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CONTENTSSSN01 Bioinspiration, Biomimetics, and

Bioreplication VI (Martín-Palma) . . . 2

SSN02 Electroactive Polymer Actuators and Devices (EAPAD) XVIII (Bar-Cohen) . 3

SSN03 Active and Passive Smart Structures and Integrated Systems X (Park) . . . . 5

SSN04 Behavior and Mechanics of Multifunctional Materials and Composites X (Goulbourne) . . . . . . . . 6

SSN05 Industrial and Commercial Applications of Smart Structures Technologies X (Griffin) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

SSN06 Nano-, Bio-, Info-Tech Sensors and Systems (Varadan) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

SSN07 Sensors and Smart Structures Technologies for Civil, Mechanical, and Aerospace Systems (Lynch) . . . . . . . . 11

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SSN08 Nondestructive Characterization and Monitoring of Advanced Materials, Aerospace, and Civil Infrastructure X (Yu) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

SSN09 Health Monitoring of Structural and Biological Systems X (Kundu) . . . . . .14

SSN10 Smart Materials and Nondestructive Evaluation for Energy Systems (Meyendorf) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Awards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16

General Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Submission of Abstracts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18

DATESConferences & Course 20–24 March 2015

LOCATIONJW Marriott Las Vegas Resort & Spa Las Vegas, Nevada, USA

The Organizing Committee of the SPIE 23rd Annual International Symposium on Smart Structures and Material Systems + Nondestructive Evaluation and Health Monitoring invites you to attend this year’s meeting, now in Las Vegas, Nevada. This unique symposium offers many opportunities to network with colleagues from a variety of disciplines in academia, industry, and government from all over the world.

Organized in ten parallel conferences, SS/NDE brings together emerging technologies and advanced research in instrumentation, sensing, and measurement science with advanced materials, diagnostics, and smart systems. Engineers and researchers from government, military, academia and the commercial sector will discuss the current status and future directions of smart structures and materials, NDE, and health monitoring. Case studies, emerging research agendas, and innovative new technologies will be presented.

The Symposium covers all aspects of the evolving fields of materials, enabling technologies, sensor/actuator design, and applications of these technologies to cover the whole spectrum of life in the 21st century, including commercial, medical, aerospace, and military fields. It also includes several conferences on NDE and structural health monitoring, safety, security, characterization of materials, detection of materials defects and degradation, evaluation of the state of damage enabling reliable component failure prediction, application of micro- and nanomaterial systems, energy systems, and infrastructure.

This meeting is a showcase for multidisciplinary research and provides an excellent opportunity to explore new research areas by teaming with new partners from many fields. We look forward to seeing you in Las Vegas!

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Participate. Executive Organizing CommitteeYoseph Bar-Cohen, Jet Propulsion Lab. (USA)Alan L. Browne, Retired, General Motors Corp. (USA)Sang H. Choi, NASA Langley Research Ctr. (USA)Alper Erturk, Georgia Institute of Technology (USA)Nakhiah C. Goulbourne, Univ. of Michigan (USA)Steven F. Griffin, The Boeing Co. (USA)Wolfgang Grill, Univ. Leipzig (Germany)Andrew L. Gyekenyesi, Ohio Aerospace Institute (USA)Jaehwan Kim, Inha Univ. (Korea, Republic of)Mato Knez, CIC nanoGUNE Consolider (Spain)Tribikram Kundu, The Univ. of Arizona (USA)Akhlesh Lakhtakia, The Pennsylvania State Univ. (USA)Jerome P. Lynch, Univ. of Michigan (USA)Raúl J. Martín-Palma, Univ. Autónoma de Madrid (Spain)Theodoros E. Matikas, Univ. of Ioannina (Greece)Norbert G. Meyendorf, Fraunhofer IKTS-MD (Germany) and Univ. of Dayton (USA)Hani E. Naguib, Univ. of Toronto (Canada)Gyuhae Park, Chonnam National Univ. (Korea, Republic of)Kara J. Peters, North Carolina State Univ. (USA)Yongrae Roh, Kyungpook National Univ. (Korea, Republic of)Peter J. Shull, The Pennsylvania State Univ. (USA)Hoon Sohn, KAIST (Korea, Republic of)Kyo D. Song, Norfolk State Univ. (USA)Vijay K. Varadan, The Pennsylvania State Univ. (USA)Frédéric Vidal, Univ. de Cergy-Pontoise (France)Kon-Well Wang, Univ. of Michigan (USA)H. Felix Wu, Univ. of North Texas (USA)Tzu-Yang Yu, Univ. of Massachusetts Lowell (USA)

Tribikram Kundu The Univ. of Arizona (USA)

2016 SYMPOSIUM CO-CHAIRS: 2016 SYMPOSIUM CHAIRS:

Jayanth N. Kudva NextGen Aeronautics, Inc. (USA)

Theodoros E. Matikas Univ. of Ioannina (Greece)

Gregory W. Reich Air Force Research Lab. (USA)

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Bioinspiration, Biomimetics, and Bioreplication VI (SSN01)Conference Chair: Raúl J. Martín-Palma, Univ. Autónoma de Madrid (Spain)

Conference Co-Chairs: Akhlesh Lakhtakia, The Pennsylvania State Univ. (USA); Mato Knez, CIC nanoGUNE Consolider (Spain)

Program Committee: Hans Arwin, Linköping Univ. (Sweden); Yoseph Bar-Cohen, Jet Propulsion Lab. (USA); Michael H. Bartl, The Univ. of Utah (USA); Javaan S. Chahl, Defence Science and Technology Organisation (Australia); Carolyn Dry, Natural Process Design, Inc. (USA); Susan A. Frost, NASA Ames Research Ctr. (USA); Olaf Karthaus, Chitose Institute of Science and Technology (Japan); Bert Müller, Basel Univ. Hospital (Switzerland); Maurizio Porfiri, Polytechnic Institute of New York Univ. (USA); Akira Saito, Osaka Univ. (Japan); Diana C. Skigin, Univ. de Buenos Aires (Argentina)

Engineered biomimicry, comprising bioinspiration, biomimetics, and bioreplication, takes ideas and concepts from nature to implement them in different fields of science and technology, ranging from engineering to computing, aiming at the development of novel devices with tailored functionalities. This rapidly evolving f ield, given the broad technological advances which allow approaching the sophistication of biological systems, is highly multidisciplinary in nature. As such, it embraces aspects related to physics, chemistry, biology, materials science, nanotechnology, neuroscience, mechanical properties, computing and control, design integration, optimization, multifunctionality, and cost effectiveness.

The sixth edition of this conference welcomes contributions from industry, academia, and government research organizations. Topics of interest cover any relevant aspects of engineered biomimicry, from theoretical considerations, production, and characterization to practical applications.

Topics include, but are not limited to: • fundamental processes (aerodynamics,

adhesion, superhydrophobicity and self-cleaning, nano and microfluidics, structural colors, rheology, photonics, locomotion, visual systems)

• materials (biomaterials, composites, high-strength membranes, ultralightweight structures)

• detection/sensor systems (electronic noses and tongues, photonic devices)

• devices (multifunctional devices, miniature devices, neuromorphic devices and systems, polarizers)

• applications (robotics, architecture, biomedical and pharmaceutical applications, marine applications, communications and informatics, functional/decorative coatings)

• energy and resource efficiency • biobeneficial bioinspiration.

