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EUROMECH Colloquium 442 on Computer-Aided Optimization of Mechanical Systems
Organization: EUROMECH
Location: University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Institute of Applied Mechanics, Egerlandstr. 5, D-91058 Erlangen , Germany
Event dates: February 23 - February 27, 2003
Symposium Chairman: Prof. Peter Eberhard
Symposium Co-Chairman: Prof. Dieter Bestle
Contact: Prof. Peter Eberhard, eberhard@mechb.uni-stuttgart.de

EUROMECH Colloquium 445 on Mechanics of Material Forces
Organization: EUROMECH
Location: University of Kaiserslautern, P.O. Box 3049, D-67653 Kaiserslautern, Germany
Event dates: March 21 - March 24, 2003
Symposium Chairman: Prof. P Steinmann
Symposium Co-Chairman: Prof. G.A. Maugin
Contact: Prof. P. Steinmann, ps@rhrk.uni-kl.de

CISM Course on Solid-Liquid Separation Systems: Mathematical Modelling and Engineering Applications
Organization: CISM - International Centre for Mechanical Sciences
Location: Palazzo del Torso, Piazza Garibaldi 18, 33100 Udine, Italy
Info: The Course has been Cancelled.
Event dates: April 07 - April 11, 2003
Symposium Chairman: Course coordinators: R. Bürger and W.L. Wendland
Contact: cism@cism.it

COMPLAS 2003 VII International Conference on Computational Plasticity
Organization: CIMNE
Location: Barcelona, Spain
Event dates: April 07 - April 10, 2003
Symposium Chairman: Eugenio Oñate
Contact: Eugenio Oñate, complas@cimne.upc.es

IUTAM Symposium on Mechanics of Physicochemical and Electromechanical Interactions in Porous Media
Organization: IUTAM - International Union of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics
Location: Eindhoven, Netherlands
Event dates: May 18 - May 23, 2003
Symposium Chairman: Dr. J.M. (Jacques) Huyghe
Symposium Co-Chairman: Prof. S.C. (Stephen) Cowin
IUTAM Representative on Scientific Committee: Prof. D.H. (Dick) van Campen

Fifth World Congress on Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization
Organization: International Society of Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization
Location: Lido di Jesolo - Venice, Italy
Event dates: May 19 - May 23, 2003
Symposium Chairman: Professor Carlo Cinquini
Contact: Professor Paolo Venini, Secretary, wcsmo5@unipv.it , Dept. of Structural Mechanics, Via Ferrata 1, I-27100 Pavia, Italy
Abstracts due: January 15, 2003

9th International Conference on the Mechanical Behaviour of Materials
Organization: ICM - International Congress on Mechanical Behaviour of Materials
Location: Geneva, Switzerland
Event dates: May 25 - May 29, 2003
Symposium Chairman: Prof. S.R. Bodner
Symposium Co-Chairman: D. Rittel and D. Sherman
Contact: icm9@kenes.com
Abstracts due: October 31, 2002

CISM Course on Moving Discontinuities in Crystalline Solids
Organization: CISM - International Centre for Mechanical Sciences
Location: Palazzo del Torso, Piazza Garibaldi 18, 33100 Udine, Italy
Event dates: May 26 - May 30, 2003
Symposium Chairman: Course coordinators: F.D. Fischer and M. Berveiller
Contact: cism@cism.it

IUTAM Symposium on Integrated Modeling of Fully Coupled Fluid-Structure Interactions
Organization: IUTAM - International Union of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics
Location: Rutgers, New Jersey, USA
Event dates: June 02 - June 06, 2003
Symposium Chairman: Prof. (Haym) Benaroya
IUTAM Representative on Scientific Committee: Prof. H.K. (Keith) Moffatt

5th International Congress on Thermal Stresses and Related Topics
Organization: ICTS - International Congresses on Thermal Stresses
Location: Blacksburg, Virginia, USA
Event dates: June 08 - June 11, 2003
Symposium Chairman: Prof. L. Librescu and Prof. R.B. Hetnarski
Contact: Dr. Piergiovanni Marzocca, piermz@vt.edu
Abstracts due: November 01, 2002

IUTAM Symposium on Chaotic Dynamics and Control of Systems and Processes in Mechanics
Organization: IUTAM - International Union of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics
Location: Rome, Italy
Event dates: June 08 - June 13, 2003
Symposium Chairman: Prof. G. (Giuseppe) Rega
IUTAM Representative on Scientific Committee: Prof. D.H. (Dick) van Campen

CISM Course on Effect of Heat on Concrete
Organization: CISM - International Centre for Mechanical Sciences
Location: Palazzo del Torso, Piazza Garibaldi 18, 33100 Udine, Italy
Event dates: June 09 - June 13, 2003
Symposium Chairman: Course coordinators: G. Khoury and C. Majora
Contact: cism@cism.it

EUROMECH Colloquium 443 on High Rayleigh Number Thermal Convection
Organization: EUROMECH
Location: Lorentz Center, Leiden, Netherlands
Event dates: June 10 - June 18, 2003
Symposium Chairman: Prof. D. Lohse
Symposium Co-Chairman: Prof. F. Busse
Contact: Prof. D. Lohse, lohse@tn.utwente.nl , P.O. Box 513, 7500 AE Enschede, Netherlands

CISM Course on Degradations and Instabilities in Geomaterials
Organization: CISM - International Centre for Mechanical Sciences
Location: Palazzo del Torso, Piazza Garibaldi 18, 33100 Udine, Italy
Event dates: June 16 - June 20, 2003
Symposium Chairman: Course coordinators: F. Darve and I. Vardoulakis
Contact: cism@cism.it , Palazzo del Torso - Piazza Garibaldi 18, 33100 Udine, Italy

EUROMECH Colloquium 447 on Interaction Phenomena in Turbulent Gas-Particle Flows
Organization: EUROMECH
Location: Tallinn Technical University, Estonian Energy Research Institute, 10137 Tallinn, Estonia
Event dates: June 18 - June 20, 2003
Symposium Chairman: Prof. Martin Sommerfeld
Symposium Co-Chairman: Dr. Ph. Rudi
Contact: Prof. Martin Sommerfeld, martin.sommerfeld@iw.uni-halle.de

ICF - Interquadrennial Conference on Scale Interaction in Fracture
Organization: ICF - International Congress on Fracture
Location: Moscow, Russia
Event dates: June 23 - June 26, 2003
Symposium Chairman: Prof. R.V. Goldstein
Symposium Co-Chairman: Prof. N.F. Morozov, Prof. R.O. Ritchie
Contact: Prof. R.V. Goldstein, goldst@ipmnet.ru

CISM Course on Chemo-mechanical Couplings in Porous Media - Geomechanics and Biomechanics
Organization: CISM - International Centre for Mechanical Sciences
Location: Palazzo del Torso, Piazza Garibaldi 18, 33100 Udine, Italy
Event dates: June 23 - June 27, 2003
Symposium Chairman: Course coordinators: B. Loret and J.M. Huyghe
Contact: cism@cism.it

CISM Course on Fluid Mechanics of Surfactant and Polymer Solutions
Organization: CISM - International Centre for Mechanical Sciences
Location: Palazzo del Torso, Piazza Garibaldi 18, 33100 Udine, Italy
Event dates: June 30 - June 04, 2003
Symposium Chairman: Course coordinators: V. Starov and I. Ivanov
Contact: cism@cism.it

IUTAM Symposium on Mesoscopic Dynamics of Fracture Process and Materials Strength
Organization: IUTAM - International Union of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics
Location: Osaka, Japan
Event dates: July 06 - July 11, 2003
Symposium Chairman: Prof. H. (Hiroshi) Kitagawa
Symposium Co-Chairman: Prof. Y. (Yoji) Shibutani
IUTAM Representative on Scientific Committee: Prof. L.B. (Ben) Freund

IUTAM-CISM Summer School on Mechanics of Microstructured Materials
Organization: IUTAM - International Union of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics
Location: Udine, Italy
Info: School coordinator: H.J. Böhm
Event dates: July 07 - July 11, 2003
Contact: cism@cism.it , Palazzo del Torso - Piazza Garibaldi 18, 33100 Udine, Italy

CISM Course on Bone Cell and Tissue Mechanics
Organization: CISM - International Centre for Mechanical Sciences
Location: Palazzo del Torso, Piazza Garibaldi 18, 33100 Udine, Italy
Event dates: July 14 - July 18, 2003
Symposium Chairman: Course coordinator: S.C. Cowin
Contact: cism@cism.it

