Abstracts
The Society of Engineering Science is now accepting Abstracts for the 56th Annual Meeting, to be held on October 13-15, 2019, on the campus of Washington University in St. Louis.
Conference Highlights
- The Second U.S. National Symposium on Mechanobiology, sponsored in part by the NSF Science and Technology Center for Engineering Mechanobiology (CEMB). Watch for updates about a call for abstracts.
- A symposium on fracture and fatigue in memory of Washington University Professor Paul C. Paris
- NSF MOMS at SES: Featuring an NSF MOMS Poster Session – research funded by NSF Mechanics of Materials and Structures–and information sessions with NSF MOMS program officers.
- Late-Breaking Research Poster Track: Submit your latest project by September 3rd and present a poster at SES!
Professor Paul C. Paris
Paul C. Paris, longtime professor of mechanical engineering at Washington University in St. Louis, died Jan. 15, 2017, of natural causes at age 86. He was known for many things, but one of the most remarkable is the equation he developed relating repeated mechanical loads to crack growth.
Known as Paris’ law, the equation predicts how fast a structural crack will grow in response to repeated cycles of stress, thus providing a reliable, theory-driven estimate of a machine part’s life.
His paper on the equation was published in 1961, but only after it was first rejected by three of the leading journals in the fracture mechanics field. Paris’ law now is routinely used to design parts that vibrate, such as in commercial and military aircraft and ground vehicles.
His work created the basis for new analytical methods to address fatigue crack problems, which are still widely used to assess safety problems in an array of devices and structures where cracks pose a significant safety or economic concern.
His insights on fracture mechanics continue to set the standard in engineering education worldwide.
Tracks & Symposia
- 1.1 Prager Medal Symposium, Honoring Horacio Espinosa, Northwestern University
Co-Chairs: J. Achenbach, Northwestern University; S. Keten, Northwestern University - 1.2 Eringen Medal Symposium, Honoring Evelyn Hu, Harvard University
Co-Chairs: Y. Huang, Northwestern University; H. Gao, Brown University - 1.3 G. I. Taylor Medal Symposium, Honoring Arif Masud, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign: Variational Multiscale Methods in Mechanics
Co-Chairs: T. JR Hughes, University of Texas at Austin; J. Yan, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - 1.4 SES James Rice Medal Lecture: Pradeep Sharma INVITATION ONLY
Chair: G.M. Genin, Washington University in St. Louis - 1.5 SES Young Investigator Medal: Jia-Liang Le, University of Minnesota INVITATION ONLY
Chair: G.M. Genin, Washington University in St. Louis - 1.6 SES Fellow Lectures: Somnath Ghosh, Johns Hopkins University and Arash Yavari, Georgia Institute of Technology INVITATION ONLY
Chair: G.M. Genin, Washington University in St. Louis
- 2.1 Fatigue and fracture, a symposium in memory of Paul C. Paris
Chair: N. Lapusta, California Institute of Technology
- 3.1 Advanced biomaterials for nerve engineering and repair
Chairs: M. Berezin, Washington University in St. Louis; M. Wood, Washington University in St. Louis - 3.2 Biomaterial-based in-vitro disease models in drug and toxicology screening applications
Chairs: S. Zustiak, Saint Louis University - 3.3 Engineering plant biology to address global challenges
Chairs: E. Sparks, University of Delaware; E. Haswell, Washington University in St. Louis - 3.4 Engineering tools to model altered soft tissue mechanics
Chairs: G. Meyer, Washington University in St. Louis
- 3.5 Imaging and image analysis for mechanics
Chairs: Y. Feng, Shanghai Jiao Tong University; S. Ji, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; C. Johnson, University of Delaware; A. Knutsen, Henry M. Jackson Foundation; G. Xu, University of Central Oklahoma - 3.6 Mechanics of growth, morphogenesis and evolution of biological solids
Chairs: F. Vernerey, University of Colorado – Boulder; A. Kosmrlj, Princeton University; C. Neu, University of Colorado – Boulder; Orit Peleg, University of Colorado – Boulder; Zi Chen, Dartmouth - 3.7 Mechanics of the brain
Chairs: S. Ji, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Y. Feng, Shanghai Jiao Tong University - 3.8 Mechanobiology of chronic disease
Chairs: A. Doyle, University of California Santa Barbara - 3.9 Multiscale modeling of molecular, cellular, tissue, and organ mechanics
Chairs: M. Sacks, University of Texas at Austin; A. Sarvestani, Mercer University; Y. Li, University of Connecticut
