| TENTATIVE TITLE | ORGANIZER |
ADDRESS, PHONE, FAX, E-MAIL |
HONOREE |
| Experiments in Fracture Mechanics | Professor Arun Shukla | Mechanical Engineering,
Univ. of Rhode Island Kingston, RI 02881-0805 Tel: 401-874-2283; Fax: 401-874-2355 e-mail: shuklaa@egr.uri.edu |
Professor C. W. Smith |
| Nonlinear Vibrations
and
Perturbation Methods |
Professor Dean Mook | ESM Dept., Virginia
Tech
Blacksburg, VA 24061-0219 Tel: 540-231-6841; Fax: 540-231-4574 e-mail: dtmook@vt.edu |
Professor A. Nayfeh |
| Vibrations and Control | Professor Haim Baruh | Mech. & Aero.
Engng., Rutgers University
P.O. Box 909 Piscataway, NJ 08855-0909 Tel: 732-445-3680; Fax: 732-445-5313 e-mail: baruh@jove.rutgers.edu |
Prof. L. Meirovitch |
| Durability of Materials | Professor Charles Bakis | Engng. Sci. &
Mech., Penn. State Univ.
University Park, PA 16802 Tel: ; Fax: e-mail: cbakis@psu.edu |
Professor K. Reifsnider |
| Recent
Advances in
Experimental Mechanics |
Professor Bongtae
Han,
Professor P. Ifju, Dr. R. Mahajan |
Professor Bongtae
Han
Mechanical Engineering, Clemson Univ. Clemson, SC 29634 Tel: 864-656-7225; Fax: 864-656-4435 e-mail: bhan@ces.clemson.edu |
Professor D. Post
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| Impact on Composite Structures | Professor Serge Abrate,
Dr. G. Schoeppner (AFRL) |
Professor Serge Abrate
Engineering College, Southern Illinois Univ. Carbondale, IL 62901 Tel: 618-453-7826; Fax: 618-453-7455 e-mail: abrate@engr.siu.edu |
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| Mechanics & Mechanisms of Failure of Interfaces in Engineering Materials | Professor S. A. Meguid | Mechanics & Industrial
Eng?g.
University of Toronto 5 King?s College Road Toronto, CANADA M5S3G8 Tel: 416-978-5741; Fax: 416-978-7753 e-mail: meguid@me.utoronto.ca |
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| Adiabatic Shear Banding | Professor G. Ravichandran,
Dr. A. M. Rajendran (ARL) |
Professor G. Ravichandran
Graduate Astronautical Lab CALTECH, Mail Stop 105-50 Pasadena, CA 91125 Tel: 626-395-4525; Fax: 626-304-0175 e-mail: ravi@caltech.edu |
Dr. T. W. Wright |
| Advances
in Continuum Mechanics and
Thermodynamics of Material Behavior |
Professor Yi-Chao Chen | Mechanical Engineering, Univ.
of Houston
Houston, TX 77204-4792 Tel: ; Fax: e-mail: chen@uh.edu |
Prof. Roger Fosdick |
| Professor S. Thangjitham | ESM Dept., Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, VA 24061-0219 Tel: 540-231-4503; Fax: 540-231-4574 e-mail: surot@vt.edu |
Prof. Robert M. Heller | |
| Modern
Trends in the Foundation of
the Theory of Shells and Plates |
Professor Liviu Librescu | ESM Dept., MC 0291, Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, VA 24061-0219 Tel: 540-231-5916; Fax: 540-231-4574 e-mail: librescu@vt.edu |
Professor D. Frederick |
| New Advances on Smart Material
Structures and Control |
Professor Liviu Librescu | ESM Dept., MC 0219, Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, VA 24061 Tel: 540-231-5916; Fax 540-231-4574 e-mail: librescu@vt.edu |
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| Dynamics and
Aeroelasticity of
Advanced Flight Vehicles |
Professor Liviu Librescu | ESM Dept., MC 0219, Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, VA 24061 Tel: 540-231-5916; Fax 540-231-4574 e-mail: librescu@vt.edu |
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| New Advances in the
Modeling and
Behavior of Structures Exposed to Complex Environmental Conditions |
Prof. Marco Di Sciuva,
Prof. Liviu Librescu |
Prof. Marco DiSciuva
Politecnico Di Torino Dipartimento di Ingegneria Aeronautica E Spaziale Corso Duca degli Abruzzi, 24 10129 Torino, Italy e-mail: disciuva@polito.it |
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| Coupled Field Problems in
Smart Structures |
Univ. Prof. Dipl. Ing. Dr. Hans Irschik | Vizerektor fur Forschung
Johannes Kepler Universitat Linz Schloss Auhof, A-4040 Linz Austria e-mail: irschik@mechatronik.uni-linz.ac.at |
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| Mechanics of Electromagnetic
Materials & Structures |
Prof. Jiashi Yang,
Prof. G.A. Maugin (France) Prof. J. S. Lee (Korea) |
Professor Jiashi Yang
