In attendance: T. Belytschko, F. Bobaru, J.S. Chen, P. Geubelle, J.
Heegaard, T.J.R. Hughes, G. Hulbert, W.K. Liu, J.-F. Molinari, S. Mukherjee,
L.
Olson, T. Petrella, G. Paulino, P. Smolinski, H. Stolarski, E. Taciroglu,
K. Willam
1. Introduction of those in attendance.
2. Review and approval of the minutes of the November 9, 2000 meeting at IMECE in Orlando, FL.
3. Announcements
(A) Patrick Smolinski has been elected as the
new Vice-Chair of CONCAM.
(B) Ron Averill is the new CONCAM webmaster
(http://www.egr.msu.edu/asme/concam/)
4. Reports on Symposia:
(A) Greg Hulbert reported that USACCM was well
attended with over 800 participants.
(B) 2001 ASME IMECE
- Two sessions on Moving and Stationary Interfaces
Organized by P. Smolinski
and T. Belytschko
- Two Sessions on Damage and Durability of Multifunctional Materials
Organized by A.M. Sastry
5. Proposed Symposia:
(A) 2002 ASME IMECE
November 17-22, New Orleans, LA
-Computational Nanomechanics
Organized by J.S. Chen,
W.K. Liu and T. Belytschko
7 sessions requested (possibly
joint with the Materials Division)
- Advances in Boundary Elements
Organized by G. Paulino
and S. Mukherjee
3 sessions requested
(B) 2003 ASME IMECE
November 16 -21, 2003
Washington Marriott, Washington, DC
-Modelling and Design of Functionally Graded Materials
Organized by Florin Bobaru
and Glaucio Paulino
3 sessions requested
6. Other Relevant Congresses
(A) 14th. U.S. National Congress of Theoretical
and Applied Mechanics
June 23-28, 2002 Blacksburg, VA
http://www.esm.vt.edu/usncam14
(B) WCCM V Fifth World Congress on Computational
Mechanics
July 7-12, 2002 Vienna Austria
http://wccm.tuwien.ac.at
7. Report of the Honors Committee
As Vice-Chairman of CONCAM, P. Smolinski will Chair the Honors Subcommittee
of CONCAM. T.J.R. Hughes stated that the committee should remain
active in
submitting members for ASME honors and that this can be done by anyone.
8. Membership Matters
Jean- Francois Molinari, Anthony Petrella and Ertugrul Taciroglu were
introduced as new friends of the committee.
9. Place and date of the next meeting
2001 ASME IMECE
November 11-16, 2001
New York Hilton and Sheraton, New York, NY
10. Meeting Adjourned