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Session Information

Session 1A – Mesh Quality/Smoothing/Optimization	Session 2B – Triangular/Tetrahedral Meshing
Session 1B - Applications	Session 3A – Adaptivity
Plenary Session	Session 3B – Geometry/Data Structures
Invited Speakers	Session 4 – Surface Meshing
Session 2A – Quadrilateral/Hexahedral Meshing	Session 5 – Hybrid Meshing

Welcome Address

Robert C. Richardson
Vice Provost for Research at Cornell

Keynote Address

Dr. Anthony R. Ingraffea
Cornell University

Session 1A – Mesh Quality/Smoothing/Optimization

1a.1 Polyhedral Mesh Optimization Using the Interpolation Tensor
Stefano Paoletti
Adapco, Melville, NY, U.S.A.
Abstract | Download PDF (1074 KB)

1a.2 A Comparison Of Optimization Software For Mesh Shape-Quality Improvement Problems
Lori Freitag, Patrick Knupp, Todd Munson, and Suzanne Shontz
Argonne National Laboratory, Sandia National Laboratories and Cornell University
Abstract | Download PDF (569 KB)

1a.3 Optimization of Surface Mesh Quality Using Local Parametrization
Rao V. Garimella, Mikhail J. Shashkov, Patrick M. Knupp
Los Alamos National Laboratory, Sandia National Laboratories
Abstract | Download PDF (4429 KB)

1a.4 Planar Quadrangle Quality Measures: Is There Really A Choice ?
Philippe P. Pebay
Sandia National Laboratories, Livermore, CA
Abstract | Download PDF (205 KB)

Session 1B - Applications

1b.1 Background Overlay Grid Size Functions
Jin Zhu, Ted Blacker, Rich Smith
Fluent, Inc., Evanston, IL, USA
Abstract | Download PDF (512 KB)

1b.2 Fully Incremental 3D Delaunay Refinement Mesh Generation
Miller, Gary L., Steven E. Pav, Noel J. Walkington
Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA. USA
Abstract | Download PDF (340 KB)

1b.3 Unstructured Mesh Generation for the Western North Atlantic Tidal Model Domain
Scott C. Hagen, D. Michael Parrish
University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL., U.S.A.
Abstract | Download PDF (1963 KB)

1b.4 Generating High Quality Meshes for Interactive Examination of Surface Quality on Car Bodies
G. Sußner, G. Greiner and R. Grosso
University of Erlangen, Germany
Abstract | Download PDF (333 KB)

Plenary Session

1a Element Quality and Tetrahedral Meshes
Herbert Edelsbrunner
Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, U.S.A.
Abstract | Download PDF (50 KB)

1b What is a Good Linear Element? Interpolation, Conditioning, and Quality Measures
Jonathan Richard Shewchuk
University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
Abstract | Download PDF (237 KB)

1c ETREE - A Database-Oriented Method for Generating Large Octree Meshes
Tiankai Tu, David R. O’Hallaron and Julio C. Lopez
Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, U.S.A.
Abstract | Download PDF (209 KB)

Invited Speakers

Irregular to Completely Regular Meshing in Computer Graphics
Hugues Hoppe
Microsoft Research
Abstract | Download PDF (59 KB)

Unstructured Mesh Related Issues in Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) Based Analysis and Design
Dimitri J. Mavriplis
Microsoft Research
Abstract | Download PDF (63 KB)

Session 2A – Quadrilateral/Hexahedral Meshing

Hexahedral Sheet Extraction
Michael J. Borden, Steven E. Benzley, Jason F. Shepherd
Brigham Young University and Sandia National Laboratories
Abstract | Download PDF (113 KB)

Sculpting: An Improved Inside-Out Scheme for All-Hexahedral Meshing
Kirk S.Walton, Steven E. Benzley, Jason Shepherd
Brigham Young University and Sandia National Laboratories
Abstract | Download PDF (806 KB)

A 2.75 D Finite Element Model of 3D Fracture Network Systems
Sylvia Moenickes, Takeo Taniguchi, Rene Kaiser, Werner Zielke
Universitat Hannover, Hannover, Germany and Okayama University, Okayama, Japan
Abstract | Download PDF (5393 KB)

Hex-Layer: Layered All-Hex Mesh Generation on Thin Section Solids via Chordal Surface Transformation
W.R. Quadros and Kenji Shimada
Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA. U.S.A.
Abstract | Download PDF (676 KB)

