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

本提案要求在材料研究学会2004年秋季会议上组织一次关于“生物和仿生材料的机械行为”的研讨会。本次研讨会的目标是在生物启发和生物材料的机械行为建模者和实验家之间开始对话和潜在的合作。智力优势：生物和仿生材料具有复杂的结构，需要先进的实验技术来测量机械性能，并且由于其结构层次，通常需要新的多尺度建模方法。本次研讨会将加强建模者和实验家之间的互动和合作，研究生物启发和生物材料的机械行为。更广泛的影响：这是第一次在MRS组织的研讨会，专注于生物和生物启发材料的机械响应。本次研讨会将把材料科学中两个不同而重要的群体聚集在一起，这两个群体通常是分开的。这些相互作用的影响在许多领域，特别是生物医学和结构复合材料领域产生了深远的影响。

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.