1. Incoming president’s message

   • Charles E. Harris

   Announcement 27 December 2017 Pages: 1 - 1

2. Publisher’s note

   • Kristin L. MacDonald

   Announcement 27 December 2017 Pages: 2 - 2

3. Annual SEM awards

   Announcement 27 December 2017 Pages: 3 - 3

4. Calendar of events

   Events 27 December 2017 Pages: 6 - 6

5. SEM News

   News 27 December 2017 Pages: 7 - 11

6. The beginnings of the Friendly Society

   • Charles E. Taylor

   SEM History 27 December 2017 Pages: 13 - 13

7. Back to basics

   • Pete Avitabile

   Modal Space 27 December 2017 Pages: 15 - 16

8. Error assessment for strain mapping by digital image correlation

   • B. W. Smith
   • X. Li
   • W. Tong

   Technique 27 December 2017 Pages: 19 - 21

9. A study on the nanometer grid method with the scanning tunneling microscope

   • X. Huimin
   • D. Fulong
   • A. Schmidt

   Technique 27 December 2017 Pages: 23 - 25

10. High resolution moiré shearography

    • P. K. Rastogi

    Technique 27 December 2017 Pages: 26 - 28

11. An experimental technique to determine the shock effects of gravity

    • M. N. Silbert
    • A. D. Moltedo
    • P. J. Clements

    Technique 27 December 2017 Pages: 29 - 31

12. An introduction to automotive NVH testing

    • M. French
    • M. Jay

    Feature 27 December 2017 Pages: 32 - 33

13. Applications of the bootstrap to mechanical system analysis

    • N. F. Hunter
    • T. L. Paez

    Feature 27 December 2017 Pages: 34 - 37

14. Databases on the internet for engineers

    • Jimin He

    Feature 27 December 2017 Pages: 38 - 41

15. Corporate profile

    Announcement 27 December 2017 Pages: 42 - 42

16. SEM Summer Publication catalog preview

    SEM News 27 December 2017 Pages: 44 - 45

17. New products

    Announcement 27 December 2017 Pages: 46 - 47

18. E/T Paper submission guidelines

    Announcement 27 December 2017 Pages: 48 - 48

19. Industry news

    News 27 December 2017 Pages: 50 - 50