CISM Course on Mechanics of Solid Polymers: the Kinetics of Irreversible Processes
Organization: CISM - International Centre for Mechanical Sciences
Location: Palazzo del Torso, Piazza Garibaldi 18, 33100 Udine, Italy
Event dates: July 21 - July 25, 2003
Symposium Chairman: Course coordinators: A. Dorfmann and A.D. Drozdov
Contact: cism@cism.it

USNCCM VII 7th U.S.National Congress on Computational Mechanics
Organization: U. S. Association of Computational Mechanics
Location: Alburquerque, New Mexico, USA
Event dates: July 27 - July 31, 2003
Symposium Chairman: Mark Christon
Symposium Co-Chairman: Robert Haber
Contact: Mark Christon, machris@sandia.gov

2nd Symposium on Transient Convective Heat and Mass Transfer in Single and Two-phase Flows
Organization: ICHMT - International Centre for Heat and Mass Transfer
Location: Golden Dolphin Resort Hotel Cesme, Izmir, Turkey
Info: The goal of ICHMT's second "Transient Convective Heat and Mass Transfer in Single and Two-Phase Flows" symposium is to gather and enlarge the present studies concerning convective heat and mass transfer with time-dependent boundary conditions (thermal and/or dynamical, moving boundaries): fundamentals, experimental and numerical techniques, industrial applications.
Event dates: August 17 - August 22, 2003
Symposium Chairman: Prof. Jacques Padet
Contact: Prof. Faruk Arinc, arinc@ichmt.org , Mech.Eng. Dept. METU, Ankara, Turkey
Abstracts due: December 01, 2002

5th EUROMECH Solid Mechanics Conference
Organization: EUROMECH - European Mechanics Society
Location: Thessaloniky, Greece
Event dates: August 17 - August 22, 2003
Contact: Prof. E.C. Aifantis, esmc2003@mom.gen.auth.gr , Lab. of Mechanics of Materials, Polytechnic School, Box 468, GR 54124, Thessaloniki, Greece
Abstracts due: November 30, 2002

7th Meeting on Current Ideas in Mechanics and Related Fields (CIMRF)
Organization: ISIMM - International Society for the Interaction of Mechanics and Mathematics
Location: Portland, Oregon, USA
Event dates: August 18 - August 21, 2003
Contact: Marek Elzanowski and Serge Preston, marek@mth.pdx.edu
Abstracts due: June 30, 2003

International Conference Physcon and Control (PhysCon 2003)
Organization: Co-sponsored event IUTAM
Location: St. Petersburg, Russia
Event dates: August 20 - August 22, 2003
Symposium Chairman: Prof. A.L. Fradkov
Contact: Prof. A.L. Fradkov, alf@ipme.ru or info@physcon.ru , Lab Control of Complex Systems, Institute for Problems of Mechanical Engineering, Russian Academy of Sciences, 61 Bolshoy, V.O., 199178 St. Petersburg

5th EUROMECH Fluid Mechanics Conference
Organization: EUROMECH - European Mechanics Society
Location: Toulouse, France
Event dates: August 24 - August 28, 2003
Contact: Dr. J. Magnaudet, efmc2003@imft.fr , Institut de Micanique des Fluides de Toulouse, 2 allie C. Soula, 31400 Toulouse, France
Abstracts due: December 10, 2002

CISM Course on Microfluidics: History, Theory and Applications
Organization: CISM - International Centre for Mechanical Sciences
Location: Palazzo del Torso, Piazza Garibaldi 18, 33100 Udine, Italy
Event dates: September 01 - September 05, 2003
Symposium Chairman: Course coordinator: W.B.J. Zimmerman
Contact: cism@cism.it

CISM Course on Walking: Biological and Technological Aspects
Organization: CISM - International Centre for Mechanical Sciences
Location: Palazzo del Torso, Piazza Garibaldi 18, 33100 Udine, Italy
Event dates: September 08 - September 12, 2003
Symposium Chairman: Course coordinators: F. Pfeiffer and T. Zielinska
Contact: cism@cism.it

CISM Course on Dynamical Systems, Wave Based Computation and Neuro-inspired Robots
Organization: CISM - International Centre for Mechanical Sciences
Location: Palazzo del Torso, Piazza Garibaldi 18, 33100 Udine, Italy
Event dates: September 22 - September 26, 2003
Symposium Chairman: Course coordinator: P. Arena
Contact: cism@cism.it

CISM Course on Parameter Identification of Materials and Structures
Organization: CISM - International Centre for Mechanical Sciences
Location: Palazzo del Torso, Piazza Garibaldi 18, 33100 Udine, Italy
Event dates: October 06 - October 10, 2003
Symposium Chairman: Course coordinators: Z. Mroz and G.E. Stavroulakis
Contact: cism@cism.it

4th Symposium on Turbulence, Heat and Mass Transfer
Organization: ICHMT - International Centre for Heat and Mass Transfer
Location: Antalya Dedeman Hotel, Turkey
Info: The 4th Symposium on Turbulence, Heat and Mass Transfer, organized by ICHMT, the International Centre for Heat and Mass Transfer, will again provide an opportunity for scientists and engineers to present recent advances and to discuss current problems, future needs and prospects in the area of heat and mass transfer associated with turbulence. This is the fourth triennial symposium, after Lisbon, Portugal (1994), Delft, The Netherlands (1997) and Nagoya, Japan (2000). Major topics and new trends will be introduced through several keynote lectures that will be presented by internationally recognized experts.
Event dates: October 12 - October 17, 2003
Symposium Chairman: Prof. Kemal Hanjalic
Symposium Co-Chairman: Prof. Yasuo Nagano
Contact: Prof. Faruk Arinc, arinc@ichmt.org , Mech.Eng. Dept. METU, Ankara, Turkey
Abstracts due: January 15, 2003

CISM Course on Phenomenological and Mathematical Modelling in Structural Instabilities
Organization: CISM - International Centre for Mechanical Sciences
Location: Palazzo del Torso, Piazza Garibaldi 18, 33100 Udine, Italy
Event dates: October 20 - October 24, 2003
Symposium Chairman: Course coordinators: M. Pignataro and V. Gioncu
Contact: cism@cism.it

EUROMECH Colloquium 451 on Sea Wave Bottom Boundary Layer
Organization: EUROMECH
Location: Taormina, Sicily, Italy
Event dates: October 26 - October 29, 2003
Symposium Chairman: Prof. Enrico Foti
Symposium Co-Chairman: Prof. Jorgen Fredsoe
Contact: Prof. Enrico Foti, efoti@dica.unict.it

EUROMECH Colloquium 453 on Internal Stresses in Polymer Composite Processing and Service Life
Organization: EUROMECH
Location: Ecole des Mines de Saint-Etienne, 158 cours Fauriel, 42023 Saint-Etienne Cedex 2, France
Event dates: December 01 - December 03, 2003
Symposium Chairman: Prof. Alain Vautrin
Symposium Co-Chairman: Prof. Luigi Nicolais
Contact: vautrin@emse.fr

Sixth Caribbean Conference on Fluid Dynamics
Organization: CACOFD - Caribbean Congress of Fluid Dynamics
Location: Tobago, West Indies
Info: Topics to be covered include, but are not limited to: Flow through Porous Media, Computational Fluid Mechanics, Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics, Bio-Fluid Mechanics, Thermal Instability and Heat Transfer, Water Resources and Coastal Processes.
Invited Speakers: Among these are:Sir H.K Moffat(UK), Prof. S.H. Davis (U.S.A.).
Event dates: January 21 - January 23, 2004
Contact: Prof. Harold Ramkissoon, ramfly@trinidad.net
Abstracts due: August 30, 2003

EUROMECH Colloquium 452 on Advances in Simulation Techniques for Applied Dynamics
Organization: EUROMECH
Location: Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, Department of Mathematics and Computer Science Institute of Numerical Mathematics Theodor-Lieser-Str. 5 D-06120 Halle (Saale) , Germany
Event dates: March 01 - May 04, 2004
Symposium Chairman: Professor M. Arnold
Symposium Co-Chairman: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dr. h.c. W. Schiehlen
Contact: arnold@mathematik.uni-halle.de

