CONFERENCES FOUNDED

  • The Biot Conference on Poromechanics,Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium, founded in 1998, with J.-F. Thimus, E. Detournay, Y. Abousleiman, and O. Coussy. (2nd Conference, Grenoble, France, 2002; 3rd Conference, Norman, Oklahoma, USA, 2005; 4th Conference, Columbia University, New York, USA, 2009.)
  • The International Conference and Workshop on Saltwater Intrusion and Coastal Aquifers-Monitoring, Modeling, and Management, Essaouira, Morocco, founded in 2001, with D. Ouazar, J. Bear, L. Konikow, C.I. Voss, and G. Barrocu. (2nd Conference, Merida, Mexico, 2003; 3rd Conference, Cagliari, Italy, 2006; 4th Conference, Florida, USA, 2008.)

CONFERENCES CHAIRED

  • Conference Chair, The Fifth International Conference on Boundary Element Technology, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware, July 10-12, 1990, with C.A. Brebbia and S. Grilli.
  • Conference Chair, The Third International Conference on Computer Methods and Water Resources, Beirut, Lebanon, September 25-28, 1995, with Y. Abousleiman, C.A. Brebbia, and D. Ouazar.
  • Conference Co-Chair, The Fourth International Conference on Computer Methods and Water Resources, Byblos, Lebanon, June 16-18, 1997, with Y. Abousleiman and C.A. Brebbia (Conference Chairs), R. Ghanem and D. Ouazar (Co-Chairs).
  • Conference Chair, The First International Conference on Water Resources Management, Halkidiki, Greece, September 24-26, 2001, with C.A. Brebbia, P. Anagnostopoulos, and K. Katsifarakis.
  • Conference Co-Chair, The Third Biot Conference on Poromechanics, May 24-27, 2005, University of Oklahoma, with Y. Abousleiman (Conference Chair) and F. Ulm (Co-Chair).

EDITED CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS

Book Proceedings

  • Grilli, S., Brebbia, C.A., and Cheng, A.H.-D. (eds.), Computational Engineering with Boundary Elements, Vol. 1: Fluid and Potential Problems, Proceedings, BETECH 90, Computational Mechanics Publications, Southampton/Boston, 353 p., 1990.
  • Cheng, A.H.-D., Brebbia, C.A., and Grilli, S. (eds.), Computational Engineering with Boundary Elements, Vol. 2: Solid and Computational Problems, Proceedings, BETECH 90, Computational Mechanics Publications, Southampton/Boston, 399 p., 1990.
  • Abousleiman, Y., Brebbia, C.A., Cheng, A.H.-D., and Ouazar, D. (eds.), Computer Methods and Water Resources III, Proceedings, CMWR 95, Computational Mechanics Publications, Southampton/Boston, 504 p., 1996.
  • Thimus, J.-F., Abousleiman, Y., Cheng, A.H.-D., Coussy, O., and Detournay, E. (eds.), Poromechanics-A Tribute to Maurice A. Biot, Proceedings, Biot Conference on Poromechanics, A.A. Balkema, Rotterdam/Brookfield, 648 p., 1998.
  • Abousleiman, Y., Brebbia, C.A., and Cheng, A.H.-D. (eds.), Computer Methods and Water Resources IV, Proceedings, CMWR 97, WIT Press, Southampton/Boston, 311 p., 2000.
  • Brebbia, C.A., Anagnostopoulos, P., Katsifarakis, K. L, and Cheng, A.H.-D., (eds.), Water Resources Management, WMR 2001, WIT Press, Southampton/Boston, 396 p., 2001.
  • Abousleiman, Y., Cheng, A.H.-D., and Ulm, F.-J. (eds.), Poromechanics III-Biot Centennial (1905-2005), Proceedings, 3rd Biot Conference on Poromechanics, A.A. Balkema, Leidon/London/New York/Philadelphia/Singapore, 828 p., 2005.

CD-ROM Proceedings

  • Ouazar, D. and Cheng, A.H.-D. (eds.), CD-ROM Proceedings, 1st International Conference on Saltwater Intrusion and Coastal Aquifers-Monitoring, Modeling, and Management, Essaouira, Morocco, April 23-23, 2001.
  • Marin, L. and Cheng, A.H.-D. (eds.), CD-ROM Proceedings, 2nd International Conference on Saltwater Intrusion and Coastal Aquifers-Monitoring, Modeling, and Management, Merida, Mexico, March 30-April 2, 2003.

KEYNOTE/PLENARY LECTURES

  • "Poroelasticity and BEM," Keynote Lecture, 14th International Conference on Boundary Element Technology, Orlando, Florida, March 12-14, 2001.
  • "Recent advances in meshless methods," Keynote Lecture, 22nd Ibero Latin-American Congress on Computational Methods in Engineering, Campinas, Brazil, November 7-9, 2001.
  • "Recent advances in meshless methods and radial basis functions," Keynote Lecture, 15th International Conference on Boundary Element Technology, Detroit, May 19-21., 2003.
  • "Pumping optimization in coastal aquifers," Keynote Lecture, 18th Salt Water Intrusion Meeting, Cartagena, Spain, May 31-June 3, 2004.
  • "Modeling and management of coastal aquifers," Magistral Lecture, Quinto Congreso Nacional de Aguas Subterráneas, Hermosillo, Sonora, México, October 26-28, 2005.
  • "Collocation (meshless) method for well- and ill-posed problems in partial differential equations," Plenary Lecture, 1st Workshop on Method of Fundamental Solutions, Ayia Napa, Cyprus, June 11-13, 2007.
  • "Radial basis function collocation method," Semi-Plenary Lecture ,International Symposium on Computational Mechanics, Beijing, China, July 30-August 1, 2007.
  • "Meshless collocation method for high accuracy computation," Shi Yen-Ping Lecture, National Taiwan Ocean University, Keelung, Taiwan, December 28, 2008.
  • "Stability and error estimates of Trefftz method and method of fundamental solutions," Keynote Lecture, 5th Workshop on Trefftz Methods, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium, March 31-April 2, 2008.