The conference will include several invited talks, contributed talks, and posters. It will also feature a 90-minute panel discussion.

Confirmed invited speakers include Mathias Kolle, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (USA); Konstantin Kornev, Clemson Univ. (USA); Cordt Zollfrank, Technische Univ. München (Germany); Eric Warrant, Lunds Univ. (Sweden).

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Electroactive Polymer Actuators and Devices (EAPAD) XVIII (SSN02)Conference Chair: Yoseph Bar-Cohen, Jet Propulsion Lab. (USA)

Conference Co-Chair: Frédéric Vidal, Univ. de Cergy-Pontoise (France)

Program Committee: Barbar J. Akle, Lebanese American Univ. (Lebanon); Tunku Ishak Al-Irsyad, Univ. Teknologi MARA (Malaysia); Iain A. Anderson, The Univ. of Auckland (New Zealand); Kinji Asaka, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (Japan); Siegfried G. Bauer, Johannes Kepler Univ. Linz (Austria); Ray H. Baughman, The Univ. of Texas at Dallas (USA); Václav Bouda, Czech Technical Univ. in Prague (Czech Republic); Federico Carpi, Queen Mary, Univ. of London (United Kingdom); Suresh Chandra, Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu Univ. (India); Hyouk Ryeol Choi, Sungkyunkwan Univ. (Korea, Republic of); Gal deBotton, Ben-Gurion Univ. of the Negev (Israel); Toribio Fernández Otero, Univ. Politécnica de Cartagena (Spain); Yahya A. Ismail, A’Shargiyah Univ. (Oman); Edwin W. H. Jager, Linköping Univ. (Sweden); Giedrius Janusas, Kaunas Univ. of Technology (Lithuania); Kwang Jin Kim, Univ. of Nevada, Las Vegas (USA); Gabor M. Kovacs, EMPA (Switzerland); Maarja Kruusmaa, Univ. of Tartu (Estonia); Jinsong Leng, Harbin Institute of Technology (China); John D. W. Madden, The Univ. of British Columbia (Canada); Siavouche Nemat-Nasser, Univ. of California, San Diego (USA); Qibing Pei, Univ. of California, Los Angeles (USA); Valentin Radu, Omicron Plus S.R.L. (Romania); Mehdi Razzaghi-Kashani, Tarbiat Modares Univ. (Iran, Islamic Republic of); Jonathan M. Rossiter, Univ. of Bristol (United Kingdom); Anuvat Sirivat, Chulalongkorn Univ. (Thailand); Anne Ladegaard Skov, Technical Univ. of Denmark (Denmark); Ji Su, NASA Langley Research Ctr. (USA); Minoru Taya, Univ. of Washington (USA); I-Hsiang Tseng, Feng Chia Univ. (Taiwan); Rocco Vertechy, Univ. degli Studi di Bologna (Italy); Gordon G. Wallace, Univ. of Wollongong (Australia); Thomas Wallmersperger, Technische Univ. Dresden (Germany); Qiming M. Zhang, The Pennsylvania State Univ. (USA); Pawel Zylka, Wroclaw Univ. of Technology (Poland)

EAP materials have unique characteristics that are enabling many new technologies . Their characteristics include the ability to undergo larger displacements than almost any other class of smart materials, the pliability needed for biomimetic and other mechanically flexible systems, and low density. Of particular interest is their potential to augment, improve upon, and possibly replace biological muscles. Besides their attractive characteristics as actuators they are also being exploited to enable new types of generators or sensors. Development of effective and robust mechanisms and devices that are actuated by EAP materials requires improved theoretical and empirical understanding of their behavior, design concepts for efficient actuation, generation and sensing, and reliable and repeatable fabrication and characterization methods, as well as effective control algorithms and electronics. The objective of this conference is to identify EAP material improvements and new developments; enhance the understanding of their behavior, including effective modeling of their electro-mechanics and chemistry; cover techniques of processing and characterization; and showcase applications of these materials. Further, this conference is seeking to promote the development of high performance EAP as smart materials and to increase the recognition of EAP as viable options for use in smart structures.

Papers are solicited on but not limited to the following EAP related topics: • advances in actuation, sensing and

proprioception using EAP materials, as well as carbon-based and inorganic materials (namely, in addition to electric, these include materials that are driven by heat, light, or other energy inputs)

• theoretical models, analysis, and simulation including computational chemistry

• measurement, testing, and characterization methods

• manufacturing technologies, including electroding, synthesis, processing, shaping, and fabrication

• design and engineering of actuators, sensors, and their integration into systems

• technology from miniature scale (MEMS, micro, and nano) to large devices

• applications in artificial muscles, robotics, biomimetics, energy harvesting, medical, industry, etc.

• driving electronics, system integration, and packaging

• control algorithms for devices and their implementation in software and hardware.

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EAP-IN-ACTION SESSIONThis session that is held annually as part of the SPIE EAPAD conference is intended to turn the spotlight on Electroactive Polymers (EAP) materials and their applications, as well as increase the recognition of their potential for smart structures. New materials and applications are continuing to emerge, and this session is intended to provide the attendees an opportunity to see a demonstration of EAP materials in action. This session offers a forum of interaction between the technology developers and potential users, as well as a “hands-on” experience with this emerging technology. It provides a great opportunity to see the capability of state of the art of EAP as potential actuators-of-choice.

IMPORTANT DATESAbstracts Due: 8 SEPTEMBER 2015Author Notification: 16 NOVEMBER 2015Manuscripts Due: 22 FEBRUARY 2016Please Note: Submissions imply the intent of at least one author to register, attend the conference, present the paper as scheduled, and submit a full-length manuscript for publication in the conference proceedings.



Active and Passive Smart Structures and Integrated Systems X (SSN03)Conference Chair: Gyuhae Park, Chonnam National Univ. (Korea, Republic of)

Conference Co-Chair: Alper Erturk, Georgia Institute of Technology (USA)