18th International Congress on Acoustics
Organization: ICA - International Commission for Acoustics
Location: Kyoto, Japan
Event dates: April 04 - April 09, 2004
Contact: secretariat@ica2004.or.jp , 18th ICA Secretariat, Dpt of Environmental Psychology, Graduate School of Human Sciences, Osaka University, 565-0871 Japan
Abstracts due: September 15, 2003

EUROMECH Colloquium 454 on Large Eddy Simulation (LES), Coherent Vortex Simulation (CVS) and Vortex methods for incompressible turbulent flows
Organization: EUROMECH
Location: L3M & CMI, Universite de Provence (Aix-Marseille I) 39, rue Joliot-Curie, 13453 Marseille Cedex 13, France
Event dates: April 12 - March 16, 2004
Symposium Chairman: Prof. Kai Schneider
Symposium Co-Chairman: Prof. Marie Farge, LMD-CNRS Prof. Joel Ferziger, Stanford
Contact: kschneid@cmi.univ-mrs.fr

Symposium on Advances in Computational Heat Transfer
Organization: ICHMT - International Centre for Heat and Mass Transfer
Location: MS Midnatsol, a cruise ship operating between Kirkenes and Bergen, Norway
Info: The goal of the symposium is to provide a forum for the exposure and exchange of ideas, methods and results in computational heat transfer. Papers on all aspects of computational heat transfer - both fundamental and applied - will be welcome. Topics to be covered include, but are not limited to: biological heat transfer; boundary layer flow and heat transfer; combustion; fire modelling; computational methods in CHT; double diffusive convection; internal flow and heat transfer; micro and nanoscale heat transfer; radiative heat transfer; single and multiphase flow and heat transfer; solidification and melting; turbulent heat transfer; turbulence modelling; validation of computational solutions. A panel discussion on Verification and Validation and a mini-symposium on Combustion are being planned, and papers on these topics are invited.
Event dates: April 19 - April 24, 2004
Symposium Chairman: Prof. Graham de Vahl Davis
Symposium Co-Chairman: Prof. Eddie Leonardi
Contact: Prof. Faruk Arinc, arinc@ichmt.org , Mech. Eng. Dept. METU, Ankara, Turkey
Abstracts due: October 30, 2003

The Tenth Asian Congress of Fluid Mechanics
Organization: AFMC
Location: University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka
Event dates: May 17 - May 22, 2004
Symposium Chairman: M.Kiya
Contact: acfmx@pdn.ac.lk

International Association for Boundary Element Methods 2004 Conference
Organization: IABEM
Location: University of Minnesota - Twin Cities, USA
Event dates: May 24 - May 26, 2004
Contact: Steven L. Crouch, crouch@it.umn.edu

CISM Course on Multiscale Modelling of Damage and Fracture Processes in Composite Materials
Organization: CISM - International Centre for Mechanical Sciences
Location: Palazzo del Torso, Piazza Garibaldi 18, 33100 Udine, Italy
Event dates: May 24 - May 27, 2004
Symposium Chairman: Prof. T. Sadowski
Contact: cism@cism.it

IUTAM Symposium on Size Effects on Material and Structural Behavior at Micron- and Nanometer-Scales
Organization: IUTAM - International Union of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics
Location: Hong Kong, China
Event dates: May 30 - June 04, 2004
Symposium Chairman: Prof. P. (Pin) Tong
IUTAM Representative on Scientific Committee: Prof. L.B. (Ben) Freund

EUROMECH Colloquium 455 on Semi-active Vibration Suppression
Organization: EUROMECH
Location: Department of Mechanics, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering Czech Technical University, Karlovo nám. 13, 121 35 Prague 2, Czech Republic
Event dates: June 02 - July 04, 2004
Symposium Chairman: Prof. Michael Valasek
Symposium Co-Chairman: Prof. Andre Preumont
Contact: valasek@fsik.cvut.cz

EUROMECH Colloquium 457 on Non-linear Modes of Vibrating Systems
Organization: EUROMECH
Location: ENTPE, DGCB-LGM 3 rue Maurice Audin 69518 Vaulx-en-Velin, Cedex, France
Event dates: June 04 - June 07, 2004
Symposium Chairman: Prof. Claude-Henri Lamarque
Symposium Co-Chairman: Prof. Bruno Cochelin
Contact: claude.lamarque@entpe.fr

EUROMECH Coloquium 459 on Mechanical Behaviour of Cellular Solids
Organization: EUROMECH
Location: LEMTA-ENSEM 2 Avenue de la Foret de Haye BP 160, 54504 Vandoeuvre les Nancy, Cedex, France
Event dates: June 07 - June 10, 2004
Symposium Chairman: Prof. J.F. Ganghoffer
Symposium Co-Chairman: Dr. P. Onck, Groningen, Neth
Contact: jfgangho@ensem.inpl-nancy.fr

Fourth International Symposium on Radiative Transfer
Organization: ICHMT - International Centre for Heat and Mass Transfer
Location: The Marmara Hotel Istanbul, Turkey
Info: The Fourth International Symposium on Radiative Transfer will be held in Istanbul, the only city in the world that sits astride two continents and connects Europe and Asia. Radiation-IV will be built on the success of three previous meetings held in Kusadasi, in 1995, 1997 and in Antalya Turkey in 2001. As before, the main objective of the Symposium is to bring together the scientists and engineers involved in radiative transfer research and to provide a relaxed atmosphere for in-depth discussion of theory, experiments, and applications of radiation transfer.
Event dates: June 20 - June 25, 2004
Symposium Chairman: Prof. Pinar Menguc
Symposium Co-Chairman: Prof. Nevin Selcuk
Contact: Prof. Faruk Arinc, arinc@ichmt.org , Mech.Eng.Dept., METU, Ankara, Turkey
Abstracts due: December 15, 2003

IUTAM Symposium on Mechanics of Biological Tissue
Organization: IUTAM - International Union of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics
Location: Graz, Austria
Event dates: June 27 - July 02, 2004
Symposium Chairman: Prof. G.A. (Gerhard) Holzapfel
Symposium Co-Chairman: Prof. R.W. (Ray) Ogden
IUTAM Representative on Scientific Committee: Prof. J. (Juri) Engelbrecht

10th European EUROMECH Turbulence Conference
Organization: EUROMECH
Location: The Norwegian University of Science and Technology Trondheim, Norway
Event dates: June 29 - July 02, 2004
Contact: admin@etc10.ntnu.no

Eleventh International Congress on Sound and Vibration (ICSV-11)
Organization: IIAV- International Institute of Acoustics and Vibration
Location: Hotel Pribaltiyskaya Korablestroiteley 14 199226, St. Petersburg, Russia , Russia
Event dates: July 05 - July 08, 2004
Contact: Prof. Nickolay I. Ivanov, icsv11@rol.ru , 1st Krasnoarmeyskaya Str., 190005, St. Petersburg, Russia
Abstracts due: December 31, 2003

CISM Course on Environmental Stratified Flows
Organization: CISM - International Centre for Mechanical Sciences
Location: Palazzo del Torso, Piazza Garibaldi 18, 33100 Udine, Italy
Event dates: July 12 - July 15, 2004
Symposium Chairman: Prof. V. Armenio, Trieste, Italy
Symposium Co-Chairman: Prof. S. Sarkar, Ca, USA
Contact: cism@cism.it

IUTAM Summer School on Biomechanics of Cells and Moleculars
Organization: IUTAM - International Union of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics
Location: Beijing, China
Event dates: July 12 - July 17, 2004
Contact: Prof. Jing Fang, jfang@pku.edu.cn

CISM Course on Applied Micromechanics of Porous Materials
Organization: CISM - International Centre for Mechanical Sciences
Location: Palazzo del Torso, Piazza Garibaldi 18, 33100 Udine, Italy
Event dates: July 19 - July 23, 2004
Symposium Chairman: Prof. L. Dormieux, LMSGC-ENPC, France
Symposium Co-Chairman: Prof. F.-J. Ulm, MIT, USA
Contact: cism@cism.it

IUTAM Symposium on Non-Uniqueness of Solutions to the Navier-Stokes Equations and their Connection with Laminar-Turbulent Transition
Organization: IUTAM - International Union of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics
Location: Manchester, UK
Event dates: August 09 - August 11, 2004
Symposium Chairman: Prof. T. (Tom) Mullin
IUTAM Representative on Scientific Committee: Prof. W. (Werner) Schiehlen

