DESIGN OPTIMIZATION AND INVERSE PROBLEMS:

• Acoustic

• Aerodynamics

• Chemistry and combustion

• Civil Engineering

• Design of Experiments

• Electrical Systems

• Electromagnetism

• Fluid Mechanics

• Geophysics

• Heat and Mass Transfer

• Imaging

• Materials processing

• Mechanical Engineering

• Meteorology

• Nuclear Engineering

• Planning

• Robotics

• Solid Mechanics

• Scheduling

• Tomography

• Vibrations and Structural Dynamics

BASIC NUMERICAL OPTIMIZATION TECHNIQUES:

• Shape Optimization

• Size Optimization

• Topology Optimization

• Mathematical Programming Algorithms

• MDO - Multidisciplinary Design Optimization

• Optimality Criteria Methods

• Genetic Algorithms

• Evolutionary Techniques

• Fuzzy Optimization

• Optimization with Approximate Models

• Response Surface Methods

• Metamodels and Surrogates in Optimization

• Artificial Intelligence and Neural Networks

• Multi-objective Optimization

• Global Optimization

• Decomposition Methods

• Concurrent Engineering

• Robust Design

• Reliability-Based Design Optimization

• Multi-scale Optimization

• Efficient Analysis and Reanalysis Techniques with Finite Elements Method

• Boundary Elements Method

• Finite Differences Method

• Finite Volume Method

• Meshless Methods

• Sensitivity Analysis

• Analytic and Semi-analytic Formulations

• Variational Formulation

• Automatic Differentiation

• Topological Derivatives and other techniques

• Linear Programming

• Nonlinear Programming

• Mixed Linear and Nonlinear Programming

• Integer Programming

• Stochastic Optimization

• Supply Chain Management

INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS:

• Aeronautical Industry

• Automotive Industry

• Bio - Mechanics Applications

• Chemical Processing Equipments

• Energy Generation and Transmission

• Machinery Optimization

• Micro-Mechanics Systems - MEMS

• Micro and Nano - Technologies

• Oil and Gas Industries

• Space Industry and other Industrial Applications