Solid Mechanics

CHAIR	Hamid Akbarzadeh, MCSME hamid.akbarzadeh@mcgill.ca
VICE-CHAIR	TBD, MCSME -
MANDATE	The objectives of the CSME Solid Mechanics Technical Committee (CSME-SM) are to promote, foster, organize, and coordinate activities concerning the topics related to solid mechanics in Canada and to represent Canada’s interests in solid mechanics advancement at the international level. The Solid Mechanics Technical Committee shall serve as a formal medium for overseeing and coordinating conferences, colloquia, symposia, and other technical meetings, and it shall promote innovation and excellence in fundamental and applied research and academic activities in the solid mechanics area that take place within Canada. The area spans from theoretical, computational, and experimental studies on principles of solid mechanics to next generation of rationally-designed materials/structures realized by adopting solid mechanics and material selection principles along with advanced/additive manufacturing and computational/optimization techniques. The major duty is to organize a Symposium on Solid Mechanics at the annual CSME Congress; other responsibilities include the promotion of TC opportunities within the solid mechanics community, participation in the symposium by submitting or reviewing papers, and communicating with session participants.
KEYWORDS	Mechanics of Architected Materials, Metamaterials, Multifunctional Composites, Intelligent Materials, Structural Design, Fracture Mechanics, Plates and Shells, Materials by Design

Terms of Reference (click to download)

Membership List (tentative - tbc):

• Prof. Alex Kalamkarov, Professor, Dalhousie University
• Prof. Larry Lessard, Professor, McGill University
• Prof. Audrey Sedal, Assistant Professor, McGill University
• Prof. Daniel Therriault, Professor, Polytechnique Montreal
• Prof. David Melancon, Assistant Professor, Polytechnique Montreal
• Prof. Martine Dube, Professor, École de technologie supérieure ÉTS
• Prof. Kamran Behdinan, Professor, University of Toronto
• Prof. Kamran Behdinan, Professor, University of Toronto
• Prof. Kamran Behdinan, Professor, University of Toronto
• Prof. Fae Azhari, Assistant Professor, University of Toronto
• Prof. Eric Diller, Associate Professor, University of Toronto
• Prof. Alex Czekanski, Associate Professor, York University
• Prof. Donatus Oguamanam, Professor, Toronto Metropolitan University
• Prof. Habiba Bougherara, Professor, Toronto Metropolitan University
• Prof. Liying Jiang, Professor, Western University

Current Activities:

1. Symposium on Solid Mechanics as part of the 2023 CSME International Congress to be held at the University of Shebrooke May 28-31.
2. The CSME Solid Mechanics Technical Committee will be launching a Solid Mechanics webinar series. Stay tuned.
3. Support of the CSME Transactions.

Past CSME Activities of the Chair:

1. Symposium Organizer and Session Chair of Solid Mechanics Symposium, Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineering International Congress, Edmonton, Alberta, June 5 – 8, 2022
2. Symposium Organizer and Session Chair of Solid Mechanics Symposium, Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineering International Congress, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, June 27 – 30, 2021 (Online)
3. Symposium Co-organizer of Solid Mechanics, Joint Congress of the Canadian Society of Mechanical Engineering and CFD Society of Canada, London, Ontario, June 2 – 5, 2019
4. Symposium Co-Organizer of Manufacturing Symposium, Canadian Society of Mechanical Engineering (CSME) International Congress 2018, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, May 27 – 30, 20