<html><head><style> body {height: 100%; color:#000000; font-size:12pt; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;}</style></head><body><div><br></div><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px" data-mce-style="color: #000; background-color: #fff; font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><div style="text-align:justify" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1463342618846_7078" data-mce-style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1463342618846_7079" data-mce-style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Dear Colleagues, Students<br>and Professionals:</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1463342618846_7080" data-mce-style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;"></span></div><div style="text-align:justify" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1463342618846_7082" data-mce-style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1463342618846_7083" data-mce-style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span></div><div style="text-align:justify" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1463342618846_7084" data-mce-style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1463342618846_7085" data-mce-style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">We are inviting you to send<br>an abstract to the Mini-Symposium:</span></div><div style="text-align:justify" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1463342618846_7087" data-mce-style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1463342618846_7088" data-mce-style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;"> </span></div><h4 style="margin-top: 0cm; line-height: 18pt; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1463342618846_7089" data-mce-style="margin-top: 0cm; line-height: 18pt; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: windowtext;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1463342618846_7090" data-mce-style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: windowtext;">“<b id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1463342618846_7091"><span style="letter-spacing:-.75pt" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1463342618846_7092" data-mce-style="letter-spacing: -.75pt;">MULTI-SCALE MODELLING OF MATERIALS AND STRUCTURES</span></b>"</span></h4><h4 style="margin-top: 0cm; line-height: 18pt; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1463342618846_7089" data-mce-style="margin-top: 0cm; line-height: 18pt; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 115%; font-weight: 400;" data-mce-style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 115%; font-weight: 400;">(</span><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1463342618846_7096" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 115%; font-weight: 400; border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0cm;" data-mce-style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 115%; font-weight: 400; border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0cm;">Objectives: </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 115%; font-weight: 400;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1463342618846_7981" data-mce-style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 115%; font-weight: 400;">Most modern materials and<br>structures owe their advanced properties to the underlying engineered material<br>microstructure. Microstructural effects play a determinant role in the behavior<br>of heterogeneous materials, since material mechanics on the smallest scale<br>determines the macroscopic or structural response. An-in depth understanding<br>and realistic prediction of the complex and possibly nonlinear behavior of such<br>materials (e.g. lightweight lattice micro structured materials, foams for<br>aerospace applications, composites in general) and structures (e.g. reinforced<br>concrete structures in civil engineering) through numerical simulations is of<br>obvious and growing importance. This usually requires the development and use<br>of (nonlinear) multi-scale methodologies that build a bridge between the scale<br>of the material micro structure and the scale of the structure. Contributions<br>are solicited in (but not limited to) the following areas:</span></h4><h4 style="margin-top: 0cm; line-height: 18pt; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1463342618846_7089" data-mce-style="margin-top: 0cm; line-height: 18pt; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 115%; font-weight: 400;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1463342618846_7995" data-mce-style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 115%; font-weight: 400;">– Upscaling methodologies: same or different material<br>representations on different scales (e.g. discrete-to-continuum,<br>continuum-to-discrete), concurrent computing schemes, domain decomposition<br>methodologies, computational homogenization;</span></h4><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; line-height: 115%; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1463342618846_7101" data-mce-style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; line-height: 115%; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ansi-language:EN-US" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1463342618846_7102" data-mce-style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">– Parallel computational solution of multi-scale<br>problems;</span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; line-height: 115%; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1463342618846_7104" data-mce-style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; line-height: 115%; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ansi-language:EN-US" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1463342618846_7105" data-mce-style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">– Their<br>applications to specific microstructural configurations and materials;</span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 15pt; line-height: 115%; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1463342618846_7107" data-mce-style="margin: 0cm 0cm 15pt; line-height: 115%; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ansi-language:EN-US" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1463342618846_7108" data-mce-style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">–<br>Their incorporation in engineering applications.)</span></div><div style="text-align:justify" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1463342618846_7110" data-mce-style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1463342618846_7111" data-mce-style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1463342618846_7196" data-mce-style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">within the </span><b id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1463342618846_7114" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" data-mce-style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">CILAMCE 2016,</b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1463342618846_7940" data-mce-style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> which will be held at </span><b id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1463342618846_7115" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" data-mce-style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><i id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1463342618846_7116">Brasília</i>, DF, Brazil, from<br>November 6 to 9, 2016</b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" data-mce-style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">.</span></div><div style="text-align:justify" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1463342618846_7118" data-mce-style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1463342618846_7119" data-mce-style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;"> </span></div><div style="text-align:justify" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1463342618846_7120" data-mce-style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1463342618846_7121" data-mce-style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;">The event will be hosted <span style="background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1463342618846_7122" data-mce-style="background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">by the Graduate program in Engineering Material<br>Integrity (PGINTEGR) of the University of Brasilia (UnB)</span>, and </span>the<br>Brazilian Association for Computational Methods in Engineering (ABMEC).