SES2016: Call for Symposium Proposals

Dear colleagues,                                                                                                                                                            

The 53rd Annual Technical Meeting of the Society of Engineering Science (SES2016) will be hosted by the University of Maryland (UMD) during 2-5 October, 2016 at the College Park Marriott Hotel & Conference Center.

We cordially invite you to submit a proposal to organize a symposium in SES2016. The symposia in SES2016 will be categorized into the following tracks:

• MEDALIST’S PLENARY LECTURES
• Track Chairs:  Abhijit Dasgupta (dasgupta [at] umd.edu); Teng Li (lit [at] umd.edu)

• AWARDS SYMPOSIA
• Track Chairs:  Abhijit Dasgupta (dasgupta [at] umd.edu); Teng Li (lit [at] umd.edu)

• MECHANICS OF FLUIDS AND THERMAL SYSTEMS
• Track Chairs: Ken Kiger (kkiger [at] umd.edu); Bao Yang (baoyang [at] umd.edu)

• MECHANICS OF BIOLOGICAL AND SOFT MATERIALS
• Track Chairs: Sulin Zhang (suz10 [at] psu.edu); Xuanhe Zhao (zhaox [at] mit.edu); Siddhartha Das (sidd [at] umd.edu)

• MECHANICS OF SOLIDS AND STRUCTURES
• Track Chairs: Teng Li (lit [at] umd.edu); Katia Bertoldi (bertoldi [at] seas.harvard.edu)

• MECHANICS IN MATERIALS SCIENCE
• Track Chairs:  K. T. Ramesh (ramesh [at] jhu.edu); Yong Zhu (yong_zhu [at] ncsu.edu); Liangbing Hu (binghu [at] umd.edu)

• DYNAMICS AND CONTROLS
• Track Chairs: Olivier Bauchau (obauchau [at] umd.edu); Nikhil Chopra (nchopra [at] umd.edu)

• GRAND CHALLENGES IN ENGINEERING SCIENCES (Education; Policy; Publications; Research Programs/Centers, Infrastructure)
• Track Chairs: Yonggang Huang (y-huang [at] northwestern.edu); Abhijit Dasgupta (dasgupta [at] umd.edu); Teng Li (lit [at] umd.edu)

• STUDENT POSTER COMPETITION
• Track Chairs: Hugh Bruck (bruck [at] umd.edu); Yifei Mo (yfmo [at] umd.edu)

Proposals for organizing a symposium should include a title, name of the hosting Track (choose from the above list), description of symposium scope and topics of interest, and a list of organizers with affiliation and contact info. Symposium proposals should be submitted directly to the Chairs of the chosen Track.

The deadline for symposium proposal submission is 10 March 2016.

We look forward to your submissions!

SES2016 Co-chairs: Abhijit Dasgupta (dasgupta [at] umd.edu), Teng Li (lit [at] umd.edu)