International Advisory Board

Randall J. Allemang, University of Cincinnati, USA

Isaac M. Daniel, Northwestern University, USA

Janice Barton, University of Southampton, UK

Hugh A, Bruck, University of Maryland, USA

Horacio D. Espinosa, Northwestern University, USA

C.T. Lim, National University of Singapore

Eann A. Patterson, University of Liverpool, UK

Guruswami Ravichandran, California Institute of Technology, USA

Nancy R. Sottos, (Chair) University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA

WU Xiaoping, University of Science and Technology of China, PRC

Timothy C. Miller (Secretary), US Air Force Research Laboratory, USA

Mission and Issues

The mission of the IAB is to provide oversight in the review and selection of manuscripts for publication in Experimental Mechanics (EM). The IAB also monitors and provides advice to our publishing partner in the publication of EM. As part of the oversight function, the IAB provides advice to the EM Papers Review Committee and the Editorial Council. The membership of the IAB reflects the global character of the research findings that are published in EM.

Currently there are two primary issues that concern the IAB, which include:

• Maintaining and improving the quality of the manuscripts published in EM and enhancing the presentation of the printed papers.
   
• Recognizing that the information to be published in EM is perishable. This fact implies a marked reduction in the time from submission of the manuscript to publication in either a printed or electronic format.