Organization
The 15th U.S. National Congress of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics
will be held during 25-30 June 2006 at the University of Colorado
in Boulder. These quadrennial congresses are held under the auspices of the
U.S. National Committee on Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (USNC/TAM),
which is a member of the International Union of Theoretical
and Applied Mechanics (IUTAM). The member societies
of the USNC/TAM are listed below.
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Congress Theme
The theme of the Congress is Mechanics in Emerging Technologies.
Sessions on analytical, experimental, and computational mechanics
will cover a broad array of special topics in the field.
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15 July 2005 | Announcement of mini-symposia |
15 January 2006 | One-page abstracts due |
15 March 2006 | Acceptance and declination e-mails sent |
15 May 2006 | Deadline for early registration |
25-30 June 2006 | 15th USNCTAM Meeting |
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The co-chairs of the 2006 Congress are Thomas L. Geers (geers@spot.colorado.edu)
and Stein Sture (stein.sture@colorado.edu).
The webmasters for the Congress are Carlos A. Felippa
and Susanna Gross (sjg@cires.colorado.edu).
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Hassan AREF (Chair) |
Virginia Polytechnic
Institute and State University |
Zdenek BAZANT |
Northwestern University |
David BOGY |
University of California
at Berkeley |
Mary BOYCE |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
Alexander CHENG |
University of Mississipi at
Oxford |
Robert DAVIS |
University of Colorado
at Boulder |
Gary LEAL |
University of California
at Santa Barbara |
Sia NEMAT-NASSER |
University of California
at San Diego |
Michael ROUKES |
California Institute of Technology |
Nancy SOTTOS |
University of Illinois
at Urbana-Champaign |
Fredric WAN |
University of California
at Irvine |
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Session Organizers
The organizers of the disciplinary and mini-symposium sessions
are listed on this page.
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Financial support for the
Congress is provided by the following sponsors:
- Air Force Office of Scientific Research
- National Science Foundation
- University of Colorado
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The member societies of the USNC/TAM are:
Acoustical Society of America,
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics,
American Institute of Chemical Engineers,
American Mathematical Society,
American Physical Society,
American Society of Testing and Materials,
American Society of Civil Engineers,
American Society of Mechanical Engineers,
Society of Experimental Mechanics,
Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics,
Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers,
Society of Engineering Science, and
Society of Rheology.
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The last three Congresses were held at the University of Washington in
Seattle (1994), the University of Florida in Gainesville (1998),
and Virginia Tech in Blacksburg (2002).
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