The Circus Book and History

The Circus was founded by Ivo Babuska, Bruce Kellogg, and Jim Bramble in 1970. The picture below shows Ivo (center left) at his 90th birthday celebration with past ringmasters Doug Arnold (left) and Rick Falk (right) together with current co-ring master Susanne Brenner.

The original Finite Element Circus Book has been scanned and is now available on these pages.

The Circus book was lost for a few years, but resurfaced and the tradition continues.

Finite Element Circus Book 2014-2016.

A history of the Finite Element Circus that also covers the time period before the Circus Book was started can be found at Finite Element Circus History.