Description

This event is part of the Thematic Term on Mathematics and Biology sponsered by CIM (Centro Internacional de Matemática)

The event has two components: Advanced course and research workshop.

The course component will address the most significant problems in bone mechanics and describe the respective mechanical and mathematical modeling. Lectures will also be taught on specific topics of applied mathematics (e.g. homogenization, generalized shape design, convex analysis, optimization) that are important and may have a key role in overcoming the limitations observed in the more traditional models used in biomechanics. The course part is geared to an audience of postgraduate students and researchers (in applied mathematics, mechanics and biomechanics) that want to have an introduction to bone mechanics and the respective mechanical-mathematical modeling.

In the workshop component research papers, submitted by the participants, will describe new developments and discuss future research directions. The workshop is aimed at a mixed audience of postgraduate students and experienced researchers in mathematics, mechanics and medicine. It is the perfect forum to identify new areas of research within mathematics and biomechanics, to extend methodologies developed within the context of material design and optimization to the modeling of bone mechanics problems and to promote collaboration between researchers from the different areas.

JMG/HR -  Last updated: October 29, 2001