Shawn Chester, New Jersey Institute of Technology

Kevin Long, Sandia National Laboratory

Shengqiang Cai, University of California, San Diego

Sung Hoon Kang, Johns Hopkins University

This topic covers the characterization, prediction, modeling, and application of mechanics in soft materials. This topic seeks abstracts for individual sessions in:

• Active Materials,

• Mechano-Chemistry,

• Mechano-Biology,

• Gels,

• Mechanical Characterization,

• Degradation and Failure,

• Adhesion,

• Computational Methods.

The symposium brings researchers from a variety of backgrounds together in order to exchange and discuss ideas related to theory and experimentation of the mechanics of soft materials. Rational: This symposium is proposed by the ASME technical committee for the Mechanics of Soft Materials. We have past experience successfully organizing and running a symposium of this nature for many years.

Keywords: material systems, solids and structure