SEM 2017: Shock & Blast - Abstract deadline extended to Oct. 31

Dear Colleagues,

We would like to invite you to submit an abstract for the Shock & Blast session under track 1 'Dynamic Behavior of Materials'. This symposium is part of the 2017 SEM Annual Conference & Exposition on Experimental and applied Mechanics to be held at Hyatt Regency Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN, USA, June 12-15, 2017.

This session is intended to provide a forum to present and discuss recent developments in the experimental methods, analysis and high-rate response of materials and structures subjected to shock or blast loading. All types of materials and structures are of interest (metals, ceramics, glass, composites, foams, sandwich, concrete, biological tissues, etc…).

Please submit a short abstract (200 words or less) by the extended deadline, October 31, 2016. Please indicate the session organizer in your submission to ensure your abstract is submitted to the right track.

Call for Papers can be found here:

https://sem.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/17s-CallforPapers.pdf

Please submit all abstracts online at

https://sem.org/papers/?pty=annual

Please feel free to distribute this email to relevant colleagues, post-docs, and graduate students.We are looking forward to seeing you at SEM in 2017!

Session Organizers

Veronica Eliasson - University of California, San Diego

Cyril Williams - U.S. Army Research Laboratory

Addis Kidane - University of South Carolina 

Behrad Koohbor - University of South Carolina