The Society for Experimental Mechanics holds two thematic conferences per year and a fall conference every third year; gathering its members and conference attendees to share, and present their latest research and applications in the field of experimental mechanics.

IMAC

SEM's IMAC conference is held in late January/early February and gathers members and attendees to participate in sharing the vision of Dick DeMichele who initiated the conference and set it on its course back in 1982. One of the unique attributes of IMAC, nurtured over the years, is the mix of analytical and experimental topics, bringing the analyst and experimentalist together as a team. The traditional conference barriers have been removed to foster constructive dialogue among attendees from academia, industry, and the governmental labs. It is from these meetings that technologies are shared, enhancing our aerospace industries, infrastructure, our educational endeavors and improving society in general. As lofty as this sounds, IMAC remains a friendly conference where exhibitors, presenters and attendees spend several days exchanging the ideas that fuel the coming year.

The Technical Divisions highlighting the IMAC conference program are: Dynamics of Civil Structures, Dynamic Substructures, Modal Analysis/Dynamic Systems, Model Validation & Uncertainty Quantification, Nonlinear Structures & Systems, Sensors & Instrumentation and Emerging Technologies for Structural Dynamics.

Annual

SEM's Annual Conference is held in June and gathers members and attendees to strengthen the mission of the Society, which is to gather individuals from academia, government, and industry who are committed to interdisciplinary application, research and development, education and active promotion of experimental methods to: (a) increase the knowledge of physical phenomena; (b) further the understanding of the behavior of materials, structures, and systems; and (c) provide the necessary physical basis and verification for analytical and computational approaches to the development of engineering solutions.

The Technical Divisions highlighting the SEM Annual conference program are: Biological Systems and Materials, Composite, Hybrid and Multifunctional Materials, Dynamic Behavior of Materials, Fracture & Fatigue, Inverse Problem Methodologies, MEMs & Nanotechnology, Optical Methods, Residual Stress, Thermomechanics & Infrared Imaging, Time Dependent Materials, and the emerging area of Additive and Adaptive Manufacturing.
 

Fall

The Fall thematic Conference focuses on Digital Image Correlation. The iDICs Conference and Workshop provides a forum to extend the frontiers of DIC technology, standardize its use, and improve its practice. This meeting brings together leading experts from industry, academia, and laboratories from around the world.

These three conferences provide a friendly venue for researchers, academics and professionals to attend and present their latest work, share ideas, and gather in a very open learning environment.

Awards

Since its organization in 1943, SEM has relied heavily upon volunteer leadership and the professional expertise of its members. In the early 1950s the Executive Board began to explore means to formally recognize worthy individual contributions to the Society. Over the years several awards were established. Prior to 1967 the selection of award recipients was the sole responsibility of the Executive Board. In 1967 an Honors Committee was established to oversee the selection of individuals to receive these honors.

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