Mini-symposia

Six topics have been selected for mini-symposia. Each mini-symposium will consist of three or four invited introductory lectures, followed by contributed papers (either lectures or seminar presentations) falling within the scope of the mini- symposia.

MS01 :: Mechanical challenges in energy
Chairs: Kenneth Reifsnider (USA), Jens Nørkær Sørensen (Denmark), Dongxiao Zhang (China)
Introductory lecturers:
Robert McMeeking: The role of solid mechanics in electrochemical energy systems such as lithium-ion batteries and fuel cells
Fernando Porte-Agel: Interaction between large wind farms and the atmospheric boundary layer
Ken Reifsnider: Nano-Mechanics Foundations and Experimental Methodologies for Multiphysics Prognosis of Functional Behavior in Heterogenous Functional Materials (HeteroFoaMs)
Anil Virkar: Mechanical behavior of fuel cells
Dongxiao Zhang: Mechanical challenges in geological sequestration of carbon dioxide

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MS02 :: Mechanics of natural disasters
Chairs: Bernhard Schrefler (Italy), Pavel Tkalich (Singapore)
Introductory lecturers:
R.P. Denlinger: Land and mudslides
Frederic Dias: On the modelling of tsunami generation and tsunami inundation
Yasuo Onishi: Fukush and Chernobyl Nuclear Accidents’ Environmental Assessments and U.S. Hanford Nuclear Site’s Waste Management
Hans von Storch: Storm Surges
Mark Zheleznyak: Fluid Mechanics Approaches to Modeling the Environmental Consequences of Nuclear Accidents and Mud Volcano Eruption

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MS03 :: Fluid-structure interactions in biological systems
Chairs: Gerhard Holzapfel (Austria), Eric Lauga (USA)
Introductory lecturers:
C. Alberto Figueroa: Pressure Wave Propagation in Full-body Arterial Models: A Gateway to Exploring Aging and Hypertension
Emmanuel de Langre: Flow-Plants Interactions, Ecology and Biomimetics
Michael Shelley: Active Fluids
Paul Watton: Modelling the Evolution of Aneurysms: Biomechanics, Mechanobiology and Multiscale Modelling

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MS04 :: Mechanics of transport in microfluidic devices
Chairs: Matthew Begley (USA), Henrik Bruus (Denmark)
Introductory lecturers:
Henrik Bruus: Theoretical aspects of microchannel acoustophoresis
Dino Di Carlo: Inertial Microfluidics: High-throughput cell and particle manipulation
James Landers: The Pinwheel Effect for DNA Detection: Mechanics, mechanism and application
Thomas Laurell: Acoustophoresis in life science applications
Minoru Seki: Rapid and Precise Particle Manipulation in Microfluidic Devices

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MS05 :: Dynamics and control of morphing structures
Chairs: Ephrahim Garcia (USA), Haiyan Hu (China)
Introductory lecturers:
Jonathan E. Cooper: Morphing Structures for Improved Aircraft Performance
Jinhao Qiu: Smart Skins and Actuators for Morphing Structures
Michael Sinapius: DLR’s Research in Morphing within the European Network

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MS06 :: Effects of small size scales in materials modeling
Chairs: Huajian Gao (USA), Marc Geers (Netherlands)
Introductory lecturers:
William Curtin: A Mechanistic and Predictive Model for Plasticity Size-Effects:  Stress Gradient Plasticity
Horacio Espinosa: Atomistic Mechanical Testing of Nanostructures – Seeing the Invisible and Bridging Theory and Experiments
Erik van der Giessen: Multiscale Plasticity: how far does reductionism go?
Quanshui Zheng: Size effects of materials surface roughness for wetting and transportation: From nature to experiments and models.

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