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IUTAM Symposia and Instructional Summer Schools

The aim of any symposium sponsored by IUTAM is to assemble a group of active scientists within a well-defined field for the development of science within that field. The purpose of an IUTAM Instructional Summer School is to provide lectures by leading experts in a new or emerging field of science and engineering in order to foster developments in that field.

A list of all recent and upcoming IUTAM Symposia and Summer Schools can be found at the IUTAM website. They also have a complete listing of all past symposia, including information on proceedings where available.

View a historical list of IUTAM Symposia held in the United States (17KB PDF).

How to Host a Symposium or School

Proposals from the United States should be submitted through the U.S. National Committee, which competitively screens and forwards them with recommendations for consideration by the IUTAM General Assembly, which meets every two years. The USNC/TAM will put out a call for proposals for the next biennium (2012-2013) in 2009 (decisions to be made in 2010).

Upcoming IUTAM Symposia and Summer Schools to be held in the United States

Dynamic Fracture and Fragmentation
Austin, TX, March 8-13, 2009
Symposium Chairman: Prof. Krishnaswamy Ravi-Chandar

Summer School on Simulation Based Engineering & Science for Nano Mechanics, Materials and Micro-/Nano Manufacturing
Evanston, IL, 2010 (no exact dates available yet)
Summer School Chairman: Prof. Wing Kam Liu

Linking Scales in Computations: From Microstructure to Macro-scale Properties
Shalimar, FL, May 16-19, 2011
Symposium Chairman: Prof. Oana Cazacu

Mechanics of Liquid and Solid Foams
Austin, TX, 2011 (no exact dates available yet)
Symposium Chairman: Prof. Stelios Kyriakides
Symposium Co-Chairman: Dr. Andrew M. Kraynik

Computer Models in Biomechanics: From Nano to Macro
Stanford, CA, 2011 (no exact dates available yet)
Symposium Chairman: Dr. Ellen Kuhl
Symposium Co-Chairman: Prof. Gerhard A. Holzapfel

Recent IUTAM Symposia Held in the United States
(or *organized by a member of USNC/TAM but held outside the U.S.)

150 Years of Vortex Dynamics
Lyngby, Denmark, October 12 - October 17, 2008
Symposium Chairman: Prof. Hassan Aref*

Cellular, Molecular and Tissue Mechanics
Woods Hole, MA, June 18 - June 21, 2008
Symposium Chairman: Prof. Krishna Garikipati
Symposium Co-Chairman: Prof. Ellen Arruda

Recent Advances in Multiphase Flows: Numerical and Experimental
Istanbul, Turkey, June 11 - June 14, 2007
Symposium Chairman: Prof. Andreas Acrivos*
Symposium Co-Chairman: Prof. Can F. Delale

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