PRELIMINARY PROGRAM

1999 ASME Mechanics and Materials Conference

June 27-30, 1999

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Blacksburg, VA 24061



 
 
 

GENERAL INFORMATION

 
AUTHOR INDEX

 
COMPLETE FINAL PROGRAM

 
PROGRAM SUMMARY

*In the session designation M1A, the first letter designates the meeting day (M, T and W, respectively, for Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday), the middle integer for the session starting time (1 for 8:00 AM (exceptions are sessions ending with G), 2, 3 and 4 for 10:10 AM, 1:10 PM and 3:40 PM respectively), and the last letter indicates one of the parallel sessions.

Special Symposim
Sessions*
Recent Developments in Anisotropic Elasticity
Professor T. C. T. Ting, (University of Illinois at Chicago)
Professor D. M. Barnett (Stanford University)
M1A, M2A, M3A, M4A,
T1A, T2A
Mechanics of Configurational Forces in Materials
Professor Chien H. Wu (University of Illinois at Chicago)
Professor G. A. Maugin (Universite Pierre et Marie Curie)
Alexander Chudnovsky (University of Illinois at Chicago)
T1B, T2B, T3B, T4B
Experiments in Fracture Mechanics
(in honor of Professor C. W. Smith)
Professor Arun Shukla (University of Rhode Island)
M1C, M2C, M3C, M4C,
T1C, T2C, T3C, T4C
Fracture of Thin Films, Coatings and Multi-layers
Professor Jack L. Beuth (Carnegie Mellon University)
Professor Scott X. Mao (University of Pittsburgh)
W1C, W2C, W3C
Recent Developments in the Study of Impacts on Composite Materials
Professor Serge Abrate (Southern Illinois University)
Dr. G. Schoeppner (Air Force Research Lab, Dayton, OH)
M1D, M2D, M3D, M4D,
T1D, T2D
Coupled Field Problems in Smart Structures
Professor Dr. Hans Irschik (Johannes-Kepler-Universitaet Linz, Oesterreich, Austria)
M1B, M2B, W3H
Durability of Materials
(in honor of Professor Kenneth Reifsnider)
Professor Charles Bakis (Pennsylvania State University)
T1E, T2E, T3E, T4E, 
W1E, W2E
Stresses and Fracture in Adhesive Bonds
(in honor of Professor Max Williams)
Professor D. Dillard (Virginia Tech)
Professor K. Liechti (University Texas)
M2E, M3E, M4E
Mechanics of Electromagnetic Materials and Structures
Professor G. A. Maugin (Universite Pierre et Marie Curie, France)
Professor J. S. Lee (Hanyang University, Korea)
Professor J. S. Yang (University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA)
M4B, W1B, W2B, W3B
Recent Advances in Experimental Mechanics
(in honor of Professor Daniel Post)
Professor Bongtae Han (Clemson University)
Professor P. Ifju (University of Florida)
M4I, T1I, T2I, T3I, T4I, 
W1I, W2I, W3I, W4I
Nonsmooth/Nonconvex Mechanics
(in honor of Professor P. D. Panagiotopoulos)
Professor David Yang Gao (Virginia Tech)
Professor R. W. Ogden (University of Glasgow, United Kingdom)
Professor G. E. Stavroulakis (Carolo Wilhelmina Technical University, Germany)
M1F, M2F, M4F, 
T1F, T2F, T3F, T4F
Vibrations and Control
(in honor of Professor Leonard Meirovitch)
Professor Haim Baruh (Rutgers University)
T2L, T3L, W2L, W3L
Constitutive Response of Non-traditional Materials
Professor Subhash Ghatuparthi (Michigan Tech University)
T1N, T4N
Mechanics of Cellulosic Materials
Professor Richard W. Perkins (Poznan University of Technology, Poland)
Professor M. K. Ramasubramanian (North Carolina State University)
Professor George Kyanka (State University of New York at Syracuse)
W1F, W2F, W3F
Recent Issues in Engineering Mechanics
(in honor of Professor Robert A. Heller)
