Third Biennial Symposium on Current Challenges in Mechanics & Materials

摘要：我提议于2007年8月初在科罗拉多大学博尔德分校举办第三届“力学与材料的当前挑战”研讨会。被邀请/参与者的初步名单包括来自美国和欧洲的研究人员，他们在力学和材料领域处于科学前沿。在“材料力学的当前挑战”的主题下，为期四天的研讨会将包括四个主要主题，每天一个。这些主题是(a)生物材料力学，(b)生物力学的实验方法，(c)生物力学的理论与模拟，以及(d)生物力学研究与教育的未来展望。本次研讨会为交流思想和公开讨论提供了一个良好的环境，使研究人员能够展示最新的工作成果，从而进一步推动该领域的研究前沿。这次会议将成为展示怀俄明大学和加州大学博尔德分校的研究成果的机会。它还将为西澳大学和加州大学博尔德分校的学生与该领域一些最优秀的人才之间提供有价值的互动环境。组织者将以一种易于向广大社区传播的形式将演示文稿存档。在得到演讲者的许可后，这些演讲将在华盛顿大学和加州大学博尔德分校机械工程系的网站以及美国机械工程师协会（ASME）应用力学部弹性技术委员会的网站上发布。

ABSTRACTSUMMARYPI proposed to organize the third biennial symposium on "Current Challenges inMechanics and Materials" at the University of Colorado at Boulder, in the early part of August 2007. The preliminary list of invitees/participants includes researchers from the US and Europe who are at the scientific forefront in the area of mechanics and materials. Under the theme "Current Challenges in Mechanics of Materials," the four-day symposium will involve four major topics, one for each day. These topics are (a)Mechanics of Biological Materials, (b) Experimental Methods in M&M, (c) Theory and Simulation in M&M, and (d) Perspectives regarding the Future of M&M Research and Education.The proposed symposium provides an excellent environment for the exchange of ideas and open discussions that allow for the presentation of the researchers' latest work, augmenting efforts to advance the research frontiers in this field. The meeting will serve as an opportunity to showcase the research performed at the University of Wyoming and UC Boulder. It will also provide the environment for valuable interactions between the UW and UC Boulder students with some of the best minds in the field. The organizers will archive the presentations in a form that can be easily disseminated to the community at large. With the permission of the speakers, the presentations will be available at the web site of the Mechanical Engineering departments at UW and UC Boulder, as well as the web site of the Elasticity Technical Committee of the Applied Mechanics Division of ASME.