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Elsevier is pleased to announce that Professor Thomas Hughes will be presenting 'Isogeometric Analysis', the Mechanics Research Communications Elsevier Distinguished Lecture (sponsored by Elsevier and the New Jersey Institute of Technology Granular Science Laboratory). The lecture will take place in the Guttenberg Information Technologies Center, NJIT, on Wednesday April 18, 2012, 2:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. and we are hoping to post it on the web at a later date. Full details are available at

Elsevier Limited has established a prize named The Rodney Hill Prize in Solid Mechanics. This prize, which consists of a plaque and a check for $25,000, is to be awarded in recognition of outstanding research in the field of solid mechanics. The prize is to be awarded every 4 years, to coincide with the quadrennial International Congress of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (ICTAM). The first prize was awarded at ICTAM 2008 in Adelaide and the second will be awarded at the ICTAM 2012 in Beijing.

Elsevier is pleased to announce that Professor Sia Nemat-Nasser will be presenting 'Managing Stress Waves Over Multi-frequencies by Micro-architectural Design of Materials', the Mechanics Research Communications Elsevier Distinguished Lecture (sponsored by Elsevier and the New Jersey Institute of Technology Granular Science Laboratory). The lecture will take place in the Guttenberg Information Technologies Center, NJIT, on Monday April 18, 2011, 11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Full details are available at

Don't forget! Accepted oral and poster presenters should register no later than 1 June 2010 to ensure that their material is included in the final program and the book of abstracts.  Non-registered presentations will be withdrawn from the conference after this date.  Please include your abstract reference number when completing your registration form.

Elsevier is pleased to announce that details of the oral programme for the 8th Fatigue Damage of Structural Materials conference are now available - please visit www.fatiguedamage.elsevier.com for more information. Invited speakers will include:

Don't miss out! Register by Friday 9th April 2010 to save on the cost of your registration fee for the Fourth International Conference on Engineering Failure Analysis at Churchill College in Cambridge from 4th - 7th July 2010.

Elsevier is pleased to announce details of the oral programme are now available - please visit www.icefa.elsevier.com for more information. Keynote speakers will be:

The vital role of fractography in engineering failure analysis
Dr. Stan Lynch, DSTO, Australia.

Elsevier is pleased to announce that Professor Howard Baum will be presenting the Mechanics Research Communications Elsevier Distinguished Lecture (sponsored by Elsevier and the New Jersey Institute of Technology Granular Science Laboratory). The lecture will take place in the Guttenberg Information Technologies Center, NJIT, on Monday April 19, 2010, 11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Full details are available at

http://www.elsevier.com/framework_products/promis_misc/mrclecture.pdf

Following successful meetings in Lisbon, Toronto and Sitges, Elsevier will host the Fourth International Conference on Engineering Failure Analysis (www.icefa.elsevier.com) at Churchill College in Cambridge from the 4th - 7th July 2010. You are invited to participate in the latest in this important series of conferences, which have established a respected biennial forum for the discussion and dissemination of knowledge and experience in Engineering Failure Analysis.

The eighth biennial Fatigue Damage of Structural Materials conference (www.fatiguedamage.elsevier.com) will once again be held in scenic Cape Cod at The Resort and Conference Center at Hyannis, Hyannis, Massachusetts from the 19 - 24 September 2010. Hyannis is situated on the historic Cape Cod peninsula just 90 minutes from either Logan International Airport (Boston, MA) or TF Green Airport (Providence, RI).