IASS-IACM 2008 Session: New Advances in Topology Optimization -- Session Organizers: Glaucio H. PAULINO (UIUC), Emilio SILVA (University of Sao Paulo) -- Keynote Lecture: "Topology optimization with adaptive mesh refinement" by Eric DE STURLER (Virginia Tech), Glaucio H. PAULINO, Shun WANG (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) -- "Strategies for computational efficiency in continuum structural topology optimization of sparse 3D systems" by Colby C. SWAN , Salam F. RAHMATALLA (University of Iowa) -- "Wachpress elements for topology optimization" by Cameron TALISCHI , Glaucio H. PAULINO, Chau H. LE (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) -- "Topology optimization technique considering both static and dynamic characteristics of the structures" by S. J. LEE , J. E. BAE (Gyeongsang National University) -- Keynote Lecture: "Topology optimization method utilizing iterative solvers with subspace recycling applied to high-resolution electrical impedance tomography" by Luis Augusto Motta MELLO , Emilio Carlos Nelli SILVA (University of Sao Paulo), Eric DE STURLER (Virginia Tech), Glaucio H. PAULINO (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) -- "Topology optimization considering fabrication errors and length scale constraints" by James K. GUEST (Johns Hopkins University) -- "A simple and effective inverse projection scheme for void distribution control in topology optimization" by Glaucio H. PAULINO (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign), Sylvia ALMEIDA (Universidade Federal de Goias), Emilio Carlos Nelli SILVA (University of Sao Paulo) -- "Design of dynamic laminate piezoelectric sensors and actuators using topology optimization" by Paulo Henrique NAKASONE , Emilio Carlos Nelli SILVA (University of Sao Paulo)