CALL FOR ABSTRACTS
         Fifth US National Congress on Computational Mechanics

                 Symposium on Computational Methods
                                for
                  Multiscale Simulation of Materials

                    University of Colorado, Boulder
                           August 4-6, 1999


Multiscale simulation techniques for materials modeling has been gaining
much attention in many engineering and science communities and has emerged
as a promising approach for addressing the challenges in efficient and
accurate simulation method development. A primary goal of current
multiscale simulation methodology is the seamless integration of the
continuum Finite Element Method and Atomistic Molecular Dynamics. To
achieve this goal, major breakthroughs are required in the computational
methods to overcome the length scale and the time scale problems. A general
consensus has been formed on the importance of these topics, and several
recent pioneering approaches appear promising.

This MiniSymposium will provide a forum to present recent developments and
to exchange new ideas on future development in the field. Presentations on
general computational methods and materials applications are solicited. The
sessions will consist of invited and contributed papers and will encompass
the following topics:

* Computational methods for coupling finite elements and atomistic models
* Multiple timescale techniques
* Adaptive and reversible interchange of finite elements and atoms
* Advances in Green's function methods
* Heat transport and elastic waves at finite element-atom interface
* Materials simulation with multiscale programs
* Radiation boundary condition for atomic dynamics
* Coupling of continuum fluid volume elements and atomistic models
* Accuracy analysis and error estimation

Information on the Fifth US National Congress on Computational Mechanics
can be found at http://bechtel.colorado.edu/usccm99/

Submit a one page electronic version of your abstract by JANUARY 5, 1999 to
Kyeongjae Cho at kjcho@stanford.edu or Peter Pinsky at pinsky@stanford.edu.
 Abstracts are required for the conference and will be included in the
conference proceedings.  For format information, see:
http://bechtel.colorado.edu/usccm99/Abstracts.d/Instructions.html

Symposium Co-Chairs:

Kyeongjae Cho, Division of Mechanics and Computation, Stanford University
kjcho@stanford.edu, ph. 650-723-4354, fax. 650-723-1778

Peter Pinsky, Division of Mechanics and Computation, Stanford University
pinsky@stanford.edu, ph. 650-723-9327, fax. 650-723-1778