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CONNECTING MINDS. ADVANCING LIGHT.

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Town & Country Resort and Convention Center San Diego, California, USA

Conferences & Course 8–12 March 2015 C2015

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2015Smart Structures/NDE.Present and publish your work at the leading event for energy harvesting, smart materials/sensors and structural health monitoring.

CoNTENTSSSN01 Bioinspiration, Biomimetics,

and Bioreplication V, (Lakhtakia) . . . 2

SSN02 Electroactive Polymer Actuators and Devices (EAPAD) XVII, (Bar-Cohen) . 2

SSN03 Active and Passive Smart Structures and Integrated Systems IX, (Liao) . . . 6

SSN04 Behavior and Mechanics of Multifunctional Materials and Composites IX, (Goulbourne) . . . . . . . 7

SSN05 Industrial and Commercial Applications of Smart Structures Technologies IX, (Farinholt) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

SSN06 Nano-, Bio-, Info-Tech Sensors and Systems, (Varadan) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10

SSN07 Sensors and Smart Structures Technologies for Civil, Mechanical, and Aerospace Systems, (Lynch) . . . . . . . . 12

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SSN08 Smart Sensor Phenomena, Technology, Networks, and Systems Integration VIII, (Peters) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

SSN09 Structural Health Monitoring and Inspection of Advanced Materials, Aerospace, and Civil Infrastructure IX, (Shull) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14

SSN10 Health Monitoring of Structural and Biological Systems IX, (Kundu) . . . . . 15

SSN11 NEW: Smart Materials and Nondestructive Evaluation for Energy Systems, (Meyendorf) . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16

Exhibition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Awards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18

General Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19

Submission of Abstracts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

DATESConferences & Course 8–12 March 2015

LoCATIoNTown & Country Resort and Convention Center San Diego, California, USA

Victor Giurgiutiu Univ. of South Carolina (United States)

Christopher S. Lynch Univ. of California, Los Angeles (United States)

2015 SYMPOSIUM CHAIRS: 2015 SYMPOSIUM COCHAIRS:

You’re invited to SPIE’s 22nd annual international symposium on Smart Structures and Material Systems + Nondestructive Evaluation and Health Monitoring. Organized in eleven 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, application of micro- and nanomaterial 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 San Diego!

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Participate. Executive Organizing CommitteeYoseph Bar-Cohen, Jet Propulsion Lab.

(USA)Sang H. Choi, NASA Langley Research

Ctr. (USA)Gal De Botton, Ben-Gurion Univ. of the

Negev (Israel)Wolfgang Ecke, Institut für Photonische

Technologien e.V. (Germany)Alper Erturk, Georgia Institute of Technol-

ogy (USA)Kevin M. Farinholt, Luna Innovations Inc.

(USA)Nakhiah C. Goulbourne, Univ. of Michigan

(USA)Steven F. Griffin, Boeing LTS Inc. (USA)Wolfgang Grill, Univ. Leipzig (Germany)Andrew L. Gyenkenyesi, 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)Wei-Hsin Liao, The Chinese Univ. of Hong

Kong (Hong Kong, China)Jerome P. Lynch, Univ. of Michigan (USA)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)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)Kon-Well Wang, Univ. of Michigan (USA)H. Felix Wu, Univ. of North Texas (USA)Tzu-Yang Yu, Univ. of Massachusetts

Lowell (USA)

Jayanth N. Kudva NextGen Aeronautics, Inc. (United States)

Theodoros E. Matikas Univ. of Ioannina (Greece)

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Bioinspiration, Biomimetics, and Bioreplication V (SSN01)Conference Chair: Akhlesh Lakhtakia, The Pennsylvania State Univ. (USA)

Conference Co-Chair: Mato Knez, CIC nanoGUNE Consolider (Spain)

Program Committee: Yoseph Bar-Cohen, Jet Propulsion Lab. (USA); Steven F. Barrett, Univ. of Wyoming (USA); Michael H. Bartl, The Univ. of Utah (USA); Javaan S. Chahl, Defence Science and Technology Organisation (Australia); Francesco Chiadini, Univ. degli Studi di Salerno (Italy); Susan A. Frost, NASA Ames Research Ctr. (USA); Marina Inchaussandague, Univ. de Buenos Aires (Argentina); Sunghoon Kwon, Seoul National Univ. (Korea, Republic of); Raúl J. Martín-Palma, Univ. Autónoma de Madrid (Spain); Gabriel A. Miller, San Diego Zoo (USA); Bert Müller, Basel Univ. Hospital (Switzerland); Maurizio Porfiri, Polytechnic Institute of New York Univ. (USA); Akira Saito, Osaka Univ. (Japan); Jayant Sirohi, The Univ. of Texas at Austin (USA); Diana C. Skigin, Univ. de Buenos Aires (Argentina)