Engineering Mechanics, University of Nebraska Lincoln, NE 68588 Tel: 402-472-0712; Fax: e-mail: jyang@unlinfo.unl.edu |
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| Mechanics of Configurational
Forces in Materials |
Prof. Chien Wu,
Prof. A.Chudnovsky (USA) Prof. G. A. Maugin (France) |
Professor Chien Wu
Civil Engineering, Univ. of Illinois Chicago, IL 60680 Tel: (312) 996-3428; Fax: (312) 996-2426 e-mail: cwu@uic.edu |
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| Viscoplasticity Theories | Professor T. Lodygowski | Institute of Structural Engineering
Poznan University of Technology Poznan, POLAND Tel: ; Fax: e-mail: lodygowski@put.poznan.pl |
Professor Piotr Perzyna |
| Mechanics of Cellulosic Materials | Professor R. Perkins | Mechanical Engineering
Syracuse University Syracuse, NY 13502 Tel: ; Fax: e-mail: rperkins@ecs.syr.edu |
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| Anisotropic Elasticity | Prof. T. C. T. Ting,
Prof. D. M. Barnett (Stanford University) |
Professor T. C. T. Ting
Dept. of Civil and Materials Engineering University of Illinois at Chicago Chicago, IL 60607-7023 Tel: ; Fax: e-mail: tting@uic.edu |
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| Fracture of Thin Films,
Coatings and Multi-layers |
Professor J. L. Beuth | Dept. of Mechanical Engineering
Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3890 Tel: 412-268-3873; Fax: 412-268-3348 e-mail: beuth@andrew.cmu.edu |
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| Fracture and Fatigue
Applications in Aircraft Engines |
Dr. S. Muju | AlliedSignal Aerospace Engines
Mail Stop 301-228 111 South 34th Street Phoenix, AZ 85034 Tel 602-231-3305; Fax: e-mail: Sandeep.Muju@alliedsignal.com |
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| Materials Processing | Dr. H. P. Cherukuri,
Dr. R. E. Johnson and Dr. R. E. Smelser |
Dr. H. P. Cherukuri
Dept. of Mechanical Engineering 9201 University City Blvd. UNC-Charlotte Charlotte, NC 28223-0001 e-mail: hcheruku@uncc.edu |
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| Stresses
and Fracture in
Adhesive Bonds |
Professor D. Dillard,
Professor K. Liechti |
Dr. D. A. Dillard
Engineering Science & Mechanics (0219) Virginia Tech Blacksburg, VA 24061 Tel: 540 231-4714; Fax: 540 231-9187 e-mail: dillard@vt.edu |
Prof. Max Williams |
| Nonsmooth/Nonconvex Mechanics | Professor D. Y. Gao,
Professor R. W. Ogden, Professor G. E. Stavroulakis |
David Y. Gao
Department of Mathematics Virginia Tech Blacksburg, VA24061, USA Tel: 540-231-2768; Fax: 540-231-5960 e-mail: gao@math.vt.edu |
Prof. P.D. Panagiotopoulos |
| Experimental
Investigation
of the Behavior of Materials at High Strain Rates |
Prof. Rod Clifton,
Prof. Janusz Klepaczko |
Prof. R.J. Clifton
Brown University Div. of Engineering, Box D Providence, RI 02912, USA Tel: (1)401-863-2855; Fax: (1) 401-863-1157 e-mail: Rodney_Clifton@brown.edu |
The late
Prof. H. Kolsky |
| Noise
and Vibration Control for Launch
Vehicle and Satellite Applications |
Dr. Donald Leo,
Dr. Dino Sciulli |
Dr. Donald Leo
Department of Mechanical Engineering (0261) Virginia Tech Blacksburg, VA 24061 Tel: 540 231-2917; Fax 540-231-2903 e-mail: donleo@vt.edu |
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| Flow
Localization and
Material Instability |
Prof.Yoshihiro Tomita
Prof. R. Batra, Prof. O. Watanebe |
Professor Y. Tomita
Department of Mechanical Engineering Faculty of Engineering Kobe University Nada, Kobe 657-8501, Japan Tel.+81-78-803-1110; Fax.+81-78-803-1131 e-mail: tomita@mech.kobe-u.ac.jp |
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| Granular Mechanics & Materials | Dr. Oleg Vinogradov | e-mail: vinograd@enme.ucalgary.ca | |
| Constitutive Response of
Non-traditional Materials |
Dr. Subhash Ghatuparthi | e-mail: subhash@mtu.edu | |
| Novel Experimental Methods | Dr. Subhash Ghatuparthi | e-mail: subhash@mtu.edu | |
| Gradient Plasticity and its Applications | Prof. Tadashi Hasebe,
Prof. Hussein M. Zbib, Prof. H. Gao |
Prof. Tadashi Hasebe
Dept. Mechanical &Systems Engng., Fac. Engng. Doshisha University Kyotanabe, Kyoto 610-0321, Japan Tel/Fax: +81-774-65-6465 e-mail thasebe@mail.doshisha.ac.jp |