SES 2011

The 48th Annual Technical Meeting of Society of Engineering Sciences will be held October 12-14, 2011 at Northwestern University Evanston, Illinois 60208, USA. 　The meeting will have 43 symposia covering a wide range of topics in engineering sciences.　 To learn more about the conference and submit an abstract, please check the conference webpage www.ses2011.org.

Adhesion has long been an important issue for mechanics and many other disciplines. Its influence spans macro-, micro-, nano- and molecular scales. When size goes down, adhesion plays a more and more significant role. Many important technologies attribute to adhesion, such as transfer printing for advanced microfabrication,  super adhesives inspired by gecko foot hairs, and self-assembly. Adhesion also has strong implications on the behavior of nanomaterials (such as nanotubes and graphenes) and biological system (such as cells).