Living organisms provide inspiration for innovations in many different fields and for entirely different reasons. Engineered biomimicry takes ideas and concepts from nature and implementing them in different fields of science, ranging from engineer-ing to computing, aiming at the development of novel devices with desirable functionalities. Like any mimicked organism or natural functionality, this evolving field is highly multidisciplinary in nature, and embraces aspects related to physics, materials science, nanotechnology, biology, neuroscience, chemistry, mechanical properties, computing and control, design integration, optimization, multifunc-tionality, and cost effectiveness.

Bioinspiration, biomimetics, and bioreplication are three words that have entered the engineering lexi-con during the last decade, due to broad technologi-cal advances that allow us to approach the sophistica-tion of biological systems. Bioinspired engineering is the production of a natural outcome of a biological activity: e.g., the concept of flying machines was inspired by the flight of birds. Biomimetic engineer-ing is the reproduction of a natural functionality by copying certain physical and chemical attributes of an organism, as exemplified by a comparison of Velcro with burrs produced by certain plants. Bioreplication, the reproduction of natural devices, is nowadays emerging as, for instance, certain researchers seek to reproduce structural colors by directly replicating the iridescent wings of butterflies.

The fifth edition of this conference welcomes con-tributions from industry, academia and government research organizations. Topics of interest cover any

relevant aspects of engineered biomimicry, from theoretical considerations, production, and charac-terization to practical applications.

Topics include, but are not limited to: • adhesion• superhydrophobicityandself-cleaning• photonicdevices• biomaterialsandcompositematerials• detection/sensorsystems• electronicnosesandtongues• energyandresourceefficiency•medical,biomedical,andpharmaceutical

applications • locomotion• robotics• aerodynamics•marineapplications• ultralightweightstructures• neuromorphicdevicesandsystems• nanoandmicrofluidics,rheology• high-strengthmembranes• visualsystems•miniaturedevices•multifunctionaldevices• architecture• communicationsandinformatics• biobeneficialbioinspiration

The conference will include several invited talks, contributed talks, and posters. It will also feature a 90-minute panel discussion jointly organized by SPIE and the San Diego Zoo’s Centre for Bioinspiration.

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THe SAn DIeGo Zoo: THe Zoo AS A LIvInG LIBRARY AnD ReSouRCe FoR InnovATIon InSPIReD BY nATuRe

Nature has developed solutions to nearly every design problem found on this planet. Not only are these solutions innovative and elegant, they are also closed-loop and in harmony with the ecosystem. Biomimicry is the discipline of observing nature and applying nature’s lessons to human design and in-novation. If we can learn to design, manufacture, and live according to nature’s principles, we can develop the tools needed to transform our world.

The San Diego Zoo has developed biomimicry education workshops that make the connection be-tween nature and innovation. SPIE Smart Structures/NDE feaures an annual presentation from the Zoo to illustrate the potential of bioinspired design. There will also be special presentation by a San Diego Zoo “animal ambassador.” In 2014, the San Diego Zoo staff highlighted some of the engineering features of an anteater named Tipu. See video of the presentation online: www.spie.org/sdzoo.



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

Conference Co-Chair: Gal deBotton, Ben-Gurion Univ. of the Negev (Israel)

Program Committee: Barbar J. Akle, Lebanese American Univ. (Lebanon); Iain A. Anderson, The Univ. of Auckland (New Zealand); Tunku Ishak Al-Irsyad, Univ. Teknologi MARA (Malaysia); Siegfried G. Bauer, Johannes Kepler Univ. Linz (Austria); Kinji Asaka, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (Japan); 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); Yahya A. Ismail, Univ. of Nizwa (Oman); edwin W. H. Jager, Linköping Univ. (Sweden); Jaehwan Kim, Inha Univ. (Korea, Republic of); Kwang Jin Kim, Univ. of Nevada, Las Vegas (USA); Roy D. Kornbluh, SRI International (USA); Gabor M. Kovacs, EMPA (Switzerland); Maarja Kruusmaa, Univ. of Tartu (Estonia); Jinsong Leng, Harbin Institute of Technology (China); Wen-Liang Liu, Industrial Technology Research Institute (Taiwan); 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); elisabeth Smela, Univ. of Maryland, College Park (USA); Peter Sommer-Larsen, Risø National Lab. (Denmark); Ji Su, NASA Langley Research Ctr. (USA); Minoru Taya, Univ. of Washington (USA); Gordon G. Wallace, Univ. of Wollongong (Australia); Frédéric vidal, Univ. de Cergy-Pontoise (France); 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 new technologies. These characteristics include the ability to undergo larger displacements than almost any other class of smart materials, the pli-ability needed for biomimetic and other mechanically flexible systems, low densities and low cost. Of par-ticular interest is their potential to augment, improve upon, and possibly replace biological muscles. The same characteristics that make EAPs attractive for actuators can also be 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 con-ference is to identify EAP material improvements and new developments; enhance the understanding of their electromechanical behavior, including effective modeling of their electro-mechanics and chemistry; cover techniques of processing and characteriza-tion; 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: • advancesinEAPmaterials• theoreticalmodels,analysis,andsimulation

