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Hotel Caesar Park, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
August 2-6, 2004

The mechanics and materials science research is on a new phase of development. Nanostructures, smart materials, functionally graded materials and composites have revolutionized materials and devices of all sorts, particularly in nanoelectronics, computer technology, medicine and health, biotechnology, agriculture, as well as national security. Nanotechnology is a new frontier and considered as the next industrial revolution.

Invited Lectures


Michael Bedzyk	In Situ X-Ray Structural Analysis of Nanoscale Molecular Self-Assemblies on Functionalized Surfaces
P.N. Balaguru	Materials and Structures: Recent Research and Innovations
Vicki B. Booker	NSF, Cyberinfrastructure, & You – The Vision of a New Revolution in Research & Education
Lavinia Borges	Limit states in advanced materials and its relation to micromechanics
Ken Chong	NANO Science and Engineering in Mechanics
Steven L. Crouch	Computational Modeling of Composite and Functionally Graded Materials
A.L.G.A. Coutinho	Recent Developments in Computational Engineering Methods and Tools
Horacio Espinosa	Science and Technology of Ultrananocrystalline Diamond Films for Multifunctional MEMS / NEMS Devices
Jacob Fish	Multiscale Multiphysics Computational Solid Mechanics
Nasr Ghoniem	Mechanics of Materials at the Nano and Micro Scales
Alan Needleman	Computational Issues in Mesoscale Solid Mechanics
Jorn Larsen-Basse	The Integrated Tribological Surface – Cross-Disciplinary Research Challenges
Alexandre Madureira	A Finite Element Method of Multiscale Type: Basic Ideas and Applications
Edgar N. Mamiya	Fatigue endurance under multiaxial loadings
Radha Nandkumar	A Glimpse of NCSA's Role in Support of Science
Eduardo Souza Neto	Topics on Modeling and Finite Element Prediction of Ductile Fracturing in Inelastic Solids
Monica Olvera	Electrostatic Interactions in Mixtures of Cationic and Anionic Biomolecules: Bulk Structures and Induced Surface Pattern Formation
Djenane C. Pamplona	The Use of Finite Elements in Surgical Procedures
Glaucio H. Paulino	A multiscale-based micromechanics model for functionally graded materials
Juan Pestana	Advances in Geo-Environmental Engineering
J.N. Reddy	Mechanical and Thermal Buckling of Functionally Graded Ceramic-Metal Plates Mechanics of Carbon Nanotube based Composites with Molecular Dynamics and Mori-Tanaka Methods
Deane de Mesquita Roehl	Numerical Analysis of Blast Induced Fracturing in Rock Masses
Rubens Sampaio	On the Karhunen-Love basis for continuous systems
Emilio Silva	Homogenization Method Applied to the Development of Composite Materials
Gloria de Almeida Soares	Metallurgical and Materials Engineering of COPPE/UFRJ: from 1967 to Biomaterials
Wolé Soboyejo	New Frontier in Biomedical Systems: From Bioinspired Design to BioMEMS Structures and Nanotechnology
Nicholas Zabaras	A Multilength Scale Approach to Materials Using Stochastic and Computational Statistics Techniques

Student Posters

Pedro C. Andia	On Local and Global Mechanical Properties of Particle Systems
Eric N. Brown	Fracture and Fatigue of a Self-Healing Polymer Composite
Dan S. Gianola	Microsample Tensile Testing of Nanocrystalline Aluminum Thin Films
J.W. Garvin	Modeling particle-solidification front interactions
Keun-Ho Kim	Advanced Tool for Dip-Pen Nanolithography - Nano-Fountain Pen
Bei Peng	Ultrananocrystallinde Diamond Thin Films – Mechanical Properties and NEMS Applications
Zhengyu Zhang	Cohesive Zone Modeling of Dynamic Failure in Functionally Graded Materials