EMI, the Engineering Mechanics Institute of ASCE, will hold its EMI 2013 Conference on August 4-7, 2013 at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois.  The conference is chaired by Prof. Gianluca Cusatis and its theme is “Mechanics for Sustainable and Resilient Infrastructures.”   It is hosted by the Civil & Environmental and Mechanical Engineering Departments and the Theoretical & Applied Mechanics Program at Northwestern University.  For details, visit the conference website at http://www.emi2013.northwestern.edu/index.html.