Our purpose is to bring together engineers and scientists who are interested in the basic science of continuous media and in the applications of that science to engineering problems. We hope that most participants will be present for the entire period. People, particularly those from industry, who wish to present and/or discuss particular topics within this subject can come for shorter periods. This workshop is sponsored by the University of Chicago Materials Research Science and Engineering Center (MRSEC) and its ASCI-FLASH Center. The main workshop activity will be intensive and extensive discussion of theory, experiment, simulation and design issues related to the mechanics of solids and liquids. Scheduled activities will include one two-hour technical session per day, which will include one or more technical presentations plus related discussion. In addition there will be three tutorial lectures on reduced dimensional solid mechanics by L. Mahadevan. The Univ. of Chicago will provide some clustered office space, conference and meeting rooms. There will be accommodations, including single rooms and suites at the quadrangle club on campus. Limited support is available to academic invitees.

People from industry are particularly encouraged to participate. We aim for the active involvement of twenty to twenty-five participants at any given time.