Research Committee

Purpose: The Research Committee is a standing committee in the SEM organization, responsible to the Executive Board through the Technical Activities Council. The primary responsibility of the Committee is to provide a forum for research level work (or work in progress) as well as novel topics not covered by other committees but beneficial to the SEM as a whole and presented at SEM National Meetings.

Bylaws

RESEARCH COMMITTEE - Updated April 2012

At the Committee meeting in June 2011, the following items were discussed.

SEM 2011 continued the third year of “Early Career” panel (second on Academia).  SEM 2012 in Costa Mesa we will go back to non-academia to be organized by Gordy Shaw (NIST).

Discussed concern at the apparent overlap of Applications Committee’s Panel on Jobs in Experimental Mechanics and the Research Committee’s Panel on Career Development.  There is some cross-over of panel members and we will continue to coordinate.

Long discussion on the increase of “oral only” and what the proceedings does for SEM.  The conversation should continue to inform the next Springer renewal.

Propose previous year proceedings best papers as determined by the Technical Committees being highlighted at the awards banquet, or potentially just be listed in the Awards Booklet if time is an issue.

Discussion of potential multifunctional / FGM TD. Should it be part of Composites TD or Time Dependent Material TD?

Potential TD on diffraction methods by Jeff Kaiser (Columbia).  Suggestion organization of sessions for consistently for 2 to 3 years sponsored by the Research Committee.

Poster Judges:  Research Committee with Judge again this year but want to hand off to Education Committee.