Program Committee: Gregory S. Agnes, Jet Propulsion Lab. (USA); Mehdi Ahmadian, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State Univ. (USA); Eric H. Anderson, Moog CSA Engineering (USA); Steven R. Anton, Tennessee Technological Univ. (USA); Hiroshi Asanuma, Chiba Univ. (Japan); Amr M. Baz, Univ. of Maryland, College Park (USA); Diann E. Brei, Univ. of Michigan (USA); Gregory P. Carman, Univ. of California, Los Angeles (USA); Seung-Bok Choi, Inha Univ. (Korea, Republic of); William W. Clark, Univ. of Pittsburgh (USA); Alison B. Flatau, Univ. of Maryland, College Park (USA); Farhan S. Gandhi, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (USA); Mehrdad N. Ghasemi-Nejhad, Univ. of Hawai’i (USA); Victor Giurgiutiu, Univ. of South Carolina (USA); Faramarz Gordaninejad, Univ. of Nevada, Reno (USA); Nakhiah C. Goulbourne, Univ. of Michigan (USA); Daniel J. Guyomar, Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Lyon (France); Jae-Hung Han, KAIST (Korea, Republic of); Tristram T. Hyde, NASA Headquarters (USA); Daniel J. Inman, Univ. of Michigan (USA); Conor D. Johnson, Moog CSA Engineering (USA); Hyung-Jo Jung, KAIST (Korea, Republic of); Junrui Liang, ShanghaiTech Univ. (China); Wei-Hsin Liao, The Chinese Univ. of Hong Kong (Hong Kong, China); David L. Mascareñas, Los Alamos National Lab. (USA); Roger Ohayon, Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers (France); Mohammad Rastgaar Aagaah, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (USA); Norbert Schwesinger, Technische Univ. München (Germany); Yi-Chung Shu, National Taiwan Univ. (Taiwan); Henry A. Sodano, Univ. of Florida (USA); Steve Southward, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State Univ. (USA); Roger Stanway, The Univ. of Sheffield (United Kingdom); Jiong Tang, Univ. of Connecticut (USA); Dai-Hua Wang, Chongqing Univ. (China); Kon-Well Wang, Univ. of Michigan (USA); Norman M. Wereley, Univ. of Maryland, College Park (USA); Lei Zuo, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State Univ. (USA)

In addition to the 200-word summary abstract, authors are welcome to submit an extended abstract (approximately 2 pages long, or 1,000 words) for review purposes.

Acceptance priority will be given to authors who submit a 2-page summary of their work. The file can be submitted as a Word.doc or postscript file during the abstract submission process. The extended abstract, used for selecting the papers by Track organizers, can include figures, test results, and references. The short abstract will be included in the publication that is provided to the conference attendees.

This conference, largely resulting from merge of the former ‘Damping & Isolation’ and ‘Smart Structures & Integrated Systems’ conferences, as well as a part of ‘Modeling, Signal Processing, and Control’ focuses on topics related to design, analysis, fabrication, and testing of active/passive smart dynamic structural systems. Structural vibration, damping, and acoustic control of integrated systems can be enhanced through passive, active, and hybrid approaches. The conference emphasis is on the interplay of actuation, sensing, and processing capabilities to create active systems with new function capabilities. The goal is to create a multidisciplinary forum to bring together developments in diverse application areas in aeronautical, space, marine, transportation, civil applications, etc. The scope of the conference ranges from system level evaluation of smart structures to development, modeling, and optimization of new actuation and sensing techniques for integrated systems. Authors are encouraged to describe developments in active materials, ‘smart’ structural components, and integration of these and other constituent technologies into advanced systems that hold the potential for expanding the application of active and passive smart structures and integrated systems.

The primary topics for the conference are organized into the following 8 tracks: • Track 1: Energy Harvesting and Scavenging • Track 2: Biological-inspired Systems and Bio-

MEMS • Track 3: Passive and Active Vibration Isolation

Systems • Track 4: Magneto Rheological Systems • Track 5: SMA- and Piezo-based Materials and

Systems • Track 6: Micro and Nano Integrated Systems • Track 7: Aircraft, MAV/UAV, and Morphing

Systems • Track 8: Modeling, Optimization, Signal

Processing, Sensing, Control, and Design of Integrated Systems

Authors can select the track that best fits their paper topic during the abstract submission process.

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Behavior and Mechanics of Multifunctional Materials and Composites X (SSN04)Conference Chair: Nakhiah C. Goulbourne, Univ. of Michigan (USA)

Conference Co-Chair: Hani E. Naguib, Univ. of Toronto (Canada)

Program Committee: Abhijit Bhattacharyya, Univ. of Arkansas at Little Rock (USA); Gregory P. Carman, Univ. of California, Los Angeles (USA); Pavel M. Chaplya, Sandia National Labs. (USA); Constantin Ciocanel, Northern Arizona Univ. (USA); Marcelo J. Dapino, The Ohio State Univ. (USA); Sergio Luis dos Santos e Lucato, Teledyne Scientific Co. (USA); LeAnn E. Faidley, Wartburg College (USA); Darren J. Hartl, Texas A&M Univ. (USA); Daniel J. Inman, Univ. of Michigan (USA); Marc Kamlah, Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (Germany); Haluk E. Karaca, Univ. of Kentucky (USA); Kwang Jin Kim, Univ. of Nevada, Las Vegas (USA); Dimitris C. Lagoudas, Texas A&M Univ. (USA); Chad M. Landis, The Univ. of Texas at Austin (USA); Kam K. Leang, Univ. of Nevada, Reno (USA); Donald J. Leo, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State Univ. (USA); Jiangyu Li, Univ. of Washington (USA); Christopher S. Lynch, Univ. of California, Los Angeles (USA); Karla M. Mossi, Virginia Commonwealth Univ. (USA); Robert C. O’Handley, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (USA); Zoubeida Ounaies, The Pennsylvania State Univ. (USA); Etienne Patoor, Univ. Metz (France); Ralph C. Smith, North Carolina State Univ. (USA); Jonghwan Suhr, Univ. of Delaware (USA); Vishnu Baba Sundaresan, The Ohio State Univ. (USA)

Smart structures utilize active materials as sensors and actuators to sense and respond to their environment. These include piezoelectrics, electrostrictives, magnetostrictives, electroactive polymers (EAP), shape memory alloys (SMA), and ferromagnetic shape memory alloys (FSMAs). Development of smart structures involves the integration of active and passive material systems, often including the coupling of relevant mechanical, electrical, magnetic, thermal, optical, or other physical properties. This integration can subject the active materials to large stress levels, cyclic loads, thermal loads, or chemical effects that result in nonlinear responses and large variations in material properties. Meeting the materials needs of the smart structures community over the coming decade and beyond will require the development of new active materials, further characterization of new and existing active materials, and development of mathematical models of material behavior and material failure suitable for reliable structural design.

This conference will bring together researchers from the materials, mechanics, and applications communities with common interests in material properties. Papers are solicited in the area of active materials with emphasis on material behavior and mechanics.

Topics of interest are broadly grouped into the following categories: • mathematical analysis of active materials • constitutive behavior: composition/structure/

property relations, coupled field behaviors, micromechanics models, multiscale models, molecular dynamics

• reliability models: fracture toughness, fatigue crack growth, field coupled fracture, fracture mechanics of active materials, fatigue life prediction, other failure modes and mechanisms (e.g., aging, depoling, dielectric breakdown, Curie temperatures, creep etc.)

