The National Science Foundation (NSF) has made a recent award to help increase graduate student participation at the Tenth Pan American Congress of Applied Mechanics (PACAM X). These awards will be made in the form of mini-travel grants ($500 - $1,000) for exceptionally qualified students to participate in PACAM X January 7-11, 2008, in beautiful Cancun, Mexico.
If you know of deserving Masters-level or Doctorate-level students, please encourage these individuals to apply for this opportunity to present their research to an international forum. Applications may be downloaded at
http://zimmer.csufresno.edu/~tattard/pacam_x_meeting.htm<http://zimmer.csufresno.edu/%7Etattard/pacam_x_meeting.htm.
Interested students should email their forms to tattard [at] csufresno.edu by August 15th, 2007. The subject heading in the email should read: PACAM X NSF Travel.
Negotiations for accommodations have been finalized with very appealing rates at two all-inclusive resorts in Cancun. Please visit http://zimmer.csufresno.edu/~tattard/pacam_x_meeting.htm<http://zimmer.csufresno.edu/%7Etattard/pacam_x_meeting.htm
to view the full announcement with information about PACAM X and various links including the beach-front resorts and all activities. PACAM X issponsored by the American Academy of Mechanics (AAM) and by NSF.
The conference is chaired by Prof. Thomas Attard (California State University, Fresno). As a reminder, final papers are due by August 15, 2007 as indicated on the conference website. Registration fees for student are $125 and non-students are $275 (U.S.). Participants are welcome to submit up to 3 papers at the single registration cost for inclusion in the Conference Proceedings. Authors of an exceptional paper/ presentation may be asked to submit a full-length version(s) of their work for possible publication in a
Special Edition of the Journal of Materials of Mechanics and Structures (www.jomms.org ).
Attached is the official Call for Papers.
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what about the deadline for
what about the deadline for full-length paper, august 15th or sept 15th ? It's different in your Call for paper and conference homepage.
Full-length paper deadline
As in the Full-Length Paper Submittal:
The Final Full-Length Paper should be 4-pages long and submitted electronically in .PDF form by August 15th, 2007 to tattard [at] csufresno.edu.
Sorry for the confusion.