Editorial

Abstract

I am honored to be named, the Editor in Chief for the ASME Journal of Engineering Materials and Technology. The journal has been in existence since 1973, and it is associated with the Materials Division of ASME. It has been providing topquality research papers on contemporary issues of engineering materials and technology, for a broad spectrum of issues pertaining to experimental, computational, and theoretical investigations of the mechanical behavior of materials with a mechanics of materials perspective, at physical scales ranging from the nano to the macro for materials, such as metals, polymers, ceramics, composites, biomaterials, and nanostructured materials.