IUTAM Symposium on One Hundred Years of Boundary Layer Research
Organization: IUTAM - International Union of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics
Location: Göttingen, Germany
Event dates: August 12 - August 14, 2004
Symposium Chairman: Prof. G.E.A. (Gerd) Meier
IUTAM Representative on Scientific Committee: Prof. H.K. (Keith) Moffatt

ICTAM 2004 - XXI International Congress of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics
Organization: IUTAM - International Union of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics
Location: Warsaw, Poland
Event dates: August 15 - August 21, 2004
Symposium Chairman: Prof. Witold Gutkowski
Symposium Co-Chairman: Prof. Michael Kleiber and Prof. Wlodzimierz Kurnik
Contact: Prof. Tomasz Kowalewski, ictam04@ippt.gov.pl , Institute of Fundamental Technological Research, Swietokrzyska 21, 00-049 Warszawa, Poland
Abstracts due: January 09, 2004

IUTAM General Assembly meeting
Organization: IUTAM - International Union of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics
Location: Warsaw, Poland
Event dates: August 17 - August 18, 2004
Contact: Prof. D.H. van Campen, D.H.v.Campen@tue.nl , Eindhoven University of Technology, Fac. Mechanical Engineering, P.O.Box 513, 5600 MB Eindhoven, The Netherlands

XIVth International Congress on Rheology
Organization: Korean Society of Rheology
Location: COEX Convention Center, Seoul, Korea, Korea, Republic of
Event dates: August 22 - August 27, 2004
Symposium Chairman: Professor Jae Chun Hyun
Symposium Co-Chairman: Professor Seung Jong Lee
Contact: Professor Jae Chun Hyun, jchyun@grtrkr.korea.ac.kr , Applied Rheology Center, Korea University, Seoul
Abstracts due: September 30, 2003

IUTAM Symposium on Mechanics and Reliability of Actuating Materials
Organization: IUTAM - International Union of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics
Location: Beijing, China
Event dates: September 01 - September 03, 2004
Symposium Chairman: Prof. W. (Wei) Yang
IUTAM Representative on Scientific Committee: Prof. J. (Jean) Salençon

IUTAM Symposium on Elastohydrodynamics and Microelastohydrodynamics
Organization: IUTAM - International Union of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics
Location: Cardiff, UK
Event dates: September 01 - September 03, 2004
Symposium Chairman: Prof. R.W. (Ray) Snidle
IUTAM Representative on Scientific Committee: Prof. D.H. (Dick) van Campen

6th World Congress on Computational Mechanics
Organization: IACM - International Association for Computational Mechanics
Location: Beijing, China
Event dates: September 05 - September 10, 2004
Symposium Chairman: M.W. Yuant and W.X. Zhong
Contact: office@mail.wccm6-apcom04.org.cn
Abstracts due: October 01, 2004

CISM Course on Surface Waves in Geomechanics: Direct and Inverse Modelling for Soils and Rocks
Organization: CISM - International Centre for Mechanical Sciences
Location: Palazzo del Torso, Piazza Garibaldi 18, 33100 Udine, Italy
Event dates: September 06 - September 10, 2004
Symposium Chairman: Prof. C. Lai, Italy
Symposium Co-Chairman: Prof. K. Wilmanski Berlin, Germany
Contact: cism@cism.it

EUROMECH Colloquium 448 on Vortices and Field Interactions
Organization: EUROMECH
Location: Laboratoire de Modélisation en Mécanique, CNRS (UMR No. 7607), Université Pierre et Marie Curie case 162, 4, Place Jussieu 75252, Paris cedex 05, France
Event dates: September 06 - September 10, 2004
Symposium Chairman: Dr. Maurice Rossi
Symposium Co-Chairman: Dr. Andrew Gilbert
Contact: maur@ccr.jussieu.fr

CISM Course on Modelling and Experimentation in Two-Phase Flow
Organization: CISM - International Centre for Mechanical Sciences
Location: Palazzo del Torso, Piazza Garibaldi 18, 33100 Udine, Italy
Event dates: September 13 - September 17, 2004
Symposium Chairman: Prof. V. Bertola, France
Contact: cism@cism.it

CISM Course on Nonlinear Waves in Fluids: Recent Advances and Modern Applications
Organization: CISM - International Centre for Mechanical Sciences
Location: Palazzo del Torso, Piazza Garibaldi 18, 33100 Udine, Italy
Event dates: September 20 - September 24, 2004
Symposium Chairman: Prof. R. Grimshaw, Loughborough, UK
Contact: cism@cism.it

CISM Course on Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos for High Volume and Ultra Precision Metal Cutting
Organization: CISM - International Centre for Mechanical Sciences
Location: Palazzo del Torso, Piazza Garibaldi 18, 33100 Udine, Italy
Event dates: September 20 - September 24, 2004
Symposium Chairman: Prof. M. Wiercigroch, Aberdeen, UK
Contact: cism@cism.it

EUROMECH Colloquium 464 on Fibre-reinforced Solids: constitutive laws and instabilities
Organization: EUROMECH
Location: Department of Mathematics, University of Glasgow G12 8QW, UK
Event dates: September 28 - October 01, 2004
Symposium Chairman: Prof. R.W. Ogden
Symposium Co-Chairman: Dr. J. Merodio, University of Cantabria, Spain
Contact: rwo@maths.gla.ac.uk

CISM Course on Nonsmooth Mechanics of Solids
Organization: CISM - International Centre for Mechanical Sciences
Location: Palazzo del Torso, Piazza Garibaldi 18, 33100 Udine, Italy
Event dates: October 04 - October 08, 2004
Symposium Chairman: Prof. J. Haslinger, Czech Republic
Symposium Co-Chairman: Prof. G.E. Stavroulakis, Greece
Contact: cism@cism.it

IUTAM Symposium on Recent Advances in Disperse Multiphase Flow Simulation
Organization: IUTAM - International Union of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics
Location: Argonne National Laboratory, Illinois, USA
Event dates: October 04 - October 07, 2004
Symposium Chairman: Prof. S. (Bala) Balachandar
Symposium Co-Chairman: Prof. A. (Andrea) Prosperetti
IUTAM Representative on Scientific Committee: Prof. H.K. (Keith) Moffatt

IUTAM Symposium on Elementary Vortices and Coherent Structures: Significance in Turbulence Dynamics
Organization: IUTAM - International Union of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics
Location: Kyoto, Japan
Event dates: October 26 - October 28, 2004
Symposium Chairman: Prof. S. (Shigeo) Kida
IUTAM Representative on Scientific Committee: Prof. H.K. (Keith) Moffatt

IUTAM Symposium on Laminar-Turbulent Transition
Organization: IUTAM - International Union of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics
Location: Bangalore, India
Event dates: December 13 - December 17, 2004
Symposium Chairman: Prof. R. (Rama) Govindarajan
IUTAM Representative on Scientific Committee: Prof. R. (Roddam) Narasimha

CISM Course on Structural Safety Assessment of Dams
Organization: CISM - International Centre for Mechanical Sciences
Location: Palazzo del Torso, Piazza Garibaldi 18, 33100 Udine, Italy
Event dates: December 14 - December 17, 2004
Symposium Chairman: Ing. Massimo Meghella

EUROMECH Colloquium 460 on Numerical Modelling of Concrete Cracking
Organization: EUROMECH
Location: Institute for Structural Analysis and Strength of Materials University of Innsbruck, Technikerstrasse 13 A-6020 Insbruck, Austria
Event dates: February 21 - February 22, 2005
Symposium Chairman: Prof. G. Hofstetter
Symposium Co-Chairman: Prof. Günther Meschke
Contact: guenter.hofstetter@uibk.ac.at

11th International Conference on Fracture
Organization: ICF - International Congress on Fracture
Location: Turin, Italy
Event dates: March 20 - March 25, 2005
Contact: Prof. Alberto Carpinteri, info@congressiefiere.com , CCI s.r.l., Via Cervino, 60-10155 Turin

IUTAM Symposium on Multiscale Modelling of Damage and Fracture Processes in Composite Materials
Organization: IUTAM - International Union of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics
Location: Kazimierz Dolny, Poland
Info: The Symposium will be held in the picturesque town named Kazimierz Dolny (included in UNESCO list). Kazimierz Dolny is located 50 km from Lublin and 120 km from Warsaw.
Event dates: May 23 - May 27, 2005
Symposium Chairman: Prof. T. (Tomasz) Sadowski
IUTAM Representative on Scientific Committee: Prof. J. (Jean) Salençon