• material development and characterization • multifunctional composite materials, nano-

structured composite materials • bio-functional materials and structures • shape memory alloys (SMAs), porous SMAs • ferromagnetic shape memory alloys (FSMAs) • single crystal and polycrystalline ferroelectrics

and magnetostrictives • high-temperature ferroelectrics and

electrostrictives • ductile magnetostrictives; galfenol • thin-film active materials for structural

applications (e.g. flow control) • electroactive polymers (ionic and electronic),

shape memory polymers, and ionic gels




Industrial and Commercial Applications of Smart Structures Technologies X (SSN05)Conference Chair: Steven F. Griffin, The Boeing Co. (USA)

Conference Co-Chair: Alan L. Browne, Retired, General Motors Corp. (USA)

Program Committee: Steven R. Anton, Tennessee Technological Univ. (USA); Brandon J. Arritt, Air Force Research Lab. (USA); Diann E. Brei, Univ. of Michigan (USA); Peter C. Chen, NASA Goddard Space Flight Ctr. (USA); Marcelo J. Dapino, The Ohio State Univ. (USA); Kevin M. Farinholt, Luna Innovations Inc. (USA); Xiao-Yan Gong, Medical Implant Mechanics LLC (USA); Nancy L. Johnson, General Motors Corp. (USA); Jayanth N. Kudva, NextGen Aeronautics, Inc. (USA); Amrita Kumar, Acellent Technologies, Inc. (USA); Donald J. Leo, The Univ. of Georgia (USA); Geoffrey P. McKnight, HRL Labs., LLC (USA); Tobias Melz, Fraunhofer-Institut für Betriebsfestigkeit und Systemzuverlässigkeit (Germany); Christopher Niezrecki, Univ. of Massachusetts Lowell (USA); Gyuhae Park, Chonnam National Univ. (Korea, Republic of); W. Lance Richards, NASA Dryden Flight Research Ctr. (USA); Janet M. Sater, Institute for Defense Analyses (USA); Edward V. White, The Boeing Co. (USA)

The broad but interdisciplinary field of smart structures seeks to apply multifunctional capabilities to existing and new structures. Smart structures and materials are those which sense external stimuli and respond in real- or near real-time. This conference concentrates on the insertion of smart structure technologies in real-world applications. There is a strong emphasis on the development of products, system integration, and advanced technology demonstrations conducted in realistic environments that extend beyond the laboratory benchtop. Maturity of technology is emphasized.

Specific examples of the successful insertion, and lessons learned from such insertions, of active materials and smart structures into products currently on the market are highly encouraged as motivating examples for the research community. Sufficient technical reporting should be provided in the paper, with the understanding that certain information may remain proprietary and will not be discussed in great detail. Those who submit papers describing mature industrial or commercial products may also wish to consider a separate application for the annual Smart Structures Product Implementation Award. See page 16 for details.

Potential topic areas include the methodology, approach, development, measurement, application, and/or integration of adaptive materials, devices and structures into: • consumer products and industrial systems • automotive: actuators, sensors, active noise

control, smart devices, etc. • aerospace: aircraft, spacecraft, launch vehicles,

space optics, rotorcraft, turbines, etc. • naval: marine ships, communications,

submarines, unmanned underwater vehicle, turbines

• civil infrastructure: bridges, power, building monitoring, etc.

• renewable energy: operational/health monitoring, adaptive structures

• advanced manufacturing: machinery and inspection systems

• medical: surgical devices, implants, and monitoring equipment

• sensing: sensor products in which smart materials are a key element

In addition to the regular program, there will be several focused tracks this year:

1. SMART MATERIALS AND DEVICES FOR VEHICLE APPLICATIONS The integration of active materials in next-generation vehicles is a logical choice they represent a platform for significant innovation by original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), top tier suppliers, research organizations, and universities. These materials include, but are not limited to, piezoelectrics, electrostrictives, magnetostrictives, ionic polymers, shape memory alloys (SMAs), thermoelectrics (TE), ferromagnetic shape memory alloys (FSMAs), optoelectrics , and magnetorheological and electrorheological fluids.

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2. ENABLING TECHNOLOGIES FOR EMBEDDED SENSING The goal of this track is to provide a forum to discuss enabling technologies for embedded sensing systems that can be used to monitor a system’s operational condition and integrity. The intent is to focus on sensing systems that are well developed and nearing commercial availability. Systems should be viable for field demonstrations and evolved beyond basic laboratory studies. The secondary goal of this session is to consider potential energy solutions for the long-term deployment of embedded sensors. Possible energy solutions could include: advanced battery technologies, energy harvesting, and energy transmission techniques.

3. AEROSPACE APPLICATIONS The focus of this track is on smart structures technologies, advanced material systems, and monitoring/diagnostic techniques for military and commercial aerospace applications. Contributions to this session can address a broad range of research topics related to adaptive structures, tunable materials, active flow control and embedded sensing as applied to aircraft, spacecraft, launch vehicles, etc.

4. SMART SYSTEMS FOR ENERGY APPLICATIONS Energy production requires a broad range of monitoring, control, and inspection technologies to address operational and regulatory compliance objectives. This session focuses on smart structures/techniques that can be integrated within energy subsystems for fuel extraction/transportation/storage (wells, pipelines, tankers, etc.), energy generation (generators, reactors, fuel cells, etc.), energy storage (batteries, capacitors, etc.), and waste management (transport and containment vessels, etc.). Submissions that discuss both existing and needed technologies are welcome.


5. ADVANCED MANUFACTURING AND SMART STRUCTURES/SYSTEMS This session focuses on the interaction between smart systems and advanced manufacturing. Contributions to this session can include sensing/monitoring technologies that improve advanced manufacturing processes (machining, welding, coating technologies, etc.), as well as the use of advanced manufacturing techniques (ultrasonic machining, additive manufacturing, etc.) to fabricate smart systems themselves. Additional consideration will be given to analytical and numerical modeling/simulation tools that allow designers to integrate active materials into complex and/or adaptive structures.

6. TEST STANDARDS AND QUALIFICATIONThe successful integration of smart structures technologies into any commercial or industrial product requires the development of appropriate standards from the material standards through qualification standards. The lack of standards is currently restricting the application of smart structures technologies. Contributions are welcome that document acceptance of smart structures in products and discuss associated requirements in standardization and testing.


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Nano-, Bio-, Info-Tech Sensors and Systems (SSN06)Conference Chair: Vijay K. Varadan, The Pennsylvania State Univ. (USA)

Conference Co-Chairs: Jaehwan Kim, Inha Univ. (Korea, Republic of); Kyo D. Song, Norfolk State Univ. (USA); Sang H. Choi, NASA Langley Research Ctr. (USA); Yongrae Roh, Kyungpook National Univ. (Korea, Republic of)

Program Committee: Anja Boisen, Technical Univ. of Denmark (Denmark); Christina L. Brantley, U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command (USA); Srinivasan Gopalakrishnan, Indian Institute of Science (India); Ajit Khosla, Concordia Univ. (Canada); Kimiya Komurasaki, The Univ. of Tokyo (Japan); Kunik Lee, Federal Highway Administration Turner Fairbank Highway Research Ctr. (USA); Uhn Lee M.D., Gachon Univ. Gil Medical Ctr. (Korea, Republic of); Xinxin Li, Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information Technology (China); Yanjian Liao, Chongqing Univ. (China); Ilkwon Oh, KAIST (Korea, Republic of); Aswini K. Pradhan, Norfolk State Univ. (USA); D. Roy Mahapatra, Indian Institute of Science (India); Ashok Srivastava, Louisiana State Univ. (USA); Tauno Vaha-Heikkila, VTT Technical Research Ctr. of Finland (Finland); Wei-Chih Wang, Univ. of Washington (USA); Richard K. Watt, Brigham Young Univ. (USA); T. C. Yih, California State Univ., Long Beach (USA); Hargsoon Yoon, Norfolk State Univ. (USA); Ming Zhou, Suzhou Institute of Nano-tech and Nano-bionics (China)

