Tracks & Symposia
Track Chairs: Ken Gall and David McDowell
Symposium I.1 Symposium in honor of the recipient of the Prager Medal (Zhigang Suo)
Organizer:
Pradeep Sharma
University of Houston
psharma@uh.edu
Teng Li
University of Maryland
LiT@umd.edu
Ting Zhu
Georgia Tech
ting.zhu@me.gatech.edu
Symposium I.2 Symposium in honor of the recipient of the SES Medal (K.-S. Kim)
Organizer:
Ashraf Bastawros
Iowa State University
bastaw@iastate.edu
Symposium I.3 Symposium in honor of the recipient of the Eringen Medal (David Barnett)
Organizer:
Wei Cai
Stanford University
caiwei@stanford.edu
Adrian Lew
Stanford University
lewa@stanford.edu
Lecture by Taylor Medalist (Joe D. Goddard)
Lecture by SES Young Investigator Medalist (Markus Buehler)
Track Chair: Gang Bao and Sulin Zhang
Symposium II.1 Cell and Tissue Mechanic
Constitutive modeling of biological tissues, experimental measurement of tissue properties, tissue remodeling, structure-function relations of tissue, numerical simulations in tissue mechanics, biological and disease applications of tissue mechanics. Cell adhesion, cell motility, mechanical properties of single cells, constitutive and computational modeling of cells, single-cell mechanical testing, cell cytoskeleton and cell-extracellular matrix interactions, mechanotransduction in cells, intracellular mechanics, multi-cellular structure formation and organization.
Organizer:
Wilbur Lam
Departments of Pediatrics and Biomedical Engineering
Emory University
wilbur.lam@emory.edu
Symposium II.2 Mechanics of Biomaterials and Biomolecules
Deformation of DNA, RNA and proteins, analytic and computational analysis of biomolecules, mechanisms of mechanosensing and mechanotransduction, cell adhesion molecules, mechanics of subcellular structures and organelles, mechanics of endocytosis. Mechanics of biopolymers and scaffolding materials, control of surface properties, biomaterial interfaces, mechanical testing and modeling of biomaterials, and development of biologically inspired materials for applications in medical and other engineering fields.
Organizer:
Gang Bao
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Georgia Tech and Emory University
gang.bao@bme.gatech.edu
Symposium II.3 Experimental Methods in Biomechanics
AFM for tissue, cell and biomolecular testing, optical and magnetic tweezers for single-cell and single-molecule measurement, MEMS and NEMS devices for biomechanical studies, microfluidics, surface micropatterning, fluorescence and other imaging methods, linking theory, simulation and experiment across the scales (materiomics)
Organizer:
Teher Saif
Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
saif@illinois.edu
Symposium II.4 Computational Modeling in Biomechanics
Development of multi-scale methods bridging different length and time scale for biological materials, computational modeling of complex biomechanical phenomena at the molecular, cellular, tissue and organ level, patient-specific modeling, multi-scale modeling in computational biomedicine, computational mechanics for predictive surgery, simulating therapeutic and diagnostic
Organizer:
Sulin Zhang
Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics
Penn State University
suz10@psu.edu
Track Chairs: Arash Yavari, Julian Rimoli, Ken Gall and Min Zhou
Symposium III.1 Soft Active Materials and Structures
Over the past few years, soft materials have driven the scientific community into new exciting directions. Large deformations of soft materials and structures can be rich and highly nontrivial and offer the unique and exciting possibility to design multifunctional materials with novel properties through the appropriate design of the structural layout. This symposium will address recent advances in the theoretical, computational, and experimental understanding of solids undergoing finite deformations, focusing both on soft materials and soft structures. In this symposium we hope to bring together the vibrant community working on these topics to share the latest advancements in the field. Topics of particular interest include:
- Electroactive and magnetoactive elastomers
- Shape-memory polymers
- Responsive gels and Ionic Polymer-Metal Composites (IPMC)
- Liquid crystal elastomers and light-sensitive polymers
- Other soft materials responsive to external stimuli
- Soft structures including rods, plates, shells and biological structures
- Geometric and material instabilities
Organizers:
Xuanhe Zhao
Department of Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science
Duke University
xz69@duke.edu
Pedro Reis
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Massachusetts Institute Of Technology
preis@mit.edu
Oscar Lopez-Pamies
Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
pamies@illinois.edu
Katia Bertoldi
School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Harvard University
bertoldi@seas.harvard.edu
