When the author and his wife first met, life was a big blank canvas ready to be painted. After a trip down the aisle, the purchase of the first home together and the adoption of a dog to test the waters before wading into the pool of parenthood, life started to become more about to-do lists and conformity. Their big dreams together began to start with the phrase Someday we willWith time no longer on their side, someday became today when they decided to leave everything behind and m...

Fracture, Fatigue, Failure and Damage Evolution, Volume 3 of the Proceedings of the 2022 SEM Annual Conference & Exposition on Experimental and Applied Mechanics, the third volume of six from the Conference, brings together contributions to this important area of research and engineering. The collection presents early findings and case studies on a wide range of areas, including: Novel Experimental Methods, Extreme Environments, Interfacial Fracture Integration of Models & Experiments, Mec...

Advancement of Optical Methods and Fracture and Fatigue, Volume 3 of the Proceedings of the 2023 SEM Annual Conference & Exposition on Experimental and Applied Mechanics, the third volume of five from the Conference, brings together contributions to this important area of research and engineering. The collection presents early findings and case studies on fundamental and applied aspects of Experimental Mechanics, including papers in the following general technical research areas:Ex...

Fracture, Fatigue, Failure and Damage Evolution*, Volume 7 of the* Proceedings of the 2017 SEM Annual Conference & Exposition on Experimental and Applied Mechanics, the seventh volume of nine from the Conference, brings together contributions to this important area of research and engineering.Session organizers include: Jay Carroll, Shuman Xia, Allison Beese, Ryan Berke, Garrett Pataky, Samantha Daly, Kavan Hazeli, Antonios Kontsos, Omer Ozgur Capraz, Scott Grutzi...

Japan was the first Asian nation to face the full impact of modernity. Like the rest of Japanese society, Buddhist institutions, individuals, and thought were drawn into the dynamics of confronting the modern age. Japanese Buddhism had to face multiple challenges, but it also contributed to modern Japanese society in numerous ways. Buddhism and Modernity: Sources from Nineteenth-Century Japan makes accessible the voices of Japanese Buddhists during the early phase of high modernit...

Why didn't the ancient Greeks or Romans wear pants? How did they shave? How likely were they to drink fine wine, use birth control, or survive surgery?In a series of short and humorous essays, Naked Statues, Fat Gladiators, and War Elephants explores some of the questions about the Greeks and Romans that ancient historian Garrett Ryan has answered in the classroom and online. Unlike most books on the classical world, the focus is not on famous figures or events, but on the...

If you want to learn more about the unique form of composting that is worm farming, then keep reading…More than 1/3rd of our food ends up wasted in the trash. This puts tremendous pressures on landfills and our ecosystem. There is a better way…It may sound crazy, but the solution comes from slimy, wiggly little creatures… Worms!Through worm farming you are able to create valuable assets out of waste. Grow beautiful and healthy plants and vegetable...

Fracture, Fatigue, Failure and Damage Evolution*, Volume 3 of the* Proceedings of the 2022 SEM Annual Conference & Exposition on Experimental and Applied Mechanics, the third volume of six from the Conference, brings together contributions to this important area of research and engineering.The collection presents early findings and case studies on a wide range of areas, including:Novel Experimental MethodsExtreme EnvironmentsInterfacial Fra...

Dynamic Behavior of Materials and Fracture, Fatigue, Failure & Damage Evolution*, Volume 1 of the* Proceedings of the 2024 SEM Annual Conference & Exposition on Experimental and Applied Mechanics, the first volume of three from the Conference, brings together contributions to this important area of research and engineering. The collection presents early findings and case studies on fundamental and applied aspects of Experimental Mechanics, including papers on:

Challenges in Mechanics of Time-Dependent Materials*, Volume 2 of the* Proceedings of the 2019 SEM Annual Conference& Exposition on Experimental and Applied Mechanics, the second volume of six from the Conference, brings together contributions to this important area of research and engineering. The collection presents early findings and case studies on fundamental and applied aspects of Experimental Mechanics, including papers in the following general technical research a...

My London is the first in a series of travel guides written by people who actually live and work in the cities they are writing about.This first guide features insight from five very different Londoners. They each have their own take on what makes London tick. From family days out to luxurious shopping trips, afternoon teas to wild, late night parties, our writers cover it all.

Dielectric Elastomers as Electromechanical Transducers provides a comprehensive and updated insight into dielectric elastomers; one of the most promising classes of polymer-based smart materials and technologies. This technology can be used in a very broad range of applications, from robotics and automation to the biomedical field. The need for improved transducer performance has resulted in considerable efforts towards the development of devices relying on materials with intrinsic transdu...