Symposia and Topics

SYMPOSIA

Topics of interest to the conference:

• Approaches to large-scale Density Functional Theory (Big DFT)
• Atomistics, potential development and molecular dynamics
• Coarse graining and fast multiscale methods
• Dynamics of flaws, fracture, failure, and fragmentation
• Energetic materials
• Image-based computational mechanics
• In situ high rate/high temperature experimentation
• Materials modeling using particle methods
• Mechanics of damage at multiple scales
• Mechanics of semi-crystalline polymers
• Novel techniques for three-dimensional material characterization
• Single fiber and single filament characterization

Below is a list of symposia for the 2019 Mach Conference.

• Analytical and numerical methods for upscaling of grain/particle mechanics
• Architected Materials: Design, Fabrication and Characterization
• Ceramic in Extreme Environments: Processing and Properties
• Experimental and Computation Characterization of Dynamic Behavior of Advanced Ceramics
• From Atoms to Armor: multiaxial dynamic impact mechanics of ballistic fibers and composites (
• High rate multiscale mechanics of particulate materials and soils
• Impact Matters: KT Ramesh’s 60th Birthday Symposium – INVITATION ONLY
• Machine Learning Techniques for Accelerated and Intelligent Materials Design and Discovery
• Mechanical Processing for Advanced Lightweight Alloys
• Modeling and Characterization of Fiber-Matrix Interphase
• Multiscale approaches to modeling hierarchical materials
• Multiscale Models and Experiments for Energetic Materials
• Slip, Twins, and Voids – IV
• Uncertainty quantification and stochastic modeling of materials

To view conference agendas from past years (including speakers), click here.