Symposium III.2 Modeling and Simulation of Cellular Functions
Cells are subjected to several types of mechanical forces that are being generated both from the extracellular environment and from within the cell, as the cytoskeleton continuously reorganizes and generates tension. These forces are increasingly recognized as major regulators for various cell functions, ranging from cell adhesion and motility to the lineage commitment and differentiation. Over the last few years, the research activities among physicists and researchers in applied mechanics and materials have shifted toward understanding the physical and mechanical bases underlying force dependent functions of cells. The specific goal for this mini-symposium is to foster fruitful and creative dialogs between mathematical and computational modelers from different disciplines but with common interests in cell biomechanics to discuss the recent theoretical and computational advancements in this rapidly growing scientific field. Emphasis will be placed on areas of greatest current interest including, but not limited to:
- theoretical and computational modeling of cell adhesion and adhesion dependent functions such as motility, growth, proliferation, and differentiation
- modeling mechanotransduction
- constitutive modeling of cells
- mechanics of membrane and cell-mimicking vesicles
- modeling force generation by cytoskeleton
Organizer:
Alireza Sarvestani
University of Maine
Alireza_Sarvestani@umit.maine.edu
Symposium III.3 Synthesis and Characterization of Multifunctional Materials
This symposium strives to survey the latest advances in the design, synthesis, characterization and application of functional materials. Functions of interest include sensing, actuation, thermal management, and energy storage/conversion. Topics include but are not limited to
- Experimental, analytical and computational methods
- Novel materials for electrodes of rechargeable batteries, materials that undergo phase transformations, and materials with size-scale dependent properties and their responses
- Coupling of multiphysics processes such as thermal conduction, mechanical deformation, phase transformations, mass diffusion, fluid transport, insertion and extraction of ions into electrode materials
Organizers:
Min Zhou
Georgia Tech
min.zhou@gatech.edu
Maenghyo Cho
Seoul National University
mhcho@snu.ac.kr
Symposium III.4 Mechanics of Phase Transforming and Multifunctional Materials
Advanced multifunctional and structural materials that undergo phase transformations are vital technological materials. These include ferroelectrics, ferromagnetics, shape-memory materials, liquid crystal elastomers, nanotwinned metals and transformation-induced-plasticity (TRIP) steels. Structural phase transformations also play an important role in biological systems such as T4-virus tail sheath. This symposium will provide a forum for researchers to present research on the mechanics common to these diverse materials. Topics include, but are not limited to, theory, computation and experiments on:
- Crystallography, structure, and energetics of phase boundaries and phase transformations from atomistic, quantum, and mesoscale models
- Quasistatic characterization and response to applied temperature, stress, and other loads
- Dynamic properties of phase-transforming materials and the nucleation and kinetics of phase boundaries
- Effects of polycrystalline texture and interactions with plasticity, fracture, and other phenomena
- Advances in numerical and experimental techniques relevant to the modeling of these systems
- Application of ideas from structural transformations to non-crystalline systems
Organizers:
Arash Yavari
Georgia Tech
arash.yavari@ce.gatech.edu
Richard James
University of Minnesota
james@umn.edu
Kaushik Dayal
Carnegie Melon University
kaushik@cmu.edu
Track Chairs: Ting Zhu, Michael Leamy, Shuman Xia, Phanish Suryanarayana and David McDowell
Symposium IV.1 Modeling of Microstructure Evolution
Organizers:
Victor Berdichevsky
Wayne State University
berdichevsky@dishmail.net
Turab Lookman
Los Alamos National Laboratory
txl@lanl.gov
Symposium IV.2 Defects in Materials
Organizers:
Irene Beyerlein
Los Alamos National Laboratory
irene@lanl.gov
Curt Bronkhorst
Los Alamos National Laboratory
cabronk@lanl.gov
Symposium IV.3 Multiscale Characterization of Materials
Organizer:
Hamid Garmestani
Georgia Institute of Technology
hamid.garmestani@mse.gatech.edu
Symposium IV.4 Advances in the Study of Defects through Atomistic/Continuum Coupling Methods
This symposium will address recent advances in the multiscale study of defects such as vacancies, dislocations, surfaces, interfaces, cracks and their influence on material properties. Theoretical, computational and modeling advances which involve the coupling of quantum-mechanics and atomistics with the continuum are within the scope of this symposium.
