Engineering Mechanics Institute (EMI)
The Community for Leaders in Engineering Mechanics. Advancing the Frontiers of Engineering.
EMI is the premiere interdisciplinary organization of engineering mechanics that promotes research and the application of scientific and mathematical principles to address existing and emerging engineering and societal issues.
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Important Announcements
EMI's conferences, hosted nationally and internationally, are the premier conferences for leaders in engineering mechanics.
ASCE/EMI membership offers numerous benefits, including career advancement, knowledge expansion, access to technical resources, networking opportunities, and member discounts.
The EMI Mentoring and Early Career Advancement Committee is pleased to announce the launch of its mentoring program.
EMI's technical committees strive to foster technical activities within the area of engineering mechanics by developing conference sessions and symposia.
RSS iMechanica
- Abstract call for Mini-Symposium 'MS-10 Stability and Dynamics of Structures' within ICoNSOM 2026 [Alghero, Sardinia Island, Italy] June 11-18, 2026
- December 16, 2025 — Open Day for the MS² Triple Master’s Degree in Civil Engineering: Mechanics of Sustainable Materials and Structures [Scholarships available]
- 2 PhD positions in modeling the interaction between phase transformations and viscoplasticity
- 2025 Haythornthwaite Foundation Research Initiation Grants Awards
- 2025 Haythornthwaite Foundation Student Travel Awards
- 2026 Thomas J. R. Hughes Young Investigator Award – Professor Ruike Renee Zhao
Innovative and Smart Infrastructure Group
The Innovative and Smart Infrastructure Group (ISIG) seeks to overcome short comings of currently utilized structural control techniques by developing innovations and advances to passive structural control. While active and semi-active control types generally show more control efficacy, passive control techniques are focused on in this group as they are far more likely to be utilized in structures. In particular, the construction industry in the United States is very conservative and often will not accept the complexity, liability, and high upfront costs of active and semi-active control techniques.
Peer-to-Peer Standards Exchange Forum
Come join the discussion about ASCE Standards! The Peer-to-Peer Standards Exchange is a new ASCE Collaborate forum to discuss technical issues about ASCE standards. Dive into your technical area with questions and issues with your community. Members can ask and answer questions. Nonmembers will have view-only capability.