This conference considers new ideas, technologies, and potential applications across a wide range of disciplines critical to nano-, bio-, and info-technologies based sensors and systems as applied to health monitoring of human and complex systems in engineering and medicine. This year’s theme focuses on emerging areas of wearable technology, thought-controlled devices and systems, mobile wearable healthcare systems, wireless power feedback routines and devices for medical technology, and thermoelectric energy conversion films and systems. Along with the research on sensors using nanostructures, sensor networking technology enables us to imagine a future where billions of people regularly access applications in global network as their daily routine. Newly developed technology of nanoscale sensors integrated with microelectronic components, especially with wireless communication devices will generate significant impact in broad range of applications such as human health care, national security and the environmental monitoring. The integration of the nanoscale sensors with RFID and wireless communication systems will provide vast opportunities for biological sensor applications, especially for physiological monitoring of human health and bio-hazard material detection system networked with personal mobile phone and internet services. The experimental, technological, and theoretical aspects of the relevant micro and nanoscience in engineering and medicine are welcome. A special focus will be given to antiterrorist efforts, homeland defense applications, security electronics, and reliability/failure issues and human disease monitoring and control.

Organic electronics provide environmentally friendly devices and material technologies that are built on flexible and conformal substrates. The flexible electronics is a key enabler for a number of platform technologies such printed transistors, smart electronic textiles, electronic papers and displays, embedded power sources and integrated sensing devices. A number of low-cost and large-area electronic applications also include smart cards, smart price, and inventory tags such as RFIDs.

The conference aims to add the following areas to promote interdisciplinary exchange in understanding engineering systems from biological ones: nanowires, carbon nanotubes, magnetic nanotubes, organic electronics, MEMS, bioMEMS, nanostructures, nanoelectronics, microfluidics, high selectivity and sensitivity biological and chemical sensors, detection of harmful chemical and biological agents, microsensors for radioactivity, low power consumption physical and chemical sensors, security electronics, reliability and failure aspects, biomedical applications, biomimetics, fast DNA sequencing, smart drug delivery, polymer electronics, nanooptics, analytical techniques at nanoscale, nanoassembly behavior, nanointegration, noise aspects and information technology at nanoscale, multifunctional nanosystems, and nano/bio interface.

This conference will also focus on advanced methods for the testing, reliability, packaging, and metrology of micro-and nano-scale materials and devices. Papers are solicited on, but not limited to, the following or related topics:

WEARABLE TECHNOLOGIES AND INTERFACING WITH INDUSTRIES• e-textile based smart garments • cardiac monitoring e-bra, e-bro, and e-band aid • monitoring neurological disorder with flexible

wireless EEG, EOG, EMG sensors • smart communication module with smart phone,

Wi-Fi, GSM, GPRS • monitoring the on-set of sudden cardiac death

of athletes, soldiers • panel with industries pursuing the wearable

technology.

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NOVEL MATERIALS AND INTEGRATION TECHNOLOGIES• nanomaterials • carbon nanotubes • 3D nanostructures • biomaterials • nanowires • integration of nano-and micro-senosrs with

microelectronics • integration of sensors with flexible organic

electronics • novel nanomaterials for display systems • materials for flexible RFID systems.

INTEGRATED NANO- AND MICRO- STRUCTURES • smart sensors, smart actuators • smart microsystems • nanosystems • drug delivery systems • nondestructive methods for nano-engineered

materials, nanostructures, and nano-devices.

REMOTE CONTROL AND COMMUNICATION • microantenna, rectenna • remote sensing • RF MEMS • reconfigurable antenna • microwave and millimeter wave components and

devices.

SIMULATION, MODELING, AND IT SOFTWARE • CAD/CAM for nanosystems • design tools for integrated MEMS and NEMS • electro-thermo-mechanical modeling • microfluidics modeling • IT-related software.

THOUGHT-CONTROLLED DEVICES AND SYSTEMS • EEG, EOG, EMG signal acquisition system • interfacing robot • electroactive-polymer-based artificial muscles • brain-computer interface; brain-machine

interface.

APPLICATIONS IN ENGINEERING AND MEDICINE • thermoelectric energy conversion systems • thin-film hybrid PV/thermoelectric solar panels • biomedical • pharmaceutical • bio-implantable chip for disease monitoring and

control • neurotransmitter and stimulator; neurosurgical

procedures • cardiovascular monitoring sensors and systems • nanomedicine and drug delivery • wireless communication protocols • surgical procedures and nanosystems

implementation • glucose sensor system • physiological monitoring • smart textiles • sleep apnea • wireless power feedback routines and devices

for medical applications.


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Sensors and Smart Structures Technologies for Civil, Mechanical, and Aerospace Systems (SSN07)Conference Chair: Jerome P. Lynch, Univ. of Michigan (USA)

Conference Co-Chairs: Hoon Sohn, KAIST (Korea, Republic of); Kon-Well Wang, Univ. of Michigan (USA)

Program Committee: Dumitru Caruntu, The Univ. of Texas-Pan American (USA); Fabio Casciati, Univ. degli Studi di Pavia (Italy); Chih Chen Chang, Hong Kong Univ. of Science and Technology (Hong Kong, China); Genda Chen, Missouri Univ. of Science and Technology (USA); Alison B. Flatau, Univ. of Maryland, College Park (USA); Yozo Fujino, The Univ. of Tokyo (Japan); Branko Glisic, Princeton Univ. (USA); Faramarz Gordaninejad, Univ. of Nevada, Reno (USA); Xiaoyan Han, Wayne State Univ. (USA); Benjamin K. Henderson, Air Force Research Lab. (USA); Jung-Wuk Hong, KAIST (Korea, Republic of); Neil A. Hoult, Queen’s Univ. (Canada); Haiying Huang, The Univ. of Texas at Arlington (USA); Ying Huang, North Dakota State Univ. (USA); Shinae Jang, Univ. of Connecticut (USA); Jeong-Tae Kim, Pukyong National Univ. (Korea, Republic of); Junhee Kim, Dankook Univ. (Korea, Republic of); Masahiro Kurata, Kyoto Univ. (Japan); Simon Laflamme, Iowa State Univ. (USA); Francesco Lanza di Scalea, Univ. of California, San Diego (USA); Hui Li, Harbin Institute of Technology (China); Wei-Hsin Liao, The Chinese Univ. of Hong Kong (Hong Kong, China); Yingzi Lin, Northeastern Univ. (USA); Chin-Hsiung Loh, National Taiwan Univ. (Taiwan); Kenneth J. Loh, Univ. of California, Davis (USA); Bryan R. Loyola, Sandia National Labs. (USA); David Dennis Lee Mascarenas, Los Alamos National Lab. (USA); Sami F. Masri, The Univ. of Southern California (USA); Akira Mita, Keio Univ. (Japan); Tomonori Nagayama, The Univ. of Tokyo (Japan); Yiqing Ni, The Hong Kong Polytechnic Univ. (Hong Kong, China); Hae Young Noh, Carnegie Mellon Univ. (USA); Irving J. Oppenheim, Carnegie Mellon Univ. (USA); Wieslaw M. Ostachowicz, The Szewalski Institute of Fluid-Flow Machinery (Poland); Jinping Ou, Dalian Univ. of Technology (China); Shamim N. Pakzad, Lehigh Univ. (USA); Seunghee Park, Sungkyunkwan Univ. (Korea, Republic of); Jin-Song Pei, The Univ. of Oklahoma (USA); Michael K. Philen, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State Univ. (USA); Paul Reynolds, Univ. of Exeter (United Kingdom); Massimo Ruzzene, Georgia Institute of Technology (USA); Liming W. Salvino, Office of Naval Research Global (USA); Jeffrey T. Scruggs, Univ. of Michigan (USA); Fabio Semperlotti, Univ. of Notre Dame (USA); Sung-Han Sim, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (Korea, Republic of); Billie F. Spencer Jr., Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (USA); Wieslaw J. Staszewski, AGH Univ. of Science and Technology (Poland); Lizhi Sun, Univ. of California, Irvine (USA); R. Andrew Swartz, Michigan Technological Univ. (USA); Masayoshi Tomizuka, Univ. of California, Berkeley (USA); Ming L. Wang, Northeastern Univ. (USA); Xingwei Wang, Univ. of Massachusetts Lowell (USA); Yang Wang, Georgia Institute of Technology (USA); Chung-Bang Yun, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (Korea, Republic of); Yunfeng Zhang, Univ. of Maryland, College Park (USA); Li Zhou, Nanjing Univ. of Aeronautics and Astronautics (China); Daniele Zonta, Univ. degli Studi di Trento (Italy)

