PROCEEDINGS OF THE ASME INTERNATIONAL MECHANICAL ENGINEERINGCONGRESS AND EXPOSITION NOVEMBER 11-16, 2001 NEW YORK,NEW YORKCollection of 51 full-length, peer-reviewed technical paperscovering the following topic areas: Industrial Applications ofSmart Structures Technology; Analysis of adaptive structuralSystems; Inflatable and Deployable Structures; Structural Modelingand System Identification; Complaint Mechanisms; Adaptive andMaterial Systems Design; Active Vibration Isolation and Control;Shape Memory Alloys; Induced Strain Actuation; Control of AdaptiveMaterial Actuators; Issues in Modeling Adaptive Materials;Prototype Adaptive Systems.