2008 Themes and Discussion Leaders

• January 1, Role of mechanics in biomimetics, Michelle Oyen
• January 15, Active polymer nanocomposites, Zoubeida Ounaies
• February 1, Spider silk and protein mechanics , Sinan Keten
• February 15, Plasticity and failure in metallic glasses, Yanfei Gao
• March 1, Measuring Cellular Tractions , Vesna Damljanovic
• March 15, Impact of Chip-Package Interaction on Reliability of Copper/Low K Interconnects and Beyond, Rui Huang
• April 1, Strain measurement in soft tissues, Tammy Haut Donahue
• April 15, Fracture of ferroelectrics, Chad Landis
• May 1, Mechanical behavior of polymer-matrix nanocomposites, L. Roy Xu
• May 15, Experimental mechanics at the nanoscale ,  Julia Greer
• June 1, Magnetic resonance imaging in biomechanics, Valentina Taviani
• June 15,  Kinetics of structural phase transitions, Kaushik Dayal
• July 1, Mechanics in Neuronal Development, Kristian Franze
• July 15, Plasticity at sub-micron scales ,Wei Cai
• August 1, Regulation and stabilization of cell adhesion by external forces, Muhammad Zaman
• August 15, Variational formulations in fracture mechanics, Adrian Lew
• September 1, Polymers topic, Aaron Forster
• September 15, TBD, Vikram Gavini
• October 1,
• October 15, Experimental solid mechanics at the nanoscale, Krishnaswamy Ravi-chandar
• November 1
• November 15, Wing-Kam Liu
• December 1
• December 15

Past Themes and Discussion Leaders

The Council of the Journal Club

• Michelle L. Oyen (2008-2013; Chair 2008)
• Pradeep Sharma (2007-2012; Chair 2007)
• Xi Chen (2007-2010)
• John E. Dolbow (2007-2010)
• Xiaodong Li (2007-2010)

Related posts

• Operating notes of the Journal club
• Journal Club:response/feedback requested
• J-club Editor: Election versus Appointment?

Michelle L. Oyen, Editor (2008,2009)

email: mlo29@cam.ac.uk

Pradeep Sharma, Founding Editor (2007,2008)

email: psharma@uh.edu