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Welcome Letters

IDETC/CIE

12TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON MULTIBODY SYSTEMS, NONLINEAR DYNAMICS,
AND CONTROL (MSNDC)

On behalf of the ASME Technical Committee on Multibody Systems and elastic materials, contact mechanics, and high-performance computing.
Nonlinear Dynamics (MSND), we extend a wholehearted welcome to the Throughout the years he has worked on 16 feature films—most recently his
attendees of the 12th International Conference on Multibody Systems, work has been used for cloth and soft tissue simulation in Zootopia. He
Nonlinear Dynamics, and Control (MSNDC). Consisting of three keynote holds a master’s degree in electrical engineering from the Technical
talks, one panel, and more than 20 symposia, the conference features over University of Denmark and a PhD in computer science from ETH Zurich.
110 presentations covering traditional and emerging topics in the broad
areas of nonlinear and multibody systems dynamics. This event presents a
This year’s panel, “Learning from each other: how Newton’s Laws can
unique opportunity for dynamics researchers, practitioners, educators,
help the entertainment industry, and how computer graphics can improve
and students to report on their accomplishments, exchange ideas, and
engineering designs,” will provide the opportunity for an informal
become familiar with emerging trends in the field. In addition to the Best
discussion in which the three keynote speakers joined by Dr. Radu
Student Paper competition, for the first time, we are organizing best
Serban of University of Wisconsin–Madison, formerly involved in game
papers competitions in the areas of Nonlinear Dynamics and Multibody
development himself, will kick start a conversation on the idea of
Dynamics, respectively. Also, for the first time, we are providing student
cross-pollination between the entertainment industry and the field of
travel grants to qualifying undergraduate and graduate students.
computational dynamics.
Our first keynote talk this year represents the D’Alembert Award lecture,
Before wrapping up this welcome message, we like to acknowledge the
“Integrated, Efficient Analysis of Flexible Multibody Systems,” delivered by
contribution of the symposia organizers for their effort. We would like to
Professor Olivier Bauchau. Dr. Bauchau is the Igor Sikorsky Professor of
also thank the paper/presentation contributors for choosing this confer-
Rotorcraft at the Department of Aerospace Engineering of the University of
ence as the venue for sharing the outcomes of their intellectual pursuits.
Maryland, College Park. His fields of expertise include finite element
Much appreciated.
methods for structural and multibody dynamics, rotorcraft comprehensive
analysis, and experimental mechanics and dynamics. He is a Fellow of the We look forward to a successful conference and hope that you will
American Society of Mechanical Engineers and of the American Helicopter remember this Charlotte meeting as a memorable event.
Society, and a senior member of the American Institute of Aeronautics and
Astronautics. He has authored a book entitled Flexible Multibody
Dynamics, which has won the 2012 Textbook Excellence Award from the
Text and Academic Authors Association.
The second keynote talk, “Closing the Reality Gap in Robot Simulation
Using Machine Learning,” will be delivered by Erwin Coumans. Erwin is the Dan Negrut Hiroyuki Sugiyama
creator of the Bullet Physics engine and member of the Google Brain team,
Conference Chair Conference Co-Chair
where he is responsible for real-time physics simulation research and
University of Wisconsin – Madison The University of Iowa
development, with a focus on robotics and machine learning. After his
Madison, WI, United States Iowa City, IA, United States
study of Computer Science at Eindhoven University in the Netherlands, he
Negrut@wisc.edu hiroyuki-sugiyama@uiowa.edu
has been involved in collision detection and physics simulation research
for Guerrilla Games in the Netherlands, Havok in Ireland, Sony Computer
Entertainment US R&D, AMD and Google Robotics in California, USA.
Erwin is a regular speaker at conferences such as SIGGRAPH and the
Game Developer Conference and is co-author of the book Multithreading

for Visual Effects. His work is integrated in various 3D modeling and
simulation tools and used by many professional visual effect studios and
game companies. Erwin received a Scientific and Technical Academy
Award (Oscar) for the development of Bullet Physics in 2015. Mohammed Daqaq Mohammad Younis
Conference Co-Chair Conference Co-Chair
Our third keynote talk, “Plausibly Unrealistic: Physical Simulation in Clemons University Binghamton University
Animated Feature Films,” is delivered by Dr. Rasmus Tamstorf. Rasmus is a Clemson, SC, United States Binghamton, NY, United States
senior research scientist at Walt Disney Animation Studios, where he has 25
MDAQAQ@clemson.edu myounis@binghamton.edu
been since 1998. His research interests focus on physical simulation of