ME Professor Tarek I. Zohdi has been appointed by the U. S. National Academy of Sciences and the National Research Council as a Co-Chairman with John Dabiri of the National AmeriMech Symposium Series for the U. S. National Committee for Theoretical and Applied Mechanics USNCTAM. AmeriMech symposia are intended to promote interactions among researchers in an area of contemporary interest in the mechanics of fluids and solids.