SHOCK AND VIBRATION SYMPOSIUM The Shock and Vibration Symposium, first held in 1947, is the oldest continuously-held meeting dealing specifically with the structural dynamic behavior of air, sea, space, and ground vehicles and structures. The Symposium was established as a mechanism for the exchange of information among Government activities, private industry, and academia on current work and new developments. Presentations on work in progress are encouraged. Separate sessions are held for presentation of classified or limited distribution material. The Naval Surface Warfare Center/White Oak has contracted the Shock and Vibration Information Analysis Center (SAVIAC) to operate this symposium. The 66th S&V Symposium will be hosted by the US Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station (USAEWES) in Biloxi, Mississippi, at the Grand Casino Biloxi, 30-Oct through 3-Nov 1995. Program Committee members include representatives from DNA, FMC Corp, NAVSEA, NCCOSC/NRaD, NSWC/UERD, NSWC/White Oak, Redstone Technical Test Center, Sandia National Labs, US Army CECOM, USAEWES, White Sands Missile Range and Wright Lab. The opening program will include a welcome address by the senator from Mississippi, the Honorable Trent Lott (invited) with the keynote address delivered by Dr. Robert Whalin, director of WES. The invited speakers include Dr. David Ewins, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, London; Mr. Fancis Cirillo, Air Force Team Leader, Defense Base Closure & Realignment Commission; and CDR Ernest Valdes, Director for Surface Combatants, Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Surface Ship Acquisition. The technical program includes ten tutorials offered on Monday, three panel sessions and 20 technical sessions, classified and unclassified with 120 papers on Tuesday afternoon through Thursday. The abstracts for the papers can be read via the World Wide Web at http://saviac.usae.bah.com and following the hypertext links. In addition, there are five discussion groups on the program. A tour of Ingalls shipyard has been arranged for Friday morning. For more information, contact Sue Damanda at SAVIAC. Phone (703) 412-7712 or fax (703)412-7500. The Defense Nuclear Agency (DNA) and SAVIAC will also sponsor a one day (Monday, 30-Oct) unclassified conference on the Verification and Validation of Nonlinear Structural Dynamics Codes in conjunction with the Symposium. DNA is currently lining up top government, academic, and industry scientists and engineers to ensure a unique and interesting program in this timely and important follow-up to the V&V Conference of 1993. There is no registration fee to those attending the Symposium, $125.00 for entry to the V&V conference only. For more information contact Capt Darren Rice, (703) 325-7642, FAX 2957, e-mailrice@hq.dna.mil or Sue Damanda, (703) 412-7712, FAX 7500.

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