Smart structures and materials

The fourth European conference on "Smart structures and materials" will be held, as part of the second international conference on "Micromechanics Intelligent Materials and Robotics", in Harrogate, United Kingdom, from 6 to 8 July 1998. The conference will be supported by the European Commission, within the Industrial Materials and Technologies programme (BRITE-EURAM).

The main aim of this conference is to stimulate the development of multi-disciplinary applications of smart technologies within the EU. The themes of the conference will be relevant to scientific disciplines, such as engineering, technology, materials science, mathematics, chemists and medical physics.

The conference will present the latest innovations and developments in the field, and will include a demonstrator workshop where working prototypes will be demonstrated by experts. Discussions will also be held on hardware, software, actuators, materials, control systems and methodologies for smart technologies.

The scope of the conference will include the following:

- Novel engineering structures and materials;
- Biomimetics and biological models and materials;
- Smart sensors and systems;
- Shape memory alloys and adaptive materials;
- Intelligent processing and materials;
- Micro and nano systems;
- Intelligent robots and machines.
For further information, please contact:

University of Sheffield
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Mappin Street
Sheffield S1 3JD
United Kingdom
Tel. +44-114-2227705/2227706/2227733; Fax +44-114-2227890
E-mail: g.tomlinson@sheffield.ac.uk or w.bullough@sheffield.ac.uk