The 8th International Conference on Fundamentals of Fracture (ICFF VIII), held at the Hong Kong University, Hong Kong and Guangzhou, January 3-7, 2008

第八届国际骨折基础会议将于2008年1月3-7日在香港科技大学和广州中国举行。第八届国际骨折论坛将提供一个国际论坛，介绍和讨论骨折基础方面的最新科学和技术发展。第八届国际断裂论坛的总主题是在基础层面涵盖断裂的所有方面，包括来自连续介质力学、物理、化学、生物科学、冶金、陶瓷、聚合物科学等学科的工作人员的贡献。这些研究领域对美国至关重要。将特别鼓励妇女和少数族裔学生参与。世界各地的学术和研究机构都在研究骨折的各种基本问题。随着生命科学和纳米技术的飞速发展，研究生物材料、纳米材料和纳米结构的失效行为具有重要的理论和现实意义。第八届国际骨折论坛将是一个及时的论坛，用于回顾进展，在研究人员之间交流思想，并向业界提供有关骨折基本原理的信息。第八届国际骨折联合会将作为美国科学家和教育工作者建立、促进和加强与亚洲同行在骨折基础领域的合作的工具。这也将为年轻的研究人员提供一个广阔的视角，了解他们所在领域的学术活动，使他们接触到全球研究界的不同看法和兴趣，并使他们能够与世界各地分享他们研究兴趣的人进行个人接触。

The Eighth International Conference on Fundamentals of Fracture (ICFF VIII) will be held 3-7 January 2008 in Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, and in Guangzhou, China. ICFF VIII will provide an international forum for presentation and discussion of the latest scientific and technological development in fundamentals of fracture. The general theme of ICFF VIII is to cover all aspects of fracture at a fundamental level, including contributions from those working in the disciplines of Continuum Mechanics, Physics, Chemistry, Bioscience, Metallurgy, Ceramics, Polymer Science, etc. The research areas are of vital interest to the United States. Participation of women and minority students will be particularly encouraged. Academic and research institutions all over the world are studying various fundamentals issues of fracture. With the rapid development of life-science and nanotechnology, research on the failure behaviors of biomaterials, nanomaterials and nanostructures is of both academic and practical significance. ICFF VIII will be a timely forum for reviewing the progress, exchanging ideas among researchers, and providing industry with information concerning fundamentals of fracture. ICFF VIII will function as a vehicle for US scientists and educators to establish, promote and strengthen collaborations in the area of fundamentals of fracture with their Asia counterparts. This will also offer young researchers a broad perspective of the scholarly activity in their area, expose them to the diversity of perceptions and interests in the global research community and allow them to make personal contact with people sharing their research interests all over the world.