Symposium Y: Mechanical Properties of Bio-Inspired and Biological Materials

该提案请求资金支持在材料研究会2004年秋季会议上组织一次关于“生物和生物启发材料的机械行为”的研讨会。本次研讨会的目标是开启生物和生物材料力学行为的模型师和实验者之间的对话和潜在的合作。智力优势：生物和生物启发材料具有复杂的结构，需要先进的实验技术来测量力学性能，而且由于其结构层次，经常需要新的多尺度建模方法。这次研讨会将加强研究生物和生物材料力学行为的模型师和实验者之间的互动和合作。广泛的影响：这是MRS第一次组织专注于生物和生物启发材料的机械响应的研讨会。这次研讨会将把材料科学中两个截然不同的重要群体聚集在一起，这两个群体往往是分开的。这些相互作用的影响，对许多领域产生了深远的影响，特别是生物医学和结构复合材料领域。

This proposal requests funding to support organize a symposium on "Mechanical Behavior of Biological and Bio-Inspired Materials" at the Materials Research Society Fall 2004 meeting. The goal of this symposium is to start a dialogue and potential collaborations between modelers and experimentalists of mechanical behavior in bioinspired and biological materials.Intellectual merit: Biological, and bio-inspired materials have complex architectures that require advanced experimental techniques for measurement of mechanical properties and also due to their structural hierarchy, often need new multiscale modeling methods. This symposium will enhance interactions and collaborations between modelers and experimentalists working on mechanical behavior in bioinspired and biological materials.Broader Impact: This is the first time a symposium is organized at MRS that is focused on mechanical response in biological and bioinspired materials. This symposium will bring together two distinct and important communities in materials science that often remain separated. The impact of these interactions, have far reaching consequences in many fields, especially the biomedical and also structural composites fields.