Special Session 1
EXPERIMENTAL AND COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS(E&CFD) (SS1)
Organiser(s):
Prof. Chin-Hsiang Cheng
National Cheng Kung University,
Taiwan

Special Session 2
PLASTICITY AND CONSTITUTIVE MODELLING (SS2)
Organiser(s):
Prof. A. Oechsner
Esslingen University of Applied Sciences, Germany 
Dr.-Ing. Ralf Landgraf
Chemnitz University of Technology, 
Germany 

Special Session 3
BIOMECHANICS, BIOMATERIALS, BIOMECHATRONICS AND BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING SOLUTIONS (SS3)
Organiser(s):
Prof. J.A. Beltrán Fernández
Instituto Politecnico Nacional,
Mexico

Special Session 4
NANOMATERIALS (SS4)
Organiser(s):
Dr. Nataliya Sakharova
University of Coimbra,
Portugal
Prof. Victor A. Eremeyev
Gdańsk University of Technology,
Poland

Special Session 5
MULTIFUNCTIONAL MATERIALS (MFM) (SS5) 
Organiser(s):
Prof. Silvia Gonzalez Prolongo
University Rey Juan Carlos,
Spain
Dr. Alberto Jimenez Suarez
University Rey Juan Carlos,
Spain

Special Session 6
HIGH POTENTIAL COMPOSITES TRENDS FOR FUTURE CHALLENGES IN ENGINEERING SCIENCE: FROM EXPERIMENTAL TECHNIQUES TO MODELLING APPROACHES (SS6)
Organiser(s):
PD Dr.-Ing. habil. Christian Jochum
ENSTA Bretagne,
France
Prof. Anne Jung
Saarland University,
Germany

Special Session 7
EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS AND MODELLING IN POLYMER MECHANICS: STATE OF THE ART AND FUTURE TRENDS (SS7)
Organiser(s):
Dr.-Ing. Klara Loos
Universität der Bundeswehr München,
Germany
Prof. Lucien Laiarinandrasana
Mines ParisTech Paris,
France
Prof. Yann Marco
ENSTA Bretagne,
France

Special Session 9
OPTIMIZATION OF STRUCTURES AND COMPONENTS (SS9)
Organiser(s):
Prof. Pablo A. Muñoz-Rojas
State University of Santa Catarina,
Brazil
Dr. Miguel Vaz Jr.
State University of Santa Catarina,
Brazil

Special Session 10
NUMERICAL MODELING OF STRUCTURES (SS10)
Organiser(s):
Prof. Alen Harapin
University of Split, 
Croatia
Prof. Boris Trogrlic
University of Split,
Croatia
Prof. Mirela Galic
University of Split,
Croatia

Special Session 11
ADVANCE SCIENTIFIC VISUALISATION FOR MULTIDISCIPLINARY ENGINEERING (SS11)
Prof. Dean Vučinić
Brussels School of Governance,
Vrije Universiteit Brussel,
Belgium
A/Prof. Sheeja Janardhanan
Indian Maritime University,
India

Special Session 12
ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING: PROCESS CONDUCT, MATERIAL MODELLING, APPLICATION AND OPTIMIZATION (SS12)
Organiser(s):
Prof. M. Merkel
Aalen University,
Germany
Dr. Leonhard Hitzler
Technical University Munich,
Germany