Other Co-Organizers:G. Lykotrafitis, University of Connecticut; Z. Peng, University of Notre Dame; R. Avaz, University of Texas at Austin; E. Lejuene, University of Texas at Austin - 3.10 Plant biomechanics
Chairs: D. Cook, Brigham Young University - 3.11 Vascular biomechanics in development and disease
Chairs: C. Goergen, Purdue University; J. Humphrey, Yale University; V. Rayz, Purdue University; J. Wagenseil, Washington University in St. Louis - 3.12 Theory and Applications (Engineering in Life Sciences)
Chairs: G.Genin, Washington University in St. Louis; S. Keten, Northwestern University; S. Lake, Washington University in St. Louis
- 4.1 Biological and bio-inspired fluid mechanics
Chairs: H. Fu, University of Utah; A. Ardekani, Purdue University; H. Masoud, Michigan Technological University - 4.2 Flow and transport in porous media
Chairs: J. Fan, City College of New York; D. Wen, Missouri University of Science and Technology - 4.3 Theory and Applications (Fluid Mechanics and Transport Phenomena)
Chairs: G.Genin, Washington University in St. Louis; S. Keten, Northwestern University; S. Lake, Washington University in St. Louis
- 5.1 Damage localization, fracture and size-effect in composites
Chairs: G. Cusatis, Northwestern University; M. Salviato, University of Washington - 5.2 Deformation, strength, and resilience of structures
Chair: A. Paris, University of Alaska - 5.3 Machine learning in mechanics and materials
Chairs: Z. Qin, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; M. Buehler, Massachusetts Institute of Technology - 5.4 Non-classical and non-local continuum mechanics and constitutive theories
Chairs: K. Surana, University of Kansas; J.N. Reddy, Texas A&M University; A. Srinivasa, Texas A&M University; A. Joy, University of Maine; D. Roy, Indian Institute of Science - 5.5 Theory and Applications (Frontiers in Engineering Science)
Chairs: G.Genin, Washington University in St. Louis; S. Keten, Northwestern University; S. Lake, Washington University in St. Louis
- 6.1 Multiscale and multiphysics computations in geomechanics
Chairs: K. Bennett, Los Alamos National Laboratory; H. Viswanathan, Los Alamos National Laboratory; J. Morris, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory; E. Rougier, Los Alamos National Laboratory - 6.2 Multi-scale mechanics of granular media
Chairs: D. Henann, Brown University; A. Misra, University of Kansas; K. Kamrin, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; R. Parthasarathy, Tennessee State University; P. Poorsolhjouy, Purdue University and Graz University of Technology - 6.3 Theory and Applications (Granular Materials and Geomechanics)
Chairs: G.Genin, Washington University in St. Louis; S. Keten, Northwestern University; S. Lake, Washington University in St. Louis
- 7.1 Self-healing structural materials
Chair: N. Rahbar, Worcester Polytechnic Institute - 7.2 Functional soft composites – Design, mechanics, and manufacturing
Chairs: R. Zhao, The Ohio State University; T. Zhang, Syracuse University; N. Bouklas, Cornell University; L. Wang, Stony Brook University; A. Sutradhar, The Ohio State University - 7.3 Mechanics and physics of soft materials
Chairs: S. Rudykh, University of Wisconsin-Madison; S. Cai, University of California, San Diego; N. Cohen, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology; S. Chester, New Jersey Institute of Technology; M. Silberstein, Cornell University
Other Co-Organizers: S.H. Kang, John Hopkins University; Q. Wang, University of Southern California; Y. Hu, Georgia Institute of Technology; O. Lopez-Pamies, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; X. Zhao, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; L. Jin, University of California Los Angeles; C. Linder, Stanford University; M. Koslowski, Purdue University; J. El-Awady, Johns Hopkins University; R.M. McMeeking, University of California Santa Barbara
- 7.4 Mechanics of electrochemically active materials
Chairs: C. Di Leo, Georgia Institute of Technology; M. Pharr, Texas A&M; X. Shuman, Georgia Institute of Technology; S. Nadimpalli, New Jersey Institute of Technology; K. Zhao, Purdue University - 7.5 Mechanics of fiber networks and fibrous biological systems
Chairs: C. Picu, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; D. Das, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; I. Chasiotis, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - 7.6 Mechanics of interfacial adhesion across diverse scales and applications
Chairs: A. Bastawros, Iowa State University; D. Yavas, Iowa State University; Chenglin Wu, Missouri University of Science and Technology - 7.7 Mechanics of multifunctional materials for sensing, actuation, adaptation, and remodeling
