SYMPOSIA LIST FOR THE
1999 ASME MECHANICS & MATERIALS CONFERENCE


TENTATIVE TITLE ORGANIZER
ORGANIZER'S AFFILIATIONS:
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

 

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
 
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
 
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
 
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
 
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
 
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
 
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
 
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
 
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
 
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
 
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

 

 

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
 
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
 
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
 
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
 
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