Organizers:
Phanish Suryanarayana
Georgia Tech
phanish.suryanarayana@ce.gatech.edu
Vikram Gavini
University of Michigan
vikramg@umich.edu
Symposium IV.5 Crystal Plasticity Across the Scales
Today's limited understanding of the macroscopic mechanical behavior of crystalline solids necessitates a comprehensive investigation of the complex interactions between the microstructural constituents across several scales in time and space. A long-standing goal in computational material science is the development of predictive physics-based material models along with robust and efficient numerical methods, which in combination provide essential insight into the thermomechanical response of crystalline solids. This minisymposium brings together researchers from various disciplines with the ambition to discuss the current state-of-the-art of material models (and related computational multiscale methods) describing the microstructural interactions commonly observed in crystalline solids. Contributions address these topics on the discrete atomistic level with molecular-dynamics simulations, discrete mechanics, quasicontinuum formulations, by the aid of discrete dislocation dynamics, or via continuum or semi-continuum models, with the overarching goal of describing microstructures and the macroscopic thermomechanical response in crystalline solids. Topics of interest include (but are not limited to) deformation mechanisms in single and polycrystals, the study of dislocations and related lattice defects, the modeling of microstructural patterns, and the interactions of plasticity, phase transitions, and deformation twinning.
Organizer:
Dennis Kochmann
California Institute of Technology
kochmann@caltech.edu
Celia Reina Romo
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratories
celiareinaromo@gmail.com
Symposium IV.6 Multiscale Mechanics
Organizers:
Glaucio Paulino
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
paulino@illinois.edu
Somnath Ghosh
Johns Hopkins University
sghosh20@jhu.edu
Symposium IV.7 Size Scale Effects in Micro/Nano Structured Materials and Composites
Organizers:
Julia Greer
California Institute of Technology
jrgreer@caltech.edu
Chris Weinberger
Sandia National Laboratories
crweinb@sandia.gov
Symposium IV.8 Multiscale Characterization and Modeling of Geomaterials
Organizers:
Jose Andrade
California Institute of Technology
jandrade@caltech.edu
Rich Regueiro
University of Colorado
richard.regueiro@Colorado.edu
Symposium IV.9 Multiscale Mechanics of Energy Storage Materials
Organizers:
Ting Zhu
Georgia Tech
ting.zhu@me.gatech.edu
Hanqing Jiang
Arizona State University
Hanqing.Jiang@asu.edu
Symposium IV.10 Multiscale Fracture and Failure of Materials
Recent activities relating to the multi-scale mechanics of fracture and failure are shaping our understanding on the integrity of materials across different length scales, thereby offering us unprecedented opportunities to develop better and novel materials. This symposium will focus on recent advances of theoretical, computational and experimental research on the fracture and failure processes at multi-scale levels. Suggested topics include but are not limited to: predictive material modeling, scale-bridging methodologies, hierarchical or complex material systems, innovative experimental techniques, and hybridized computational-experimental investigations.
