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

该提案要求提供资金，以支持在材料研究学会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在仿生和生物材料的力学行为的建模者和实验者之间开始对话和潜在的合作。智力价值：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力学性能，并且由于其结构层次，通常需要新的多尺度建模方法。本次研讨会将加强在生物和生物材料的力学行为的建模者和实验者之间的互动和合作。更广泛的影响：这是第一次在MRS组织的研讨会，重点是生物和生物材料的机械响应。本次研讨会将汇集材料科学中两个不同而重要的社区，这些社区通常保持分离。这些相互作用的影响在许多领域都有深远的影响，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.