Biot Centennial (3rd Biot Conference on Poromechanics)
Organization: Co-sponsored event IUTAM
Location: Norman, Oklahoma, USA
Event dates: May 24 - May 27, 2005
Symposium Chairman: Prof. Y.N. Abousleiman
Contact: University of Oklahoma, PoroMechanics Institute (PMI), biot2005@gcn.ou.edu , Sarkeys Engergy Center, Suite P119, 100 East Boyd Street, Norman, Oklahoma 73019-1014, USA

6th International Congress on Thermal Stresses
Organization: ICTS - International Congresses on Thermal Stresses
Location: Vienna University of Technology, Department of Civil Engineering Institut f. Allgemeine Mechanik Wiedner Hauptstr. 8 / 201, A-1040 Vienna , Austria
Event dates: May 26 - May 29, 2005
Symposium Chairman: Prof.. Franz Ziegler
Symposium Co-Chairman: Prof. Richard B. Hetnarski
Contact: ts2005@tuwien.ac.at

6th World Congress on Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization
Organization: ISSMO - International Society for Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization
Location: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Event dates: May 30 - June 03, 2005
Symposium Chairman: Prof. José Herskovits
Contact: WCSMO6@optimize.ufrj.br , http://www.wcsmo6.org - WCSMO6 Secretariat, OptimizE - Engineering Optimization Lab., COPPE/Mechanical Engineering Program, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Caixa Postal 68503, 21945 970 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Abstracts due: January 15, 2005

EUROMECH Colloquium 463 on Size-dependent Mechanics of Materials
Organization: EUROMECH - European Mechanics Society
Location: Groningen, Netherlands
Event dates: June 13 - June 16, 2005
Symposium Chairman: Dr. P.R. Onck
Symposium Co-Chairman: Prof. T. Pardoen
Contact: Dr. P.R. Onck, p.r.onck@phys.rug.nl

CISM Course on Mechanical Vibration: Where Do We Stand
Organization: CISM - International Centre for Mechanical Sciences
Location: Palazzo del Torso, Piazza Garibaldi 18, 33100 Udine, Italy
Event dates: June 13 - June 17, 2005
Symposium Chairman: Prof. I. Elishakoff

CISM Course on Analysis and Control of Mixing with an Application to Micro and Macro Flow Processes
Organization: CISM - International Centre for Mechanical Sciences
Location: Palazzo del Torso, Piazza Garibaldi 18, 33100 Udine, Italy
Event dates: June 27 - July 01, 2005
Symposium Chairman: Profs. L.Cortelezzi (McGill University) and I.Mezic (UCSB)

IUTAM Symposium on Mechanical Behavior and Micro-mechanics of Nanostructured Materials
Organization: IUTAM - International Union of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics
Location: Beijing, China
Event dates: June 27 - June 30, 2005
Symposium Chairman: Prof. Y. (Yi-long) Bai
IUTAM Representative on Scientific Committee: Prof. L.B. (Ben) Freund

EUROMECH Colloquium 468 on Multi-scale Modelling in the Mechanics of Solids
Organization: EUROMECH - European Mechanics Society
Location: “Baltiets” hotel, Repino (suburb of St.Petersburg), Russia
Event dates: June 29 - July 01, 2005
Symposium Chairman: Prof. A. M. Krivtsov
Contact: apm@eng.abdn.ac.uk , IPME- RAS, Bolshoy pr. V.O., 61, St.Petersburg, 199178, Russia

CISM Course on Multiscale Modelling of Plasticity and Fracture by means of Dislocation Mechanics
Organization: CISM - International Centre for Mechanical Sciences
Location: Palazzo del Torso, Piazza Garibaldi 18, 33100 Udine, Italy
Event dates: July 04 - July 08, 2005
Symposium Chairman: Profs. P. Gumbsch and R. Pippan

CISM Course on Multiscale Modelling and Design of New Materials
Organization: CISM - International Centre for Mechanical Sciences
Location: Palazzo del Torso, Piazza Garibaldi 18, 33100 Udine, Italy
Event dates: July 04 - July 08, 2005
Symposium Chairman: Prof. T.I. Zohdi

CISM Course on Waves in Geophysics
Organization: CISM - International Centre for Mechanical Sciences
Location: Palazzo del Torso, Piazza Garibaldi 18, 33100 Udine, Italy
Event dates: July 11 - July 15, 2005
Symposium Chairman: Prof. J. Grue

IUTAM Symposium on Impact Biomechanics - From Fundamental Insights to Applications
Organization: IUTAM - International Union of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics
Location: Dublin, Ireland
Event dates: July 11 - July 15, 2005
Symposium Chairman: Prof. M.D. (Michael) Gilchrist
IUTAM Representative on Scientific Committee: Prof. D.H. (Dick) van Campen

Twelfth International Congress on Sound and Vibration (ICSV-11)
Organization: IIAV- International Institute of Acoustics and Vibration
Location: CAPS - Instituto Superior Técnico, Av. Rovisco Pais, 1049-001 Lisbon, Portugal
Event dates: July 11 - July 14, 2005
Symposium Chairman: Prof. J. L. Bento Coelho
Contact: icsv12@ist.utl.pt

IUTAM Symposium on Vibration Control of Nonlinear Mechanisms and Structures
Organization: IUTAM - International Union of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics
Location: Munich, Germany
Event dates: July 18 - July 22, 2005
Symposium Chairman: Prof. H. (Heinz) Ulbrich
IUTAM Representative on Scientific Committee: Prof. W. (Werner) Schiehlen

CISM Course on Thin Films of Soft Matter
Organization: CISM - International Centre for Mechanical Sciences
Location: Palazzo del Torso, Piazza Garibaldi 18, 33100 Udine, Italy
Event dates: July 18 - July 22, 2005
Symposium Chairman: Profs. S. Kalliadasis and U. Thiele

CISM Course on Atmospheric Convection: Research and Operational Forecast Aspects
Organization: CISM - International Centre for Mechanical Sciences
Location: Palazzo del Torso, Piazza Garibaldi 18, 33100 Udine,
Event dates: July 18 - July 22, 2005
Symposium Chairman: Profs. D.B. Giaiotti, R. Steinacker and F. Stel

EUROMECH Colloquium 466 Computational and Experimental Mechanics of Advanced Materials
Organization: EUROMECH - European Mechanics Society
Location: Wolfson School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, Loughborough University, Loughborough, Leicestershire LE11 3TU, UK
Event dates: July 20 - July 22, 2005
Symposium Chairman: Prof. Vadim V. Silberschmidt
Symposium Co-Chairman: Prof. E.A. Werner, Prof. H.J. Böhm
Contact: Prof. Vadim V. Silberschmidt, v.silberschmidt@lboro.ac.uk

CISM Course on Fluid Dynamics of Cavitation and Cavitating Turbopumps
Organization: CISM - International Centre for Mechanical Sciences
Location: Palazzo del Torso, Piazza Garibaldi 18, 33100 Udine, Italy
Event dates: July 25 - July 29, 2005
Symposium Chairman: Profs. L. d'Agostino and M.V. Salvetti

5th EUROMECH Nonlinear Oscillations (Nonlinear Dynamics) Conference (ENOC-2005)
Organization: EUROMECH - European Mechanics Society
Location: Eindhoven, Netherlands
Info: Although the brand name ENOC is used as the historical abbreviation, the ENOC conferences aim at covering the complete field of nonlinear dynamics. Previous ENOC conferences were organized in Hamburg (1993), Prague (1996), Lyngby (1999) and Moscow (2002)
Event dates: August 07 - August 12, 2005
Contact: Prof. D.H. van Campen, D.H.v.Campen@tue.nl , Dept. Mechanical Engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology, P.O.Box 513, 5600 MB Eindhoven, The Netherlands

IUTAM - CISM Summer School on Dispersion of Particles in Turbulent Flows
Organization: IUTAM - International Union of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics
Location: Udine, Italy
Info: Prof. Alfredo Soldati, Udine, Italy
Prof. Michael Reeks, Ispra (Va), Italy
Event dates: September 12 - September 16, 2005
Contact: Alfredo Soldati , soldati@uniud.it

CISM Course on Boiling Heat Transfer and Boiling Equipment
Organization: CISM - International Centre for Mechanical Sciences
Location: Palazzo del Torso, Piazza Garibaldi 18, 33100 Udine, Italy
Event dates: September 19 - September 23, 2005
Symposium Chairman: Prof. P. Di Marco

