If you are a faculty member on the tenure-track or a post-doc it's a good idea to chair a few minisymposia at conferences to buttress your resume. Here's an opportunity for you:
Via: Lori Graham-Brady
Inaugural International Conference of the Engineering Mechanics
Institute (EM08)
Department of Civil Engineering
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, MN 55455
May 18-21, 2008
www.ce.umn.edu/em08
Call for Minisymposia and Sessions:
The Inaugural International Conference of the Engineering Mechanics
Institute (EM08) will be held in Minneapolis on May 18-21, 2008. EM08
will provide a major forum for the exchange of information and
discussion of recent developments in, and applications of, solid and
fluid mechanics.
The calls for minisymposia and sessions can be found at:
http://www.ce.umn.edu/em08/minisymposia.html
http://www.ce.umn.edu/em08/sessions.html
The call for individual contributed papers and submittal information for
abstracts including templates will be posted on the website in the near
future.
All technical inquiries concerning the conference should be directed to
em08 [at] umn.edu.
All logistical and general information inquiries concerning the
conference should be directed to Ms. Heather Dorr at
conferences5 [at] cce.umn.edu.
Sincerely,
Roberto Ballarini, Bojan B. Guzina, and Steven F. Wojtkiewicz Department
of Civil Engineering, University of Minnesota