1. Incoming president’s message

   • Igor Emri

   Announcement 27 December 2017 Pages: 1 - 1

2. Publisher’s note

   • Kristin L. MacDonald

   Announcement 27 December 2017 Pages: 2 - 2

3. Calendar of events

   Events 27 December 2017 Pages: 6 - 6

4. Annual SEM awards

   Announcement 27 December 2017 Pages: 7 - 7

5. SEM calls for papers

   SEM News 27 December 2017 Pages: 9 - 11

6. Conference update

   SEM News 27 December 2017 Pages: 12 - 12

7. Back to basics

   • Pete Avitabile

   Modal Space 27 December 2017 Pages: 13 - 14

8. Back to basics

   • Peter K. Stein

   Strain Gages 27 December 2017 Pages: 15 - 17

9. A test apparatus for measuring the biaxial strength of brittle materials

   • J. A. Salem
   • M. G. Jenkins

   Technique 27 December 2017 Pages: 19 - 23

10. Electro-magnetic confinement for dynamic multiaxial compression experiments

    • W. Chen

    Technique 27 December 2017 Pages: 24 - 26

11. Meso-mechanical investigation of the three-dimensional displacement fields around a crack tip

    • J. Z. Pan
    • D. B. Zhu
    • M. Z. Zhang

    Technique 27 December 2017 Pages: 27 - 31

12. A lab-scale digital acoustic emission system for source location

    • M. -H. Yang
    • C. -P. Chou

    Technique 27 December 2017 Pages: 32 - 35

13. Role of photoelasticity in evolving discretization schemes for FE analysis

    • K. Ramesh
    • P. M. Pathak

    Technique 27 December 2017 Pages: 36 - 38

14. Equipment purchase and installation

    • Mark French

    Feature 27 December 2017 Pages: 39 - 41

15. New products

    Announcement 27 December 2017 Pages: 44 - 46