IV ECCOMAS Thematic Conference, Smart Structures and Materials (SMART’09), 13-15 July 2009, Porto, Portugal

The Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto (FEUP), with the support of ECCOMAS, invites you to participate in the fourth edition of the international conference Smart Structures and Materials (SMART’09), that will be held at the Campus of FEUP, at the city of Porto, Portugal, from July 13-15, 2009 (www.fe.up.pt/~smart09).

The Conference will bring together researchers from around the world representing several fields of study related to Smart Structures and Materials research. The expertise will span a broad range of disciplines including basic research on smart structures and materials, structural identification and health monitoring, micro-electromechanical systems, electrostructured fluids and smart machines, adaptive composites, piezoelectric microstructures, active control of structures and practically oriented application in aerospace, mechanical, civil engineering, biomedical engineering, etc.

Please visit the conference website www.fe.up.pt/~smart09, which will allow the electronic submission of abstracts and provide further details on the conference objectives, deadlines, scientific and organising committees, conference venue, touristic info, etc.

Interested contributors are requested to submit an abstract until 15 October 2008.

If you encounter any problem, please contact us through the e-mail smart09@fe.up.pt.