CISM Course on Mixed Finite Elements Technologies
Organization: CISM - International Centre for Mechanical Sciences
Location: Palazzo del Torso, Piazza Garibaldi 18, 33100 Udine, Italy
Event dates: September 26 - September 30, 2005
Symposium Chairman: Profs. C. Carstensen and P. Wriggers

CISM Course on Flow and Transport in Microchannels - Fundamental Theoretical Aspects, Experimental Methods, Application
Organization: CISM - International Centre for Mechanical Sciences
Location: Palazzo del Torso, Piazza Garibaldi 18, 33100 Udine, Italy
Event dates: October 03 - October 07, 2005
Symposium Chairman: Prof. P. Ehrhard

CISM Course on Dynamic Methods for Damage Detection in Structures
Organization: CISM - International Centre for Mechanical Sciences
Location: Palazzo del Torso, Piazza Garibaldi 18, 33100 Udine, Italy
Event dates: October 10 - October 14, 2005
Symposium Chairman: Prof. A. Morassi

IUTAM Symposium on Topological Design Optimization of Structures, Machines and Materials - Status and Perspectives
Organization: IUTAM - International Union of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics
Location: Aalborg and Lyngby, Denmark
Event dates: October 26 - October 29, 2005
Symposium Chairman: Prof. M.P (Martin) Bendsøe
Symposium Co-Chairman: Prof. O. (Ole) Sigmund, Prof. N. (Niels) Olhoff
IUTAM Representative on Scientific Committee: Prof. N. (Niels) Olhoff

IUTAM Symposium on Multiscale Problems in Multibody System Contacts
Organization: IUTAM - International Union of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics
Location: Stuttgart, Germany
Event dates: February 20 - February 23, 2006
Symposium Chairman: Prof. P. (Peter) Eberhard
IUTAM Representative on Scientific Committee: Prof. W. (Werner) Schiehlen

EUROMECH Colloquium 476 on Real-time Simulation and Virtual Reality Applications of Multibody Systems
Organization: EUROMECH - European Mechanics Society
Location: Ferrol, Spain
Event dates: March 13 - March 16, 2006
Symposium Chairman: Prof. Javier Cuadrado and Prof Werner Schiehlen
Contact: javicuad@cdf.udc.es

IUTAM Symposium on Interactions for Dispersed Systems in Newtonian and Viscoelastic Fluids
Organization: International Union of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics
Location: Guanajuato, Mexico
Event dates: March 26 - March 31, 2006
Symposium Chairman: Prof. G.M. (George) Homsy
Symposium Co-Chairman: Dr. J.R. (Roberto) Zenit
IUTAM Representative on Scientific Committee: Prof. T. (Tsutomu) Kambe

IUTAM Symposium on Plasticity at the Micron Scale
Organization: International Union of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics
Location: Lyngby, Denmark
Event dates: May 21 - May 25, 2006
Symposium Chairman: Prof. V. (Viggo) Tvergaard
IUTAM Representative on Scientific Committee: Prof. L.B. (Ben) Freund

Eleventh Asian Congress of Fluid Mechanics
Organization: Asain Fluid Mechanics Committee
Location: Berjaya Times Square Hotel & Convention Center in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Event dates: May 22 - May 25, 2006
Symposium Chairman: C.S. Ow

CISM Course on Classical and Advanced Theories of Thin Structures: Mechanical and Mathematical Aspects
Organization: CISM - International Centre for Mechanical Sciences
Location: Palazzo del Torso, Piazza Garibaldi 18, 33100 Udine, Italy
Event dates: June 05 - June 09, 2006
Symposium Chairman: Prof. A. Morassi
Symposium Co-Chairman: Prof. R. Paroni

CISM Course on Advances in Modeling and Control of Flexible Mechanical Systems
Organization: CISM - International Centre for Mechanical Sciences
Location: Palazzo del Torso, Piazza Garibaldi 18, 33100 Udine, Italy
Event dates: June 12 - June 16, 2006
Symposium Chairman: Dr. W. Gawronski

CISM Course on Computational Aspects of Structural Acoustics and Vibration
Organization: CISM - International Centre for Mechanical Sciences
Location: Palazzo del Torso, Piazza Garibaldi 18, 33100 Udine, Italy
Event dates: June 19 - June 23, 2006
Symposium Chairman: R. Ohayon (CNAM, Paris, France)
Symposium Co-Chairman: G. Sandberg (LTH, Lund University, Sweden)

EUROMECH Colloquium 477 on Particle-laden flows: from geophysical to Kolmogorov scales
Organization: EUROMECH - European Mechanics Society
Location: University of Twente, , Netherlands
Event dates: June 21 - June 23, 2006
Symposium Chairman: Prof. Bernard Geurts

6th EUROMECH Fluid Mechanics Conference (EFMC 2006)
Organization: EUROMECH - European Mechanics Society
Location: KTH Mechanics, Stockholm, Sweden
Event dates: June 26 - June 30, 2006
Symposium Chairman: Prof. P. Henrik Alfredsson
Contact: Jens H. M. Fransson, efmc6@mech.kth.se

ICSV13 - 13th International Congress on Sound and Vibration
Organization: International Institute of Acoustics and Vibration (IIAV)
Location: Vienna University of Technology, Vienna, Austria
Event dates: July 02 - July 06, 2006
Contact: J. Eberhardsteiner and H. Mang,

CISM Course on Advanced Earthquake Engineering Analysis
Organization: CISM - International Centre for Mechanical Sciences
Location: Palazzo del Torso, Piazza Garibaldi 18, 33100 Udine, Italy
Event dates: July 03 - July 07, 2006
Symposium Chairman: A. Pecker (Ecole Polytechnique, Palaiseau, France)

CISM Course on Computational Models for Turbulent Multiphase Reacting Flows
Organization: CISM - International Centre for Mechanical Sciences
Location: Palazzo del Torso, Piazza Garibaldi 18, 33100 Udine, Italy
Event dates: July 03 - July 07, 2006
Symposium Chairman: D. Marchisio (Politecnico di Torino, Italy)
Symposium Co-Chairman: R. Fox (Iowa State University, USA)

IABEM 2006
Organization: IABEM - International Organization for Boundary Element methods
Location: Graz, Austria
Event dates: July 10 - July 12, 2006
Contact: Prof. M. Schanz, iabem2006@tugraz.at

CISM Course on Probabilistic Methods in Geotechnical Engineering
Organization: CISM - International Centre for Mechanical Sciences
Location: Palazzo del Torso, Piazza Garibaldi 18, 33100 Udine, Italy
Event dates: July 10 - July 14, 2006
Symposium Chairman: D.V. Griffiths (Colorado School of Mines, Golden, USA)
Symposium Co-Chairman: G.A. Fenton (Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada)

CISM Course on Mechanics of Playing and Making Musical Instruments
Organization: CISM - International Centre for Mechanical Sciences
Location: Palazzo del Torso, Piazza Garibaldi 18, 33100 Udine, Italy
Event dates: July 17 - July 21, 2006
Symposium Chairman: X. Boutillon (École Polytechnique, Palaiseau, France)
Symposium Co-Chairman: B. Richardson (Cardiff Univesity, UK)

IUTAM Symposium on Hamiltonian Dynamics, Vortex Structures, Turbulence
Organization: International Union of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics
Location: Moscow, Russia
Event dates: August 25 - August 30, 2006
Symposium Chairman: Prof. V.V. (Valery) Kozlov
IUTAM Representative on Scientific Committee: Prof. H.K. (Keith) Moffatt

6th EUROMECH Solid Mechanics Conference (ESMC 2006)
Organization: EUROMECH - European Mechanics Society
Location: Budapest, Hungary
Event dates: August 28 - September 01, 2006
Symposium Chairman: Prof. Gábor Stépán
Contact: esmc2006@mm.bme.hu

IUTAM Symposium on Discretization Methods for Evolving Discontinuities
Organization: International Union of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics
Location: Lyon, France
Event dates: September 04 - September 07, 2006
Symposium Chairman: Prof. A. (Alain) Combescure
Symposium Co-Chairman: Prof. T. (Ted) Belytschko, Prof. R (René) de Borst
IUTAM Representative on Scientific Committee: Prof. N. (Niels) Olhoff

