The 2021 SES (Virtual) Month Schedule

Daily Schedule (all times EST)

Friday, Oct. 1 – Size matters: inspired by micro, nano, architected solids, and slender structures. Fishbowl participants include Julia Greer (moderator), Huajian Gao, Dennis Kochmann, Jaime Marian, and George Pharr.

10:00am-10:05am – Opening remarks / announcements
10:05am-10:40am – Rice medalist Yong Zhu
10:40am-11:25am – Fishbowl
11:25am-11:30am – Break
11:30am-1pm – gather.town poster session and socializing

Tuesday, Oct. 5 – Living matter: inspired by biosystems, biomaterials, and biofluids. Fishbowl participants include Guy Genin (moderator), Vikram Deshpande, Dennis Discher, Gerhard Holzapfel, and Greg Sawyer.

10:00am-10:35am – Young investigator medalist Ximin He
10:35am-11:20am – Fishbowl
11:20am-11:30am – Break
11:30am-1pm – gather.town poster session and socializing

Friday, Oct. 15 – Interactions matter: inspired by coupled-fields, fluid-solid interactions, fluids, and granular and meta- materials. Fishbowl participants include Matthew Begley (moderator), Philippe Geubelle, Ellen Kuhl, Oscar Lopez-Pamies, and K.T. Ramesh.

10:00am-10:15am – AI/ML theory by Miguel Bessa
10:15am-10:30am – AI/ML experiments Samantha Daly
10:35am-11:20am – Fishbowl
11:20am-11:30am – Break
11:30am-1pm – gather.town poster session and socializing

Tuesday, Oct. 19 – Soft matter: inspired by soft materials and structures, soft robots, and soft meta-materials. Fishbowl participants include Ken Kamrin (moderator), Katia Bertoldi, Carmel Majidi, Michelle Oyen, and Zhigang Suo.

10:00am-10:35am – Young investigator medalist Cunjiang Yu
10:35am-11:20am – Fishbowl
11:20am-11:30am – Break
11:30am-1pm – gather.town poster session, socializing, and members meeting

Friday, Oct. 29 – Frontiers matter: seeking inspiration on the direction and nature of mechanics research in the next 20 years. Fishbowl participants comprised of department leaders include Pedro Reis (moderator), Jose Andrade, Cate Brinson, and Ellen Arruda. Fishbowl participants comprised of current and former program managers include William Carter (moderator), Nakhiah Goulbourne, Glaucio Paulino, Thomas Siegmund, and Siddiq Qidwai.

10:00am-10:35am – Fishbowl – funding agency perspective
10:35am-11:20am – Fishbowl – department chair perspective
11:20am-11:25am – Announcements for next year
11:25am-11:30am – Break
11:30am-1:00pm – gather.town poster session and socializing

2021 SES Conference Organizing Committee

Shawn Chester

Shelby Hutchens

Shailendra Joshi

Pablo Zavattieri

Kejie Zhao

Communications:

Anna Tarakanova