Professor Surot Thangjitham (Virginia Tech)
T3M, T4M, W1M, W2M
Noise and Vibration Control for Launch Vehicles 
and Satellite Applications
Professor Don Leo (Virginia Tech)
Dr. Dino Sciulli (Air Force Research Laboratory, New Mexico)
M1L, M2L
Multiscale Analysis
Professor H. Gao (Stanford University)
Professor Y. Huang (University of Illinois at Urbana)
M1K, M2K
Materials Processing
Professor H. P. Cherukuri (University of North Carolina - Charlotte)
Professor R. E. Johnson (University of North Carolina - Charlotte)
Professor R. E. Smelser (University of Idaho)
M3L, M4L
Mechanics and Mechanisms of Failure of Interfaces 
in Engineering Materials
Professor S. A. Meguid (University of Toronto, Canada)
M1E, T3D, T4D
Fracture and Fatigue Applications in Aircraft Industry
Dr. S. Muju (AlliedSignal Aerospace Engines)
Dr. Theodore Nicholas (Wright Patterson Air Force Base)
M1M, M2M
Viscoplasticity Theories
(in honor of Professor Piotr Perzyna)
Professor T. Lodygowski (Poznan Universitiy of Technology, Poland)
M3K, M4K
Shear Banding and Dynamic Failure
(in honor of Dr. T. W. Wright)
Professor G. Ravichandran (California Institute of Technology)
Dr. A. M. Rajendran (Army Research Lab)
T1K, T2K, T3K, T4K, W3K
Granular Mechanics and Materials
Dr. Oleg Vinogradov (University of Calgary, Canada)
M4H, T1H
Gradient Plasticity and Its Applications
Professor Tadashi Hasebe (Doshisha University, Japan)
Professor Hussein M. Zbib (Washington State University)
Professor H. Gao (Stanford University)
M3F, T2H, T3H, T4H
Instability in Solids and Structures
Professor S. Kyriakides (University of Texas at Austin)
Professor N. Triantafyllidis (University of Michigan)
M3M, M4M, T1M, T2M
Flow Localization and Material Instability
Professor Y. Tomita (Kobe University)
Professor Romesh C. Batra (Virginia Tech)
Professor O. Watanabe (University of Tsukuba)
W1K, W2K
Dynamics and Aeroelasticity of Flight Vehicle 
and Rotorcraft Structures
Professor Liviu Librescu (Virginia Tech)
M1J, M2J
Modern Trends in the Foundation of the Theory of Shells and Plates
(in honor of Professor Daniel Frederick)
Professor Liviu Librescu (Virginia Tech)
W1J, W2J, W3J, W4J
New Advances in Smart Material Structures Control 
and Damage Detection
Professor Liviu Librescu (Virginia Tech)
Professor Marco Di Sciuva (Torino Polytechnic Institute, Italy)
T1J, T2J, T3J, T4J
New Advances in the Modeling of Composite Material 
Structures and their Behavior
Professor Liviu Librescu (Virginia Tech)
M4J
Modern Trends in the Foundation of the Theory 
of Shells and Plates and their Behavior
Professor Marco Di Sciuva (Torino Polytechnic Institute, Italy)
M3J
Modelling and Behavior of Structures Exposed 
to Complex Loading Conditions
Professor Marco Di Sciuva (Torino Polytechnic Institute, Italy)
W1H
Advances in the Continuum Mechanics and Thermodynamics 
of Material Behavior
(in honor of Professor Roger Fosdick)
Professor Yi-Chao Chen (University of Houston)
M2H, M3H, T3A, T4A, 
W2A, W3A, W4A
Experimental Investigation of the Behavior of Materials 
at High Strain Rates <Kolsky Bar - Fifty Years Later>
(In memory of the late Professor H. Kolsky)
Professor R. J. Clifton (Brown University)
Professor J. R. Klepaczko (Metz University, France)
M1I, M2I, M3N, M4N, W4K
Nonlinear Vibrations and Perturbation Methods
(in honor of Professor Ali Nayfeh)
Professor Dean Mook (Virginia Tech)
M1G, M2G, M3G, M4G, 
T1G, T2G, T3G, T4G, 
W1G, W2G, W3G, W4G