# ASPECT Newsletter #104 **URL:** \ **Category:** ASPECT\ **Created:** [June 29, 2020, 4:00pm UTC](https://community.geodynamics.org/t/aspect-newsletter-104/1314 "2020-06-29T16:00:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![rgassmoeller](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/community.geodynamics.org/rgassmoeller/32/49_2.png) [@rgassmoeller](https://community.geodynamics.org/u/rgassmoeller)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2020, 4:00pm UTC](https://community.geodynamics.org/t/aspect-newsletter-104/1314/1 "2020-06-29T16:00:41Z")
Hello everyone! This is ASPECT newsletter #104. It automatically reports recently merged features and discussions about the ASPECT mantle convection code. Below you find a list of recently proposed or merged features: [#3567](https://github.com/geodynamics/aspect/pull/3567): add 2.2 announcement (proposed by [tjhei](https://github.com/tjhei)) [#3566](https://github.com/geodynamics/aspect/pull/3566): release task: update version and changes.h (proposed by [tjhei](https://github.com/tjhei); merged) [#3565](https://github.com/geodynamics/aspect/pull/3565): fix benchmarks/viscoelastic\_beam\_modified (proposed by [tjhei](https://github.com/tjhei); merged) [#3564](https://github.com/geodynamics/aspect/pull/3564): update copyright (proposed by [tjhei](https://github.com/tjhei); merged) [#3563](https://github.com/geodynamics/aspect/pull/3563): make\_cite\_html.py fix formatting in citation (proposed by [tjhei](https://github.com/tjhei); merged) [#3562](https://github.com/geodynamics/aspect/pull/3562): update link in readme (proposed by [tjhei](https://github.com/tjhei); merged) [#3561](https://github.com/geodynamics/aspect/pull/3561): www: enable Newton and WorldBuilder (proposed by [tjhei](https://github.com/tjhei); merged) [#3559](https://github.com/geodynamics/aspect/pull/3559): Add Spiegelman newton solver benchmark check (proposed by [gassmoeller](https://github.com/gassmoeller); merged) [#3557](https://github.com/geodynamics/aspect/pull/3557): add GWB and Newton to dynamic citation page (proposed by [tjhei](https://github.com/tjhei); merged) [#3556](https://github.com/geodynamics/aspect/pull/3556): [WIP] disable mesh smoothing on refine/coarsen (proposed by [tjhei](https://github.com/tjhei)) [#3555](https://github.com/geodynamics/aspect/pull/3555): clang-tidy fixes (proposed by [tjhei](https://github.com/tjhei); merged) [#3554](https://github.com/geodynamics/aspect/pull/3554): fix several benchmarks (proposed by [tjhei](https://github.com/tjhei); merged) [#3553](https://github.com/geodynamics/aspect/pull/3553): fix benchmarks/yamauchi\_takei\_2016\_anelasticity (proposed by [tjhei](https://github.com/tjhei); merged) [#3552](https://github.com/geodynamics/aspect/pull/3552): Fix opendap example (proposed by [tjhei](https://github.com/tjhei); merged) [#3551](https://github.com/geodynamics/aspect/pull/3551): [WIP] New logo discussion (proposed by [gassmoeller](https://github.com/gassmoeller)) [#3550](https://github.com/geodynamics/aspect/pull/3550): use proper namespace for ZeroFunction (proposed by [tjhei](https://github.com/tjhei); merged) [#3548](https://github.com/geodynamics/aspect/pull/3548): www: support geoid dynamic citation (proposed by [tjhei](https://github.com/tjhei); merged) [#3547](https://github.com/geodynamics/aspect/pull/3547): support geoid dynamic citation (proposed by [tjhei](https://github.com/tjhei); merged) [#3546](https://github.com/geodynamics/aspect/pull/3546): Update world builder version to v0.3.0 (proposed by [MFraters](https://github.com/MFraters); merged) [#3545](https://github.com/geodynamics/aspect/pull/3545): Add citation (proposed by [naliboff](https://github.com/naliboff); merged) [#3544](https://github.com/geodynamics/aspect/pull/3544): phase transition: average phase value (proposed by [lhy11009](https://github.com/lhy11009)) [#3543](https://github.com/geodynamics/aspect/pull/3543): avoid invalid arrary access warnings (proposed by [tjhei](https://github.com/tjhei); merged) [#3542](https://github.com/geodynamics/aspect/pull/3542): avoid deprecation warning in std\_cxx14 with deal.II master (proposed by [tjhei](https://github.com/tjhei); merged) [#3541](https://github.com/geodynamics/aspect/pull/3541): gravity\_point\_values: only write on rank 0 (proposed by [tjhei](https://github.com/tjhei); merged) [#3540](https://github.com/geodynamics/aspect/pull/3540): update copyright years (proposed by [tjhei](https://github.com/tjhei); merged) [#3539](https://github.com/geodynamics/aspect/pull/3539): fix