Society for Natural Philosophy
Past Meetings


57. Complex Material Structures, Natural and Architected
  at the École Nationale Supérieure d’Architecture in Paris, France
  October 16-18, 2023.
  Truesdell Lecturer: Eliot Fried
  Keynote speakers: Goddard, Milton, Angelillo

56. Mechanics and Analysis
  at the University of Pisa, Italy,
  September 21-23, 2022.
  Truesdell Lecturer: Chi-Sing Man
  Speakers: Buttazzo, Focardi, Healey, Merodio, Murat, Virga

55. Microstructure, Defects, and Growth in Mechanics
  at Loyola University Chicago,
  September 13-15, 2019.
  Truesdell Lecturer: Richard D. James
  Speakers: Fried, Garikipati, Kupferman, Leok, Lopez-Pamies, Segev, Truskinovsky

54. Mathematics and Mechanics: Natural Philosophy in the 21st Century
  at University of Oxford, United Kingdom, 
  June 24-27, 2018.
  SNP-ISIMM Joint Meeting with a special day in honor of John Ball's 70th Birthday
  SNP Speakers: Lopez-Pamies, Seguin, Yavari

53. Geometry and Mechanics at University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada,
  August 19-21, 2015.
  Truesdell Lecturer: Paolo Podio-Guidugli
  Speakers: de León, dell'Isola, Elźanowski, Goddard, Herzog, Maugin, Pence, Segev,
  Śniatycki

52. Scale Bridging in the Mathematical and Mechanical Sciences at Universidade
  Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, October 22-24, 2014.
  Truesdell Lecturer: Constantine Dafermos
  Speakers: Acerbi, Buscaglia, Chakraborty, Dacorogna, Davini, DiCarlo, Favata, Feldman,
  Gavini, Ghattas, Gioia, Gomes, Jerrad, Lewicka, B. Li, Murad, Nussenzveig,
  Podio-Guidugli, Šilhavý

51. Mathematics and Mechanics in the Physical Sciences: A Tribute to James Serrin
  at University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, November 14-16, 2013.
  Speakers: Bauman, Caffarelli, Calderer, Fried, Kenig, Peletier, Podio-Guidugli,
  Sverak, Virga

50. New Materials and New Problems in Continuum Mechanics
  at Udine, Italy, October 22-24, 2012.
  Truesdell Lecturer: Stuart S. Antman
  Speakers: Dal Maso, James, Kraynik, I. Müller, Podio-Guidugli, Virga

49. Coupled Processes in Continuum Mechanics Motivated by Biological
  Phenomena at Michigan State University, East Lansing, October 7-9, 2011.
  Truesdell Lecturer: Gianfranco Capriz
  Speakers: Bates, Calderer, Goriely, Manning, Vainchtein, Violi, Walton

48. Advances in Fundamental and Applied Mechanics: A Bridge between
  the Physical Behavior and the Mathematical Modeling of Materials
    at Foz do Iguacu, Brazil, January 4-8, 2010.
  Speakers: DiCarlo, Chaieb, Y.-c. Chen, Lehoucq, Luskin, Paroni, Truskinovsky

47. Constitutive Properties of Biomaterials at University of Pittsburgh,
  Pittsburgh, September 19-21, 2008.
  Truesdell Lecturer: Roger Fosdick
  Speakers: Ambrosi, Coleman, Cowin, Criscione, Taber

46. The Interface between Atomistic and Continuum Theories at University of Houston,
  Houston, October 26-28, 2007.
  Truesdell Lecturer: Bernard Coleman
  Speakers: Blumenfeld, Brenner, Capriz, Kraynik, Murdoch, Tadmor,
  Sellers, Silling, Vedantam, Wheeler

45. Mathematical Modeling and Analysis of Materials at Purdue University,
  West Lafayette, November 11-12, 2006.
  Truesdell Lecturer: James Serrin
  Speakers: Calderer, E, Garcia-Cervera, Kohn, Lavrentovich, Luskin

44. Theories of Microstructures and Defects at the Hotel Covo dei Saraceni,
  Polignano a Mare (Bari), Italy, October 8-10, 2005.
  Truesdell Lecturer: Walter Noll
  Speakers: Braides, Cermelli, Francfort, Fried, Jenkins, Paroni, Rosakis,
  Silhavy, Truskinovsky, Zanzotto

43. Prospects for Mathematics and Mechanics upon the 80th Birthday of
  Jerry Ericksen at the IMA, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis,
  November 5-6, 2004.
  Speakers: Bhattacharya, Cladis, Doi, James, Kinderlehrer, Lin, Truskinovsky

