The conference is divided into symposia broadly ranging from basic research to applied technological design and development to industrial and governmental integrated system and application demonstrations.
The symposia and their topical areas specifically are:
Development and Characterization of Multifunctional Materials
Multifunctional material formulation, evaluation, synthesis, and processing; multifunctional composites and nanocomposites; self-healing, shape memory, piezoelectric, electrostrictive and magnetostrictive materials; interface engineering; data-driven design of functional materials; machine learning for composites; soft matter; flexible electronics.
Mechanics & Behavior of Active Materials
Advanced constitutive measurements; micro/nano-mechanics of actuator & sensor materials; phase field modeling; multi-scale and multi-physics material models; numerical implementations; reliability issues: aging, fatigue, and fracture; energy storage materials; multiferroic materials.
Mechanics & Behavior of Active Materials
Advanced constitutive measurements; micro/nano-mechanics of actuator & sensor materials; phase field modeling; multi-scale and multi-physics material models; numerical implementations; reliability issues: aging, fatigue, and fracture; energy storage materials; multiferroic materials.
Integrated System Design and Implementation
Adaptive/intelligent/integrated systems design; smart structures design processes and tools; smart devices and technologies; Emergent computing methods including morphological computation and physical reservoir computing; compliant mechanism design; Industrial and government smart products and system applications; sensors and actuators; power and control electronics; smart electronics and devices; MEMS.
Structural Health Monitoring
Structural asset and life cycle monitoring; condition-based and predictive maintenance; damage detection; digital twin; digital thread and authoritative source of truth; product lifecycle management; industrial IOT; AI and machine learning; physics-informed machine learning; data analytics, data science and big data; wireless and remote monitoring; edge computing; distributed sensing; human performance monitoring; HSI.
Bioinspired Smart Materials and Systems
Convergent topics in engineering and biology; modeling and simulation of biological systems; biomechanics; biomimetic and bioinspired devices and materials; biomolecular assemblies, bioinspired or soft robotics; biohybrid or living machines; smart prosthetics and implants.
Energy Harvesting
Modeling and experiments of energy harvesting transducers and applied systems using piezoelectric and magnetostrictive materials; electroactive polymers; inductive and capacitive devices; MEMS and NEMS configurations; novel circuits and storage devices; novel applications/analysis of traditional transduction (e.g. solar, thermoelectric); energy harvesting using metamaterials.
Embodying Physical Computing and Mechano-Intelligence
This special symposium focuses on the emerging topic of embodying physical computing and mechano-intelligence in adaptive structures and materials - an intriguing direction for future autonomous and intelligent engineering systems. The scope will be broad and at multiple scales, from autonomous materials with mechano-logic and mechano-computing power, to intelligent structural systems with learning, memory, and decision-making capabilities embedded in the mechanical domain.