doxygen formula problems (proposed by [tjhei](https://github.com/tjhei); merged) [#3538](https://github.com/geodynamics/aspect/pull/3538): fix cookbooks/prescribed\_velocity/ in 64 bit mode (proposed by [tjhei](https://github.com/tjhei); merged) [#3537](https://github.com/geodynamics/aspect/pull/3537): [CI] test cookbooks/benchmarks (proposed by [tjhei](https://github.com/tjhei); merged) [#3536](https://github.com/geodynamics/aspect/pull/3536): bencharmsk/newton\_solver\_benchmark\_set/spiegelman bash weirdness (proposed by [tjhei](https://github.com/tjhei); merged) [#3532](https://github.com/geodynamics/aspect/pull/3532): use single precision for gmg (proposed by [tcclevenger](https://github.com/tcclevenger)) [#3531](https://github.com/geodynamics/aspect/pull/3531): fix geoid warning (proposed by [tjhei](https://github.com/tjhei); merged) [#3530](https://github.com/geodynamics/aspect/pull/3530): fix benchmarks and cookbooks problems (proposed by [tjhei](https://github.com/tjhei); merged) [#3529](https://github.com/geodynamics/aspect/pull/3529): Add to citating\_aspect Glerum & Muluneh (proposed by [ljhwang](https://github.com/ljhwang); merged) [#3528](https://github.com/geodynamics/aspect/pull/3528): fix free-surface-with-crust (proposed by [tjhei](https://github.com/tjhei); merged) [#3527](https://github.com/geodynamics/aspect/pull/3527): Add geoid citation info (proposed by [Shangxin-Liu](https://github.com/Shangxin-Liu); merged) [#3523](https://github.com/geodynamics/aspect/pull/3523): added Heyn et al. 2020 to pub list (proposed by [ljhwang](https://github.com/ljhwang); merged) [#3500](https://github.com/geodynamics/aspect/pull/3500): Add Viscoelastic Cantilever Benchmark (proposed by [danieldouglas92](https://github.com/danieldouglas92); merged) [#3495](https://github.com/geodynamics/aspect/pull/3495): add Q1 viscosity projection for GMG (proposed by [tcclevenger](https://github.com/tcclevenger); merged) [#3493](https://github.com/geodynamics/aspect/pull/3493): add more tests for reference and start optimizing. (proposed by [MFraters](https://github.com/MFraters); merged) [#3482](https://github.com/geodynamics/aspect/pull/3482): Extend particle property update interface (proposed by [gassmoeller](https://github.com/gassmoeller); merged) [#3458](https://github.com/geodynamics/aspect/pull/3458): Make parameter file update script work on Mac (proposed by [gassmoeller](https://github.com/gassmoeller); merged) [#3183](https://github.com/geodynamics/aspect/pull/3183): Add more spiegelman benchmark files (proposed by [MFraters](https://github.com/MFraters); merged) And this is a list of recently opened or closed discussions: [#3560](https://github.com/geodynamics/aspect/issues/3560) Check data file for contrib/opendap (opened) [#3558](https://github.com/geodynamics/aspect/issues/3558) Add a test for benchmarks/newton\_solver\_benchmark\_set/spiegelman\_et\_al\_2016 (opened) [#3549](https://github.com/geodynamics/aspect/issues/3549) More control on timestepping logic (opened) [#3535](https://github.com/geodynamics/aspect/issues/3535) incomplete benchmarks/newton\_solver\_benchmark\_set/spiegelman\_et\_al\_2016 (opened and closed) [#3534](https://github.com/geodynamics/aspect/issues/3534) incomplete viscosity-grooves benchmark (opened) [#3533](https://github.com/geodynamics/aspect/issues/3533) OSX deal.II 9.2.0 bundle error (opened) [#3526](https://github.com/geodynamics/aspect/issues/3526) Could not successfully load shared library \<\> : No such file or directory (opened) [#3521](https://github.com/geodynamics/aspect/issues/3521) various plugins that write files do so on each rank (closed) [#3479](https://github.com/geodynamics/aspect/issues/3479) Compiler warnings dangling else (closed) [#3418](https://github.com/geodynamics/aspect/issues/3418) libdap example is broken (closed) [#2587](https://github.com/geodynamics/aspect/issues/2587) Make sure that the world builder is shipped with the tarball (closed) A list of all major changes since the last release can be found at [this website](https://aspect.geodynamics.org/doc/doxygen/changes_current.html). Thanks for being part of the community! Let us know about questions, problems, bugs or just share your experience by visting our [forum](https://community.geodynamics.org/c/aspect), or by opening issues or pull requests on [Github](https://www.github.com/geodynamics/aspect). Additional information can be found at our [official website](https://aspect.geodynamics.org/), and CIG’s [ASPECT website](https://geodynamics.org/cig/software/aspect/).