About 70 papers were presented at the conference, covering topics in DEM formulation and implementation approaches, coupled methods, experimental validation, and application studies.  The conference proceedings are available for purchase from ASCE Publications (http://www.pubs.asce.org/bksearch.html). Please contact the conference organizers at bkcook@sandia.gov and rpjense@sandia.gov with questions. 

Papers on both theoretical and applied work in DEM are invited for presentation.  Extended abstracts (3-5 pages in length) should be submitted electronically, preferably as a Word document, by May 10, 2002 for review and possible acceptance for presentation and publication in the conference proceedings.   The conference proceedings will be published and distributed by the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE).

The extended abstract should effectively be a short paper, and it must follow the formatting guidelines specified by ASCE for conference proceedings.  Please note that, unlike the ASCE example, submissions should not include an abstract section at the beginning of the paper.  After the conference, authors will be invited to prepare a full-length paper for publication in a special edition of a peer-reviewed journal.

Topics of interest include:

• Particle Models
• bond representations for cementation and cohesion
• brittle and highly deformable elements
• contact modeling
• Numerical Optimization and Implementation Techniques
• mathematical theory
• contact detection algorithms
• parallelization methods
• Coupled Methods
• coupled continuum and discontinuum methods (e.g., DEM and FEM)
• coupled multiphase methods with fluid or gas dynamics
• Experimental Validation
• characterization and measurement of material properties
• relationship between particulate and bulk material properties
• Applications
• large-scale industrial applications in material processing, geotechnical, mining, or petroleum engineering
• fundamental investigations (e.g., granular flows)
• Code Design and Data Analysis
• program architecture
• visualization

Late registration fees:
     $475 for professionals
     $275 for full-time students

Registration fees include the conference proceedings, a welcome reception on September 22, continental breakfasts and breaks on September 23-25, and a dinner banquet on September 24. 

The registration form, which includes payment instructions,  can be found in the conference brochure.

• May 10, 2002             Submission of 3-5 page abstracts 
• June 05, 2002              Notification on acceptance of abstracts 
• June 30, 2002              Early registration 
• August 23, 2002         Hotel registration
• August 31, 2002         Final program posted on conference website 
• September 22, 2002    Beginning of conference 

Santa Fe is an enchanting and culturally rich city located at the base of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains in northern New Mexico.  Air service is provided by several airlines to the local Santa Fe airport, and by most major US airlines to Albuquerque, New Mexico, a one-hour drive from Santa Fe.  Ground transport is available to the hotel from the Albuquerque airport for about $20 US one-way. 
 

Local organizing committee:
     Ben Cook   Sandia National Laboratories
     Richard Jensen   Sandia National Laboratories
     Tang-Tat Ng   University of New Mexico
     Dale Preece   Sandia National Laboratories
     Bruce Trent   Los Alamos National Laboratory

International organizing committee:
     Katalin Bagi   Budapest Univ. of Technology and Economics, Hungary
     Nenad Bicanic   University of Glasgow, UK
     Paul Cleary   CSIRO, Australia
     Joe Goddard   UC-San Diego, USA
     Roger Hart  Itasca, USA
     Francois Heuze  Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, USA 
     Melany Hunt  Caltech, USA
     Mathew Kuhn   University of Portland, USA
     Michael Moys   University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa
     Ante Munjiza   Queen Mary College, UK
     Graham Mustoe  Colorado School of Mines, USA
     Michael Plesha   University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA
     Raj Rajamani   University of Utah, USA
     Toshitsugu Tanaka  Osaka University, Japan
     Colin Thornton  Aston University, UK
     John Williams   MIT, USA

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