43rd Annual Technical Meeting
Society of Engineering Science
August 13–16th, 2006

Announcements
August 22, 2006The winners of the SES 2006 Student Abstract/Presentation Competition are:
1st place, Nilesh Billade
Characterization and Modeling of Carbon Nanofiber Composite Biomaterials for Functional Tissue Engineering Applications
By Nilesh Billade, Kumar Vemaganti, and Shawn Hunter
2nd place, Silvia Wognum
Towards a Structural Model of the Urinary Bladder Wall
By Silvia Wognum and Michael Sacks
3rd place, Austin M. Leach
Simulating the Deformation of Silver Nanowires
By Austin Leach, Matt McDowell, and Ken Gall
Photo images of the conference events have been posted on the SES 2006 Photos Page.
August 8, 2006SES 2007, The 44th Annual Technical Meeting of the Society of Engineering Science will be held on the campus of Texas A&M University, October 21–24, 2007. Calls for symposia and papers, with conference deadlines and contact information, have been posted at the SES 2007 website: ses2007.tamu.edu (Download PDF Flyer).
A PDF brochure of the Kishacoquillas/Amish Valley Tour for accompanying persons has been posted on the Conference Schedule Page.
August 7, 2006We continue to make slight changes in the Session Program, so please frequently consult the Session Program Schedule on the Conference Schedule Page.
A PDF brochure of the Penn State Walking Tour for accompanying persons has been posted on the Conference Schedule Page.
July 30, 2006The Meeting Overview has been added to the Conference Schedule page. Schedules of the Plenary Lectures, Keynote Presentations and Reception/Banquet times have also been posted on the Conference Schedule page.
Information about wireless internet access at the Nittany Lion Inn has been posted on the Conference Site page.
Abstracts of Sponsor Keynote Presentations have been posted on the Sponsor Keynote Presentations Page.
July 23, 2006A number of changes have been made to the Conference Schedule. Please review the schedule so that you are aware of any changes that may involve you.
If you have not purchased a banquet ticket and wish to attend the banquet, please do so (if you have not registered, then this can be done along with your registration) on or before August 11 since you will not be able to purchase a ticket on-site. You can purchase a ticket when you submit your registration form or, if you have already registered, by contacting Terry Reed (TJRDO@engr.psu.edu or 814-865-7643).
Please book your room at the Nittany Lion Inn (the conference hotel) soon before the hotel fills up.
June 8, 2006More details about the Conference Reception and Banquet have been added to the Registration Page
June 7, 2006Abstracts of Plenary Lectures and Biographies of Plenary Speakers have been posted on the Plenary Lectures Page
May 31, 2006The Advance Program Schedule has been posted on the Conference Schedule Page
March 10, 2006If you wish to submit an abstract after March 10, 2006, please contact the conference organizers as soon as possible at ses2006@psu.edu.
February 24, 2006The deadline for submission of abstracts has been extended until March 10, 2006.
February 16, 2006Authors who have submitted one or more abstracts to the SES 2006 website may now obtain a password and log on to view all the abstracts for which the author is listed as a co-author. Log on information is on the Abstract Submission Page.
February 13, 2006The SES 2006 Conference Registration Form is now available at the Registration Page.
February 2, 2006Instructions for symposium organizers have been posted at the Instructions for Symposium Organizers Page.
This page contains instructions for symposium organizers to log on to the SES 2006 website and review abstracts that have been submitted to each symposium. The guidlines for the abstract review proccess are also posted there.
January 16, 2006Information concerning conference registration has been added to the Registration Page. In a few days the registration form will be available on that page. Also information about accomodations at the Nittany Lion Inn has been added to the Accommodations Page.
November 14, 2005We are now able to accept abstract submissions. In addition, we are still accepting symposium proposals, but we expect to finalize symposia some time in early December.
August 15, 2005See the Important Dates page for submission deadlines for symposia and abstracts.