The US National Committee on Theoretical and Applied Mechanics is sponsoring the 16th US National Congress on Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (USNCTAM) on June 27 - July 2, 2010 at the Pennsylvania State University in University Park, PA. The Congress, held every four years, is the premier American forum for networking and technical information exchange for researchers and students interested in mechanics. The Congress agenda consists of a welcome reception, plenary sessions, five days of up to 18 parallel technical sessions, lunches, and a banquet. Technical sessions will cover numerous topics on solid mechanics, fluid mechanics, dynamics, and bio-mechanics. Up to 1000 papers by colleagues from the United States and abroad are expected.

On behalf of the US National Committee on Theoretical and Applied Mechanics and the local organizing committee, we extend a warm welcome to all mechanics researchers to join us in the picturesque ridge-valley region of Central Pennsylvania. Please bookmark this webpage to check for updates, and feel free to contact the organizers if you need any additional information.

Plenary Speakers
Charbel Farhat Stanford University A Computational Framework for Modeling Highly Nonlinear Multi-Phase Fluid-Structure Interaction Problems		Zhigang Suo Harvard University Mechanics and Materials for Soft Machines		Mory Gharib California Institute of Technology Lessons for Bio-Inspired Design: Morpho-Dynamics of Embryonic Heart		Pol Spanos Rice University Joint Time-Frequency Analysis in Structural Dynamics Applications

Organizers:

Congress Chair Judith A. Todd The Pennsylvania State University Dept. of Engineering Science and Mechanics 212 Earth-Engineering Sciences Bldg University Park, PA 16802-6812 Ph/Fax: 814-863-0771/865-9974 jtodd@psu.edu

Technical Program Chair Charles E. Bakis The Pennsylvania State University Dept. of Engineering Science and Mechanics 212 Earth-Engineering Sciences Bldg University Park, PA 16802-6812 Ph/Fax: 814-865-3178/865-9974 cbakis@psu.edu

Scientific Committee Chair Stelios Kyriakides Department of Aerospace Engineering & Engineering Mechanics The University of Texas at Austin 210 East 24th Street, W. R. Woolrich Laboratories 1 University Station, C0600 Austin, Texas 78712-0235 Ph/Fax: 512-471-4167/ 5500 skk@mail.utexas.edu