USACM'S STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
The Association shall serve as a formal vehicle for overseeing and coordinating conferences, colloquia, symposia, and other technical meetings, and it shall promote research, commercial and academic activities in the general area of computational mechanics that take place within the United States.

These functions shall be performed and coordinated on behalf of IACM. In particular, the Association shall provide the United States representation in the organization, planning and hosting of international IACM congresses and shall periodically coordinate and organize U.S.
conferences on computational mechanics.