Adaptive and active materials: Selected papers from the ASME 2010 Conference on Smart Materials, Adaptive Structures and Intelligent Systems (SMASIS 10) (Philadelphia, PA, USA, 28 September–1 October 2010)

Abstract

The third annual meeting of the AMSE/AIAA Smart Materials, AdaptiveStructures and Intelligent Systems Conference (SMASIS) took place in the heartof historic Philadelphia's cultural district, and included a pioneer banquet in theNational Constitutional Center. The applications emphasis of the 2010 conferencewas reflected in keynote talks by Dr Alan Taub, vice president of General Motorsglobal research and development, 'Smart materials in the automotive industry';Dr Charles R Farrar, engineering institute leader at Los Alamos NationalLaboratory, 'Future directions for structural health monitoring of civilengineering infrastructure'; and Professor Christopher S Lynch of the Universityof California Los Angeles, 'Ferroelectric materials and their applications'. TheSMASIS conference was divided into six technical symposia each of whichincluded basic research, applied technological design and development, andindustrial and governmental integrated system and application demonstrations. The six symposia were: SYMP 1 Multifunctional Materials; SYMP 2 Active Materials, Mechanics and Behavior; SYMP 3 Modeling, Simulation and Control; SYMP 4 Enabling Technologies and Integrated System Design; SYMP 5 Structural Health Monitoring/NDE; and SYMP 6 Bio-inspired Smart Materials and Structures. In addition, the conference introduced a new student and young professionaldevelopment symposium.Authors of papers in the materials areas (symposia 1, 2 and 6) were invited towrite a full journal article on their presentation topic for publication in this specialissue of Smart Materials and Structures. This set of papers demonstrates theexceptional quality and originality of the conference presentations. We areappreciative of their efforts in producing this collection of highly relevant articleson smart materials.