2015 Engineering Mechanics Institute (EMI) Conference: Computation for Sustainable Urban Systems; Stanford University, Palo Alto, California; June 16-19, 2015

现在，世界上超过50%的人口居住在城市地区，随着越来越多的名字被添加到世界特大城市名单中，这一比例预计将进一步增加。预测显示，城市化加上世界人口的总体增长，到2050年可能会使城市人口再增加25亿。这对环境提出了相当大的要求，要求为居民寻找资源。工程力学研究所会议将于2015年6月16日至19日在斯坦福大学举行，重点关注工程力学在解决与可持续城市系统相关的重要问题中的作用。来自世界各地的工程力学不同领域的专家将出席会议。该项目的目的是为研究生提供一个在其专业领域的专家面前展示其工作的机会，并促进与这些专家的科学知识交流。研究生将获得旅费研究金形式的财政援助，使他们能够出席会议。然而，它们也带来了相当大的挑战，例如为居民提供公共交通、住房、电力、水、卫生和其他服务。在应对这些挑战时，会议的主题将围绕城市系统的可持续性。会议将涵盖的主题包括分子和微观结构建模和实验，生物启发和生物材料力学，应用力学，工程力学计算方法，损伤和断裂力学，基于性能的工程，混凝土和胶凝材料力学，地质力学和地质灾害，地质能源，传感和结构健康监测，随机动力学和逆问题，和可持续结构材料的力学。

Over fifty percent of the world's population now lives in urban areas, a proportion that is expected to increase further as more and more names are added to the list of megacities in the world. Projections show that urbanization combined with the overall growth of the world's population could add another 2.5 billion people to urban populations by 2050. This imposes considerable demands on the environment to find resources for its inhabitants. The Engineering Mechanics Institute Conference to be held at Stanford University on June 16-19, 2015 focuses on the role of engineering mechanics to tackle important problems associated with sustainable urban systems. The Conference will be attended by experts in different areas of engineering mechanics from all over the world. The objective of this project is to provide graduate students an opportunity to present their work in front of experts in their field of specialization, as well as promote exchange of scientific knowhow with these experts. Graduate students will be provided financial assistance in the form of travel fellowships to enable them to attend the Conference.Urban systems offer important opportunities for economic development. However, they also impose considerable challenges such as providing for public transportation, housing, electricity, water, sanitation, and other services for their inhabitants. In addressing these challenges, the Conference theme will revolve around sustainability of urban systems. Topics that will be covered in the Conference include molecular and micro-structural modeling and experimentation, mechanics of bio-inspired and biological materials, applied mechanics, computational methods in engineering mechanics, damage and fracture mechanics, performance-based engineering, mechanics of concrete and cementitious materials, geomechanics and geohazards, geo-energy, sensing and structural health monitoring, stochastic dynamics and inverse problems, and mechanics of sustainable structural materials.