Symposium Schedule |
Wednesday, June 1: Renaissance Providence Downtown Hotel 05:00-07:00pm: Reception
Thursday, June 2: Renaissance Providence Downtown Hotel 07:00-08:00 am: Continental Breakfast 08:00-08:30 am: Opening Ceremony 08:30-10:00 am: Session 1 - Dynamics of Solids in Broad Scales J. R. Rice: Earthquake rupture dynamics with strong thermal weakening A. J. Rosakis: The seismological wind tunnel: The unique ground shaking of J. R. Willis: Effective constitutive relations for waves in composites 10:00-10:30 am: Coffee Break/Posters 10:30-12:00 pm: Session 2 - Biomechanics in Broad Scales M. J. Buehler: Tu(r)ning weakness to strength R. Phillips: The greening of biology G. Bao: Understanding the mechanics of cells and biomolecules 12:00-01:30 pm: Lunch/Posters 01:30-02:30 pm: Session 3 - Mechanics of Energy Materials R. M. McMeeking: Models for lithium-ion battery performance and damage H. Johnson: Mechanics of quantum dots for intermediate band solar cells 02:30-03:30 pm: Panel Discussion - J. L. Bassani K. J. Hsia B. W. Sheldon 03:30-04:00 pm: Coffee Break/Posters 04:00-05:30 pm: Session 4 - New Insights in Nonlinear Mechanics of Solids L. Anand: Thermo-mechanics of shape-memory polymers O. Lopez - Pames: Cavitation instabilities in soft solids: A defect-growth theory and K. Van Vliet: Chemomechanics of cell-material interactions: Pulling it all together 05:30-07:00 pm: Posters/Cocktail Reception 07:00-09:00 pm: Banquet, Renaissance Providence Downtown Hotel
Friday, June 3: Renaissance Providence Downtown Hotel 07:00-08:00 am: Continental Breakfast/Posters 08:00-09:00 am: Session 5 - New Insights in Micromechanics of Structural Instabilities J. Hutchinson: From wrinkles to creases in elastomers: The extreme imperfection- K. Bertoldi: Soft materials: Functionality through instabilities and deformations 09:00-10:00 am: Session 6 - Micromechanics of Stretchable Functional Materials Z. Suo: Giant voltage-induced deformation in dielectric elastomers: Theory and Y. Huang: Mechanics of stretchable electronics 10:00-10:30 am: Coffee Break/Posters 10:30-12:00 pm: Session 7 - Advanced Molecular Mechanics of Solids R. James: Compatibility and hysteresis P. Purohit: Brownian motion and elasticity in biological filaments and networks N. C. Admal and E. B. Tadmor: Interatomic potentials, Forces and the uniqueness of 12:00-01:30 pm: Lunch/Posters 01:30-02:30 pm: Session 8 - New Insights in Experimental Dynamics of Solids K. Ravi-Chandar: Dynamic ductile failure in polycrystalline materials G. Ravichandran: Converging shocks in solids using Mach waves 02:30-03:30 pm: Session 9 - Mechanics of Nanostructures S. B. Hutchens, A. Needleman, and J. Greer: Deformation analysis of hierarchical J. J. Vlassak: Combinatorial nanocalorimetry of thin metallic films 03:30-04:00 pm: Coffee Break/Posters 04:00-05:00 pm: Panel Discussion - D. M. Parks T. Nakamura Y. Gao 05:00-05:30 pm: Closing Lecture by L. B. Freund (Chair: H. Gao) 07:00-09:00 pm: Closing Lobster Dinner, DeWolf Tavern, Bristol, RI |