Luis Dorfmann, Tufts University

Huajian Gao, Brown University

Ming Guo, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Ellen Kuhl, Stanford University

The purpose of this symposium is to address and outline new directions in biomechanics and mechanobiology and to furnish a forum for discussions on a wide range of research in all biological systems. In particular, we encourage contributions in the areas of:

•Mechanical properties and behaviors of materials in both engineering and biology;

•Cell interactions with nano-, micro- and macroscale materials;

•Elastic and inelastic properties of biological systems;

•Mixture theories for modeling biological growth;

•Modeling swelling, the blood-brain barrier and damage;

•Coupled field phenomena and constitutive laws;

•Mechanics of hierarchical structure in biology;

•Cell adhesion and mechanics of cellular endocytosis;

•Interactions of mechanics, chemistry and biology.

Keywords: human health, biomechanics