Current Themes in Engineering Science 2009: Selected Presentations at the World Congress on Engineering 2009 (AIP Conference Proceedings, 1220)

The behavior of mechanical, biological and socio-economic systems is described using mathematical tools and characterized experimentally across multiple scales. Applications are presented from diverse contexts, covering topics from lasers to human joints and implants to Hamiltonian dynamics of spacecraft. Outstanding topics: Fracture mechanics and the strength of materials and structures and Non-equilibrium thermodynamics.