CALL FOR ABSTRACTS
         Fifth US National Congress on Computational Mechanics

                           Symposium on
 Micromechanical and Multiscale Models for Materials Processing Applications

                  University of Colorado, Boulder
                         August 4-6, 1998

Simulation of materials processing has progressed rapidly over the past
two decades as a consequence of substantial growth in computing capability,
better understanding of material behavior, and improved numerical techniques.
Particularly successful areas are the computation of bulk properties from attrib
utes of the material structure and the prediction of structure
evolution during thermomechanical processing.  These successes derive from
process models that explicitly incorporate microstructural information to
determine the material properties that are imposed by processing conditions.
These models provide more accurate predictions of product properties,
including shape, strength, and integrity, as well as a basis for the
modification of process designs to optimize these measures of product
quality.

This Minisymposium will provide a forum for discussion of recent advances
in computational methods for material processing that employ micromechanical
and multi-scale models.  This includes both simulation of processes, per se,
and the modeling of behaviors that are integral to processing.  Relevant
topics include:

  * Numerical techniques for representation of material structures
  * Thermal and mechanical constitutive models for metals, ceramics
    and polymers
  * Numerical formulations for micromechanical or multiscale models
  * Parallel computing techniques associated with multiscale models
  * Applications demonstrating the simulations methodologies and results

Interested persons may submit a one-page abstract by January 15, 1999 to
Paul Dawson (prd5@cornell.edu) or Robert Haber (r-haber@uiuc.edu).  Abstracts ar
e required for the conference and will be included in the conference
proceedings.  Further information regarding the Fifth US National Congress on
Computational Mechanics and preparation of abstracts can be found at:

http://bechtel.colorado.edu/usccm99/Abstracts.d/Instructions.html