42. Multiscale Effects in Material Microstructures and Defects at the University
  of Kentucky, Lexington, September 26-28, 2003.
  Speakers: Anand, Bhattacharya, Epstein, Fried, Gurtin, James, Lipton,
  Owen, Podio-Guidugli, Ponte Castaneda

41. Dissipative Effects in Continuum Mechanics at the University of California,
  Berkeley, September 29-October 1, 2000.
  Speakers: Beatty, Del Piero, Coleman, Deseri, Fabrizio, Fonseca, Fried,
  Goddard, Golden, Jenkins, Man, Owen

40. Internal and Surface Structure of Materials at Carnegie Mellon University,
  Pittsburgh, October 10-12, 1998.
  Speakers: Caffarelli, Fonseca, Hamilton, Hannon, Slemrod, Soner, P. Sternberg

39. Nonlinear Phenomena in Continuum Mechanics at Virginia Polytechnic
  Institute and State University, Blacksburg, April 7-9, 1995
  Speakers: Angenent, Beale, Caginalp, Khomami, Maddocks,
  Papageorgiou, Shu-Ming Sun, Trefethen
 
38. Topics in Nonlinear Elasticity at Cornell University, September 22-25, 1994
  Speakers: Antman, Bauman, Fosdick, Gurtin, Holmes, James,
  Simpson, Spector, Truskinovksy
  
37. Mathematical Aspects of Continuum Mechanics: A Symposium in
  Honor of Walter Noll at Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, April
  23-25, 1993
  Speakers: Antman, Artz, Coleman, Feinberg, Gurtin, Lawvere, Noll,
  Podio-Guidugli, Serrin, Silhavy, Truesdell, Virga, Wang

36. Mathematical Modelling in Continuum Mechanics at
  Penn State University, October 1-3, 1992
  Speakers: Arnold, Antman, Coleman, Dafermos, Fried, James, Kleman,
  Luskin, Mizel, Pego, Rajagopal,  Slemrod, P. Sternberg
 
35. Partial Differential Equations and Mechanics at
  Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, November 1-3, 1991
  Speakers: Antman, Bona, Fonseca, Gariepy, Phillips, Renardy, Slemrod, Ziemer
 
34. Recent Developments in Mechanics at
  the University of Nebraska, Lincoln, April 6-8, 1990
  Speakers: Galdi, Gurtin, Onat, Parks, Rajagopal, Serrin, Spector, Speziale
 
33. Variational Methods in Continuum Mechanics at
  Sheraton Hotel at Station Square, Pittsburgh, November 18-19, 1989
  Speakers: Fosdick, McLeod, Mizel, S. Müller, Podio-Guidugli, P. Sternberg
 
32. Geometrical and Topological Methods in Mechanics at
  the University of Calgary, Calgary, June 21-23, 1989
  Speakers: Chillingworth, Edelen, Hardt, Marsden, O'Raifeartaigh,
  Olver, Sniatycke, Wang
 
31. Modern Developments in Natural Philosophy--An Historical Perspective
  at The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, March 20-23, 1988
  Speakers: Antman, Amick, Dafermos, Fife, Hrusa, Humphrey,
  Simo, Truesdell, Ziemer
 
30. Internal Structure, Homogenization and Continuum Mechanics
  at Yale University, New Haven, November 14-15, 1987
  Speakers: Gurtin, Jenkins, Kohn, Leckie, Lowe, Milton, Needleman,
  Papanicolaou, Sachdev, Sreenivasan
 
29. Novel Problems in Mathematics & Mechanics From Agriculture and
  Industry at the University of Virginia, Charlottesville, October 20-21, 1986
  Speakers: Brown, Clark, May, Raats, Schaeffer, Strang
 
28. Topics in Continuum Mechanics and Analysis at
  the University of Kentucky, Lexington, December 4-6, 1985
  Speakers: Antman, Carlson, Dafermos, Ericksen, Passman, Wang
 
27. Mathematical Models in Continuum Mechanics at
  the University of Wisconsin-Madison, November 29-December 1, 1984,
  Speakers: DiPerna, Ericksen, Hrusa, Owen, Pritchard
 
26. In Honor of J.L. Ericksen's 60th Birthday at
  Brown University, Providence, November 17-19, 1983
  Speakers: Ball, Bell, Coleman, Kinderlehrer, Leslie, I. Müller, Rivlin, Serrin,
  Truesdell
 
25. Wave Phenomena at Cornell University, Ithaca,
  September 22-25, 1982
  Speakers: Ablowitz, Aronson, Coleman, McKean, Papanicolaou, Sachse, Symes
 
24. Applications of Qualitative Analysis in Nonlinear Mechanics
  at the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, December 3-5, 1981
  Speakers: Antman, Dafermos, Holmes, Joseph, Saut,  E. Sternberg, Villaggio
 
