Welcome to EMI


President's Message


Dear Colleagues,
 
The mission of the Engineering Mechanics Institute (EMI) is to serve the engineering community through the development and application of engineering mechanics, by anticipating and adapting to new challenges that will face tomorrow's engineers and by creating an environment that facilitates professional growth to ensure that these future challenges will be met.  The Institute seeks to establish a presence at the forefront of new thrusts of mechanics by promoting the most innovative developments in the field, regardless of the discipline of the ultimate user.  The Institute also seeks to provide a home not only for those involved in the traditional disciplines, but also for those involved with emerging areas of mechanics. Additionally, the Institute seeks to promote the interdependence of engineering mechanics and other disciplines by providing an interdisciplinary forum for researchers, practicing engineers, industry representatives, citizen groups, public officials and others.

The vision for EMI is to be a premier organization representing engineering mechanics by effectively serving the needs of the world-wide engineering community and promoting both research and application of scientific and mathematical principles to address a broad spectrum of existing and emerging engineering and societal problems.

The current members of the Board of Governors of EMI are:

Wilfred D. Iwan, Ph.D., M.ASCE, President
Alexander H.D. Cheng, Ph.D., M.ASCE, Vice President
James L. Beck, Ph.D., M.ASCE
Roger G. Ghanem, Ph.D., M.ASCE
Stein Sture, Ph.D., F.ASCE, ASCE Representative
George Z. Voyiadjis, Ph.D., M.ASCE, Treasurer
Amar A. Chaker, Ph.D., M.ASCE, Secretary.
One seat on the Board of Governors is currently open. A new election of all Governors by the membership of EMI will take place shortly.

Amar Chaker is the Director of EMI and serves as Secretary of the Institute Board of Governors.  He is assisted by Verna Jameson, Administrator. 

Members of ASCE can select EMI as their primary Institute for free when they renew their membership.  If they are already members of another ASCE Institute, they can either change their primary membership to EMI at no charge or become a member of two different Institutes for $30 in addition to their regular ASCE membership dues. One can also join EMI as an EMI-only member.  Regular EMI-only membership is $80, and graduate student membership is $25.  Members from countries receiving a discount for ASCE membership (http://www.asce.org/membership/intlmemdues.cfm) receive a similar discount for EMI membership.

EMI members receive our newsletter, EMI News.  They may attend EMI programs and symposia at a discounted member rate, purchase EMI publications and subscribe to the Journal of Engineering Mechanics at member-only prices, and they are eligible to join EMI Technical Committees. 

Our next Engineering Mechanics Conference will be held at the University of Southern California (USC) on August 8-11, 2010.  Please check the website for further information at http://viterbi.usc.edu/emi2010/.

I encourage you to invite your colleagues to join EMI, whether they are members of ASCE or not, and partner with us in building the future of engineering mechanics. 

Thank you for your commitment to EMI.  I look forward to working with you to achieve our vision.


Sincerely,
Wilfred D. Iwan, Ph.D.
President


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