Charles E. Bakis, professor of engineering science and mechanics, co-authored "Part 2: Mechanics of Composite Materials" in Research Directions in Computational and Composite Mechanics, a report of the United States National Committee on Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (USNC/TAM), June 2007. The non-technical report was prepared to enhance the visibility and future directions of computational mechanics in response to issues raised in the National Academy of Sciences report Rising Above the Gathering Storm.

Professor Bakis co-authored Part 2 with Dr. Carl T. Herakovich of the University of Virginia.