The Center for Mechanics of Solids, Structures and Materials (CMSSM) promotes research addressing fundamental and applied issues in the broad field of mechanics of solids, structures and materials. The field of mechanics is playing an increasingly important role in new areas such as materials science and engineering, manufacturing, and the durable design of a variety of microelectronics devices. The backgrounds and expertise of the Center's faculty bring together the necessary focus on theoretical, experimental, and numerical approaches necessary to solve many of today's new mechanical problems.