# ASPECT Newsletter #193

**URL:** <https://community.geodynamics.org/t/aspect-newsletter-193/3390>\
**Category:** ASPECT\
**Created:** [April 8, 2024, 4:00pm UTC](https://community.geodynamics.org/t/aspect-newsletter-193/3390 "2024-04-08T16:00:14Z")\
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**Post date:** [April 8, 2024, 4:00pm UTC](https://community.geodynamics.org/t/aspect-newsletter-193/3390/1 "2024-04-08T16:00:14Z")

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Hello everyone!

This is ASPECT newsletter #193.  
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:

[#5625](https://github.com/geodynamics/aspect/pull/5625): update parameters (implemented by [tjhei](https://github.com/tjhei))  
[#5624](https://github.com/geodynamics/aspect/pull/5624): Fix typos version to v1.19.0 (implemented by [gassmoeller](https://github.com/gassmoeller); reviewed by [MFraters](https://github.com/MFraters))  
[#5623](https://github.com/geodynamics/aspect/pull/5623): Use typos github action (implemented by [gassmoeller](https://github.com/gassmoeller))  
[#5622](https://github.com/geodynamics/aspect/pull/5622): Multicomponent entropy method - average the looked-up material properties (implemented by [RanpengLi](https://github.com/RanpengLi))  
[#5621](https://github.com/geodynamics/aspect/pull/5621): Improve cmake system related to world builder and compile flags output (implemented by [gassmoeller](https://github.com/gassmoeller); reviewed by [tjhei](https://github.com/tjhei))  
[#5620](https://github.com/geodynamics/aspect/pull/5620): Log particle advection and update (implemented by [gassmoeller](https://github.com/gassmoeller))  
[#5619](https://github.com/geodynamics/aspect/pull/5619): Fix compiler warnings (implemented by [gassmoeller](https://github.com/gassmoeller); reviewed by [tjhei](https://github.com/tjhei))  
[#5618](https://github.com/geodynamics/aspect/pull/5618): VSCode: build configurations (implemented by [tjhei](https://github.com/tjhei); reviewed by [gassmoeller](https://github.com/gassmoeller))  
[#5617](https://github.com/geodynamics/aspect/pull/5617): periodic GMG (implemented by [tjhei](https://github.com/tjhei); reviewed by [gassmoeller](https://github.com/gassmoeller))  
[#5616](https://github.com/geodynamics/aspect/pull/5616): Add explicit initialization for initialize\_current\_linearization\_point (implemented by [MFraters](https://github.com/MFraters); reviewed by [tjhei](https://github.com/tjhei))  
[#5615](https://github.com/geodynamics/aspect/pull/5615): make entropy\_reader a vector (implemented by [RanpengLi](https://github.com/RanpengLi); reviewed by [gassmoeller](https://github.com/gassmoeller))  
[#5614](https://github.com/geodynamics/aspect/pull/5614): Use deal.II CG solver instead of trilinos (implemented by [gassmoeller](https://github.com/gassmoeller); reviewed by [MFraters](https://github.com/MFraters))  
[#5609](https://github.com/geodynamics/aspect/pull/5609): Update ‘Peierls strain rate residual tolerance’ (implemented by [danieldouglas92](https://github.com/danieldouglas92); reviewed by [gassmoeller](https://github.com/gassmoeller))  
[#5608](https://github.com/geodynamics/aspect/pull/5608): Adjust solver tolerance for a failing test (implemented by [gassmoeller](https://github.com/gassmoeller); reviewed by [bangerth](https://github.com/bangerth))  
[#5605](https://github.com/geodynamics/aspect/pull/5605): Update dynamic topography postprocessor documentation (implemented by [gassmoeller](https://github.com/gassmoeller); reviewed by [bangerth](https://github.com/bangerth))  
[#5603](https://github.com/geodynamics/aspect/pull/5603): Improve heat flux map postprocessor and dynamic topography postprocessor (implemented by [gassmoeller](https://github.com/gassmoeller); reviewed by [gassmoeller](https://github.com/gassmoeller))  
[#5596](https://github.com/geodynamics/aspect/pull/5596): Update documentation around the issue of topography in some places. (implemented by [bangerth](https://github.com/bangerth); reviewed by [tjhei](https://github.com/tjhei))  
[#5584](https://github.com/geodynamics/aspect/pull/5584): Update the World builder to version 0.6 (implemented by [MFraters](https://github.com/MFraters); reviewed by [gassmoeller](https://github.com/gassmoeller))  
[#5533](https://github.com/geodynamics/aspect/pull/5533): Adds an updated version of the Jupyter notebook tutorial for the onse… (implemented by [ljhwang](https://github.com/ljhwang); reviewed by [gassmoeller](https://github.com/gassmoeller))

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/).