23. Recent Developments in Continuum Thermodynamics at the University
  of Missouri, Rolla, November 10-12, 1980
  Speakers: Valanis, Feinberg, Man, Fosdick, Coleman, Pitteri, Serrin, Owen
 
22. Mathematical Modelling at the National University of Mexico,
  November 5-8, 1979
  Speakers: Aronson, Coleman, Fife, Glowinski, Guckenheimer, Herrera,
  Hoppensteadt, Lions, Newman, Oden
 
21. Anelastic Behavior of Continua at the Universita di Pisa, Italy,
  May 18-20, 1978
  Speakers: Truesdell, Del Piero for Villaggio, Bell, Del Piero, Zarka, Ting
  Müller, Toupin
 
20. The Application of Catastrophe Theory in Mechanics at Christopher
  Newport College of William and Mary University, Charlottesville,
  April 16-18, 1978
  Speakers: Lu, Zeeman, Huseyin, Chillingworth, Truesdell, Golubitsky, Mehra,
  Aris, Stewart
 
19. Recent Developments in Contimuum Mechanics at the University
  of Cincinnati, December 4-6, 1977
  Speakers: Achenbach, Dafermos, Ericksen, Pipkin, Tiersten
 
18. Problems of the Continuum Theory of Plasticity and Dislocations at the
  University of South Carolina, Columbia, October 21-22, 1976
  Speakers: Belinfante, Owen, deWit, Ting, Noll, Wang, Bloom
 
17. Fluid Mechanics at the Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta,
  October 2-3, 1975
  Speakers: Rivilin, Fosdick, Bird, Joseph, Chen, Cowin, Jenkins,
  Brenner, Raats, Noll, Marris
 
16. Rational Thermodynamics at the Universita di Pisa,
  Italy, June 11-14, 1974
  Speakers: Gurtin, Onat, Coleman, Owen, Williams, Serrin, Truesdell
 
15. Mathematical Problems Related to Mixtures of Interacting
  Species at the University of Rochester, New York, March 28-30, 1973
  Speakers: Aris, Aronson, Feinberg, Horn, Sellers, Krambeck, Noll
 
14. Thermodynamics of Continuous Media at the University
  of Washington, Seattle, September 13-16, 1972
  Speakers: Williams, Coleman, Ericksen, Truesdell, Dill, Muller, Bowen
 
13. Nonlinear Stability Theory at Northwestern University,
  Evanston, Illinois, October 28-29, 1971
  Speakers: Cohen, Luss, Lebowitz, Payne, Antman, Serrin, Stewartson
 
12. Model Theory at the University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, May 4-5, 1971
  Speakers: Cahpin, Kugler, Luxemburg, Zakon, Stone, Wattenberg, Truesdell
 
11. Plasticity and Viscoelasticity at the University of Cincinnati,
  November 12-13, 1970
  Speakers: Owen, Dill, Rivlin, Clifton
 
10. Optimal Control Theory and the Calculus of Variations at
  the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, November 30- December 1, 1969
  Speakers: Neustadt, Gilbert, Hermes, Cesari, Fleming, Warga

9. Thermodynamics and Stabilty at the Johns Hopkins University,
  Baltimore, October 10-12, 1968
  Speakers: Coleman, Wei, Hale, Joseph, Pond, Ericksen, Gurtin
 
8. Theories of Stability at Tulane University, New Orleans,
  March 31-April 1, 1967
  Speakers: Segal, Joseph, Caughey, Odeh, Markus
  
7. Axiomatics of Mechanics at the Illinois Institute of Technology,
  Chicago, October 21-22, 1966
  Speakers: Bunge, Synge, Noll, Gurtin, Kac, Toupin

6. Hydrodynamics at the University of Arizona, Tucson, January 21-22, 1966
  Speakers: Benney, Meyer, Saffman, Payne, Serrin, Ludford
 
5. Thermodynamics at Università di Padova, Bressanone,
  Italy, June 11-12, 1965
  Speakers: Coleman, Bressan, Gurtin, Bordoni, Bowen
 
4. Frontiers of Elasticity at the Courant Institute of Mathematical
  Sciences, New York, March 22-23, 1965
  Speakers: Fichera, Schechter, Reiss, Gilbert, Payne, Knowles

3. Wave Motion at the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis,
  October 29-30, 1964
  Speakers: Duff, Rivlin, Morawetz, Wilcox, Keller
 
2. Fluid Dynamics at the Mellon Institute, Pittsburgh,
  November 11-12, 1963
  Speakers: Truesdell, Serrin, Finn, Noll, Lin, Markovitz

1. Statistical and Continuum Theories of Materials at the
  Johns Hopkins University, March 25-26, 1963
  Speakers: Grad, Toupin, Jaynes, Rivlin, Ericksen