conference

The 28th Risø International Symposium on Materials Science addresses the whole range from fundamental understanding to industrial applications. Topics include:

• surface functionalising
• chemical and physical surface characterisation
• mechanical characterisation of interfaces
• micromechanical modelling
• fibre/matrix debonding
• sizings effects on composite processing
• interface aspects and their integration into manufacturing
• fibre bridging in composites
• fracture resistance of composite
• tensile and compressive strength of composite
• macroscale modelling
• hole and notch sensitivity

More information, including invited key-note speakers, see web site here.

Dear Colleagues:

You are cordially invited to submit an abstract to the symposium on "Nanostructured Materials including Nanocrystalline Materials, Nanoporous Materials, Active Nanomaterials and Structures." This mini symposium is listed under Track 21 -- Processing and Engineering Applications of Novel Materials as (21-2 Symposium on Multifunctional Materials and Structures) at the 2007 ASME IMECE, which will be held on Nov. 12-15, 2007 in Seattle, Washington.

Dear Colleague,

We are pleased to announce that the ICCES08( International Conference on
Computational and Experimental Engineering & Sciences) will be held at the
Waikiki Beach Marriott Resort & Spa, in Honolulu, Hawaii, during 17-22 March
2008.

Deadlines:
. 1 Oct 2007: Deadline for Mini-symposia proposals (email: icces [at] icces.org (icces[at]icces[dot]org)).
. 1 Oct 2007: Start abstract submission (http://www.icces.org).
. 15 Dec 2007: Deadline for abstract submission.
. 20 Dec 2007: End of abstract selection.
. 1 Jan 2008: Start early registration & hotel reservation (at discounted
rates).
. 15 Jan 2008: Deadline for early registration.
. 1 Feb 2008: Deadline for final 6-page paper submission to:
http://submission.techscience.com/icces08.
. 1 Feb 2008: Technical program announcement.
. 1 Mar 2008: Deadline for the regular registration.

The conference hotel is in a tourist area of the Waikiki Beach in Honolulu.
For those that make reservations by 1 January 2008, the hotel offers a
substantially discounted rate of about US$149/night (single or double
occupancy) (The room rates in Honolulu are normally about $265/night in
Waikiki). The conference deadlines above have been chosen to facilitate
inexpensive hotel accommodations for ALL the participants at the conference
hotel. Further details of ICCES08 will be posted continually at
http://www.icces.org. To ensure that you receive further e-mails about
ICCES08, please "sign up" at http://www.icces.org

If you are interested in hosting a mini-symposium at ICCES08, please send
us an email (icces [at] icces.org):
. The title of the Symposium,
. A brief description of the Symposium
. A list of potential participants whom you plan to invite( as comprehensive
as possible)

Each presentation at ICCES08 will be of  20 minutes duration (including
discussions). Keynote and Plenary Lectures will be of longer duration.

At ICCES08, very strict procedures will be implemented, to prevent no-shows.
Please submit an abstract, only if you intend to present the paper in
person, in good faith.

All accepted papers will appear in the open access journal, ICCES(
www.techscience.com/icces).

We look forward to welcoming you to Honolulu, Hawaii, in March 2008.

ICCES08 Organizing Committee
Email: icces [at] icces.org (icces[at]icces[dot]org)
http://www.icces.org

We invite you to submit an abstract for the 6th international conference on Mechanics of Time-Dependent Materials, to be held at the Portola Plaza Hotel, Monterey CA, March 30 - April 1, 2008. The conference is held in coordination with the journal of the same name. (Profs. Igor Emri and Wolfgang Knauss, editors-in-chief.)  The hotel overlooks beautiful Monterey Bay. The program will feature: several distinguished plenary speakers addressing a selection of the described topics; a day highlighting US and international governmental support with keynote by Dr.