Management Structure

Steering Committee

It is the committee in charge of fostering the use and development of KratosMultiphysics in academia, research centers and industry. It is also in charge of organizing the election process for the elected members in the Technical Committee(TC), of approving the new members appointed by industrial sponsors of the TC, and of establishing and maintaining the general kratos project guidelines. A special focus is on social, cooperative and strategic aspects.

Composition

• Eugenio Oñate (CIMNE, UPC)
• Pooyan Dadvand (CIMNE, UPC)
• Riccardo Rossi (UPC, CIMNE)
• Roland Wüchner (TUM, CIMNE)

Technical Committee

The Kratos Technical Committee (TC) is the maximum technical body of the Kratos project. It either acts on its own initiative or by request of any developer to help on the solution of technical issues or eventually in decision conflicts. The committee will attempt to find a consensus between the developers. In the case in which such a consensus cannot be reached, will ultimately take decisions. The TC will act whenever possible through online communication mechanisms, actively participating in discussions in which it is directly mentioned. Meetings, either in person or virtual will be organized as-needed. The committee has the following composition:

• 2 native members
• 3 elected members
• members appointed by industrial sponsors

Native members

The 2 native members are Pooyan Dadvand and Riccardo Rossi due to their long experience since the beginning of the project. This will help the stability and maintain the accumulated experience in the committee. This status will hold as long as they are actively contributing to the project. In case one of the native chairs leaves the position, a new elected member will take his place.

Elected members

The 3 elected members will be renewed every 2 years. Candidates eligible for these chairs should have been responsible of an application which has been active more than one year in the repository.

Who can vote

Any contributors to the open part of the project, with any affiliation, who have performed sustained contributions to the public part of the project during the year prior to the elections. Contribution includes:

• Code developments
• Documentation
• Management
• Formation
• Dissemination

Members appointed by industrial sponsors

Members can be appointed by industrial organizations who contribute yearly a significant financial support to the development of Kratos Multiphysics. The membership should be approved by the Steering Committee who will establish the exact conditions.

Current composition

• Pooyan Dadvand (native member)
• Riccardo Rossi (native member)
• Miguel Angel Celigueta (elected 2017)
• Jordi Cotela (elected 2017)
• Carlos Roig (elected 2017)