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The abstract submission deadline for this next conference in the triennial Fracture of Polymers, Composites & Adhesives series (www.tc4pca.elsevier.com) is 2 November 2007.

The conference will take place will take place in Les Diablerets, Switzerland, 7-11 September 2008. Les Diablerets is a beautiful alpine village set in the mountains above Lac Leman just 90 minutes from Geneva International Airport by car or train.  

U.S. National Committee on Theoretical and Applied Mechanics
Announces
 
Travel Fellowships to ICTAM 2008

The 8th ISOPE Pacific/Asia Offshore Mechanics Symposium (ISOPE PACOMS-2008) is being organized by the ISOPE PACOMS-2008 Symposium Organizing Committee (SOC), and Local Organizing Committee (LOC). It will be held in Bangkok, Thailand, hosted by King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi, Bangkok, Thailand.

Important dates:

Abstract submission--------> February 15, 2008

Abstract acceptance---------> March 1, 2008

Manuscript for review--------> June 1, 2008

For the details of this symposium, please visit the following websites.

The Robert M. and Mary Haythornthwaite Foundation is offering $1,000 travel grants for U.S. graduate students currently enrolled at any U.S. universities or colleges presenting a paper in any field of applied mechanics at the 2007 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exhibition (IMECE) in Seattle, Washington, November 11 – 15, 2007.

We are pleased to announce Dislocations 2008, an international conference on the fundamentals of plastic deformation and other physical phenomena where the dislocations play pivotal roles.  The conference will take place on October 13-17, 2008 at the Gold Coast Hotel, Hong Kong, China.  More information about the Dislocations 2008 conference can be found at the following web site:

We are pleased to officially announce the

2008 Gordon Research Conference on Thin Film and Small-Scale Mechanical Behavior

July 27 - August 1, 2008 at Colby College, Waterville Maine

The program for the 2nd International Conference on the Mechanics of Biomaterials & Tissues, to be held on the beautiful island of Kaua'i in December, is now available on the website at www.icmobt.elsevier.com. Network with your fellow researchers working in this exciting field by registering for this well-received meeting. Anybody registering before 26 October is eligible for a 10% discount off the full conference fee.

I look forward to seeing you in Lihue on December 9.

The US-China NSF Workshop and Summer Institute of
Bio- and Nano-Mechanics and Applications (UCWSI2007)
August 31 -- September 4, 2007
Beijing, China

The programme for the 28th Risø International Symposium on Materials Science has now been finalized (see http://www.risoe.dk/Conferences/symp28/programme.aspx ).

 The Symposium is held at Risø National Laboratory, The Technical University of Denmark, 3-6 September 2007. 

 To sign up for the conference, please register up via the Symposium homepage: http://risoe-forms.risoe.dk/RISMS/RISMS_registration.asp  

We invite you to submit an abstract for the poster sessions in the International Workshop on SMART DEVICES: MODELING OF MATERIAL SYSTEMS Jan 10-12, 2008. IIT MADRAS, Chennai.  INDIA.    (pl. note: VERY LIMITED SLOTS ARE AVAILABLE IN THE POSTER SESSIONS) www.sdmoms.org

--> 15 Aug 2007:  Deadline for abstract submission (poster sessions only)

--> 20 Aug 2007:  End of abstract selection (poster sessions only).

--> 20 Aug 2007:   Deadline for early registration (authors and delegates)

You are cordially invited to submit an abstract to the symposium on “Emerging Methods To Understand Mechanical Behavior” at 2008 TMS annual meeting, New Orleans, LA, March 9-13, 2008.  

If you are interested by the mechanics of elastomers, there is a dedicated conference for you : ECCMR 5, which will be held in Paris, France, 4-7 September 2007.

It is the fifth edition of the European Conference on Constitutive Models for Rubber Conference. The call for paper is now closed, but registration is still open.
See the conference web page: http://eccmr.egim-mrs.fr/

The National Science Foundation (NSF) has made a recent award to help increase graduate student participation at the Tenth Pan American Congress of Applied Mechanics (PACAM X).  These awards will be made in the form of mini-travel grants ($500 - $1,000) for exceptionally qualified students to participate in PACAM X January 7-11, 2008, in beautiful Cancun, Mexico.

ASEC 2008 is a two-day conference scheduled for midway through 2008 directed at structural engineers. This conference is a time out, providing an opportunity for like minded people to meet, share ideas and broaden their technical skills.

January 10-12, 2008.  IIT Madras INDIA    poster abstracts deadline Jul 20

The PRIMARY OBJECTIVES:  A comprehensive review of the existing tools for modeling smart materials systems AND  Enabling the industry to develop approaches  for analysis & design
of smart devices.

The seventh conference in the Fatigue Damage of Structural Materials series (www.fatiguedamage.elsevier.com) will be held once again in Hyannis, Massachusetts, USA, 14-19 September 2008. Hyannis is situated on the historic Cape Cod peninsula just 90 minutes from either Logan International Airport (Boston, MA) or TF Green Airport (Providence, RI). 

Following successful meetings in Lisbon and Toronto in 2004 and 2006, Elsevier will be running the 3rd International Conference on Engineering Failure Analysis (www.icefa.elsevier.com) in the beautiful town of Sitges in July 2008. Sitges is situated on the coast of Catalunya, Spain, just a short distance from Barcelona International Airport.

The 2nd Nanostructures conference covers all aspects of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology dealing with materials synthesis, modeling and applications. Special topics include:

Prof. Philippe Geubelle, Dr. Rajesh Kitey and I are organizing a symposium on Mechanics of Thin Films and Layered Materials  at 2007 Annual Meeting of the Society for Engineering Science, Texas A&M University, October 21-24, 2007. 

The abstract deadline has been extended until June 30, 2007.  Abstracts should prepared according to the instructions posted on the web at http://ses2007.tamu.edu/abstract.php.