including computational chemistry •measurement,testing,andcharacterization

methods •manufacturingtechnologies,including

electroding, synthesis, processing, shaping, and fabrication

• designandengineeringofactuators,sensors,and their integration into systems

• technologyfromminiaturescale(MEMS,microand nano) to large devices

• applicationsinartificialmuscles,robotics,biomimetics, energy harvesting, medical, industry, etc.

• drivingelectronics,systemintegration,andpackaging

• controlalgorithmsfordevicesandtheirimplementation in software and hardware

eAP-In-Action SessionThis Session that is held annually as part of the SPIE’s 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 op-portunity 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 opportu-nity to see the capability of state-of-the-art EAP as potential actuators-of-choice.


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This Session that is held annually as part of the SPIE’s EAPAD conference is intended to turn the spotlight on Electroactive Polymers (EAP) materials and their applications as well as increase the recognition of their po-tential 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 demon-stration of EAP materials in action. This Ses-sion 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 EAP as potential actuators-of-choice.

eAP-In-ACTIon SeSSIon

IMPORtANt DAtESAbstracts Due: 25 august 2014Author Notification: 3 November 2014Manuscripts Due: 9 February 2015Please 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 IX (SSN03)Conference Chair: Wei-Hsin Liao, The Chinese Univ. of Hong Kong (Hong Kong, China)

Conference Co-Chairs: Gyuhae Park, Chonnam National Univ. (Korea, Republic of); 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); 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); ephrahim Garcia, Cornell Univ. (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); 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); 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, TheUniv.ofSheffield(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); Hwan-Sik Yoon, The Univ. of Alabama (USA); Lei Zuo, Stony Brook Univ. (USA)

In addition to the 200 word abstract, authors are welcome to submit an extended abstract (approximately 2 pages long, or 1000 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 acous-tic 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 aero-nautical, space, marine, transportation and civil appli-cations, etc. The scope of the conference ranges from system level evaluation of smart structures to devel-opment, modeling, and optimization of new actua-tion 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 technolo-gies 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: • Track1:EnergyHarvestingandScavenging• Track2:Biological-inspiredSystemsandBio-

MEMS • Track3:PassiveandActiveVibrationIsolation

Systems • Track4:MagnetoRheologicalSystems• Track5:SMA-andPiezo-basedMaterialsand

Systems • Track6:MicroandNanoIntegratedSystems• Track7:Aircraft,MAV/UAVandMorphing

Systems • Track8: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 IX (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); etienne Patoor, Univ. Metz (France); Ralph C. Smith, North Carolina State Univ. (USA); Jonghwan Suhr, Univ. of Delaware (USA); vishnu Baba Sundaresan, Virginia Commonwealth Univ. (USA)

Smart structures utilize active materials as sensors and actuators to sense and respond to their environ-ment. 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 pas-sive 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 commu-nities 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 fol-lowing categories: •mathematicalanalysisofactivematerials• constitutivebehavior:composition/structure/

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

• reliabilitymodels:fracturetoughness,fatiguecrack 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.)

•materialdevelopmentandcharacterization

•multifunctionalcompositematerials,nano-structured composite materials

• bio-functionalmaterialsandstructures• shapememoryalloys(SMAs),porousSMAs• ferromagneticshapememoryalloys(FSMAs)• singlecrystalandpolycrystallineferroelectrics

and magnetostrictives • high-temperatureferroelectricsand

electrostrictives • ductilemagnetostrictives;galfenol• thin-filmactivematerialsforstructural

applications (e.g. flow control) • electroactivepolymers(ionicandelectronic),

shape memory polymers, and ionic gels




Industrial and Commercial Applications of Smart Structures Technologies IX (SSN05)Conference Chair: Kevin M. Farinholt, Luna Innovations Inc. (USA)

