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   *The following invited speakers are arranged alphabetically by the last name.

Bai, Y.L.

Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

   Catastrophic Rupture of Heterogeneous Media -- Its Speciality and Universality

Chen, G.L.

University of Science and Tehcnology Beijing, China

   Composition, Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Novel TiAl Alloys

   with Improved High Temperature Capability

Chung, Y.W. 

Northwestern University, Evanston, USA

   The Role of Environment in Affecting Mechanical

   and Frictional Properties of Materials

Gao, H. 

Brown University, USA

   Nanomechanics of biological systems – what can we learn from nature

   about the principles of hierarchical materials?

Gross, D.

TU Darmstadt, Germany

   Influence of microstructure and defects in ferroelectric materials

Gumbsch, P.

Univ Karlsruhe, Germany

   An atomistic study of dislocation interaction with a crack tip

Han, E.-H

Institute of Metal Research, CAS, China

   Influence of Corrosive Environment on Mechanical Properties of Magnesium

   Alloys

Higashida, K.

Kyushu University, Japan

   Low-temperature fracture toughness improved by grain-refinement due to

   severe plastic deformation in low carbon steel

Hsia, K.J.

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA

   Fracture Resistance of Nanowires: Effects of Surface Stress

Hwang, K.C.

Tsinghua University, China

   A Finite-deformation Shell Theory for Carbon Nanotubes Based on the

   Interatomic Potential

Kirchner, H.O.K 

Orsay, France

   Thermodynamic driving force and forming and healing of cracks in bone

Kishimoto, K.

Tokyo Inst. Tech., Japan

Evaluation of the Interfacial Strength by the Indentation Method
 

Lawn, B. 

NIST, USA

   Fracture of Layer Structures for Dental and Anthropological Applications

Lee, S.B. 

National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan, China

   Some Recent Results on Crack Healing

Liu, C.T.

Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA

   Shear band deformation and fracture of bulk metallic glasses (BMGs)

Lu, J.

Hong Kong Polytechnic University

   Study of the fracture mechanisms of nanostructured materials

Lu, K. 

Shenyang National Lab. for Mater. Sci., China

   Effect of nano-scale twins on mechanical properties of copper

Mai, Y.W.

University of Sydney, Australia

   Depth sensing indentation of linear visco-elastic-plastic solids: a simple method

   to determine viscoelastic properties

Mao, Xingyuan

University of Pittsburgh, USA

   Grain boundary mediated plasticity in nanocrystalline material

McMeeking, R. M.

University of California, USA

   Fracture Mechanics for Electroactive Materials

Michot, G. 

Ecole des Mines de Nancy, France

   Critical length associated to the brittle to ductile transition

Ravi-Chandar, K.

The University of Texas at Austin, USA

   Fragmentation in Ductile Solids

Ritchie, R. O. 

University of California, Berkeley, USA

   How Really Tough is Human Bone?

Roberts, S.G.

Univ Oxford, UK

   Fracture and the brittle ductile transition in BCC metals: experiments and

   modelling

Sun, C. T.

Purdue University, USA

   Effect of Necking on Fracture Toughness in Polycarbonate

Yang, W.

Zhejiang University, China

   Crack in Nanocrystalline Metals – Blunting versus Advancement

Yu, S.W.

   Tsinghua University, China
   A constitutive model of ferroelectric ceramics and the effects of fatigue and 

   damage on the hysteresis loops

Zhang, Y.W.

National Univ. of Singapore, Singapore

A three-dimensional finite element analysis of interface delamination in a

ductile film/hard substrate system induced by wedge indentation