Initial Education & Dissemination Issues

The missing element in FE - the quality element of the user
Jack Reijmers, Nevesbu, The Hague, The Netherlands
Educational programs are constantly in motion. FEM requires proper training. When will the twain meet?

Verification and Validation of Models
Chris Rogers, CREA Consultants Ltd., Buxton, UK
This presentation considers the issues involved in verifying and validating of FE models, with a particular emphasis on validation.

Background Issues & Requirements based on Presentations arising out of the NSC
John Smart, University of Manchester, UK
At the Network Steering Committee in September many possible Education & Dissemination seminars were discussed. This presentation provides a background to the discussions and discusses possibilities for the future.

NAFEMS‘ Education & Training Working Group (ETWG)
John Smart, University of Manchester, UK
The ETWG has been active for approximately 15 years. Its recent activity is reviewed and how it can interact with FENET‘s EDTA discussed.

Using Computational Mechanics to Teach Mechanics
Grant Steven, University of Durham, UK
Rather than go straight into all the teaching and thinking I have done in this area over the last 35 years I shall simply present the course outline plus the notes for the first lecture and hopefully quickly run through the in-class experiment and the Non linear transient dynamics computational demo.  notes