Conference Co-Chair: Steven F. Griffin, Boeing LTS Inc. (USA)

Program Committee: Steven R. Anton, Los Alamos National Lab. (USA); emil v. Ardelean, Schafer Corp. (USA); Brandon J. Arritt, Air Force Research Lab. (USA); Christian Boller, Fraunhofer IZFP (Germany); Diann e. Brei, Univ. of Michigan (USA); Alan L. Browne, General Motors Corp. (USA); Peter C. Chen, NASA Goddard Space Flight Ctr. (USA); Marcelo J. Dapino, The Ohio State Univ. (USA); L. Porter Davis, Honeywell Defense and Space Electronic Systems (USA); Xiao-Yan Gong, Medical Implant Mechanics LLC (USA); Holger Hanselka, Fraunhofer-Institut für Betriebsfestigkeit und Systemzuverlässigkeit (Germany); ernie Havens, Cornerstone Research Group, Inc. (USA); nancy L. Johnson, General Motors Corp. (USA); Jayanth n. Kudva, NextGen Aeronautics, Inc. (USA); Amrita Kumar, Acellent Technologies, Inc. (USA); ou Ma, New Mexico State Univ. (USA); Geoffrey P. McKnight, HRL Labs., LLC (USA); Christopher niezrecki, Univ. of Massachusetts Lowell (USA); Wieslaw M. ostachowicz, The Szewalski Institute of Fluid-Flow Machinery (Poland); Gyuhae Park, Chonnam National Univ. (Korea, Republic of); Marc e. Regelbrugge, Rhombus Consultants Group (USA); W. Lance Richards, NASA Dryden Flight Research Ctr. (USA); Janet M. Sater, Institute for Defense Analyses (USA); Henry A. Sodano, Univ. of Florida (USA); Wieslaw J. Staszewski, AGH Univ. of Science and Technology (Poland); edward v. White, The Boeing Co. (USA)

The broad but interdisciplinary field of smart struc-tures 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 dem-onstrations 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 ma-terials and smart structures into products currently on the market are highly encouraged as motivating examples for the research community. Sufficienttechnical 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.

Potential topic areas include the methodology, ap-proach, development, measurement, application, and/or integration of adaptive materials, devices and structures into: • consumerproductsandindustrialsystems• automotive:actuators,sensors,activenoise

control, smart devices, etc. • aerospace:aircraft,spacecraft,launchvehicles,

space optics, rotorcraft, turbines, etc. • naval:marineships,communications,

submarines, unmanned underwater vehicle, turbines

• civilInfrastructure:bridges,power,buildingmonitoring, etc.

• renewableenergy:operational/healthmonitoring, adaptive structures

• advancedmanufacturing:machineryandinspection systems

•medical:surgicaldevices,implants,andmonitoring equipment

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 or-ganizations, 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 dis-cuss 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 aPPlicatioNsThe focus of this track is on smart structures technol-ogies, advanced material systems, and monitoring/diagnostic techniques for military and commercial aerospace applications. Contributions to this ses-sion can address a broad range of research topics related to adaptive structures, tunable materials, and embedded sensing as applied to aircraft, spacecraft, launch vehicles, etc.

4. smart systems For eNergy aPPlicatioNsEnergy production requires a broad range of monitor-ing, 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, pipe-lines, 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 / systemsThis 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 manufac-turing, 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.




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)

Program Committee: Anja Boisen, Technical Univ. of Denmark (Denmark); Christina L. Brantley, U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command (USA); natalie Clark, NASA Langley Research Ctr. (USA); Dileepan Joseph, Univ. of Alberta (Canada); Sam Kassegne, San Diego State Univ. (USA); Ajit Khosla, Concordia Univ. (Canada); Kimiya Komurasaki, The Univ. of Tokyo (Japan); Kunik Lee, Federal Highway Administration Turner Fairbank Highway Research Ctr. (USA); Samuel C. Lee, The Univ. of Oklahoma (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); Yeonjoon Park, National Institute of Aerospace (USA); Parag G. Patil, Univ. of Michigan Health System (USA); 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 dis-ciplines critical to nano-, bio-, and info-technologies based sensors and systems as applied to health moni-toring 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, sen-sor 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 sen-sors integrated with microelectronic components, especially with wireless communication devices will generate significant impact in broad range of appli-cations 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 opportuni-ties 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 ap-plications, security electronics, and reliability/failure issues and human disease monitoring and control.

