PD Dr. Jörg Weißmüller visited BICTAM on July 7-18

Invited by BICTAM and Peking University, PD Dr. Jörg Weißmüller will visit BICTAM on July 7-18. During his visit, PD Dr. Jörg Weißmüller will give lectures on “Surfaces and Interfaces in Solid Matters” as a Summer Course hosted by BICTAM and Peking University. Also he will visit BICTAM, Tsinghua University, and National Center for NanoScience and Technology, etc.PD Dr. Jörg Weißmüller

Programs for 2008-2010

Academic programs of BICTAM for 2008, and part of the tentative activities for 2009 and 2010 has been announced recently. The programs include two symposia and two summer courses in 2008, one symposium and one workshop in 2009, and one workshop in 2010.All of the activities are open to researchers, engineers, and students in Asia and the Pacific, and other countries.BICTAM will provide some financ

3 scientists become IAP members on BICTAM’s invitation

In April 2008, upon receipt of the official invitation letter from BICTAM, Professor Wei-Chung Wang (National Tsing Hua University in Taiwan), Dr. Graham Weir (Industrial Research Limited in New Zealand) and Professor Tongxi Yu (Hong Kong University of Science and Technology) accepted our invitation and become the members of BICTAM IAP, who are all the members of IUTAM General Assembly.We believe

Dr. Christopher Pipe visited BICTAM

Invited by State Key Laboratory of Nonlinear Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dr. Christopher Pipe will engage in research on non-Newtonian property of micro-scale complex fluids as research fellow in December 2007. He also became the first scholar to visit BICTAM after the secretariat had been established. And he will stay in the office of secretariat as the visiting scientist for one y

Establishment of BICTAM Secretariat in December 2007

With Co-sponsors’ joint efforts, BICTAM secretariat has been established in December 2007, which can provide a platform to facilitate academic communications and exchanges.Located in the Institute of Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, the secretariat’s facilities include six offices for visiting scientists, one classroom holding 22 persons, one meeting room, seating 40 persons and one admin