Call for Abstracts: Symposium 3.2/5.6 - “Molecular to Macroscale Mechanics in Biology and Engineering” at SES

Call for Abstracts: Symposium 3.2/5.6

"Molecular to Macroscale Mechanics in Biology and Engineering"

48th Annual Technical Meeting of Society of Engineering Sciences (SES) October 12-14, 2011 at Northwestern University (Evanston, IL)

This symposium will focus on multiscale mechanics in biology and engineering. Topics range from experimental approaches, theoretical and computational modeling, as well as new tools for characterization and design of biological and biologically inspired materials. The SES Conference is held every year and brings together some of the most distinguished scientists and engineers.

Symposium 3.2/5.6: Molecular to Macroscale Mechanics in Biology and Engineering

Topics include:

- Multiscale experiments, simulation and theory with a particular focus on integration (validation, predictive modeling, etc.)
- Nanomechanics of molecules and fibrils (e.g. molecular biomechanics in physiological, extreme and disease conditions)
- Biologically inspired materials and structures
- Multiscale characterization methods (e.g. AFM, OT, TEM, SEM, Raman, X-ray microtomography, SAXS, WAXS, and others)
- Multiscale modeling methods (e.g. DFT, QM/MM, MD, accelerated dynamics, Monte Carlo methods, reactive force fields, coarse-grain modeling, particle methods and continuum modeling and theory)
- Micro- and nanofluidics in biology and engineering - Nanoconfinement and surface effects, solid-fluid interactions at small scales, materiomics methods (e.g. computational, theoretical, experimental, etc.; high-throughput approaches).

Organizers:

Sinan Keten, Northwestern University (s-keten@northwestern.edu)
Markus J. Buehler, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (mbuehler@mit.edu)

Abstracts can be submitted at www.ses2011.org .

Submission deadline is June 1st, 2011.