Organic electronics provide environmental-friendly devices and material technologies that are built on flexible and conformal substrates. The flexible elec-tronics is a key enabler for a number of platform tech-nologies 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 ap-plications 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 understand-ing 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, micro-sensors for radioactivity, low power consumption physical and chemical sensors, security electronics, reliability and failure aspects, biomedical applica-tions, biomimetics, fast DNA sequencing, smart drug delivery, polymer electronics, nanooptics, analytical techniques at nanoscale, nanoassembly behavior, nanointegration, noise aspects and information tech-nology at nanoscale, multifunctional nanosystems, 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-basedsmartgarments• cardiacmonitoringe-bra,e-broande-bandaid•monitoringneurologicaldisorderwithflexible

wireless EEG, EOG, EMG sensors • smartcommunicationmodulewithsmartphone,

Wi-Fi, GSM, GPRS •monitoringtheonsetofsuddencardiacdeathof

athletes, soldiers • panelwithindustriespursuingthewearable

technology


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noveL MATeRIALS AnD InTeGRATIon TeCHnoLoGIeS • nanomaterials• carbonnanotubes• 3Dnanostructures• biomaterials• nanowires• integrationofnano-andmicro-senosrswith

microelectronics • integrationofsensorswithflexibleorganic

electronics • novelnanomaterialsfordisplaysystems•materialsforflexibleRFIDsystems

InTeGRATeD nAno- AnD MICRo- STRuCTuReS • smartsensors,smartactuators• smartmicrosystems• nanosystems• drugdeliverysystems• nondestructivemethodsfornano-engineered

materials, nanostructures, and nano-devices

ReMoTe ConTRoL AnD CoMMunICATIon •microantenna,rectenna• remotesensing• RFMEMS• reconfigurableantenna•microwaveandmillimeterwavecomponentsand

devices

SIMuLATIon, MoDeLInG, AnD IT SoFTWARe • CAD/CAMfornanosystems• designtoolsforintegratedMEMSandNEMS• electro-thermo-mechanicalmodeling•microfluidicsmodeling• IT-relatedsoftware

THouGHT-ConTRoLLeD DevICeS AnD SYSTeMS • EEG,EOG,EMGsignalacquisitionsystem• interfacingrobot• electroactivepolymerbasedartificialmuscles• brain-computerinterface;brain-machine

interface

APPLICATIonS In enGIneeRInG AnD MeDICIne • thermoelectricenergyconversionsystems• thinfilmhybridPV/thermoelectricsolarpanels• biomedical• pharmaceutical• bio-implantablechipfordiseasemonitoringand

control • neurotransmitterandstimulator;neurosurgical

procedures • cardiovascularmonitoringsensorsandsystems• nanomedicineanddrugdelivery•wirelesscommunicationprotocols• surgicalproceduresandnanosystems

implementation • glucosesensorsystem• physiologicalmonitoring• smarttextiles• sleepapnea•wirelesspowerfeedbackroutinesanddevices

for medical applications

PARTICIPATe In THe PoSTeR SeSSIonThe evening Poster/Exhibition reception provides an interactive forum to present your work and network with your colleagues.



Sensors and Smart Structures Technologies for Civil, Mechanical, and Aerospace Systems (SSN07)Conference Chair: Jerome P. Lynch, Univ. of Michigan (USA)Conference Co-Chairs: Kon-Well Wang, Univ. of Michigan (USA); Hoon Sohn, KAIST (Korea, Republic of)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 Kyle 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); 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); 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); 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, OfficeofNavalResearchGlobal (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 multi-disciplinary field that has unlimited potential of broad engineering applications. This particular conference focuses on their applications to civil, mechanical, and aerospace engineering fields. To name a few, these applications include structural control, health monitoring, damage and corrosion assessment, risk, security and emergency management, and intelligent engineering renewal. The potential benefits 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.

Papers are solicited and special sessions are en-couraged on new and emerging technologies in the following areas:

neW TeCHnoLoGICAL ADvAnCeS • activeandsemi-activecontrolsystems• dataminingandmanagement• diagnosticsystems• human-centricsensingandcontrol• low-costsmartmaterials•monitoringsystems•multifunctionalsensorssensornetworksand

autonomous operation • sensorsforharshandextremeenvironments• sensorsusingwirelesssystems• supervisorycontrolsystems•wearablesensorsforbiomedicalapplications

BIo-InSPIReD SenSInG AnD BIo-InSPIReD ACTuATIon• functionalmimickingofextremespecies• organizationandprocessinginbio-networks• biomolecularsensorsandactuators• biologicallymediatedfabrication• bio-inspiredsmartsensornetworks

