News :

• The ASMDO Association will have an working and collaborative agreement with International Society for Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization (ISSMO) and NAFEMS for the activities related to Simulation and Multidisciplinary optimization. (NAFEMS : http://www.nafems.org/ & ISSMO : http://www.issmo.net/)
• The International Journal for Simulation and Multidisciplinary Design Optimization that is affiliated to the ASMDO association is actually under Thomson evaluation for the impact factor, please do not hesitate to refer  your work or contributions published by the journal

Conferences :

• ASMDO 2010 : 3th International Conference in Multidisciplinary Design Optimization and Applications will be held in June 21-23, 2010, ,This confertence will be Co-sponsored by ISSMO, ESTP, ENGINSOFT, and NAFEMS.
• Following the success of 1nd French-Dutch/Chinese-Dutch Workshop on Composites, Materials and Structures (TUDelft, Faculty of Aerospace Engineering, The Netherlands), it is our  pleasure to cordially invite you to participate in the 2nd French-Dutch/Chinese-Dutch Workshop in Paris, France (Local co-organizers ONERA/ESTP), June 16-18, 2010
• International Symposium on Aircraft Materials (ACMA 2010), May 19-21, 2010, Marrakech, Morocco,
• International Conference 2009 CAE Technologies for Industry, October 1-2 2009, Bergamo, Italy,

ASMDO 2010 Awards :

Dear Colleagues, We have the pleasure to announce you that this year the award will share with many good candidates, it is an exceptional award. The certificate  and the cheque of 350 euros (1 000/3) will be given during the ASMDO conference June 21-23, 2010 in Paris where you will also have also to present your works. The awards will be given by Joseph Zarka ( Scientific Director CADLM, France).

ASMDO 2008 Awards :

For Young Researcher to :

• Alvaro Noriega, for the following article : " A new evolution strategy for the unconstrained optimization problem", Spain
• Jüri Majak , for the following article : " Optimal material orientation of linear and non-linear elastic 3D anisotropic materials", Estonia

For Excellent Paper award to :

• Ahmad Alhajahmad, for the following article : "Optimal design of tow-placed fuselage panels with cutouts for maximum strength and buckling performance", The Netherlands
• Ignacio Payá-Zaforteza, for the following article : "On the statistical estimation of the minimum cost of reinforced concrete building frames designed by heuristic optimization", Spain

This award is evidence of your efforts in the ASMDO mentioned research. The committees of the ASMDO conference confer the award in recognition of your technical excellence in the area of optimization.

ASMDO 2007 Awards :

For Excellent Paper award to :

• F. Fantani, L.k. Balachandran & M.D. Guenov, for the following article “Computational System For Multi Disciplinary Optimization At Conceptual Design Stage”, UK
• Shinya Honda & Yoshihiro Narita for the following article “Minimum Weight Design for Vibration of Laminate Plates Using Lamination Parameters” - Japan