Applied Mechanics Conferences

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2006-09-09T09:26:00.000-07:00

NINTH U.S. NATIONAL CONGRESS ON COMPUTATIONAL MECHANICS, San Francisco, July 22- 26, 2007

2006-08-22T06:19:00.000-07:00

Registration for the 2006 ASME Congress

2006-08-22T06:12:00.000-07:00

Deadline for presenting authors: 25 August 2006

Gordon Research Conference on Thin Film and Small Scale Mechanical Behavior, 30 July - 4 August 2006, Maine

2006-06-24T04:54:00.000-07:00

Updates

12th International Conference on Fracture, Ottawa, Canada, 12-17 July 2009

2006-05-27T15:24:00.000-07:00

On behalf of the Organizing Committee of the Twelfth International Conference on Fracture , ICF12, I am very pleased to announce the ICF12, to be held in Ottawa, Canada, on July 1 2-17, 2009.

If you would like to have more information on ICF, or you would be willing to participate in chairing a topic (we are organizing ~ 50 topics), please let me know.

Sincerely,

Dr. Mimoun Elboujdaini
ICF12 Chairman

CANMET Materials Technology Laboratory
Natural Resources Canada
568 Booth Street
Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0G1
www.nrcan.gc.ca/canmet-mtl
melboujd@NRCan.gc.ca,
Tel: 613-995-3971

IEEE International Integrated Reliability Workshop, 16-19 October 2006, Stanford Sierra Camp, Lake Tahoe, CA

2006-05-26T03:25:00.000-07:00

Abstract submission deadline: 14 July 2006

Gordon Research Conference on Thin Film and Small Scale Mechanical Behavior, 30 July - 4 August 2006, Maine

2006-03-21T18:06:00.000-08:00

2007 ASME Applied Mechanics and Materials Conference, June 3-6, 2007, the University of Texas in Austin

2006-03-18T04:38:00.000-08:00

2006 IMECE abstract deadline extended to 13 March 2006, Monday

2006-03-08T17:16:00.000-08:00

mini-symposium on SIMULATION AND MODELING OF MEDICAL DEVICES AND IMPLANTS

2006-03-08T17:13:00.000-08:00

2006 IMECE abstract deadline: 6 March 2006, Monday

2006-03-01T05:02:00.000-08:00

The ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition (IMECE) will be held on 5-10 November 2006 in Chicago. The deadline for abstract submission is 6 March , only a few days away. Please look at the Call for Papers from the Applied Mechanics Division, and submit abstracts online.

International Reliability Physics Symposium, March 26 - 30, 2006, San Jose, California

2006-01-29T14:32:00.000-08:00

International Symposium and Exhibition on Advanced Packaging Materials, March 15 -17, 2006, Atlanta, USA

2006-01-29T14:18:00.000-08:00

Abstract Deadline: January 31, 2006

Second International Conference on Engineering Failure Analysis, September 13-15, 2006, Toronto, Canada

2006-01-29T13:29:00.000-08:00

9th International Fatigue Congress, 14-19 May 2006, Atlanta, USA

2006-01-29T13:14:00.000-08:00

Abstract submission deadline: 10 February 2006

Minisymposium on Multiscale Studies of Thin Films and Small Structures, July 16-22, 2006, Los Angeles, California

2006-01-27T09:28:00.000-08:00

Advanced Problems in Mechanics, St.Petersburg, June 26 - July 2, 2006

2006-01-26T12:52:00.000-08:00

The deadline for abstract submission has been shifted to 
15 February 2006.

Mini-symposium on Nanomechanical Characterization and Size Dependent Mechanical Properties at MS&T06

2006-01-26T09:15:00.000-08:00

Dear colleagues:

The MS&T06 will be held during October 15-19, 2006, in Cincinnati, OH, USA. We would like to invite you and your colleagues to contribute presentations to the Mini-symposium on Nanomechanical Characterization and Size Dependent Mechanical Properties at this meeting.

Topics of interest include but are not limited to:

Nanoindentation deformation and fracture
Nanotribology
Residual stress measurements at reduced scales
Fatigue at small size scales
Mechanical reliability testing of nanostructures and devices
Nanomechanical testing at high temperatures
Nanomechanical instrumentation development and challenges
Size-dependent effect mechanisms
Modeling of nanoscale deformation, fracture and grain boundary rotation

The deadline to submit your abstract is March 15, 2006

To submit an abstract, please go to this website.

Sincerely Yours,

Dr. Xiaodong "Chris" Li, Associate Professor
Department of Mechanical Engineering and University NanoCenter
University of South Carolina
300 Main Street
Columbia, SC 29208

Phone: (803) 777-8011
Fax: (803) 777-0106
E-mail: lixiao@engr.sc.edu

Seventh World Congress on Computational Mechanics

2006-01-24T12:31:00.000-08:00

A message from Wing Kam Liu, General Chairman.

