It is commonly admitted that "rough" surfaces promote osseo-integration of dental implants. Numerous studies emphasize an optimal Ra parameter for this purpose. One very common way to achieve that state is the so-called "grit blasting" process whereby tiny ceramic (alumina) particles are shot on the implant's surface.

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It has also been noted in other instances that surface blasting may not be entirely beneficial and it should be controlled, in terms of blasting pressure, particle size and shape. 

I would like to bring to your attention the mini-symposium entitled "Mechanical Properties of Randomly Cross-Linked Semiflexible Fibrous Materials”,  http://13.usnccm.org/MS1011

It is our pleasure to invite you to submit an abstract to the symposium on

Mechanics of Hydraulic Fracturing (fracking)

as part of Track 12 of IMECE 2015, Houston, Texas, November 13-19, 2015. See attached for more details.

The abstract submission deadline is March 2nd, 2015 (final deadline, no extension).

Organizers:

Rashid K. Abu Al-Rub, Masdar Institute, Abu Dhabi, UAE

K. Ravi-Chandar, University of Texas-Austin

Chad M. Landis, University of Texas-Austin

Ali Ghahremaninizhad, University of Miami

Dear IMECE Attendees:

The Applied Mechanics Executive Committee (AMD-EC) is pleased to announce the 2015 IMECE student travel award and best paper competition.

In the context of metal plasticity, the yield function of a metal polycrystal is its most complex macro-characteristic. Letting aside the questions of kinematic or distortional hardening, the basic problem is geometric in nature: to design a family of convex surfaces capable of reproducing a wide range of experimental, or theoretically predicted data. While many satisfactory solutions have been proposed for the modeling of symmetric (with respect to the origin of the stress space) yield functions, the more general case of asymmetric functions has not witnessed comparable progress.

Dear Colleagues,

We invite you to submit an abstract to the symposium titled “Mechanics of Deformation and Failure of Energy Materials” at the IMECE 2015, Houston, Texas, November 13-19, 2015. 

More details about the symposium and the abstract submission can be found in the attachment and at the Congress 2015 website http://www.asmeconferences.org/Congress2015/. Abstracts are due on March 2, 2015 and please select Track 12 -37 while submitting the abstract.

Michael Ortiz will receive the 2015 Timoshenko Medal.  He will give the speech of acceptance at the Annual Applied Mechanics Banquet, on Tuesday, 17 November 2015, in Houston, at the ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition.  

Come to the Congress to congratulate Professor Michael Ortiz in person.  

The deadline for submitting an abstract to the Congress is 2 March 2015.

PhD Position in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Rowan University