Symposium on "Dynamic Failure" and "Thin Film Mechanics"

动态失效和薄膜力学研讨会加州理工学院为2003年1月16日至18日举行的“动态失效”和“薄膜力学”研讨会申请资助。本次研讨会将评估这些领域的最新研究问题及其对工程应用的影响。本次研讨会将邀请25位来自力学、材料科学与工程、数学、应用物理、生物工程和地质力学领域的知名和新兴领袖，并将包括来自学术界、工业界和研究实验室的少数族裔和女性。报告将分5-6个部分进行，没有并行的，以促进参与者的密切互动。会议将以小组讨论结束，以总结该领域的最新进展并确定研究机会。报告和讨论总结将被收集在《固体力学与物理杂志》（JMPS）的合订本中。JMPS编辑还在杂志上分配了375页的研讨会材料。

Symposium on dynamic failure and thin-film mechanicsThe California Institute of Technology requests funding for a symposiumon "Dynamic Failure" and "Thin Film Mechanics," to be held January16th-18th, 2003. This symposium will assess the state-of-the-art inresearch issues in these fields and their impact on engineeringapplications. The symposium will feature 25 invited speakers who areestablished and emerging leaders in Mechanics, Materials Science andEngineering, Mathematics, Applied Physics, Bioengineering, andGeomechanics and will include minorities and women from academia,industry and research laboratories. Presentations will occur in 5-6sessions, none in parallel, to facilitate close interaction ofparticipants. The meeting will culminate in a panel discussion tosummarize the state-of-the-art in the field and identify researchopportunities. The presentations and discussion summaries will becollected in a bound volume of the Journal of the Mechanics and Physicsof Solids (JMPS). JMPS editors have also allocated 375 pages in thejournal for material from this symposium.