MINUTES OF THE
Committee ON Computing in Applied Mechanics (CONCAM)
ASME Applied Mechanics Division
1 August, 2001
Dearborn, Michigan

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