Organizers:
Shuman Xia
School of Mechanical Engineering
Georgia Institute of Technology
shuman.xia@me.gatech.edu
Huck Beng Chew
Department of Aerospace Engineering
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
hbchew@illinois.edu
Symposium IV.11 Mechanics of Thin Film and Multilayer Structures
Organizers:
Jianliang Xiao
University of Colorado
Jianliang.Xiao@colorado.edu
Jizhou Song
University of Miami
jsong8@miami.edu
Symposium IV.12 Multiscale Phonon Modeling
Organizer:
Michael Leamy
Georgia Tech
michael.leamy@me.gatech.edu
Symposium IV.13 Coarse-grained Atomistic and Concurrent Atomistic-Continuum Methods for Critical Material Behavior
Organizers:
Youping Chen
University of Florida
ypchen2@ufl.edu
Xiantao Li
Penn State University
xli@math.psu.edu
Symposium IV.14 Mechanics of Crystalline Nanostructures
Organizers:
Daniel Gianola
University of Pennsylvania
gianola@seas.upenn.edu
Tim Rupert
University of California at Irvine
trupert@uci.edu
Symposium IV.15 Experimental and Computational Mechanics Across Multiple Length Scales
Organizers:
P. Zavattieri
Purdue University
zavattie@purdue.edu
Symposium IV.16 From Nanopores to Large Structures: A Life Time Journey Across Length Scales-
A 75th Birthday Symposium celebrating Professor Bažant’s contributions to the fundamental understanding of the behavior of solid materials and structures across multiple time and length scales
The minisymposium will address the multi-physics and multi-scale behavior of solid materials and structures. Presentations are expected to focus on fundamental aspects of the mechanics of materials such as, but not limited to concrete, fiber reinforced composites, quasi-brittle-matrix composites, ceramics, sea ice, rocks, cemented soils and bio-inspired materials. The behavior of these materials is characterized by chemical, physical, and mechanical phenomena spanning several length and time scales ̶ from the atomistic scale, ~10-10 m, to the macroscopic scale, ~101 m for structures and ~103 m for sea-ice and geological formations; from milliseconds to centuries. This complexity motivates the development of innovative experimental procedures, novel analytical theories, and advanced computational technologies that will be discussed in this symposium. Experimental, analytical, and computational contributions focusing on fracture mechanics, damage mechanics, strain-softening and nonlocality, size effect, cohesive crack modeling, aging viscoelasticity, drying shrinkage, early-age behavior, strain-rate effects, constitutive modeling, and structural applications are welcomed. Presentations highlighting the multi-scale and multi-physics character of materials are particularly encouraged.
Organizers:
Gianluca Cusatis
Northwestern University
g-cusatis@northwestern.edu
Symposium IV.17 Non-Local and Strain Gradient Elasticity, Plasticity, and Damage for Multiscale Modeling of Materials
The objective of this symposium is to discuss the recent advanced in higher- and lower-order non-local and strain gradient elasticity, plasticity, and/or damage theories and their applications in multiscale materials modeling. Innovative theoretical, computational, and experimental approaches will be discussed. Topics related the use and development of these higher-order theories as regularization techniques for strain localization and damage evolution and fracture, modeling of size and scale effects, and multiscale materials computational materials design will be discussed.
Organizers:
Rashid K. Abu Al-Rub
Texas A&M University
rabualrub@civil.tamu.edu
Shaofan Li
University of California at Berkeley
shaofan@berkeley.edu
Xin-Lin Gao
The University of Texas at Dallas
xin-lin.gao@utdallas.edu
Track Chair: Samuel Graham
Symposium V.1 Thermal Transport in Graphene and Carbon Nanomaterials
Organizers:
Tim Fisher
Purdue University
tsfisher@ecn.purdue.edu
Dhruv Singh
Intel Corporation
dhruv.p.singh@intel.com
Aaron Wemhoff
Villanova University
aaron.wemhoff@villanova.edu
