Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Fall 2016
The Finite Element Circus is a regular conference devoted to the theory and applications of the finite element method, and related areas of numerical analysis and partial differential equations.
Registration
Please register here. There is no registration fee. Your registration will provide us an accurate headcount to prepare food and refreshments.
See a list of participants here.
Reception
Reception will be held on Friday evening at Higgins house (Building 17 in the parking map, Building 18 in the campus map) on WPI campus. It is about 15 minutes walk from the conference room.
Location and Time
The conference will take place in WPI Life Sciences and Bioengineering Center (Building 34 in the parking map, Building 35 in the campus map).
Time: 1:30 pm Friday October 14, 2016 - Saturday, October 15, 2016
Local Information and Accommodations
Please find WPI campus map here.
Hotel
A block of rooms has been reserved for three nights from Thursday to Saturday at Hampton Inn & Suites, Worcester, 65 Prescott Street, Worcester, MA 01605. Reservations must be received on or before Tuesday, September 13, 2016. Please be advised to identify yourselves as part of the “Finite Elements Circus” group for the university rate $134 per day for a standard king room or a standard double queen room.
The hotel is two minutes walk away from the conference room.
Directions to WPI
Parking
If you plan to drive to WPI, please find directions here. You may park at the west parking lot of Gateway Park (through Washburn Way) at the north of WPI Life Sciences and Bioengineering Center (Building 34 in the parking map, Building 35 in the campus map).
Local organizers
Marcus Sarkis and Zhongqiang (Handy) Zhang
Conference Sponsor
This conference is sponsored by Department of Mathematical Sciences of Worcester Polytechnic Institute.