The 3rd International Conference on Mesoscopic Methods
in Engineering & Science (ICMMES)
July 24-28, 2006, Hampton, Virginia, USA,
http://www.icmmes.org.

The 3rd International Conference on Mesoscopic Methods in Engineering &Science (ICMMES-06, http://www.icmmes.org) will be held at RadissonHotel Hampton, Virginia, USA, in July 24-28, 2006. The focus of theConference series is mesoscopic/kinetic methods (e.g., LBE, LGA, DPD, DVM, GKS, and SPH) for computational mechanics in its broadestsense. Specific areas include, but are not limited to, mesoscopic / kinetic methods applied for:

1. Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD), including Direct NumericalSimulations (DNS), Large-Eddy Simulations (LES), and macroscopic as wellas kinetic turbulence modelling;

2. Rheology for complex fluids, such as suspensions, multi-phase and multi-component fluids, non-Newtonian fluids, electro-rheological (ER)and magneto-rheological (MR) fluids (smart fluids) and bio-fluids;

3. Nano-scale phenomena involving non-continuum, surface-dominated, low-Reynolds-number, non-Newtonian, multi-scale and multi-physics effects;
4. Computational mechanics of solids and structures;
5. Computational multi-physics dynamics, such as flow-structure interactions;
6. Algorithms for High Performance Computing (HPC) engineering applications.

The objectives of the Conferences are:

1. To bring together researchers and practitioners from academia,research institutions and industry to exchange experiences, disseminate up-to-date information, and explore new opportunities in the field;

2. To expose young or new researchers to the state of the art in the field, by means of, in addition to the Conferences, short courses and the internet media;
3. To play a leading role in reseach and development in the field.

The conference will focus on computational methods for challenging engineering problems based on mesoscopic methods, including (but not limited to) the lattice Boltzmann equation (LBE), lattice-gas cellular automata (LGCA), discrete velocity models (DVM), gas-kinetic schemes (GKS), dissipative particle dynamics (DPD), and smooth-particle hydrodynamics (SPH).

For more details, please go to the ICMMES website:

http://www.icmmes.org.

ICMMES Scientific Committee:

Prof. John Abraham

School of Mechanical Engineering
Purdue University, USA

Prof. Ali Beskok

Department of Mechanical Engineering
Texas A&M University, USA

Dr. Jos J. Derksen

Kramers Laboratorium voor Fysische Technologie
Technical University of Delft, The Netherlands

Prof. Franz Durst

Institute of Fluid Mechanics (LSTM)
University of Erlangen, Germany

Prof. Sharath Girimaji

Department of Aerospace Engineering
Texas A&M University, USA

Prof. Michael Junk

Fachbereich Mathematik und Statistik
University of Konstanz, Germany

Prof. Axel Klar

FB Mathematik
Technical University of Kaiserslautern, Germany

Prof. Manfred Krafczyk, Co-Chairman

Institute for Computer Applications in Civil Engineering (CAB)
Technical University of Braunschweig, Germany

Prof. Anthony J.C. Ladd

Department of Chemical Engineering
University of Florida, USA

Prof. Pierre Lallemand

ASCI Laboratory
Universit?Paris Sud, France

Prof. Li-Shi Luo, Co-Chairman

Department of Mathematics and Statistics
Old Dominion University, USA

Prof. Dimitri Mavriplis

Department of Mechanical Engineering
University of Wyoming, USA

Prof. Taku Ohwada

Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Kyoto University, Japan