Mechanical Sciences: Workshop on the Focus and Direction forSolid Mechanics Research

将为正在举办的一个讲习班提供部分支助， 明确了固体力学研究的重点和方向 社区，但更具体地说，对于NSF的固体 力学计划，以提高质量和影响的研究 supported. 固体力学研究界还没有形成一个 有凝聚力的中央管理，使大多数研究人员工作在单一的 研究者在相对非结构化的环境中进行项目， 很少有同伴指导他们的活动。 预计这一 讲习班将促进更有凝聚力的行动， 固体力学计划的资助者。 研讨会将 在会议结束后不久发表。 将 一份富有想象力和现实感的文件， 机械研究界和资助机构。

Partial support will be provided for a workshop that is being held to define a focus and direction for the solid mechanics research community, but more specifically for the grantees of the NSF's Solid Mechanics Program to enhance the quality and impact of the research supported. The solid mechanics research community has not evolved a cohesive central management, so that most researchers work on single investigator projects in a relatively unstructured environment, with little peer guidance for their activities. It is expected that this workshop will foster a more cohesive operation, using as a nucleus the grantees of the Solid Mechanics Program. The workshop proceedings will be published shortly after the conclusion of the meeting. It will be an imaginative and realistic document of use to the entire solid mechanics research community and to funding agencies.