Session 2B – Triangular/Tetrahedral Meshing

High Quality Compatible Triangulations
Vitaly Surazhsky and Craig Gotsman
Technion Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel
Abstract | Download PDF (339 KB)

Constrained Delaunay Tetrahedralizations and Provably Good Boundary Recovery
Jonathan Richard Shewchuk
University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
Abstract | Download PDF (158 KB)

Parallel Delaunay Refinement: Algorithms And Analyses
Daniel A. Spielman, Shang-Hua Teng, Alper Ungor
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston University and Duke University
Abstract | Download PDF (158 KB)

Conforming Orthogonal Meshes
Sophie Balaven, Chakib Bennis, Jean Daniel Boissonnat and Mariette Yvinec
Institut Francais du Petrole and INRIA, France
Abstract | Download PDF (247 KB)

Session 3A – Adaptivity

Conformal Refinement of All-Quadrilateral and All-Hexahedral Meshes According to an Anisotropic Metric
Ko-Foa Tchon, Julien Dompierre and Ricardo Camarero
Centre de recherche en calcul appliqué (CERCA), Montréal, QC, Canada
Abstract | Download PDF (5380 KB)

Adaptive Meshing for Cloth Animation
Julien Villard and Houman Borouchaki
IFTH and UTT-LASMIS, Troyes, Aube, France
Abstract | Download PDF (5539 KB)

Volume Mesh Adaptation With a Meshfree Surface Model
A. Rassineux, P. Breitkopf, C. Chappuis, P. Villon
Université de Technologie de Compiègne, Compiègne Cedex, France
Abstract | Download PDF (446 KB)

Transient Mesh Adaptation Using Conforming and Non Conforming Mesh Modifications
Jean-Francois Remacle, Xiangrong Li, Nicolas Chevaugeon and Mark S. Shephard
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York, USA.
Abstract | Download PDF (446 KB)

Session 3B – Geometry/Data Structures

A Concise Representation of Geometry Suitable for Mesh Generation
L. Paul Chew, Stephen Vavasis, S. Gopalsamy, TzuYi Yu and Bharat Soni
Cornell University, University of Alabama at Birmingham and National Chi-Nan University
Abstract | Download PDF (118 KB)

Improved Imprint and Merge for Conformal Meshing
David R. White and Sunil Saigal
Sandia National Labs and Carnegie Mellon University
Abstract | Download PDF (174 KB)

Facet-Based Surfaces for 3D Mesh Generation
Steven J. Owen, David R. White and Timothy J. Tautges
Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM. U.S.A
Abstract | Download PDF (256 KB)

Overlay Grid Based Geometry Cleanup
Jiangtao Hu, Y. K. Lee, Ted Blacker and Jin Zhu
Fluent Inc, Evanston, Illinois, U.S.A
Abstract | Download PDF (606 KB)

Session 4 – Surface Meshing

An Anisotropic Mesh Parameterization Scheme
Igor Guskov
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan. U.S.A
Abstract | Download PDF (5557 KB)

Mesh Generation on High-Curvature Surfaces Based on a Background Quadtree Structure
Antonio C. O. Miranda, Luiz F. Martha
Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio), Brazil
Abstract | Download PDF (1461 KB)

p-Version Mesh Generation Issues
Xiao-Juan Luo, Mark S. Shephard, Jean-Francois Remacle, Robert M. OBara, Mark W. Beall, Barna Szabo and Ricardo Actis
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY. U.S.A.
Abstract | Download PDF (1708 KB)

Multiple Intersections of Finite-Element Surface Meshes
William M. Lira, Luiz C. G. Coelho, Luiz F. Martha
Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio), Brazil
Abstract | Download PDF (2055 KB)

Session 5 – Hybrid Meshing

Unstructured Mesh Generation For Viscous Flow Computations
Yasushi Ito and Kazuhiro Nakahashi
Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
Abstract | Download PDF (6233 KB)

A Hybrid, Variational 3D Smoother For Orphaned Shell Meshes
Nilanjan Mukherjee
EDS PLM Solutions, Milford Ohio 45150, U.S.A.
Abstract | Download PDF (516 KB)

Building Space-Time Meshes Over Arbitrary Spatial Domains
Jeff Erickson, Damrong Guoy, John M. Sullivan and Alper Ungor
Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL. U.S.A.
Abstract | Download PDF (1018 KB)

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