Russian-US Workshop on Mechanics of Advanced Materials

该研讨会的目的是突出纳米结构材料变形和断裂过程的结构力学、固体断裂的多尺度力学以及氢经济材料的结构力学的当前和未来的多学科研究。将特别强调发展俄罗斯和美国科学家和工程师之间的密切互动，并在这些新的和快速增长的领域促进未来的跨学科和多机构合作。这种互动和合作有望对研究领域和俄美合作产生广泛和持久的影响。本次研讨会旨在评估具有独特力学性能的先进材料在结构应用和氢经济方面的力学合作研究的现状和未来的优先方向，从而促进这些新材料的科学和开发。组委会还打算通过招募一些少数族裔/女性与会者以及初级和高级科学家的混合来促进与会者的多样性。这是一个促进俄美合作的独特论坛，过去在这个主题领域没有过这样的会议。研讨会将于2006年5月17日至19日在俄罗斯圣彼得堡的科学家宫举行。会议的结果将通过出版MAM2006论文集作为《先进材料科学评论》的专题期刊进行传播。

The objective of this Workshop is to highlight current and future multidisciplinaryresearch on structural mechanics of deformation and fracture processes in nanostructuredmaterials, multi-scale mechanics of fracture in solids, and structural mechanics of materialsfor hydrogen economy. Particular emphasis will be placed on developing close interactionsamong Russian and US scientists and engineers, and fostering future transdisciplinary andmulti-institutional collaboration in these new and rapidly growing areas. Such interactionsand collaborations are expected to have broad and long-lasting impact on the research fieldand on the Russian-US cooperation.This workshop aims to assess the current status and identify future priority directionsof collaborative research in mechanics of advanced materials with unique mechanicalproperties for structural applications and hydrogen economy, thus enhancing the science anddevelopment of these novel materials. It is also the intention of the organizing committee topromote the diversity among the participants, in terms of recruiting some minority/womenattendees and a mix of junior and senior scientists.This is a unique forum for promoting Russian-US collaborations and there has beenno such meeting in the past in this subject area.The Workshop will be held at Palace of Scientists, St. Petersburg, Russia, May 17-19,2006.The results of the meeting will be disseminated through the publication of the MAM2006 Proceedings volume as a topical issue of Reviews on Advanced Materials Science.