US Africa Workshop on Mechanics and Materials; January, 2005; Cape Town, South Africa

计划摘要拟议的计划将在南非开普敦组织一次美国/非洲材料研讨会。研讨会将由美国的Wole Soboyejo和AlanNeedleman教授以及南非的Daya Reddy和Bob Tait教授组织。会议将于2005年1月的第二周举行。它将以来自美国和非洲的特邀演讲者为特色，他们致力于机械与材料之间的联系。研讨会的主题将包括：微电子机械系统；纳米力学和纳米材料；薄膜；位错力学和塑性长度尺度；非均质材料和基础结构材料。研讨会结束时，还将为学生组织力学和材料方面的短期课程。研讨会结束后，美国/非洲材料研究所将实施合作研究计划，这些计划将在技术报告后举行的小组讨论中制定。

Program SummaryThe proposed program will organize a U.S./Africa Materials Workshop in Cape Town,South Africa. The workshop will be organized by Professors Wole Soboyejo and AlanNeedleman in the U.S., and Professors Daya Reddy and Bob Tait in South Africa. It will be heldduring the second week of January in 2005. It will feature invited speakers from the U.S. andAfrica that are working at the interface between mechanics and materials. The topics of theworkshop will include: micro-electro-mechanical systems; nano-mechanics and nano-materials;thin films; dislocation mechanics and plasticity length scales; heterogeneous materials andinfrastructure materials. Short courses on mechanics and materials will also be organized forstudents at the end of the workshop. Following the workshop, the U.S./Africa Materials Institutewill implement collaborative research plans that will be developed in panel discussions that willoccur after the technical presentations.