Structures made of smart or intelligent materials have gained increasing interest with respect to both, theory and practical applications in engineering. In such high-tech systems, sensors and actuators made of smart materials are integrated together with structural materials in order to control actively the deformation, vibration and fracture of composite structures. The active materials include piezoelectrics, electro- and magnetostrictive materials, shape memory alloys, electro- and magnetorheological fluids, polyelectrolyte gels, pyroelectrics,
photostrictive materials, photoferroelectrics and magneto-optical materials. Multi-field coupling is present in these structural devices, involving elastic, temperature, electric, magnetic and light interactions. In accordance with the requirements imposed by an efficient controller design, however, there is a need for accurate technical theories in order to keep the modeling effort for the smart structures to be controlled as low as possible. The present symposium is devoted to a suitable incorporation of coupling effects into technical theories for smart
structures. Such technical theories involve strength-of-material-type theories for shells, plates, panels, curved and straight beams and rods. Coupled Finite Element formulations for three-dimensional and plane strain and stress problems are also within the scope of the symposium. Papers addressing these problems are solicited.

One-page abstracts typed single-spaced on white 8.5-by-11-inch bond paper with 1.25-inch margins on all four sides are due by January 15, 1999. The name and affiliations of authors should follow a brief title. Selected papers are intended to be published in specialized journals.