MoDeLInG oF SMART MATeRIALS AnD SenSoR PeRFoRMAnCe • sensorintegrationwithstructure• sensorbehavior• sensorplacement• smartmaterialresponseunderloadsandstrain

DeSIGn enGIneeRInG AnD IMPLeMenTATIon • design/characterization/creationof

multifunctional sensory systems • smartcomponents,devices,andsub-assemblies• novelmaterialsforsensing,actuation,and

design • smartsystemsforevaluation,detection,

monitoring, and control

InTeRRoGATIon oF STRuCTuReS AnD SMART MATeRIALS BeHAvIoR •mechanicalsystems• aerospacesystems• civilsystemsandinfrastructure

InTeGRATIon oF SMART SYSTeMS • vehiclehealthmanagement• implementationofadvancedtechnologies• integratedassetmanagement• operationalmanagement• small-scaleandlarge-scaledemonstrations• smartinfrastructuresecurity


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Smart Sensor Phenomena, Technology, Networks, and Systems Integration VIII (SSN08)Conference Chair: Kara J. Peters, North Carolina State Univ. (USA)

Conference Co-Chairs: Wolfgang ecke, Institut für Photonische Technologien e.V. (Germany); Theodoros e. Matikas, Univ. of Ioannina (Greece); norbert G. Meyendorf, Fraunhofer IKTS-MD (Germany), Univ. of Dayton (United States)

Program Committee: Farhad Ansari, Univ. of Illinois at Chicago (USA); George Y. Baaklini, NASA Glenn Research Ctr. (USA); Horst J. Baier, Technische Univ. München (Germany); Curtis e. Banks, NASA Marshall Space Flight Ctr. (USA); Xiaoyi Bao, Univ. of Ottawa (Canada); Hartmut Bartelt, Institut für Photonische Technologien e.V. (Germany); Brian Culshaw, Univ. of Strathclyde (United Kingdom); Chiara Daraio, ETH Zürich (Switzerland); Wolfgang R. Habel, Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung (Germany); Kerop D. Janoyan, Clarkson Univ. (USA); Leszek R. Jaroszewicz, Military Univ. of Technology (Poland); Jinsong Leng, Harbin Institute of Technology (China); Alexis Mendez, MCH Engineering LLC (USA); Marc nikles, Omnisens S.A. (Switzerland); Ioannis e. Psarobas, Univ. of Athens (Greece); Stephen Schultz, Brigham Young Univ. (USA); nobuo Takeda, The Univ. of Tokyo (Japan); Michael D. Todd, Univ. of California, San Diego (USA); eric udd, Columbia Gorge Research (USA); Rosalind M. Wynne, Villanova Univ. (USA); Chung-Bang Yun, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (Korea, Republic of)

This conference focuses on the physical and chemical sensor phenomena, on the technologies, networks, and systems integration for Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) and Nondestructive Evaluation (NDE). Fiber optics, novel, multi-functional materi-als with advantageous optical, magnetic, or electric parameters for use as sensors, micro and polymer electronics, micro- and nano-technologies, and manufacturing techniques enable the development and application of a wide variety of new sensor principles for SHM and NDE. The emphasis is on how these sensors may be integrated in structures and form sensor networks for improving the performance of a smart structure system for SHM and NDE ap-plications. The scope of this conference includes the full scale of sensing techniques: fiber-optic sensors and networks, as well as wired and wireless sensors, manufacturing technologies, reliability of sensors and sensor electronics, sensor modeling, design, characterization, qualification, and application in systems and networks.

Papers are therefore solicited in sensing phenomena, principles, and enabling technologies for SHM and NDE in the following areas: • sensingphenomena,principles,andenabling

technologies for SHM and NDE • fiber-optic,ultrasonic,acousticemission,

magnetic, piezo-resistive, eddy current, IR thermography, impedance, and wireless sensors

• photonic,phononic,andphoxoniccrystalsensors

• sensortechnologiesatthenano-andmicro-scales

• embeddedanddistributedsensors:simulation,analysis, performance, and self-diagnostics

• sensorcharacterizationandqualificationforSHM and NDE applications

• advancesinsensorstandardizationandreliability investigations

• sensorsignalprocessing,analysis,anddatafusion

• prognosticsmodelingandmodelvalidationforSHM and NDE, decision support methods

• imaging,imagereconstruction,andimageanalysistechniques(2Dand3D)forNDEbymulti-sensor systems

• datavisualizationanduser-friendlyhumaninterfaces for SHM and NDE systems

• SHMforconditionassessmentandconditionbased maintenance sensor system applications: - aerospace structures, composites - geo-technique, mining/oil/gas exploration and

production - civil engineering structures - monuments of cultural heritage - conventional, nuclear, and alternative energy

systems - transportation systems and vehicles - chemical and biochemical systems - sensor manufacturing for harsh environment - sensor signal processing and optimization

Exceptional contributions may be upgraded to in-vited papers.