CISM Course on Waves in Nonlinear Pre-Stressed Materials
Organization: CISM - International Centre for Mechanical Sciences
Location: Palazzo del Torso, Piazza Garibaldi 18, 33100 Udine, Italy
Event dates: September 04 - September 08, 2006
Symposium Chairman: M. Destrade (Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France)
Symposium Co-Chairman: G. Saccomandi (University of Lecce, Italy)

IUTAM Symposium on Computational Physics and New Perspectives in Turbulence
Organization: International Union of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics
Location: Nagoya, Japan
Event dates: September 11 - September 14, 2006
Symposium Chairman: Prof. Y. (Yukio) Kaneda
IUTAM Representative on Scientific Committee: Prof. R. (Roddam) Narasimha

IUTAM - CISM Summer School on Biomechanical Modelling at the Molecular, Cellular and Tissue Levels
Organization: IUTAM - International Union of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics
Location: Udine, Italy
Info: Prof. Gerhard Holzapfel, Graz, Austria
Prof. Raymond Ogden, Glasgow, UK
Event dates: September 11 - September 15, 2006

IUTAM Symposium on Dynamics and Control of Nonlinear Systems with Uncertainty
Organization: International Union of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics
Location: Nanjing, China
Event dates: September 18 - September 22, 2006
Symposium Chairman: Prof. H. Y. (Haiyan) Hu
Symposium Co-Chairman: Prof. E.J. (Edwin) Kreuzer
IUTAM Representative on Scientific Committee: Prof. W. (Werner) Schiehlen

EUROMECH Colloquium 484 on Wave Mechanics and Stability of Long Flexible Structures Subject to Moving Loads and Flows
Organization: EUROMECH - European Mechanics Society
Location: Delft University of Technology, Netherlands
Event dates: September 19 - September 22, 2006
Symposium Chairman: Dr. A. Metrikine
Contact: info@euromech484.nl

IUTAM Symposium on Flow Control with Mems
Organization: IUTAM - International Union of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics
Location: London, UK
Event dates: September 19 - September 22, 2006
Symposium Chairman: Prof. J.F. (Jonathan) Morrison
IUTAM Representative on Scientific Committee: Prof. C. (Carlo) Cercignani

CISM Course on Dynamics of the Flow Past a Bluff-body
Organization: CISM - International Centre for Mechanical Sciences
Location: Palazzo del Torso, Piazza Garibaldi 18, 33100 Udine, Italy
Event dates: October 09 - October 13, 2006
Symposium Chairman: D. Tordella (Politecnico di Torino, Italy)

CISM Course on Pattern Formation an Interfaces with Applications to Biomedical, Materials and Physico-Chemical Processes
Organization: CISM - International Centre for Mechanical Sciences
Location: Palazzo del Torso, Piazza Garibaldi 18, 33100 Udine, Italy
Event dates: October 16 - October 20, 2006
Symposium Chairman: A. Nepomnyashchy (Technion, Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel)
Symposium Co-Chairman: P. Colinet (Free University of Brussels, Belgium)

CISM Course on Dynamical Analysis of Vehicle Systems - Theoretical Foundations and Advanced Applications
Organization: CISM - International Centre for Mechanical Sciences
Location: Palazzo del Torso, Piazza Garibaldi 18, 33100 Udine, Italy
Event dates: October 23 - October 27, 2006
Symposium Chairman: Prof. W. Schiehlen

IUTAM Symposium on Computational Contact Mechanics
Organization: International Union of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics
Location: Hannover, Germany
Event dates: November 05 - November 09, 2006
Symposium Chairman: Prof. P. (Peter) Wriggers
IUTAM Representative on Scientific Committee: Prof. J. (Jean) Salençon

IUTAM Symposium on Relation of Shell, Plate, Beam and 3D Models
Organization: International Union of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics
Location: Tbilisi, Georgia
Event dates: April 23 - April 28, 2007
Symposium Chairman: Prof. G. (George) Jaiani
IUTAM Representative on Scientific Committee: Prof. D.H. (Dick) van Campen

7th World Congress on Structural and Multidiciplinary Optimization (WCSMO7)
Organization: ISSMO - International Society for SAtructural and Multidisciplinary Optimization
Location: Seoul, Korea, Republic of
Event dates: May 21 - May 25, 2007

10th International Conference on Mechanical Behavior of Materials
Organization: ICM - International Congress on Mechanical Behavior of Materials
Location: Busan, Korea, Republic of
Event dates: May 27 - May 30, 2007

7th International Congress on Thermal Stresses
Organization: ICTS - International Congresses on Thermal Stresses
Location: Taipei, Taiwan, China-Taipei
Event dates: June 04 - June 07, 2007

Fifth International Conference on Nonlinear Mechanics (ICNM-V)
Location: Shanghai Institute of Applied Math. and Mech., Shanghai University, P.O. Box 189, 149 Yanchang Road, Shanghai, China
Event dates: June 11 - June 14, 2007
Contact: icnm5@mail.shu.edu.cn

IUTAM Symposium on Recent Advances in Multiphase Flows: Numerical and Experimental
Organization: International Union of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics
Location: Istanbul, Turkey
Event dates: June 11 - June 14, 2007
Symposium Chairman: Prof. A. (Andreas) Acrivos
Symposium Co-Chairman: Prof. C.F. (Can) Delale
IUTAM Representative on Scientific Committee: Prof. L. (Leen) van Wijngaarden

IUTAM Symposium on Unsteady Separated Flows and their Control
Organization: International Union of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics
Location: Corfu, Greece
Event dates: June 18 - June 22, 2007
Symposium Chairman: Dr. M. (Marianna) Braza
Symposium Co-Chairman: Prof. K (Kerry) Hourigan
IUTAM Representative on Scientific Committee: Prof. C. (Carlo) Cercignani

Euler Equations: 250 Years on
Location: Aussois, France
Event dates: June 18 - June 23, 2007
Abstracts due: December 20, 2006

CISM Course on Direct Methods for Limit State Assessment of Structures
Organization: CISM - International Centre for Mechanical Sciences
Location: Palazzo del Torso, Piazza Garibaldi 18, 33100 Udine, Italy
Event dates: June 25 - June 29, 2007
Symposium Chairman: Alan R.S. Ponter (Leicester, UK)
Symposium Co-Chairman: Dieter Weichert (Aachen, Germany)

IUTAM Symposium on Scaling in Solid Mechanics
Organization: International Union of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics
Location: Cardiff, UK
Event dates: June 25 - June 29, 2007
Symposium Chairman: Prof. F.M. (Feodor) Borodich
IUTAM Representative on Scientific Committee: Prof. J. (Juri) Engelbrecht

11th EUROMECH Turbulence Conference (ETC 11)
Organization: EUROMECH - European Mechanics Society
Location: Porto, Portugal
Event dates: June 25 - June 28, 2007

International Summer School on Sea Ice
Location: University Centre in Svalbard (UNIS), Longyearbyen, Norway
Event dates: July 02 - July 13, 2007
Symposium Chairman: Prof. Dirk Notz, Max-Planck Institute for Meteorology, Hamburg, Germany
Symposium Co-Chairman: Dr. Karolina Widel, University of Bergen, Norway
Contact: notz@dkrz.de

CISM Course on Vortices and Turbulence at Very Low Temperatures
Organization: CISM - International Centre for Mechanical Sciences
Location: Palazzo del Torso, Piazza Garibaldi 18, 33100 Udine, Italy
Event dates: July 02 - July 06, 2007
Symposium Chairman: Carlo F. Barenghi (Newcastle, UK)
Symposium Co-Chairman: Yuri A. Sergeev (Newcastle, UK)

ICSV14 - 14th International Congress on Sound and Vibration
Organization: IIAV - International Institute of Acoustics and Vibration
Location: Carns, Australia
Event dates: July 09 - July 12, 2007
Contact: ijav@rol.ru

CISM Course on Generalised Continua and Dislocation Theory. Theoretical Concepts, Computational Methods and Experimental Verification
Organization: CISM - International Centre for Mechanical Sciences
Location: Palazzo del Torso, Piazza Garibaldi 18, 33100 Udine, Italy
Event dates: July 09 - July 13, 2007
Symposium Chairman: Carlo Sansour (Nottingham, UK)

IUTAM - CISM Summer School on Bone Cell and Tissue Mechanics
Organization: IUTAM - International Union of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics
Location: Udine, Italy
Info: Prof. Stephen Cowin, New York, NY, USA
Event dates: July 16 - July 20, 2007
Symposium Chairman: Stephen C. Cowin (New York, USA)

