Call for Papers: Micro and Nano Systems Engineering and Packaging Track (Track 10): TOPIC NAME: Applied Mechanics and Materials

CALL FOR PAPERS

Dear
Colleagues:

We
would like to invite you to submit abstract(s) to the Applied Mechanics and
Materials symposium (Track 10-21) at the upcoming 2012 ASME International
Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition to be held Nov 9-15,
2012, at Houston Texas.

Prospective authors should submit a 400-word abstract via
the web tool at the Congress 2012 website

(http://www.asmeconferences.org/Congress2012)
by February 27, 2012.

Please navigate through Track 10 (Micro and Nano
Systems Engineering and Packaging) to find the Applied Mechanics and Materials symposium (Track
10-21)

The
objective of this symposium is to promote and disseminate original ideas and
investigations on mechanics and materials issues involved with micro- and nano-
systems. Theoretical, computational and experimental contributions highlighting
small scale mechanics and materials will be considered. Interactions of such
small-scale materials with target environments and their influence on the
device mechanics and operations will be of great interest too.

Specific
areas of interest include, but are not limited to:

·
Application of continuum and nanoscale mechanics in MEMS and NEMS (sensors,
actuators, resonators) design.

·
Mechanics of micro-electronic, thermo-electric and multi-functional materials.

·
Mechanics of non-conventional (soft, self-assembled, strain engineered,
cellular and nanoporous, etc.) materials.

·
Computational approach in micro and nano mechanics, and nanomaterials

·
Mechanics of nano to micro scale heterogeneous materials and their interfaces

·
Size effects in micro and nanoscale materials behavior.

·
Mechanical behavior of functional nanoscale objects such as biological and
biomolecular components.

·
Bio-inspired nanomaterials

·
Experimental techniques in micro and nanoscale materials characterization.

·
Nanoscale mechanics of multilayered nanostructures.

·
Surface effect and the role of multiphysical environment in micro and nanoscale
materials behavior.

·
High temperature mechanics of nanostructures.

We look forward to
seeing you in Houston at IMECE 2012.

Sincerely

Topic
Chair: Ahsan Mian, MEMS Division, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT 50717;
Ph: (406) 994-6296; email: amian@me.montana.edu

Topic
Co-Chair: Aman Haque, MEMS Division, Penn State University, 317A Leonhard
Building, University Park, PA, (814) 865-4248, mah37@psu.edu

Topic
Co-Chair: Ashfaq Adnan, MEMS Division, The University of Texas at Arlington, 500
West 1st Street, Arlington, TX, (817) 272 -2006, aadnan@uta.edu