Sixth Mississippi State Conference on Differential Equations and Computational Simulations. Electronic Journal of Differential Equations, Conference 15 (2007), pp. 41-50. Title: Young measure minimizers in the asymptotic analysis of thin films Author: Marian Bocea (North Dakota State Univ., Fargo, ND, USA) Abstract: An integral representation for a relaxed functional arising in the membrane theory is obtained in terms of Young measures generated by sequences $\{(\nabla_{\alpha}u_{\varepsilon_n } \big| \frac{1}{\varepsilon_n } \nabla _3 u_{\varepsilon_n})\} $ of scaled gradients. Published February 28, 2007. Math Subject Classifications: 49J45, 74B20, 74G10, 74K15, 74K35. Key Words: Equi-integrability; concentrations; oscillations; relaxation; Young measure.