</div><div style="text-align:justify" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1463342618846_7124" data-mce-style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1463342618846_7125" data-mce-style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;"> </span></div><div style="text-align:justify" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1463342618846_7126" data-mce-style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1463342618846_7127" data-mce-style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;">Please take a look at the homepage <a href="http://2016.cilamce.com.br/" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1463342618846_7128" target="_blank" data-mce-href="http://2016.cilamce.com.br/">http://2016.cilamce.com.br/</a> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" data-mce-style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">to find updated information about the </span><b id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1463342618846_7132" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" data-mce-style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Cilamce 2016</b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" data-mce-style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">.</span></div><div style="text-align:justify" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1463342618846_7134" data-mce-style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1463342618846_7135" data-mce-style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;"> </span></div><div style="text-align:justify" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1463342618846_7136" data-mce-style="text-align: justify;"><b id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1463342618846_7137"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1463342618846_7138" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;" style="text-decoration: underline;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1463342618846_7139" data-mce-style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;">Call for Abstracts<br>and Papers: </span></span></b><b id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1463342618846_7142"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1463342618846_7143" data-mce-style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;">Abstracts are<br>invited by </span></b><b id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1463342618846_7144"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1463342618846_7145" data-mce-style="font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;">May 17, 2016</span></b><b id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1463342618846_7146"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1463342618846_7147" data-mce-style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;">.</span></b></div><div style="text-align:justify" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1463342618846_7149" data-mce-style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1463342618846_7150" data-mce-style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;"> </span></div><div style="text-align:justify" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1463342618846_7151" data-mce-style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1463342618846_7152" data-mce-style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;">For details about formats and the<br>submission procedure, please visit the conference website (<a href="http://2016.cilamce.com.br/abstract-submission/" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1463342618846_7153" target="_blank" data-mce-href="http://2016.cilamce.com.br/abstract-submission/">http://2016.cilamce.com.br/abstract-submission/</a><br>).</span></div><div style="text-align:justify" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1463342618846_7155" data-mce-style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1463342618846_7156" data-mce-style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;"> </span></div><div style="text-align:justify" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1463342618846_7157" data-mce-style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1463342618846_7158" data-mce-style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;">We look forward to seeing you in <b id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1463342618846_7159"><i id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1463342618846_7160">Brasília</i></b>!</span></div><div style="text-align:justify" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1463342618846_7162" data-mce-style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1463342618846_7163" data-mce-style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;"> </span></div><div style="text-align:justify" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1463342618846_7164" data-mce-style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1463342618846_7165" data-mce-style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;">Best regards,</span></div><div style="text-align:justify" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1463342618846_7167" data-mce-style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1463342618846_7168" data-mce-style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;"> </span></div><div style="text-align:justify" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1463342618846_7169" data-mce-style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(32, 32, 32); background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1463342618846_7170" data-mce-style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: #202020; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">Prof.<br>Péter Z. Berke, UFC, Brazil, </span><span lang="EN-US" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1463342618846_7171"><a href="mailto:pberke@ulb.ac.be" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1463342618846_7172" target="_blank" data-mce-href="mailto:pberke@ulb.ac.be"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1463342618846_7173" data-mce-style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">pberke@ulb.ac.be</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(32, 32, 32); background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1463342618846_7174" data-mce-style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: #202020; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;"></span></div><div style="text-align:justify" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1463342618846_7176" data-mce-style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(32, 32, 32); background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1463342618846_7177" data-mce-style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: #202020; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">Prof. Ricardo A.M.<br>Silveira, UFOP, Brazil, </span><span lang="EN-US" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1463342618846_7178"><a href="mailto:ramsilveira@yahoo.com.br" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1463342618846_7179" target="_blank" data-mce-href="mailto:ramsilveira@yahoo.com.br"><span lang="PT-BR" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1463342618846_7180" data-mce-style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">ramsilveira@yahoo.com.br</span></a></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(32, 32, 32); background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1463342618846_7181" data-mce-style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: #202020; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;"></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1463342618846_6843"><br></div><div style="text-align:justify" dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1463342618846_7183" data-mce-style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(32, 32, 32); background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1463342618846_7184" data-mce-style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: #202020; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">Prof. Thierry J.<br>Massart, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium, </span><span lang="EN-US" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1463342618846_7185"><a href="mailto:thmassar@ulb.ac.be" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1463342618846_7186" target="_blank" data-mce-href="mailto:thmassar@ulb.ac.be"><span lang="PT-BR" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1463342618846_7187" data-mce-style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">thmassar@ulb.ac.be</span></a></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(32, 32, 32); background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1463342618846_7188" data-mce-style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: #202020; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;"></span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ansi-language:PT-BR" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1463342618846_7189" data-mce-style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: PT-BR;"></span></div></div><div><br></div></body></html>