IUTAM Symposium on Fluid-Structure Interaction in Ocean Engineering
Organization: International Union of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics
Location: Hamburg-Harburg, Germany
Event dates: July 23 - July 27, 2007
Symposium Chairman: Prof. E.J. (Edwin) Kreuzer
IUTAM Representative on Scientific Committee: Prof. N. (Niels) Olhoff

CISM Course on Advances in Constitutive Relations Applied in Computer Codes
Organization: CISM - International Centre for Mechanical Sciences
Location: Palazzo del Torso, Piazza Garibaldi 18, 33100 Udine, Italy
Event dates: July 23 - July 27, 2007
Symposium Chairman: Janusz R. Klepaczko (Metz, France)

IUTAM Symposium on Swelling and Shrinking of Porous Materials: From Colloid Science to Poro-Mechanics
Organization: International Union of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics
Location: Petrópolis-RJ, Brazil
Event dates: August 06 - August 10, 2007
Symposium Chairman: Prof. M.A. (Marcio Arab) Murad
IUTAM Representative on Scientific Committee: Prof. D.H. (Dick) van Campen

19th International Congress on Acoustics
Organization: ICA-International Commission for Acoustics
Location: Madrid, Spain
Event dates: September 02 - September 07, 2007
Contact: Viajes El Corte Inglés-División de Congresos, ica2007madrid@viajeseci.es , c/Princesa, 47-5a Planta, E-28008 Madrid, Spain, Phone: +34-912042600, Fax: +34-915473324
Abstracts due: September 01, 2006

CISM Course on Sport Aerodynamics
Organization: CISM - International Centre for Mechanical Sciences
Location: Palazzo del Torso, Piazza Garibaldi 18, 33100 Udine, Italy
Event dates: September 03 - September 07, 2007
Symposium Chairman: Helge Nørstrud (Trondheim, Norway)
Symposium Co-Chairman: Lars Sætran (Trondheim, Norway)

IUTAM Symposium on Advances in Micro- and Nanofluidics
Organization: International Union on Theoretical and Applied Mechanics
Location: Dresden, Germany
Event dates: September 06 - September 08, 2007
Symposium Chairman: Prof. N.A. (Nikolaus) Adams
IUTAM Representative on Scientific Committee: Prof. C. (Carlo) Cercignani

CISM Course on Simulation Techniques for Applied Dynamics
Organization: CISM - International Centre for Mechanical Sciences
Location: Palazzo del Torso, Piazza Garibaldi 18, 33100 Udine, Italy
Event dates: September 17 - September 21, 2007
Symposium Chairman: Martin Arnold (Halle-Wittenberg, Germany)
Symposium Co-Chairman: Werner Schiehlen (Stuttgart, Germany)

IUTAM Symposium on Mechanical Properties of Cellular Materials
Organization: International Union of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics
Location: Cachan, France
Event dates: September 17 - September 21, 2007
Symposium Chairman: Prof. H. (Han) Zhao
Symposium Co-Chairman: Prof. N.A. (Norman) Fleck
IUTAM Representative on Scientific Committee: Prof. Z. (Zhemin) Zheng

CISM Course on Poly- Quasi- and Rank-One Convexity in Applied Mechanics
Organization: CISM - International Centre for Mechanical Sciences
Location: Palazzo del Torso, Piazza Garibaldi 18, 33100 Udine, Italy
Event dates: September 24 - September 28, 2007
Symposium Chairman: Jörg Schröder (Duisburg-Essen, Germany)
Symposium Co-Chairman: Patrizio Neff (Darmstadt, Germany)

CISM Course on Semi-active Vibration Suppression - The Best from Active and Passive Technologies
Organization: CISM - International Centre for Mechanical Sciences
Location: Palazzo del Torso, Piazza Garibaldi 18, 33100 Udine, Italy
Event dates: October 01 - October 05, 2007
Symposium Chairman: André Preumont (Bruxelles, Belgium)

CISM Course on Advances of Soft Computing in Engineering
Organization: CISM - International Centre for Mechanical Sciences
Location: Palazzo del Torso, Piazza Garibaldi 18, 33100 Udine, Italy
Event dates: October 08 - October 12, 2007
Symposium Chairman: Zenon Waszczyszyn (Cracow, Poland)

IUTAM Symposium on Multi-Scale Plasticity of Crystalline Materials
Organization: International Union of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics
Location: Eindhoven, Netherlands
Event dates: November 05 - November 09, 2007
Symposium Chairman: Prof. M.G.D. (Marc) Geers
Symposium Co-Chairman: Prof. E.P. (Esteban) Busso
IUTAM Representative on Scientific Committee: Prof. L.B. (Ben) Freund

IUTAM Symposium on Theoretical, Modelling and Computational Aspects of Inelastic Media
Organization: International Union of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics
Location: Cape Town, South Africa
Event dates: January 14 - January 18, 2008
Symposium Chairman: Prof. B.D. (Daya) Reddy
IUTAM Representative on Scientific Committee: Prof. G. (Giulio) Maier

LACCOTAM - First Latin American and Caribbean Congress of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics
Organization: LACCOTAM
Location: The University of the West Indies, c/o Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, St. Augustine Campus, Trinidad and Tobago, West Indies
Event dates: February 06 - February 07, 2008
Symposium Chairman: Prof. Luis Rojas
Contact: Dr. Donna Comissiong,

CISM Course on Mechanical Size-Effects of Materials: Processing, Characterization and Modeling
Organization: CISM - International Centre for Mechanical Sciences
Location: Palazzo del Torso, Piazza Garibaldi 18, 33100 Udine, Italy
Event dates: May 12 - May 16, 2008
Symposium Chairman: G. Dehm (Leoben, Austria)
Symposium Co-Chairman: C. Mitterer (Leoben, Austria)

IUTAM Symposium on Modelling Nanomaterials and Nanosystems
Organization: International Union of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics
Location: Aalborg, Denmark
Event dates: May 19 - May 22, 2008
Symposium Chairman: Prof. R. (Ryszard) Pyrz
IUTAM Representative on Scientific Committee: Prof. L.B. (Ben) Freund

CISM Course on Brittle Fracture and Plastic Slip in Materials: from the Atomistic to the Engineering Scale
Organization: CISM - International Centre for Mechanical Sciences
Location: Palazzo del Torso, Piazza Garibaldi 18, 33100 Udine, Italy
Event dates: May 26 - May 30, 2008
Symposium Chairman: L. Colombo (Cagliari, Italy)
Symposium Co-Chairman: A. De Simone (Trieste, Italy)

CISM Course on Instabilities of Flows with and without Heat Transfer and Chemical Reactions
Organization: CISM - International Centre for Mechanical Sciences
Location: Palazzo del Torso, Piazza Garibaldi 18, 33100 Udine, Italy
Event dates: June 09 - June 13, 2008
Symposium Chairman: T.K. Sengupta (Kanpur, India)

CISM Course on Advanced Nonlinear Strategies for Vibration Mitigation and System Identification
Organization: CISM - International Centre for Mechanical Sciences
Location: Palazzo del Torso, Piazza Garibaldi 18, 33100 Udine, Italy
Event dates: June 16 - June 20, 2008
Symposium Chairman: A.F. Vakakis (Athens, Greece)

IUTAM Symposium on Cellular, Molecular and Tissue Mechanics
Organization: International Union of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics
Location: Woods Hole, Cape Cod, Massachusetts, USA
Event dates: June 18 - June 21, 2008
Symposium Chairman: Prof. K. (Krishna) Garikipati
Symposium Co-Chairman: Prof. E. (Ellen) Arruda
IUTAM Representative on Scientific Committee: Prof. J. (Juri) Engelbrecht

CISM Course on Fracture, Scaling and Size Effect
Organization: CISM - International Centre for Mechanical Sciences
Location: Palazzo del Torso, Piazza Garibaldi 18, 33100 Udine, Italy
Event dates: June 23 - June 27, 2008
Symposium Chairman: Jan G.M. van Mier (Zurich, Switzerland)

8th World Congress on Computational Mechanics (WCCM8)
Organization: IACM - International Association for Computational Mechanics
Location: Venice, Italy
Event dates: June 30 - July 04, 2008

6th EUROMECH Nonlinear Dynamics Conference (ENOC-2008)
Organization: EUROMECH - European Mechanics Society
Location: St. Petersburg, Rus