We are pleased to announce that the 2008 Society of Engineering Science (SES) Annual Technical Meeting will be held at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign on October 12-15, 2008. The meeting will feature themes in Solid and Fluid Mechanics; Biomechanics; Physics, Chemistry & Biology in Engineering; and Applied Mathematics. The members of the local organizing committee, including faculty from the new Department of Mechanical Science & Engineering, the Department of Aerospace Engineering, the Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, and the Department of Materials Science & Engineering, cordially invite you to make plans to attend this exciting conference. More information is available at the conference website: http://ses2008.mechse.uiuc.edu/. Individuals interested in organizing symposia at the conference should contact the organizers at ses2008mechse [at] uiuc.edu (ses2008mechse[at]uiuc[dot]edu).