| 7:30-8:15 |
Registration
and Continental Breakfast |
| 8:15-8:20 |
G.
Ravichandran
Caltech
Introductory Remarks |
| 8:20-8:30 |
Wolfgang
Knauss
Caltech
Welcoming Remarks |
SESSION
I: Composites
(Session Chair: G. Ravichandran) |
| 8:30-8:55 |
Gilbert
Hegemeier
UCSD
Advanced FRPs in the civil infrastructure:
New tools for old threats |
| 9:20-9:45 |
Phillipe
Geubelle
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Quasi-static and fatigue failure of a self
healing composite |
| 8:55-9:20 |
Tony
Waas
University of Michigan
Microstructural instabilities in textile composites |
| 9:45-10:10 |
L.
Catherine Brinson
Northwestern University
Why nanoreinforced polymers? Mechanics issues |
| 10:10-10:35 |
Break |
SESSION
II: Dyanmic and Failure Mechanics
(Session
Chair: N. Lapusta) |
| 10:35-11:00 |
K.
Ravi-Chandar
University of Texas, Austin
Physical aspects of dynamic fracture |
11:00-11:25
|
R.
Narasimhan
Indian Institute of Science
Effects of crack tip constraint on dynamic
ductile crack initiation |
| 11:25-11:50 |
Jean-Francois
Molinari
Johns Hopkins University
Defects and stochasticity of material response
|
11:50-1:00
|
Lunch |
SESSION
III: Micro and Nano Mechanics
(Session
Chair: K. Bhattacharya) |
1:00-1:25
|
Ken
Liechti
University of Texas, Austin
Adhesive contact of a self-assembled polymer
with an interfacial force microscope probe |
| 1:25-1:50 |
Sridhar
Krishnaswamy
Northwestern University
Photo-acoustic characterization of the mechanical
properties of thin films and coatings |
| 1:50-2:15 |
Hongbing
Lu
Oklahoma State University
Measurements of viscoelastic functions using
nanoindentation |
| 2:15-2:40 |
Pradeep
Guduru
Brown University
Mechanics of multi-walled carbon nanotubes
under compression |
| 2:40-3:05 |
Break |
SESSION
IV: Materials and Processes
(Session
Chair: Y. M. Leroy) |
| 3:05-3:30 |
Weinong
Chen
University of Arizona
Loading/unloading SHPB experiments on ceramics |
| 3:30-3:55 |
Xiaomin
Deng
University of South Carolina
Solid mechanics-based simulation of the friction
stir welding process |
3:55-4:20
|
Adrian
Lew
Stanford University
Beyond the p-v equation of state: The role
of shear in stress-induced phase transformation of iron |
| 4:30-5:30 |
Posters
& Lab Tours |
