Proceedings of the ASME International Mechanical EngineeringCongress and Exposition, November 5-10, 2000, Orlando, Florida. The17 full-length, peer-reviewed papers in this volume survey a rangeof theoretical,experimental, and computational bioengineeringproblems in which mechanics plays a key role. A sampling of thepapers includes: On the Role of Continuum Models in Mechanobiology;Tensegrity and the Emergence of Complex Mechanical Behavior inLiving Cells; Hemodynamics,Vascular Biology and AtheriosclerosisFlow in the Atheriosclerotic Carotid Artery; Use of FiniteElasticity in Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Research; Damage Behaviorof Trabecular Bone; Changes in the Mechano-electrochemicalEnvironment in the Extracellular Matrix Surrounding Chondrocytes.@By: James Casey and Gang Bao