State University, East Lansing
Dong	Cheng	Pennsylvania State University, University Park
Donmez	Alkan	National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, Maryland
Dopazo	Cesar	University of Zaragoza, Spain
Dornfeld	David A.	University of California, Berkeley
Dowling	David	University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Downar	Tom	Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana
Du	Xiaoping	University of Missouri, Rolla
Dubowsky	Steve	Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge
Dwyer-Joyce	R.	University of Sheffield, United Kingdom
Dynn	Clive L.	Harvey Mudd College, Claremont, California
Eijk	JonVon	Delft University of Technology, Netherlands
Elwenspaek	M. C. (Miko)	University of Twente, Enschede, Netherlands
Epureanu	Bogdan	University of Michigan, Ann Arbor,
Erdemer	Ali	Argonne National Laboratory, Illinois
Espinosa	Horacio D.	Northwestern, Evanston, Illinois
Estler	Tyler	National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, Maryland
Ethier	C. Ross	University of Toronto, Canada
Etsion	Izhak	University of California, San Diego
Fadel	Georges	Clemson University, South Carolina
Farassat	F.	National Air and Space Administration, Langley, Maryland
Farhat	Charbel	Stanford University, California

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Last	First	Affiliation
Flannery	Hunter	National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, Maryland
Frecker	Mary	Pennsylvania State University, University Park
Freund	L. B.	Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island
Frey	Dan	Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge
Fukuda	Toshio	Nagoya University, Japan
Furuta	Katsuhsia	Tokoy Denki University, Japan
Gao	Huajian	Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island
Gardner	Martha	General Electric
Garimella	Sureh	Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana
Gates	Thomas S.	National Air and Space Administration, Langley, Maryland
Ge	Christine Ping	Oregon State University, Corvallis
Gero	John S.	University of Sydney, Australia
Gershenson	John K.	Michigan Technological University, Houghton
Ghattas	Omar	University of Texas, Austin
Ghoniem	Ahmed	Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge
Gigoropoulos	Costas P.	University of California, Berkeley
Giurgiutiu	Victor	University of South Carolina, Columbia
Goodenough	John	University of Texas, Austin
Goodwin	Graham C.	University of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia
Goswami	Yogi	University of South Florida, Gainesville
Gu	WY	University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida
Guilak	Farshid	Duke University, Durham, North Carolina
Guo	X.Ed	Columbia University, New York
Gupta	Satyandra K.	University of Maryland, College Park
Guzzella	Lino	Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich
Habashi	Wagdi G. (Fred)	McGill University, Montreal, Canada
Haftka	Raphael T.	University of Florida, Gainesville
Han	Je-Chin	TexasA&M University, College Station
Hara	Shinji	University of Tokyo, Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan
Harding	Kevin	GE Global
Hendrick	Karl	University of California, Berkeley
Herzog	Walter	University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Hirizinger	Gerd	Institute of Robotics and Mechatronics, Germany
Ho	Chih-Ming	University of California, Los Angeles
Hocken	Robert	University of North Carolina, Charlotte
Holm	Elizabeth A.	Sandia National Laboratory, Livermore, California
Holmberg	Kenneth	VTT, Finland

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Last	First	Affiliation
Holmes	Philip	Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey
		University of California, San Diego and Columbia
Holmes		University, New York
Hubbell	Jeffrey	ETH, Switzerland
Hughes	Thomas	University of Texas, Austin
Hutchinson	John	Harvard, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Ibanez de	Eugenio
Navarra	Onate	Technical University of Catalonia, Barcelona, Spain
		Virginia Polytechnic Institute and Technical University,
Inman	Daniel J.	Blacksburg, Virginia
Ioannou	Peter	University of Southern California, Los Angeles
Iserman	Rolf	Technische Universitaet Darmstadt, Germany
		Stanford University, Stanford, California/Pennsylvania
Jacobs	Chris	State University, University Park, Pennsylvania
Jacobson	Bo	Lund University, Lund, Sweden
Jaluria	Yogesh	Rutgers University, Piscataway, New Jersey
Jiao	Jianxin (Roger)	Nanyang Technological University, Nanyang, Singapore
Kamm	Roger	Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge
Kato	Koji	Tohoku University, Sendrai, Japan
Kaviany	Massoud	University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Kawahara	Mutsuto	Chuo University, Japan
Kazimi	Mujid	Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge
Keane	Andy	University of Southhampton, United Kingdom
Kennedy	Francis E.	Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire
Kerschen	Gaetan	University of Liege, Liege, Belgium
Kesavadas	T.	University of Buffalo, Buffalo, New York
Klein	Sanford	University of Wisconsin, Madison
Komanduri	Ranga	Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma
Komvopoulos	K.	University of California, Berkeley
Koopman	Gary	Pennsylvania State University, University Park
Koren	Yoram	University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Kreith	Frank	University of Colorado (retired) , Boulder
Krishnamurty	Sundar	University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Krstic	Miroslav	University of California. San Diego
Kumara	S.R.T.	Pennsylvania State University, University Park
Kutscher	Chuck	National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, Colorado
Ladeveze	P. (Pierre)	Ecole Normale Superieure de Cachan, France
Lagoudas	Dimitris	Texas A&M University, College Station
Lebeck	Alan O.	Mechanical Seal Technology, Albuquerque, New Mexico
Liang	Steven	Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta
Liechti	Kenneth M.	University of Texas, Austin
Liu	Wing Kam	Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois

