<html><head><style> body {height: 100%; color:#000000; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman;}</style></head><body>Dear Colleagues:<div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">The deadline to submit an abstract to the 12th U.S. National Congress on Computational Mechanics has been extended to February 28, 2013. Please note that there will not be further extensions after the new due date. We encourage you to submit<br> your abstract as soon as possible and look forward to seeing you at the Congress. The review of submitted abstracts will begin on February 18, 2013.</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">To submit your abstract, please go to <a href="http://12.usnccm.org/abstract-submissions" target="_blank"><br>http://12.usnccm.org/abstract-submissions</a> and click “submit abstract” at the bottom of the page. Please select MS 5.3 as the minisymposium before submitting your abstract.</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">Important Dates:</p><p class="MsoNormal"> February 28, 2013: Deadline for abstract submissions</p><p class="MsoNormal"> March 15, 2013: Notification of final abstract acceptance/rejection</p><p class="MsoNormal"> March 1-31, 2013: Travel award applications accepted</p><p class="MsoNormal"> March 15 - May 15, 2013: Early registration</p><p class="MsoNormal"> April 15, 2013: Travel awards announced</p><p class="MsoNormal"> May 16 - June 30, 2013: Regular registration period</p><p class="MsoNormal"> After July 1, 2013: Late/onsite registration only</p><p class="MsoNormal"> July 22-25, 2013, Congress dates</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">Please feel free to forward this announcement to interested colleagues. For more information, please visit the congress website at<br><a href="http://12.usnccm.org/" target="_blank">http://12.usnccm.org/</a>. If you have questions, feel free to contact us.</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">Sincerely,</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">Howie Fang (The University of North Carolina, Charlotte, USA,<br><a href="mailto:hfang@uncc.edu" target="_blank">hfang@uncc.edu</a>)</p><p class="MsoNormal">Guilin Wen (Hunan University, Changsha, China, <a href="mailto:wenguilin@yahoo.com.cn" target="_blank"><br>wenguilin@yahoo.com.cn</a>)</p><p class="MsoNormal">David C. Weggel (The University of North Carolina, Charlotte, USA,<br><a href="mailto:dcweggel@uncc.edu" target="_blank">dcweggel@uncc.edu</a>)</p><p class="MsoNormal">Qing Li (The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia, <a href="mailto:Q.Li@usyd.edu.au" target="_blank"><br>Q.Li@usyd.edu.au</a>)<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"> </span></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">_____</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">__</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">____________________________________________</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Howie Fang</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">, Ph.D., Associate Professor</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Department of Mechanical Engineering & Engineering Science</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Impact and Structural Optimization Laboratory (ISOL)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">The University of North Carolina at Charlotte</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">9201 University City Blvd., Charlotte, NC 28223-0001</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Phone: (704) 687-8328 | Fax: (704) 687-8345</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Email:<br></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:blue"><a href="mailto:hfang@uncc.edu" target="_blank">hfang@uncc.edu</a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"> | URL:<br></span><a href="http://coefs.uncc.edu/hfang/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:blue">http://coefs.uncc.edu/hfang/</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:blue"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">_______</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">__</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">__________________________________________</span></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"> </span></p><div><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext">From:</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext"> USNCCM12 [<a href="mailto:info@usacm.org" target="_blank">mailto:info@usacm.org</a>]<br><br><strong>Sent:</strong> Thursday, February 14, 2013 4:18 PM<br><strong>Subject:</strong> USNCCM12 Abstract Submission Deadline Extended</span></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">Dear USACM Member:<br><br><br>Due to several requests, the deadline to submit an abstract to the 12th U.S. National Congress on Computational Mechanics, to be held in Raleigh, NC, July 22-25, 2013, has been extended to<br><span class="object"><strong>February 28, 2013</strong></span>. We strongly urge you to submit your abstract as soon as possible as we will not be able to extend the deadline beyond this date.<br><br><br>For instructions on how to submit your abstract, go to:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://12.usnccm.org/abstract-submission" target="_blank">http://12.usnccm.org/abstract-submission</a>.<br><br><br>We look forward to seeing you as USNCCM12.<br><br><br>Sincerely,<br><br><br><br>USNCCM12 Organizers </p></div><br></body></html>