The report about the iMechanica get-together with the McMat 2007 is definitely exciting, because we have found a community beyond the usual professional conferences we are familiar with.  Besides, we may have more, if not less, common interests and languages through this coordinated and yet diversified group with thousands of members in different places of this world.  It is indeed exciting to meet as friends you make from the Internet, except it is professionally:-)

NAC International, a privately owned, U.S. based global provider of solutions and nuclear transportation and design technology for the energy, environmental and electric utilities community, is currently seeking an experienced Senior Applied Mechanics Engineer to work in its corporate office in Norcross, GA.   NAC specializes in strategic management, fuel cycle, information management and organizational improvement solutions for the energy, utility and technology communities.   

Here is a video which might be helpful for those writing grant proposals (Hat tip to Dr. Aparna Bhatnagar, Director, Postdoctoral Affairs, Northwestern University for the email alert ):

This paper extends the recently developed theories of fracture
mechanics with finite growth (mainly the work of Pugno and Ruoff, 2004
on quantized fracture mechanics) to fractal cracks. One interesting
result is the prediction of crack roughening for fractal cracks.

Subra Suresh , the Ford Professor of Engineering in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, is named the next dean of the School of Engineering, of Massachusetts Institute of Technology.  Read more. 

Kathleen S. Toohey, Nancy R. Sottos, Jennifer A. Lewis, Jeffrey S. Moore, and Scott R. White

Prof. Philippe Geubelle, Dr. Rajesh Kitey and I are organizing a symposium on Mechanics of Thin Films and Layered Materials  at 2007 Annual Meeting of the Society for Engineering Science, Texas A&M University, October 21-24, 2007. 



The abstract deadline has been extended until June 30, 2007.  Abstracts should prepared according to the instructions posted on the web at http://ses2007.tamu.edu/abstract.php.