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IDETC/CIE WELCOME LETTERS




11th International Conference on Multibody comments , and the several symposia organizers, who have not
Systems, Nonlinear Dynamics, and Control only helped advertise the Conferences but have helped manage
the review process to ensure the Conferences’ high quality and
(MSNDC) standards. We would like to sincerely thank all of the people that
have contributed their time and effort to the success of this joint
and
event.
27th Conference on Mechanical Vibration Welcome to Boston, and thank you for your participation in the
and Noise (VIB) MSNDC and VIB Conferences!



On behalf of the ASME Design Engineering Division Technical Walter Lacarbonara
Committees on Multibody Systems and Nonlinear Dynamics MSNDC Conference Chair
(MSNDC-TC) and Vibration and Sound (TCVS), we welcome
you to IDETC/CIE 2015 in historical Boston, Massachusetts. Sapienza University of Rome
This year, in recognition of the mutual interests of these Technical
Committees, we have decided to jointly sponsor a wide variety of
sessions that collectively form the 11th International Conference
on Multibody Systems, Nonlinear Dynamics, and Control Jeffrey F. Rhoads
(MSNDC) and 27th Conference on Mechanical Vibration and
Noise (VIB). Following a rigorous peer review process, we have VIB Conference Chair
accepted a total of 272 briefs and papers for technical presenta- Purdue University
tion. The accepted presentations have been grouped under
specific themes ranging from the Dynamics of MEMS and
NEMS to Industrial Applications of Dynamics, Vibrations and
Acoustics.
We are honored this year to have a number of keynote speakers,
including Professor Stuart Antman, recipient of the Lyapunov
Award, Professor David Ewins, recipient of the J. P. Den Hartog
Award, Dr. Maj. Matthew Snyder, Professor Robert Parker,
recipient of the N. O. Myklestad Award, and Professor Maurizio
Porfiri, recipient of the C. D. Mote, Jr. Early Career Award. We
encourage anyone interested in dynamics and vibration to join us
for these keynote sessions, which will be both informative and
inspirational.
We are also pleased to highlight Monday’s panel session,
entitled “Present and Future Challenges in Nonlinear Dynamics
and Vibrations: From Theory to Design”, which we hope will
contribute to peer discussion and help set future basic and
applied research directions in these exciting research areas.

The MSNDC-TC meeting will take place at 5:30pm on Tuesday,
August 4th. Likewise, the TCVS meeting will be held at 7:00pm
on Tuesday, August 4th. In these open meetings we will report
on the recent activities and future directions of the respective
Technical Committees and their affiliated research communities.
We expect the 11th International Conference on Multibody
Systems, Nonlinear Dynamics, and Control and the 27th
Conference on Mechanical Vibration and Noise to be exciting
forums for discussion of new ideas and challenges. However,
this expectation would not exist without the extensive efforts of
the Conferences’ authors, who have submitted quality papers,
the Conferences’ paper reviewers, who have provided insightful



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