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I see references to his "untimely death".  Yet, I have never been able to find out what happened.  I'm curious, does anyone know what happened to him?

Incidentally, many of his papers can be found at the following link for free:

https://orbi.uliege.be/browse?type=authorulg&rpp=20&value=Fraeijs+de+Veu...

I expect some of his papers would be of interest to mechanicians.

Hello everyone,

  I am currently teaching an undergraduate mechanics of materials course.  I would like to spend one class period on contemporary issues.  I am wondering what suggestions mechanicians may have.  I have noticed in recent years that several topics are of interest.

1. thin films

2. soft tissue/soft materials

3. fracture mechanics

(I must add I personally don't know much about these, but I see these come up often. )

For those who may be interested,

 I have put together a paper describing 1D plasticity for a variety of cases of isotropic hardening.  The material is not new, but hopefully it is written with enough detail that it will help beginners learn some basics of computational plasticity.  The notation and material closely follows "Computational Inelasticity" written by Simo and Hughes.