The preparations of The Seventh World Congress on Computational Mechanics are proceeding on schedule. We have received very enthusiastic responses to the call for abstracts, and we
appreciate your contributions to the congress. Please take note of the following six (6) reminders:

(1) CALL FOR ABSTRACTS
The deadline of abstracts submission is March 15, 2006.

(2) EARLY REGISTRATION:
The Early Registration deadline for WCCM-VII, February 15, 2006, is approaching. You are strongly encouraged to take advantage of the reduced early registration fee.

(3) ACCOMMODATION
A block of rooms are available at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza Hotel at a special WCCM-VII Congress rate. Please book the rooms as soon as possible. Mention the code "World Congress on Computational Mechanics" to receive our special room rate.

(4) PLENARY AND SEMI-PLENARY LECTURERS
A list of topics to be given by plenary and semi-plenary lecturers is now available on the web.

(5) SHORT COURSES
This year's event features two short courses:

"Multiscale Computational Methods and Applications" on Sunday, July 16, 2006.

"Level Set Methods and Dynamic Implicit Surfaces" on Saturday, July 22, 2006.

(6) VISA APPLICATION LETTERS
Please remind us that if you require a visa to enter the United States, we can issue a formal invitation letter to the U.S. Consulate office where authors live. The authors must request this letter in writing to: wccm2006@northwestern.edu . The authors must specify to whom and where the letter should be mailed or faxed. Authors MUST be registered for the conference and the fees must be paid in full to receive consideration.

See you all in Los Angeles, CA, in July, 2006.

Applied Mechanics News: Call for proposals to host an IUTAM symposium or instructional summer school in 2008 or 2009

2006-01-14T10:05:00.000-08:00

Applied Mechanics News: Call for proposals to host an IUTAM symposium or instructional summer school in 2008 or 2009

Gordon Research Conference on Thin Film and Small Scale Mechanical Behavior

2006-01-09T16:50:00.000-08:00

July 30-August 4, 2006
Colby College,Waterville, Maine

Full program at http://www.grc.org/programs/2006/thinfilm.htm
Apply for attendance and submit poster abstract in March 2006

Chair: Zhigang Suo (Harvard University)
suo@deas.harvard.edu

Vice Chair: Rick Vinci (Lehigh University)

RAPPORTEURS
Eduard Arzt (Max-Planck-Institute for Metals Research)
David Clarke (University of California, Santa Barbara)
Ben Freund (Brown University)
Bill Gerberich (University of Minnesota)
Bill Nix (Stanford University)
John Hutchinson (Harvard University)
Frans Spaepen (Harvard University)

MECHANICS OF INTEGRATED STRUCTURES
Oliver Kraft (Institute for Materials Research, Karlsruhe)
Ting Tsui (Texas Instruments)
Jun He (Intel Corporation)

SMALL-SCALE BIOMECHANICAL BEHAVIOR
Huajian Gao (Max-Planck-Institute for Metals Research; Brown University)
Rob Ritchie (University of California, Berkeley)
Gang Bao (Georgia Institute of Technology)
Jun Liu (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory)
L. Mahadevan (Harvard University)
Mary Boyce (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

PLASTICITY AND STRESS IN CONFINED GEOMETRIES
Amit Misra (Los Alamos National Laboratory)
Mike Uchic (Air Force Research Laboratory)
Ke Lu (Shenyang National Laboratory for Materials Science)
Helena Van Swygenhoven (Paul Scherrer Institute)
Alan Needleman (Brown University)
Ed Webb (Sandia National Laboratories)

INTERACTION BETWEEN SOFT AND HARD MATERIALS
Wole Soboyejo (Princeton University)
Sigurd Wagner (Princeton University)
Yves Leterrier (Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne)
Matt Begley (University of Virginia)
Bob Keller (National Institute of Standards and Technology)
Herbert Hui (Cornell University)
Ray Pearson (Lehigh University)

NEW VISTAS OF SMALL-SCALE MECHANICAL BEHAVIOR
Erik van der Giessen (University of Groningen)
Steve Granick (University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)
Manoj Chaudhury (Lehigh University)
John Bassani (University of Pennsylvania)

SPECIAL TOPICAL LECTURE ON LIQUID CRYSTAL ELASTOMERS
Reiner Dauskardt (Stanford University)
Mark Warner (University of Cambridge)

POSTER SESSION LEADERS
Trevor Page (University of Newcastle)
George Pharr (University of Tennessee and Oak Ridge National Laboratory)