Third Biennial Symposium on Current Challenges in Mechanics & Materials

SUMMARYPI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两年一度的关于“当前力学和材料的挑战”的研讨会。受邀者/参与者的初步名单包括来自美国和欧洲的研究人员，他们在机械和材料领域处于科学前沿。在“当前材料力学的挑战”的主题下，为期四天的研讨会将涉及四个主要主题，每天一个。这些主题是(A)生物材料力学，(B)M&Amm的实验方法，(C)M&Amm的理论和模拟，以及(D)M&Amm研究和教育的未来展望。拟议的研讨会提供了一个很好的交流思想和公开讨论的环境，允许介绍研究人员的最新工作，加强努力推进该领域的研究前沿。这次会议将成为展示在怀俄明大学和加州大学博尔德分校进行的研究的机会。它还将为威斯康星大学和加州大学博尔德分校的学生与该领域最优秀的学生之间的宝贵互动提供环境。主办方将以一种易于向广大社区传播的形式将演示文稿存档。经演讲者同意，演讲将在华盛顿大学机械工程系和加州大学博尔德分校机械工程系的网站以及ASME应用机械学部弹性技术委员会的网站上提供。

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.