Symposium V.2 Modeling and Characterization of Solid State Conduction and Thermophysical Properties
Organizers:
Satish Kumar
Georgia Tech
satish.kumar@me.gatech.edu
Thomas Beechem
Sandia
tebeech@sandia.gov
Symposium V.3 Fluid Mechanics in Biological System
Organizer:
Alexander Alexeev
Georgia Tech
Alexander.alexeev@me.gatech.edu
Symposium V.4 Energy Utilization in Buildings and Building Mechanical Systems
Organizers:
Omar Abdelaziz
Oakridge National Laboratory
abdelazizoa@ornl.gov
Roderick Jackson
Oakridge National Laboratory
jacksonrk@ornl.gov
Symposium V.5 Solar Energy Conversion Devices
Organizer:
Jud Ready
Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI)
jud.ready@gtri.gatech.edu
Symposium V.6 Materials for Li-Ion Batteries and Supercapacitors
Organizer:
Gleb Yushin
Georgia Tech
gleb.yushin@mse.gatech.edu
Track Chairs: George Kardomateas, Dewey Hodges, and Massimo Ruzzene
Symposium VI.1 Dynamics of Thin, Flexible Members (including beams, plates and shells)
Organizer:
Michael Leamy
Georgia Tech
michael.leamy@me.gatech.edu
Symposium VI.2 Nonlinear Dynamics of Multifunctional Composite Structures
Organizer:
Dineshkumar Harursampath
Indian Institute of Science
dinesh@aero.iisc.ernet.in
Symposium VII.3 Multiphysical, Multiscale Modeling of Thin Structural Members
Organizer:
Wenbin Yu
Utah State University
wenbin.yu@usu.edu
Symposium VI.4 Structural NDE and Structural Health Monitoring
Organizers:
Massimo Ruzzene
Georgia Tech
massimo.ruzzene@ae.gatech.edu
Jennifer Michaels
Georgia Tech
jennifer.michaels@ece.gatech.edu
Larry Jacobs
Georgia Tech
laurence.jacobs@coe.gatech.edu
Symposium VI.6 Computational Modeling of Damage and Fracture in Solids
This symposium will discuss recent advances in the computational modeling of fracture and damage in solids and structures across the scales. Emphasis will be placed on the challenges faced by current approaches such as cohesive elements, XFEM, damage models, and particle methods, as well as the strategies proposed to overcome them. Contributions on applications of modeling of fracture and damage to understand complex multi-scale and multi-physics phenomena are also welcomed.
Organizers:
Julian J. Rimoli
Georgia Tech
rimoli@gatech.edu
Pablo D. Zavattieri
Purdue University
zavattie@purdue.edu
Symposium VI.7 Acoustic Metamaterials
Organizers:
Michael Leamy
Georgia Tech
michael.leamy@me.gatech.edu
Massimo Ruzzene
Georgia Tech
massimo.ruzzene@ae.gatech.edu
Symposium VI.8 Vibration and Noise control
Organizers:
Alper Ertuk,
Georgia Tech
alper.erturk@me.gatech.edu
Michael Leamy
Georgia Tech
michael.leamy@me.gatech.edu
Kenneth Cunefare
Georgia Tech
ken.cunefare@me.gatech.edu
Massimo Ruzzene
Georgia Tech
massimo.ruzzene@ae.gatech.edu
Track Chair: David Frost
Symposium VII.I Mechanics of substructure materials
Organizers:
Matt Evans
North Carolina State University
matt.evans@ncsu.edu
David Frost
Georgia Tech
david.frost@ce.gatech.edu
Symposium VII.2 Sustainable substructure materials and systems
Organizers:
Jie Han
University of Kansas
jiehan@ku.edu
David Frost
Georgia Tech
david.frost@ce.gatech.edu
Symposium VII.3 Mechanics of pavement materials
Organizers:
Linbing Wang
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
lbwang@vt.edu
David Frost
Georgia Tech
david.frost@ce.gatech.edu
Symposium VII.4 Protection of substructures against dynamic loading
Organizers:
Dominic Assimaki
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Dominic.assimaki@ce.gatech.edu
David Frost
Georgia Tech
david.frost@ce.gatech.edu
Track Chairs: David McDowell and Min Zhou
Symposium VIII.1 Hierarchical Design of Materials
Organizers:
Wei Chen
Northwestern University
weichen@northwestern.edu
George M.Fadel
Clemson University
fgeorge@clemson.edu
Symposium VIII.2 Inverse Methods in Materials Design
Organizers:
Hamid Garmestani
Georgia Tech
hamid.garmestani@mse.gatech.edu
Surya Kalidindi
Drexel University
skalidin@coe.drexel.edu
Symposium VIII.3 Processing-Microstructure-Performance Relations
Organizer:
Chris Woodward
Air Force Research Laboratory
christopher.woodward@wpafb.af.mil
