Professor McMeeking is awarded the Prager Medal for his contributions underpinning finite deformation computational mechanics and the constitutive characterization of advanced structural and functional materials, including fracture and deformation of ceramics, composite materials, ferroelectrics, and the mechanics of adhesion and cells.
Schedule

Continuum mechanics beyond the second law of thermodynamics

Martin Ostoja-Starzewski, Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering and Institute for Condensed Matter Theory, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, United States

Cyclic performance of silicon as anode material in lithium ion batteries

Seongseop Kim, Seoul National University, Republic of Korea
Maenghyo Cho, Seoul National University, Republic of Korea
Min Zhou, Georgia Institute of Technology, United States

Elastic properties and interfacial toughness of thermal barrier coatings

Kevin Hemker, Johns Hopkins University

Failure of two porous sandstones under true triaxial conditions

John Rudnicki, Northwestern University, United States
Xiaodong Ma, University of Wisconsin, United States
Bezalel Haimson, University of Wisconsin, United States

Harnessing large deformation and instabilities of soft dielectrics: theory, experiment, and application

Xuanhe Zhao, Duke University

Hierarchical multiscale method for coupled mechano-electronic modeling of semiconducting nanomaterials

Arif Masud, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Vignesh Kannan, Johns Hopkins University, United States

Interface- and surface-induced phenomena during phase transformations: phase field approach

Valery Levitas, Iowa State University, United States

Keynote: Multiscale mechanics of graphene

David Parks, MIT

Large amplitude fluctuations of confined semiflexible biopolymer filaments

Fjola Jonsdottir, University of Iceland
L.B. Freund, University of Illinois, United States

Modeling poling processes in ferroelectric devices taking into account weak electric conductivity

Holger Schwaab, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany
Marc Kamlah, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany

Multiscale characterization of DP980 steels for automotive applications

H. Lyu F. Zhang
H. Zbib D. Field

Nonlinear constitutive representation for cubic materials

Thomas Wright, Johns Hopkins University, United States

Oxidation of high-temperature alloys. Application to failure of thermal barrier coatings

Lallit Anand, MIT

Phase-field modeling of hydraulic fracture

Chad Landis, University of Texas at Austin, United States
Zachary Wilson, University of Texas at Austin, United States
Michael Borden, University of Texas at Austin, United States
Thomas Hughes, University of Texas at Austin, United States

Size dependence of the dielectric breakdown strength from nano- to millimeter scale

Gerold Schneider, Hamburg University of Technology

Stochastic virtual tests for fiber composites

Brian Cox, Teledyne Scientific
H. A. Bale
B. C. Do M. Blacklock
R. O. Ritchie T. Fast
Q. D. Yang M. Rossol
D. B. Marshall F. Zok

Strong coupling between lithiation kinetics and mechanical stress determines the fate of nanostructured electrodes

Sulin Zhang, Penn State University

Supercooled liquids

Zhigang Suo, Harvard University

Thermal fluctuations of biological membranes

Pradeep Sharma, University of Houston, United States
Fatemeh Ahmadpoor, University of Houston, United States
Liping Liu, Rutgers University, United States
Yuranan Hanlumyuang, Kasetsart University, Thailand