Call for Abstract: USNCCM13 Mini-symposium in Advanced Computational Method and Theory for Predicting Material Behaviors in Various Length Scales

Dear Colleagues,

We cordially invite you to submit an abstract of your presentation to a mini-symposium we are organizing for the 13th U.S. National Congress on Computational Mechanics (USNCCM13) to be held in San Diego, CA on July 26-30, 2015. The mini-symposium is entitled " Advanced computational method and theory for predicting material behaviors in various length scales", and a description can be found at: http://13.usnccm.org/MS1002

We would be honored, if you could contribute to our mini-symposium (MS# 1002). Your abstract can be submitted at: http://13.usnccm.org/abstract_instructions ; please note that Abstract deadline is February 15, 2015.

We look forward to hearing from you and to meeting you at the conference. 

Sincerely yours,
Jeong-Hoon Song, University of Colorado at Boulder
Haim Waisman, Columbia University
Albert To, University of Pittsburgh
Alireza Tabarraei, University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Timon Rabczuk, Bauhaus University Weimar, Germany
Yao Fu, University of Colorado at Boulder

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 MS# 1002:  Advanced computational method and theory for predicting material behaviors in various length scales

The purpose of this mini-symposium is to recognize recent achievements in computational method and mechanics theory for predicting behaviors of advanced new materials in various length scales. This mini-symposium is mainly open to contributions on new computational technology and mechanics theory that can enhance the current capability of computational predictions. Under this theme, topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

- New computational method and/or mechanics theory for predicting material deterioration process at single or across multiple scales
- New computational method and/or mechanics theory for predicting material behaviors under multiphysics loading conditions through coupled fields analysis
- New computational mechanics theory that can provide new paradigm for bridging temporal and/or physical length scales
- Quantification of computational errors and uncertainty propagations in computational multiscale and/or multiphysics analysis
- New verification and validation framework for coupled scales and/or fields analysis with experiments
- Simulation-based inverse characterization of material damage criteria or parameters in various length scales

Due to the interdisciplinary nature of this research field, contributions from theoretical and applied mechanics, computational physics, applied mathematics, materials science, and nanotechnology are welcome.