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Organization: Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal, Quebec
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Date:         Thu, 9 Apr 1992 15:06:31 -0500
From:         Colloques du GRAF <conf@JUNIOR.MATHTOK.POLYMTL.CA>
Subject:      Fractals in Engineering '92

		    		ANNOUNCEMENT

	   (last opportunity to take advantage of pre-meeting fees)


                          Fractals in Engineering '92

                               June 3-5, 1992
                                      at
                       Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal
                           Montreal, Quebec, Canada



SPONSORED BY
Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal - Departement de Mathematiques Appliquees
Universite de Montreal - Centre de Recherches Mathematiques


OBJECTIVES

The goal of the conference is to introduce researchers and engineers to fractal
geometry either as a descriptive or an analytical tool, especially in industrial
applications.  This is the first such colloquium.
We hope that the numerous exchanges will stimulate relations between the private
sector and university research groups.


SCOPE

Topics to be covered include, but are not limited to:
	- disordered materials
	- fracture, rough surfaces
	- fluid mechanics
	- electrochemistry and petrochemistry
	- fractal growth phenomena



STRUCTURE

One-hour lectures will be given by several invited speakers and will have a
pedagogical approach to the subject. This will permit a formal introduction
for non-specialists.
A poster session and numerous 20-minute periods of contributed talks will also
be held to expose different new results in the field.
All attendees will receive the conference program which will include
abstracts of all lectures and communications.

Official languages are english and french, but english is the communication
language.



REGISTRATION

fee		before May 1st, 1992	after May 1st, 1992
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regular			$160.50 *		$321.00 *
student **		 $53.50 *		$107.00 *
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*  this price includes federal GST (R107585226), canadian currencies.
** proof of enrollment required

It is strongly recommended that you pre-register since the number of attendance
is limited.
To register, please fill out the attached form and return it to secretarial
office. You will receive a receipt and a set of information materials.


ORGANIZATION COMMITTE

- Chairman:		Claude Tricot
- Vice-Chairman:	Gilles Deslauriers
- Director:		Francois Normant


SCIENTIFIC COMMITTE

- Honorary Chairman:	Benoit B. Mandelbrot (IBM Research and Yale University)
- Chairman:		Claude Tricot (Ecole Polytechnique - Montreal)
- Vice-Chairmen		Fereydoon Family (Emory University - Atlanta)
			Bernard Sapoval (Ecole Polytechnique - Paris)


INVITED SPEAKERS

- James A. Donovan (University of Massachusetts)
"Fractal Characterization of Wear and Fracture Surfaces"

- Roland Lenormand (Institut Francais du Petrole)
"Fractals in Petroleum Engineering: from Pore to Reservoir Scale"

- Benoit B. Mandelbrot (IBM Watson Research Center and Yale University)
"Fractals as Tool of the Engineer"

- James Martin (Sandia National Laboratories - Albuquerque)
"Fractal Structure, Fractal Time and the `Potting' of Electronic Components"

- Julio Ottino (Northwestern University)
"Structure Formation in Chaotic Mixing of Fluids"

- Muhammad Sahimi (University of Southern California)
"Fractal, Fracture and Electrical Breakdown of Disordered Materials"

- Dalloul Wehbi (Micro-Surface Besancon)
"The Fractal Dimension as a Functional Parameter of Engineering Surfaces"

- Richard Wool (University of Illinois)
"Fractal Polymer Interfaces"

- Robert Ziff (University of Michigan)
"Fractals in Percolation and Catalysis"


SECRETARIAL OFFICE

Fractals in Engineering '92
Applied Mathematics Department
Ecole Polytechnique
P.O. Box 6079 - station A
Montreal (Que) Canada
H3C 3A7
phone: (514) 340-5968
fax: (514) 340-4463
e-mail: conference@mathappl.polymtl.ca

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