Advanced sensors, smart materials, and smart structures technology represent an emerging multidisciplinary field that has unlimited potential of broad engineering applications. This particular conference focuses on the new smart sensor technologies and phenomena that apply to the civil , mechanical, and aerospace engineering fields. To name a few, these applications include structural health monitoring (SHM), nondestructive evaluation (NDE), damage/deterioration assessment, security and emergency management, and asset management. The potential benefits of applying advanced sensors, smart materials, and smart structures technology to civil, mechanical and aerospace systems are many and they cover improved system reliability, enhanced system performance and functionality, enhanced security, decreased life cycle costs, and reduction of physical dimensions and weight.

Researchers in academia, government laboratories, and industry are making progress in advancing the state of the art of the sensor-based technologies addressed by this conference. This conference will provide a forum to bring together experts in the relevant but diverse fields to discuss recent advances and future challenges including international research collaboration.

New to 2016, the conference “Smart Sensor Phenomena, Technology, Networks, and Systems Integration” conference has officially been folded into this conference due to the strong synergies that have existed between the two conferences in the realm of novel sensing technologies, networks, and system integration for SHM and NDE. This merger will lead to a more exciting conference with a more expansive set of technological perspectives. As a result, papers are solicited and special sessions are encouraged on new and emerging technologies in the following areas:

NEW TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCES • human-centric sensing and control • low-cost smart materials • large-scale monitoring systems • multifunctional sensors sensor networks and

autonomous operation • sensors for harsh and extreme environments • sensors using wireless systems • fiber optic sensing • photonic, phononic, and phoxonic crystal

sensors • image analysis techniques (2D and 3D) for NDE

by multi-sensor systems • active and semi-active control systems • wearable sensors for biomedical applications.

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BIO-INSPIRED SENSING AND BIO-INSPIRED ACTUATION • functional mimicking of extreme species • organization and processing in bio-networks • biomolecular sensors and actuators • biologically mediated fabrication • bio-inspired smart sensor networks.

MODELING OF SMART MATERIALS AND SENSOR PERFORMANCE • sensor integration with structure • sensor behavior • reliability investigations • smart material response under loads and strain.

DESIGN ENGINEERING AND IMPLEMENTATION • design/characterization/creation of

multifunctional sensory systems • smart components, devices, and sub-assemblies • novel materials for sensing, actuation, and

design • smart systems for evaluation, detection,

monitoring, and control • sensor standardization.

INTEGRATION OF SMART SENSING SYSTEMS • vehicle health management• implementation of advanced technologies• big data and cloud-based analytics• cyberinfrastructure tools for data management

and curation• integrated asset management• data-driven decision making• small-scale and large-scale demonstrations• smart infrastructure security.


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INTERROGATION OF STRUCTURES• aerospace structures, composites • geotechnical systems, mining/oil/gas

exploration and production • ship and offshore structures • pipelines • civil engineering structures • monuments of cultural heritage • conventional, nuclear, and alternative energy

systems • transportation systems and vehicles • chemical and biochemical systems.

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Nondestructive Characterization and Monitoring of Advanced Materials, Aerospace, and Civil Infrastructure X (SSN08)Conference Chair: Tzu-Yang Yu, Univ. of Massachusetts Lowell (USA)

Conference Co-Chairs: Andrew L. Gyekenyesi, Ohio Aerospace Institute (USA); Peter J. Shull, The Pennsylvania State Univ. (USA); H. Felix Wu, Univ. of North Texas (USA)

Program Committee: Ralf B. Bergmann, Bremer Institut für angewandte Strahltechnik GmbH (Germany); Gary Carr, Federal Railroad Administration (USA); Genda Chen, Missouri Univ. of Science and Technology (USA); Shen-En Chen, The Univ. of North Carolina at Charlotte (USA); Mohammed M. Ettouney, Weidlinger Associates, Inc. (USA); Valery F. Godinez-Azcuaga, Shaw Pipeline Services (USA); Nenad Gucunski, Rutgers, The State Univ. of New Jersey (USA); Dryver R. Huston, The Univ. of Vermont (USA); Xiaoning Jiang, North Carolina State Univ. (USA); Simon Laflamme, Iowa State Univ. (USA); Denvid Lau, City Univ. of Hong Kong (Hong Kong, China); Kenneth J. Loh, Univ. of California, Davis (USA); Jerome P. Lynch, Univ. of Michigan (USA); Theodoros E. Matikas, Univ. of Ioannina (Greece); Oliver J. Myers, Clemson Univ. (USA); Piotr Omenzetter, Univ. of Aberdeen (United Kingdom); Didem Ozevin, Univ. of Illinois at Chicago (USA); Akira Sasamoto, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (Japan); Caesar Singh, U.S. Dept. of Transportation (USA); Yu-Min Su, National Kaohsiung Univ. of Applied Sciences (Taiwan); Yan Wan, Univ. of North Texas (USA); Ming L. Wang, Northeastern Univ. (USA); Xingwei Wang, Univ. of Massachusetts Lowell (USA); Yang Wang, Georgia Institute of Technology (USA); Fan Wu, Shanghai Jiao Tong Univ. (China); Tian Xia, The Univ. of Vermont (USA); Lingyu Yu, Univ. of South Carolina (USA); Fuh-Gwo Yuan, North Carolina State Univ. (USA); Paul H. Ziehl, Univ. of South Carolina (USA)

This conference creates an international forum to address the current state-of-the-art technologies in nondestructive characterization and monitoring of advanced materials and aerospace components, as well as technical challenges concerning infrastructure asset management including commercial/public transportation and public utilities. The inspection technologies encompass a cradle-to-grave timeline allowing for the monitoring of the fabrication process (e.g., advanced/additive manufacturing), assessing initial component quality, in-situ monitoring and system health, as well as evaluating repairs/retrofits. The overall theme focuses on identifying and fostering improvements and new developments regarding theory, hardware, implementation strategies, interpretation of data/results, and automation.

