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<p>The objective of this volume is to apply and advance experimental, computer-aided and analytical methods and approaches to materials science and engineering mechanics for the evaluation and assurance of short-term and long-term reliability of materials and structures employed in photonics engineering. To that end, materials scientists and applied physicists, as well as chemical, mechanical and reliability engineers, come together here to discuss the state of the art in the ability to predict and assure the mechanical reliability of a photonics system. The effect of the mechanical behavior of photonics materials and structures on the optical performance of the system is also addressed.</p>