Structural Health Monitoring and Inspection of Advanced Materials, Aerospace, and Civil Infrastructure IX (SSN09)Conference Chair: Peter J. Shull, The Pennsylvania State Univ. (USA)

Conference Co-Chairs: Tzu-Yang Yu, Univ. of Massachusetts Lowell (USA); Andrew L. Gyekenyesi, Ohio Aerospace Institute (USA); H. Felix Wu, Univ. of North Texas (USA)

Program Committee: Sreenivas Alampalli, New York State Dept. of Transportation (USA); Ralf B. Bergmann, Bremer Institut für angewandte Strahltechnik GmbH (Germany); 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, MISTRAS Group, Inc. (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); Jerome P. Lynch, Univ. of Michigan (USA); Theodoros e. Matikas, Univ. of Ioannina (Greece); oliver J. Myers, Mississippi State Univ. (USA); Piotr omenzetter, The Univ. of Auckland (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 Central Univ. (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 SHM /NDT for advanced materials and aerospace engineering, and technical challenges concerning infrastructure asset management including com-mercial and public transportation and public utilities.

The theme of this international conference focuses on identifying and fostering improvements and new developments of technology in areas related to in-novative inspection tools, real-time and life-cycle monitoring, and cost-effective repair/retrofit using advanced materials and smart sensory systems for composites, aerospace components, civil infrastruc-ture, and utilities/energy generation systems.

This conference will provide a medium for commu-nication and collaborations among engineers and scientists in the following areas.

Relevant topics of interest to be addressed in this conference include:• SHM/NDEofmaterialpropertiesand

technologies applied in the engineering fields of advanced materials/structures, aerospace, civil infrastructure, and energy systems

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

• energy:electricalgrids,powertransmission,pipeline distribution systems, and/or oil and gas exploration

• SHM/NDEsensordevelopment,MEMS/NEMS,and intelligent transportation systems

• SHM/NDEofadvancedmaterialse.g.,refractories, polymer matrix composites, ceramic matrix composites, foams

• powerharvestingandotherhardwareallowingfor implementation and/or autonomous operation

• complexcyber-physicalsystemsviacontrol,networking, verification, and real-time systems to protect infrastructure including aeronautics, civil, materials, energy, automotive, medical, chemical, manufacturing, and agriculture

• continuousandlife-cyclemonitoring,repair/retrofit for cost mitigation, improving measurement accuracy, reliability, safety, and inspection technologies

• lifemanagementandsystemanalysis/designmethodologies for diagnostics and prognostics of materials and structures

• integrationofmultipleSHM/NDEtechnologiesfor improving interpretation of results

• automationofSHM/NDEtechnologiesandindustrial applications

•monitoringandNDEofadditivemanufacturingprocesses and finished parts

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

• signalprocessing,datafusion,wirelesssensornetworks, image processing, and energy harvesting for SHM/NDE

•mitigationofman-madeandnaturalhazardsin physical infrastructure including buildings, highway infrastructure, bridges, dams, levees, and nuclear power plants

•NDE/NDTstandards,codes,regulations,andacceptance criteria

•NDE/NDTofself-healingmaterials,structures,and systems


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Health Monitoring of Structural and Biological Systems IX (SSN10)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); 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); Paul D. Panetta, Applied Research Associates, Inc. (USA); 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, 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)

Thescopeofthe2015conferenceincludesemergingand futuristic methods of Structural Health Monitor-ing: inspection, data transfer, signal processing, di-agnosis 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 monitor-ing of both engineered and biological structures. The positive experience of 2001 was reinforced in 2002 through 2014 where more participants from the NDE as well as the biomedical engineering attended the conference.In2015thetopicsthatwillbecoveredby 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,andfutureaircraftstructures• aircraftandaerospacehardware• civilinfrastructure(bridge,buildings,roads,

pipelines etc.) •microelectricandelectroniccomponentsand

infrastructure • applicationsofMEMSandotherintegratedor

embedded multifunctional sensors • applicationstoenergyindustry(nuclear,

conventional, and green technology such as windmill and solar)

• robotics,automation,andsmartstructures(e.g.,crawlers, wireless, multimedia, internet)

• real-timesensingandtestingatextremeenvironments (temperatures, pressure and vacuum, radiation hazards, toxic and hazardous conditions, etc.)