This conference wil l provide a medium for communication and collaborations among engineers and scientists in the following areas: • SHM/NDE of advanced materials e.g.,

refractories, polymer matrix composites, ceramic matrix composites, foams

• development of NDE and SHM tools for aerospace components/systems

• life management and system analysis/design methodologies for diagnostics and prognostics of materials and structures

• civil infrastructure management for roads, highways, rail systems, bridges, water systems, dams, levees, pipelines, and power generation (e.g., natural gas, coal, nuclear, wind, hydro, geothermal, solar, etc.)

• energy: electrical grids, power transmission, pipeline distribution systems, and/or oil and gas exploration

• SHM/NDE sensor development, MEMS/NEMS, intelligent transportation systems, complex cyber-physical systems via control, networking, verification, and real-time systems to protect infrastructure including aeronautics, civil, materials, energy, automotive, medical, chemical, manufacturing, and agriculture

• continuous and life-cycle monitoring, repair/retrofit for cost mitigation, improving measurement accuracy, reliability, safety, and inspection technologies

• integration of multiple SHM/NDE technologies for improving interpretation of results

• automation of SHM/NDE technologies and industrial applications

• monitoring and NDE of additive manufacturing processes and finished parts

• modeling, simulation, and technology development at various scales ranging from nano- and micro- scale to super-large structures

• signal processing, data fusion, wireless sensor networks, image processing, and energy harvesting for SHM/NDE

• mitigation of man-made and natural hazards in physical infrastructure including buildings, highway infrastructure, bridges, dams, levees, and nuclear power plants

• environmental monitoring/sensing technologies and applications (e.g., aerial monitoring)

• SHM/NDE technologies and applications in homeland security and counter-terrorism

• NDE/NDT standards, codes, regulations, and acceptance criteria

• NDE/NDT of self-healing materials, structures, and systems.

CALL FOR PAPERS


Health Monitoring of Structural and Biological Systems X (SSN09)Conference Chair: Tribikram Kundu, The Univ. of Arizona (USA)

Conference Co-Chair: Wolfgang Grill, Univ. Leipzig (Germany)

Program Committee: Sourav Banerjee, Univ. of South Carolina (USA); Yoseph Bar-Cohen, Jet Propulsion Lab. (USA); Fu-Kuo Chang, Stanford Univ. (USA); Anthony J. Croxford, Univ. of Bristol (United Kingdom); Paul Fromme, Univ. College London (United Kingdom); Victor Giurgiutiu, Univ. of South Carolina (USA); Srinivasan Gopalakrishnan, Indian Institute of Science (India); Daniel J. Guyomar, Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Lyon (France); Guoliang Huang, Univ. of Arkansas at Little Rock (USA); Xiaoning Jiang, North Carolina State Univ. (USA); Sridhar Krishnaswamy, Northwestern Univ. (USA); Francesco Lanza di Scalea, Univ. of California, San Diego (USA); Jerome P. Lynch, Univ. of Michigan (USA); Jennifer E. Michaels, Georgia Institute of Technology (USA); Won-Bae Na, Pukyong National Univ. (Korea, Republic of); Christopher Niezrecki, Univ. of Massachusetts Lowell (USA); Wieslaw M. Ostachowicz, The Szewalski Institute of Fluid-Flow Machinery (Poland); Perngjin F. Pai, Univ. of Missouri-Columbia (USA); Xinlin Qing, Commercial Aircraft Corp. of China, Ltd. (China); Henrique L. Reis, Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (USA); Piervincenzo Rizzo, Univ. of Pittsburgh (USA); Hoon Sohn, KAIST (Korea, Republic of); Wieslaw J. Staszewski, AGH Univ. of Science and Technology (Poland); Zhongqing Su, The Hong Kong Polytechnic Univ. (Hong Kong, China); Nobuo Takeda, The Univ. of Tokyo (Japan); Michael D. Todd, Univ. of California, San Diego (USA); Tadeusz Uhl, AGH Univ. of Science and Technology (Poland); Wei-Chih Wang, Jinkyu Yang, Univ. of Washington (USA); Lingyu Yu, Univ. of South Carolina (USA); Andrei N. Zagrai, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology (USA); George Zentai, Varian Medical Systems, Inc. (USA)

The scope of the 2016 conference includes emerging and futuristic methods of Structural Health Monitoring: inspection, data transfer, signal processing, diagnosis, and prognosis of engineering and biological materials and structures.

In the year 2001 this conference, for the first time, brought together engineers, medical practitioners, and scientists to exchange ideas on health monitoring of both engineered and biological structures. The positive experience of 2001 was reinforced in 2002 through 2015 where more participants from the biomedical engineering and NDE community attended the conference. In 2016 the topics that will be covered by this conference will be expanded building on the success of the previous years.

Papers are invited on topics including, but not limited to, the following:

ENGINEERING AREA• aging, new, and future aircraft structures • aircraft and aerospace hardware • civil infrastructure (bridge, buildings, roads,

pipelines, etc.) • microelectric and electronic components and

infrastructure • applications of MEMS and other integrated or

embedded multifunctional sensors • applications to energy industry (nuclear,

conventional, and green technology such as windmill and solar)

• robotics, automation, and smart structures (e.g., crawlers, wireless, multimedia, internet)

• real-time sensing and testing at extreme environments (temperatures, pressure and vacuum, radiation hazards, toxic and hazardous conditions, etc.)

• emerging and futuristic techniques and issues (NEMS, Energy Harvesting, etc.)

• elastic and acoustic metamaterials.

BIODIAGNOSTIC AREA• biomaterials and biostructures (e.g., implants,

cells, bones, tissues, etc.) • biologically inspired technologies • medical NDE methods (MRI, CAT scan,

ultrasonography, radiography, etc.) • biomedical smart structures and devices

(e.g. smart materials, structures, micro/nanofabrication and applications in biomedical monitoring and diagnosis)

• NEMS/MEMS and emerging/futuristic techniques.




Smart Materials and Nondestructive Evaluation for Energy Systems (SSN10)Conference Chair: Norbert G. Meyendorf, Fraunhofer IKTS-MD (Germany), Univ. of Dayton (USA)

Conference Co-Chairs: Theodoros E. Matikas, Univ. of Ioannina (Greece); Kara J. Peters, North Carolina State Univ. (USA)

Program Committee: Ali Abdul-Aziz, NASA Glenn Research Ctr. (USA); George Y. Baaklini, NASA Glenn Research Ctr. (USA); Leonard Bond, Iowa State Univ. (USA); Michael Dalichow, Quality Network Inc. (USA); Peter Heilmann, arxes-tolina GmbH (Germany); Manfred Johannes, South African Institute for Non-Desctructive Testing (South Africa); Michael Kroening, Pontifícia Univ. Católica do Rio de Janeiro (Brazil); Jinhong Liu, China General Nuclear Power Corp. (China); Alexander Michaelis, Fraunhofer IKTS (Germany); Piotr Omenzetter, Univ. of Aberdeen (United Kingdom); Dong-Jin Yoon, Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science (Korea, Republic of)

Availability of energy growth is directly linked to well-being and prosperity across the globe. Meeting the growing demand to supply more than seven billion people on earth who use energy each day to make their lives richer, more productive, safer, and healthier in ways that are safe and environmentally responsible is a key challenge.

