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When: October 12-15, 2008
Where: the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

The 2008 Meeting will be hosted by the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, a world leader in research, teaching and public service. The university is distinguished by the breadth of its programs, academic excellence and internationally renowned faculty. Its College of Engineering, ranked 5th in the nation, is home to 12 outstanding departments, including Aerospace Engineering, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Materials Science and Engineering, Mechanical Science and Engineering (MechSE), and Physics. A proud sponsor of SES 2008, MechSE offers strong research and education programs in both mechanical engineering and theoretical and applied mechanics, and is home to two NSF-funded research centers.

About SES

The Society of Engineering Science fosters and promotes the exchange of ideas and information among the various disciplines of engineering and the fields of physics, chemistry, mathematics, bioengineering and related scientific and engineering fields. The organization is comprised of scientists, engineers and mathematicians from around the world who recognize that solutions to critical modern problems transcend traditional disciplinary boundaries. SES Conferences are recognized as leading forums for bringing together diverse, interdisciplinary groups of researchers to discuss advances in highly focused symposia.

Local Organizing Committee

Technical Program Committee

  • Rafal Ablamowicz
    Tennessee Technological University
  • Aleksei Aksimentiev
    Department of Physics, UIUC
  • Rashid K. Abu Al-Rub
    Texas A&M University
  • Narayan Aluru
    Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering, UIUC
  • Paulo E. Arratia
    University of Pennsylvania
  • Debjyoti Banerjee
    Texas A&M University
  • Cemal Basaran
    The State University of New York at Buffalo
  • Zdenek P. Bazant
    Northwestern University
  • Leonid Berlyand
    Pennsylvania State University
  • Rohit Bhargava
    Department of Bioengineering, UIUC
  • Kaushik Bhattacharya
    California Institute of Technology
  • Daniel J. Bodony
    Department of Aerospace Engineering, UIUC
  • Eric N. Brown
    Los Alamos National Laboratory
  • Ioannis Chasiotis
    Department of Aerospace Engineering, UIUC
  • Samantha Daly
    University of Michigan
  • Harry Dankowicz
    Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering, UIUC
  • Kaushik Dayal
    Carnegie Mellon University
  • Luis Dorfmann
    Tufts University
  • Vikram Gavini
    University of Michigan
  • John Georgiadis
    Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering, UIUC
  • Philippe H. Geubelle
    Department of Aerospace Engineering, UIUC
  • Ashok Kumar Ghosh
    New Mexico Tech
  • Guillermo H. Goldsztein
    Georgia Institute of Technology
  • Yuliya Gorb
    Texas A&M University
  • Tarun Goswami
    Wright State University
  • Julia Greer
    California Institute of Technology
  • Brendan Harley
    Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, UIUC
  • K. Jimmy Hsia
    Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering, UIUC
  • Liz Hsiao-Wecksler
    Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering, UIUC
  • Michael Insana
    Bioengineering Department, UIUC
  • Iwona Jasiuk
    University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  • Harley T. Johnson
    Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering, UIUC
  • Amy Wagoner Johnson
    Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering, UIUC
  • Harley Johnson
    University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  • Ibrahim Karaman
    Texas A&M University
  • Douglas Kiserow
    Army Research Office
  • Dimitris C. Lagoudas
    Texas A&M University
  • John Lambros
    Department of Aerospace Engineering, UIUC
  • B. L. Lee
    Air Force Office of Scientific Research
  • Robert Lipton
    Lousiana State University
  • Jane Liu
    Tennessee Technological University
  • Spandan Maiti
    Michigan Technological University
  • Moshe Matalon
    Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering, UIUC
  • Jose Merodio
    Polytechnic University of Madrid
  • Orhun K Muratoglu
    Massachusetts General Hospital
  • Vitali F. Nesterenko
    University of California, San Diego
  • Thao D. Nguyen
    Johns Hopkins University
  • Ray W. Ogden
    University of Glasgow
  • Martin Ostoja-Starzewski
    Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering, UIUC
  • H. Jerry Qi
    University of Colorado
  • Jaret C. Riddick
    U. S. Army Research Laboratory
  • Taher Saif
    Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering, UIUC
  • Srinivasa M Salapaka
    Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering, UIUC
  • Huseyin Sehitoglu
    Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering, UIUC
  • A.P.S. Selvadurai
    McGill University
  • Mark Shannon
    Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering, UIUC
  • Pradeep Sharma
    University of Houston
  • Thomas Siegmund
    Purdue University
  • Nancy Sottos
    Department of Materials Science and EngineeringUIUC
  • Ilinca Stanciulescu
    Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, UIUC
  • David M. Stepp
    Army Research Office
  • D. Scott Stewart
    Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering, UIUC
  • Alexander Vakakis
    National Technical University of Athens
  • George Z. Voyiadjis
    Louisiana State University
  • Jay R. Walton
    Texas A&M University
  • Ning Wang
    Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering, UIUC
  • Scott White
    Department of Aerospace Engineering, UIUC