Nano- and Micro-Mechanics of Soft Condensed Matter: Contact Mechanics Techniques and Related Methods

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Mark R. VanLandingham U. S. Army Research Laboratory USA Mark VanLandingham is Chief of the Materials Response and Design Branch at the U. S. Army Research Laboratory Aberdeen Proving Ground. He is responsible for funded research projects in contact mechanics of polymer fibers nanomechanics of compliant biological and bio-inspired materials and fundamental development of polymer networks and gels and has recently spent Visiting Scientist periods at several institutions including MIT and Drexel University. He has contributed to numerous research papers and conference proceedings. Krystyn J. Van Vliet MIT USA Krystyn Van Vliet''''s laboratory group develops both experiments and computational simulations of nanoscale mechanical contact between interfaces down to the level of atomic interactions. Her group''''s early work has developed new technology science and applications based on integrated nanoscale experiments and simulations in this emerging interdisciplinary area. Van Vliet serves as the Director of the MIT Center for Scientific Investigation of Materials in Extreme Environments and of the Nanomechanical Technology Lab. She has also implemented new programs to retain underrepresented minority students in advanced materials research. Y. T. Cheng University of Kentucky USA As Professor of Materials Engineering in the Chemical and Materials Engineering Department at University of Kentucky Professor Cheng participates in the NSF/UK IGERT Program on Engineered Bioactive Interfaces and Devices and the Kentucky-Argonne Battery Manufacturing R&D Center. He is Fellow of the American Physical Society and has published multiple highly-cited journal articles on a number of related topics. Hongbing Lu University of Texas at Dallas USA Hongbing Lu is Professor and Louis Beecherl Jr. Chair in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Texas at Dallas. Prior to this he was based at University of North Texas Denton and Oklahoma State University. He is an editorial board member on International Journal of Theoretical and Applied Multiscale Mechanics and Mechanics of Time-Dependent Materials and has written and published many book chapters.