• emergingandfuturistictechniquesandissues(NEMS, energy harvesting, etc.)

• elasticandacousticmetamaterials

BIoDIAGnoSTIC AReA• biomaterialsandbiostructures(e.g.,implants,

cells, bones, tissues, etc.) • biologicallyinspiredtechnologies•medicalNDEmethods(MRI,CATscan,

ultrasonography, radiography and others) • biomedicalsmartstructuresanddevices

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

•NEMS/MEMSandemerging/futuristictechniques




NEW Smart Materials and Nondestructive Evaluation for Energy Systems (SSN11)Conference Chair: norbert G. Meyendorf, Fraunhofer IKTS-MD (Germany), Univ. of Dayton (United States)

Conference Co-Chair: Theodoros e. Matikas, Univ. of Ioannina (Greece)

Program Committee: George Y. Baaklini, NASA Glenn Research Ctr. (USA); Leonard Bond, Iowa State Univ. (USA); Michael Dalichow, Quality Network Inc. (USA); Tae-Young Han, Yonsei-Fraunhofer Joint Medical Device Lab. (Korea, Republic of); 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 CMD (Germany); Bernd Michel, Fraunhofer-Institut für Elektronische Nanosysteme (Germany); 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.

Electro mobility, wireless communication, wireless sensor networks and Structural Health Monitoring (SHM)systemsarehungryfornew,highlyefficientand 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.

Limited resources of conventional energy, climate change and environmental problems all require new solutions for energy mining, transportation, conservation, storage and harvesting. 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 evi-dent. 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.

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 new 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: • greenandconventionalaswellasnuclearenergy• photovoltaicandsolarenergysystems•windenergysystems• batteriesandotherenergystoragesystems• fuelcells• energyharvesting• energyconversion•macroscopicandmicropropulsionsystems• turbinesforenergyminingandpropulsion• generators•wired,wireless,optical,andothertechniquesfor

energy transportation

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

Panel discussions for challenging topics will be organized.

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ExHIbItION: 10–11 MARCH 2015Tuesday 10:00 am to 4:00 pm; 6:00to7:30pm(Posters/ExhibitionReception)Wednesday 10:00 am to 4:00 pm

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SPIe SMART STRuCTuReS / nDe LIFeTIMe ACHIeveMenT AWARDSEach year the symposium committee acknowledges the efforts of luminaries in the fields of SSM and NDE. Recipients will be honored on Monday morning before the opening plenary session.

SPIe/ASMe BeST STuDenT PAPeR ConTeST SPIE 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.

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 young researchers in their ascendancy whose work has already had an impact in their field within Adaptive Structures and Material Systems.

AwARDS

ASMe BeST PAPeR AWARDSThe ASME Technical Committee presents two awards annually: Best Paper in Structures and Best Paper in Materials.

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 criteria as well.

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

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TeCHnICAL PRoGRAMAvailable November 2014The comprehensive Advance Technical Program for this symposium will list conferences, paper titles, and authors in order of presentation; an outline of all planned special events; and hotel and registration information. An email will be sent to you announcing the availability of the Advance Program in November.

HoTeL ReGISTRATIonOpening of the hotel reservation process for Smart Structures/NDE 2015 is scheduled forNovember2014. SPIE will arrange special discounted hotel rates and amenities for attendees that will be avail-able when housing opens. Please do not contact SPIE directly.

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All participants, including invited speakers, contrib-uted speakers, session chairs, co-chairs, and commit-tee members, must pay a registration fee. Fee information for conferences, courses, a regis-tration form, and technical and general information will be available on the SPIE website in November.

STuDenT TRAveL GRAnTSA limited number of SPIE student travel grants will be awarded based on need. Applications must be received no later than 10 weeks prior to the meeting, before 29 December 2014. Eligible applicants must present an accepted paper at this meeting. Offer ap-plies to undergraduate/graduate students who are enrolled full-time and have not yet received their PhD.

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DATESConferences & Course 8–12 March 2015

LoCATIoNTown & Country Resort and Convention Center San Diego, California, 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 .

Plan to attend SPIE Smart Structures/NDE in 2015.

- Your work presented on-site and published for a global audience

- Obtain feedback and new ideas

- Hear a broad spectrum of other work in progress

- Develop ideas for future research

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SMART STRUCTURES NDE - SPIE...2015 Smart Structures/NDE. Present and publish your work at the leading event for energy harvesting, smart materials/ sensors and structural health monitoring