Chairs: C. Lamuta, University of Iowa; S. Tawfick, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - 7.8 Multiscale and multiphysics modeling of dissipative materials
Chairs: M. Shakiba, Virginia Tech; T. Sain, Michigan Technological University - 7.9 Multiscale mechanics of porous and nanostructured materials
Chairs: M.J. Abdolhosseini Qomi, University of California-Irvine; W. Xia, North Dakota State University; X. Wang, University of Georgia, L. Ruiz Pestana, University of Miami; A. Tarakanova, University of Connecticut; Q. Wang, University of Southern California - 7.10 Physical and mechanical properties of metallic glasses
Chairs: Y. Fan, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor; K. Flores, Washington University in St. Louis; K. Kelton, Washington University in St. Louis - 7.11 Regularized models of fracture for hard and soft solids
Chairs: B. Bourdin, Louisiana State University; O. Lopez-Pamies, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign - 7.12 Advances in micromechanics of materials
Chairs: I. Sevostianov, New Mexico State University; A. Cherkaev, University of Utah - 7.13 Theory and Applications (Mechanics and Physics of Materials)
Chairs: G.Genin, Washington University in St. Louis; S. Keten, Northwestern University; S. Lake, Washington University in St. Louis
- 8.2 Mechanics of deformable atomically-thin materials
Chairs: S.W. Nam, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; B. Xu, University of Virginia; Dibakar Datta, New Jersey Institute of Technology; S. Ghosh, Michigan Technological University - 8.3 Mechanics of nanomaterials and nanocomposites
Chairs: W. Gu, Stanford University; X. Li, Tsinghua University; Z. Hossain, University of Delaware - 8.4 Theory and simulation of nanomaterials
Chairs: P. Suryanarayana, Georgia Institute of Technology; A. Banerjee, University of California, Los Angeles; S. Ghosh, California Institute of Technology - 8.5 Theory and Applications (Nanomechanics)
Chairs: G.Genin, Washington University in St. Louis; S. Keten, Northwestern University; S. Lake, Washington University in St. Louis
- 9.1 3D/4D printed functional materials and structures
Chairs: K. Yu, University of Colorado Denver; L.G. Zhang, The George Washington University; S.H. Kang, Johns Hopkins University; H. Lee, Rutgers University; J.R. Raney, University of Pennsylvania; Q. Wang, University of Southern California - 9.2 Mechanical metamaterials
Chairs: J.T.B. Overvelde, AMOLF; S.H. Kang, Johns Hopkins University; L. Meza, University of Washington - 9.3 Non-linear response of highly deformable structures
Chairs: H. Cheng, Pennsylvania State University; Z. Chen, Dartmouth University; T. Zhang, Syracuse University; W. Shan, University of Nevada-Reno - 9.4 Controlling mechanical waves with metamaterials
Chairs: R. Thevamaran, University of Wisconsin-Madison; K. Matlack, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; D. Kochmann, ETH Zurich - 9.5 Robotic materials: Leveraging mechanics and soft materials to achieve unprecedented capabilities
Chairs: M. Chiaramonte, Facebook Reality Labs; Y. Mengüç, Facebook Reality Labs; C. Daraio, California Institute of Technology; K. Bertoldi, Harvard University; T. Liu, Facebook Reality Labs - 9.6 Theory and Applications (Structural Mechanics, Metamaterials & Manufacturing
Chairs: G.Genin, Washington University in St. Louis; S. Keten, Northwestern University; S. Lake, Washington University in St. Louis
Do you have late-breaking research to share with SES 2019? Choose a symposium from above to be included in that symposium’s poster session. Submit submit via the “Late-Breaking Posters Track.” Poster abstracts are due September 3rd.
For NSF-MOMS-supported PIs only. MOMS PIs are asked to submit poster abstracts to the CMMI-MOMS Track using the Abstract Submission Instructions. Deadline September 03, 2019.
2nd Annual Mechanobiology Symposium and Pre-Conference
Stay tuned to the Symposium webpage for information about the abstract submission window and registration.
NSF MOMS at SES
The NSF grantees’ meeting hosted by the Mechanics of Materials and Structures (MOMS) Program is at SES 2019! Learn more.
Late-Breaking Research Posters Track
Do you have late-breaking research to share with SES 2019? Choose a symposium from above to be included in that symposium’s poster session.
Symposia Submission
We have welcomed proposals for individual sessions and for multi-session symposia. Each session can have five 20-minute talks, or one 40-minute keynote and three additional 20-minute talks.