Our goal is to provide materials and measurements that can help build environmentally friendly energy based technologies for the benefit of all. We are interested in energy systems and their NDT/SHM across a wide range of scales from nano (e.g. ultra small health implants) to macro (e.g. a whole wind farm).

Electro mobility, wireless communication, wireless sensor networks, and Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) systems are hungry for new, highly efficient and low weight, high capacity, energy generators or energy storage systems. Increased mobility of people, next generation of fabrication, noninvasive medicine as well as nanotechnology require new concepts of macroscopic and microscopic energy conversion and propulsion systems. Smart and cognitive materials and structures with embedded sensor/actuator systems and electronics are not possible without new solutions for energy harvesting and transmission.

Limited resources of conventional energy, climate change, and environmental problems all require new solutions for energy mining, transportation, conservation, and storage. Reduction of the emission of greenhouse gases, exploration of new resources for green and conventional energy faces new challenges. Green energy sources, such as wind and solar, in operation create electrical energy without greenhouse emissions. Unfortunately, the mismatch between location and time of availability and location and time of energy consumption is evident. New concepts for storage and transportation are necessary. Ultra high power battery technology, conservation of energy into reactive gasses, and other concepts must be advanced to solve storage and transportation problems. All require new solutions through developing challenging materials and by establishing reliable energy systems.

NDE for wind and solar systems is still in part an unsolved problem. Safer and longer life cycles for conventional energy systems are yet the driving force for NDE and SHM solutions. All these are high priority topics for future developments.

Many offshore and subsea energy systems, such as those in oil and gas industry, continue operating in many cases beyond their original design life. Monitoring the health of such aging systems is of paramount importance. As many basins, e.g. in North Sea, are reaching the end of their life decommissioning

is a looming challenge and efficient monitoring techniques are required for this market niche including also the important aspects of the interaction of man-made systems with marine life. Meanwhile, future subsea systems will be even more complex, interdependent, and sophisticated requiring provisions for monitoring be made already at the design stage for cradle-to-grave intelligent asset management.

Safety considerations for nuclear power and the need for real-time monitoring of nuclear infrastructures have been driving the NDE and the SHM technologies for decades and continue as critical topics today.

The major focus of this conference will be materials, smart structures, sensor systems, NDE, and monitoring of green and conventional energy systems for energy mining, energy transformation, energy transportation, energy storage, and energy harvesting. We will bring together specialists from industry and the academia to discuss challenging topics towards an environmentally friendly energy base for the future.

This includes but is not limited to: • NDE and SHM of energy systems • development and application of smart materials

for energy systems • characterization of materials • smart sensor phenomena, technology, networks,

and systems integration • new techniques for energy transmission • materials, NDE, and monitoring of energy

transmission systems • wired, wireless, optical, and other techniques for

energy transportation • materials, NDE, and monitoring of energy storage

systems • materials, NDE, and monitoring for energy mining

systems • techniques and materials for energy harvesting • green and conventional as well as nuclear energy • photovoltaic and solar energy systems • wind energy systems • batteries and other energy storage systems • fuel cells • macroscopic and micro propulsion systems • new materials and testing of turbines for energy

mining and propulsion • generators.

We especially encourage specialists from industry to share their needs with the research community.

Panel discussions for challenging topics will be organized.

Abstract length must be 460 words for this conference.

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ASME BEST PAPER AWARDSThe ASME Technical Committee presents two awards annually: Best Paper in Structures and Best Paper in Materials.

SPIE/ASME BEST STUDENT PAPER CONTESTSPIE and the ASME Adaptive Structures and Mate-rial Technical Committee sponsor the best student paper presentation contest. Entrants will be judged by a committee of the ASME Adaptive Structures and Materials Technical Committee. The top six finalist student authors will present their papers at a special session at the meeting. The top three winners will be announced onsite and will receive a cash prize. Visit the Awards page of the Smart Structures/NDE website for eligibility and contest instructions: http://spie.org/x91932.xml

BIOINSPIRATION, BIOMIMETICS, AND BIOREPLICATION BEST STUDENT PAPER AWARDThe Bioinspiration, Biomimetics, and Bioreplication V conference chairs will choose the Best Student Paper Award from their conference. This award is sponsored by the Optical Society of Southern California. In Memory of H. Don Wolpert.

COMPLETE AWARD INFORMATIONFor complete award information and instructions on how to enter, please visit the Awards page of the Smart Structures/NDE conference website: www.spie.org/x91932.xml

AWARDS

ASME GARY ANDERSON EARLY ACHIEVEMENT AWARDThis award is given for notable contribution(s) to the field of Adaptive Structures and Material Systems. The prize is awarded to a young researcher in his or her ascendancy whose work has already had an impact in his/her field within Adaptive Structures and Material Systems. The winner of the award must be within 7 years of terminal degree at the time of nomination. The prize consists of an ASME certificate and a cash prize. The nominations are open to all at any time and consist of a nomination letter and CV submitted to the awards sub-committee chair, cur-rently Mohammed Daqaq ([email protected]).

SMART STRUCTURES PRODUCT IMPLEMENTATION AWARDThe Smart Structures Product Implementation Award is intended to recognize those who are transitioning smart structures and materials technologies into real products. A panel of independent experts selects the best product based on its importance, uniqueness, and usefulness to defense or commercial industries. We are looking for the most innovative, but realis-tic, products using smart structures and materials technologies. System integration aspects are very important criterion as well.The award will be presented during the SPIE Smart Structures and Materials Symposium in front of a group of peers and potential customers. SPIE will publish information about the winner and the product in SPIE Professional; and news items will be sent to appropriate trade journals and newsletters. Applica-tions for the award are due by COB, Friday 8 January, 2016. Please contact Dr. Janet M. Sater (Institute for Defense Analyses, 4850 Mark Center Drive, Alexan-dria, VA 22311; ph 703-578-2978, fax 703-931-7792; [email protected]) for more information.We also suggest that you submit a related paper to the Industrial and Commercial Applications of Smart Structures Technologies conference (SSN05).

PARTICIPATE IN THE POSTER SESSIONThe evening Poster Session provides an interactive forum to present your work and network with your colleagues.


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DATESConferences & Course 20–24 March 2016

LOCATIONJW Marriott Las Vegas Resort & Spa Las Vegas, Nevada, USA

Showcase your research on smart sensors, NDE and structural health monitoring, energy harvesting, civil and aerospace systems, EAP, biomimetics, and advanced materials.This meeting showcases the unique collaboration between engineers who develop advanced materials and the researchers using smart sensor networks and non-destructive evaluation methods to monitor the health of structural and biological systems .

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