The SEM Annual Conference and Exposition focuses on all areas of research and applications pertaining to experimental mechanics, and has evolved to encompass the latest technologies supporting optical methods; additive & advanced manufacturing; dynamic behavior of materials; biological systems; micro-and nano-mechanics; fatigue and fracture; composite and multifunctional materials; residual stress; inverse problem methodologies; thermomechanics; and time-dependent materials.
Hessin, Boyd, and Waldman gave talks on their research.
Martha E. Grady, associate professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, currently serves the Society as the Chair of the Education Committee. In her time as Chair, she has created and implemented the SEM Student Ambassador Award Program. Because of the pause to in-person meetings, this annual conference was the inaugural year of the program. https://sem.org/educationcommittee