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Last	First	Affiliation
Lyung	Lennart	Linkoping, Sweden
Majumdar	Arun	University of California, Berkeley
Malkin	Stephen	University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Maniatty	Antoinette	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York
Mathias	Woydt	BAM, Germany
Mayinger	F.	University of Denmark, Copenhagen
Mazumder	Jyoti	University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
McClamroch	Hams	University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
McCullough	Andrew	University of California, San Diego
McDowell	Dave	Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta
Melkote	Shreyes	Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta
Menguc	Pinar	University of Kentucky, Lexington
Messac	Achille	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York
Messner	William C.	Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Mewes	Dieter	University of Hannover, Hannover, Germany
Michalek	J.	Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Mikos	Tony	Rice University, Houston, Texas
Morgan	Ken	Swansea University, Wales, United Kingdom
Moser	Robert	University of Texas, Austin
Mourelatos	Zissimos P.	Oakland University, Rochester, Michigan
Murray	Richard	California Institute of Technology, Pasadena
Nakayama	Wataru	Therm Tech International, Japan
Narendra	Bob	Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut
Needlemen	Alan	Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island
Nemet-Nasser	Sia	University of California, San Diego
Ni	Jun	University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Ohnishi	Kouhei	Keio University, Tokyo, Japan
Olsen	Lisa	Columbia University, New York, New York
Owen	D. Roger J.	Swansea University, Swansea, Wales, United Kingdom
Packard	Andy	University of California, Berkeley
Paden	Brad	University of California, Santa Barbara
Paidoussis	Michael P.	McGill University, Montreal, Canada
Papalambros	Panos	University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Papdrakakis	Manolis	National Technical University of Athens, Greece
Paredis	Chris	Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta
Pfeiffer	Friedrich	Technical University of Munich, Germany
Pironneau	Olivier	Universite Paris VI, France
Pisano	Albert P.	University of California, Berkeley
Poll	Gerhard	University of Hannover, Hannover, Germany
Poolla	Kameshwar	University of California, Berkeley
Poprawe	Reinhart	Fraunhofer, ILT, Germany
Prata	Alvaro T.	Federal University of Santa Catarina, Brazil

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Last	First	Affiliation
Prinz	Friderich B.	Stanford University, Stanford, California
Ramm	Ekkehard	University of Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany
Rank	Ernst	Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany
Ratner	Buddy	University of Washington/ETH, Seattle
Ravi-Chandar	K,	University of Texas, Austin
Ravichandran	G.	California Institute of Technology, Pasadena
Reddy	J. N.	Texas A&M University, College Station, TX
Reddy	B. D. (Daya)	University of Capetown, Capetown, South Africa
Reifsnider	Kenneth	University of Connecticut, Storrs
Reitz	Rolf	University of Wisconsin, Madison
Rosen	David	Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta
Sadeghi	Farshid	Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiania
Salant	R.	Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta
San	Andres	Luis Texas A&M University, College Station
Sano	Akiro	Keio University, Mita-cho, Minato-ku, Japan
Schiehlen	Werner	University of Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany
Schmidt	Linda	University of Maryland, College Park
Seybert	Andrew F.	University of Kentucky, Lexington
Sharp	Robin	Imperial College, London, United Kingdom
Shaw	Ramesh K.	University of Buffalo, Buffalo, New York
Shaw	Steven W.	Michigan State University, East Lansing
Shkel	Andrei M.	University of California, Irvine
Shooter	Steve	Bucknell University, Lewisburg, Pennsylvania
Shoureshi	Rahmat	University of Denver, Denver, Colorado
Siddique	Zahed	University of Oklahoma, Norman
Simpson	Timothy	Pennsylvania State University, University Park
Singh	Rajendra	Ohio State University, Columbus
Smith	Suzanne Weaver	University of Kentucky, Lexington
Soares	Carlos A. Mota	Instituto Superior Tecnico, Lisbon, Portugal
Sottos	Nancy	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Spikes	Hugh	Imperial College, London, United Kingdom
Spong	Mark W.	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Stachowiak	Gwidon	University of Western Australia
Stein	Erwin	University of Hannover, Hannover, Germany
Stemme	Goran	Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden
Stone	Robert S.	University of Missouri, Rolla
Summers	Joshua	Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina
Sun	Qing-Ping	HKU, PRC, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong
Suo	Zhigang	Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts

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Last	First	Affiliation
Szeri	Andrew J.	University of California, Berkeley
Tabata	Osamu	Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
Tezduyar	Tayfun	Rice University, Houston, Texas
Thole	Karen	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg
Tichy	John	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York
Todreas	Neil	Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge
Tonder	Kristian	Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim
Torquato	Sal	Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey
Towe	Elias	Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburg, Pennsylvania
Trumpter	David L.	Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge
Turinsky	Paul	North Carolina State, Raleigh
Uddin	Rizwan	University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Ullman	David G.	Robust Decisions, Inc., Corballis, Oregon, USA
Ulsoy	Galip	University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Vakakis	Alex	National Technical University of Athens, Greece
Van Brussel	Hendrick	K.U. Leuven, Belgium
van der Giessen	Erik	University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
Virgin	Laurie	Duke University, Durham, North Carolina
Viskanta	Ray	Purdue University, West Lafayette, North Carolina
Vunjak-Novakovic	Gordana	Columbia University, New York, New York
Wang	Kuo K.	Cornell University, Ithaca, New York
Wang	Gary	University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada
Wang	Yan	University of Central Florida, Orlando
Wei	Bin	GE Global
Williams	John	Cambridge University, United Kingdom
Wriggers	Peter	University of Hannover, Hannover, Germany
Wu	Teresa	Arizona State University, Tempe
Yang	Maria	University of South California, Los Angles
Yassine	Ali	University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Zhang	Zhuomin	Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta