June	9 (Mon.)	10 (Tues.)	11 ( Wedn.)	12 (Thu.)	13 (Fri.)

8:00-9:00	Registration
9:00-9:40	Official Opening Prof. G.H. Paulino
9:40-10:20	Effect of Surface on Mechanical Properties of Solids at Various Length Scales
	Dr. Jorn Larsen-Basse, Director of the Mechanics and Materials Program, National Science Foundation, USA
10:20-10:50	Coffe Break
2nd Morning Sesssion Coordinator: Prof. F. Rochinha
10:50-11:30	Nanomechanics Research and Challenges
	Dr. Ken Chong, Director of the Mechanics and Materials Program, National Science Foundation, USA
11:30-12:10	The TeraGrid and Scalable Computational Science Research at NCSA
	Dr. Radha Nandkumar, National Center for Supercomputing Applications, USA
12:10-14:00	Free Time for Lunch
1st Afternoon Sesssion Coordinator: Prof. D. Johnson
14:00-14:40	Mechanics of Plastic Deformation in Small Volumes
	Prof. Alan Needleman, Division of Engineering, Brown University, USA
14:40-15:20	Shakedown theory applied to structural analysis and high-cycle fatigue modelling
	Prof. Nestor Zouain, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, COPPE-EE, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
15:20-16:00	Mechanics of Freestanding Submicron Thin Films-Size Scale Plasticity and Fracture
	Prof. Horacio D. Espinosa, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Northwestern University, USA
16:00-16:30	Coffe Break
2nd Afternoon Sesssion Coordinator: Prof. K.Katti
16:30-17:10	Design of Piezocomposite Materials with High Performance
	Prof. Emilio C. Neilli Silva, Dept. of Mechatronics, University of São Paulo, Brasil
17:10-17:50	Model Validation on Composites: Constitutive Parameters Identification
	Prof. Fernando A. Rochinha, Department of Mechanical Engineering, COPPE, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
19:00	Dinner

Opening Ceremony	Dinner