The Pan
American Congress of Applied Mechanics (PACAM) is a biennial event. The aim
of the conference is to promote progress in the broad field of mechanics by
(1) exposing engineers and scientists as well as advanced graduate students
to new research developments, methods, and problems in mechanics and (2)
providing broad opportunities for personal interactions through means of
formal presentations and informal conversations.
The Pan
American Congress of Applied Mechanics (PACAM) is held every two years,
always in a Latin American venue, at a time when few other conferences are
scheduled. The previous congresses were held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in
1989; Valparaiso, Chile in 1991; São Paulo, Brazil in 1993; Buenos
Aires, Argentina in 1995; San Juan, Puerto Rico in 1997; Rio de Janeiro,
Brazil in 1999, Temuco, Chile in 2002, Havana, Cuba in 2004, Merida, Mexico
in 2006, and Cancun in 2008.
The 11-th
Pan-American Congress of Applied Mechanics (PACAM XI) will be held at the Itaipu
Technological Park (PTI) in Foz do Iguaçu, a cosmopolitan
city at the border of Brazil, Argentina, and Paraguay.
PACAM XI
is sponsored by the American Academy of Mechanics (AAM) and co-sponsored by the São Carlos School of
Engineering at the University of São Paulo (EESC/USP) and the Brazilian Society of
Mechanical Sciences and Engineering (ABCM).
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