First American Academy of Mechanics Conference

？第一届美国力学学会会议？新奥尔良，路易斯安那州2008年6月17-20日美国力学学会成立大会将于2008年6月17-20日在路易斯安那州新奥尔良举行。在这次会议之后，该活动将每四年在美国举办一次，与国际理论与应用力学大会同时举行。提议的会议将提供一个广泛的论坛，在力学表征和评估固体和流体的行为。它将涵盖固体、流体、动力学、生物力学、控制理论、热科学等领域的广泛力学主题。本次会议的参与者将在纳米、微观和宏观尺度上讨论系统的表征和建模。他们还将在这些尺度之间架起桥梁，以便更好地解释固体和流体的行为。本次会议将吸引来自学术界、工业界、联邦和州机构以及学生的研究人员。它将帮助参与者准备从事多学科研究，并在未来几年制定更系统的策略来处理力学问题。会议将帮助与会者和力学界确定当前的研究趋势和这些领域的资助机会。联邦资助机构和工业界也将帮助促进他们现在和未来的研究方向。会议将分发一份摘要，以及一些小型专题讨论会的有限会议记录。上述力学领域的广泛范围将有助于在工程、科学和教育方面对力学学科的改进做出巨大贡献。

?FIRST AMERICAN ACADEMY OF MECHANICS CONFERENCE?New Orleans, LouisianaJune 17-20, 2008The Inaugural Conference of the American Academy of Mechanics will be hosted in New Orleans, Louisiana, on June 17-20, 2008. Following this conference this event will be hosted in the USA every four years to coincide with the International Congress of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics. The proposed conference will provide a broad forum in mechanics to characterize and assess the behavior of solids and fluids. It will cover a wide spectrum of topics in mechanics in the areas of solids, fluids, dynamics, biomechanics, control theory, thermal sciences, etc. The participants in this conference will address characterization and modeling of systems at the nano, micro and macro scale. They will also bridge those scales in an effort to better interpret the behavior of solids and fluids. This conference will attract researchers from academia, industry, federal and state agencies and students. It will help the participants prepare to pursue multidisciplinary research and develop more systematical strategies in dealing with the mechanics problems for years to come. The conference will help the participants and the Mechanics community to identify the current trends in research and the funding opportunities in those areas. Federal funding agencies and industry will also help promote their research directions for present and future. A book of abstracts will be circulated in the meeting along with limited proceedings for some mini-symposia. The wide spectrum of the mechanics areas outlined above will help in contributing immensely in the improvement of the mechanics discipline in the engineering, scientific and educational aspects.