U.S. -- South America Workshop: Mechanics and Advanced Materials Research and Education

美国-南美研讨会：力学与先进材料研究与教育主持人：Glaucio H. Paulino*和Horacio D. Espinosa***伊利诺伊大学厄巴纳- champaign分校**西北大学摘要美国-南美研讨会“力学与先进材料研究与教育”将于2004年8月2日至6日在巴西里约热内卢市里约热内卢举行，为美国与会者（教授、学生或博士后）提供旅费支持。该活动由美国力学学会（AAM）支持，该学会将协调学生/博士后的选拔过程。研讨会将包括为高级研究生开设的“先进材料力学”短期课程，访问当地大学和实验室，以及多尺度多物理场方法的短期课程。会议将在LNCC第一届计算建模会议（2004年8月9日至13日）之前举行，以便与会者可以选择同时参加这两个会议。该研讨会的目标是促进研究人员围绕联合国际项目的持久整合，并加强美国和南美洲的科学和技术基础。研讨会的结果将在一个专门介绍该活动的网站上公布。

U.S. -- South America Workshop: Mechanics and Advanced Materials Research and Education PIs: Glaucio H. Paulino* and Horacio D. Espinosa***University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign**Northwestern UniversityAbstractTravel support is provided for US participants (professors and students or post-docs) in a US-South America Workshop on "Mechanics and Advanced Materials Research and Education" to be held in Rio de Janeiro City (Brazil), August 2-6, 2004. The event is supported by the American Academy of Mechanics (AAM) that will coordinate the selection process of students/post-docs. The workshop will include an opening short-course on "Mechanics of Advanced Materials" intended for advanced graduate students, visits to local universities and laboratories, and a closing short-course on multiscale multiphysics methods. It will be held immediately prior to the "1st LNCC Meeting on Computational Modeling (August 9-13, 2004), so that participants may choose to attend both events. The workshop has the objective of promoting a lasting integration of researchers around joint international programs, and strengthening the scientific and technological basis of both US and South America. The results of the workshop will be published in a web-site dedicated to the event.