Society for Natural Philosophy
Past Meetings


58. Nonlinear Theories in Mechanics
  Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark, 10-12 June 2024
  Truesdell Lecturer: Alain Goriely
  Keynote speakers: Arroyo, Dias, Hanna, Truskinovsky, Yavari

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

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

55. Microstructure, Defects, and Growth in Mechanics
  Loyola University Chicago, 13-15 September 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
  University of Oxford, United Kingdom, 24-27 June 2018
  SNP-ISIMM Joint Meeting with a special day in honour of John Ball's 70th birthday
  SNP Speakers: Lopez-Pamies, Seguin, Yavari

53. Geometry and Mechanics, honouring Marcelo Epstein on his 70th birthday
  University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada, 19-21 August 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
  Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 22-24 October 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
  University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA, 14-16 November 2013
  Speakers: Bauman, Caffarelli, Calderer, Fried, Kenig, Peletier, Podio-Guidugli,
  Sverak, Virga

50. New Materials and New Problems in Continuum Mechanics
  Università di Udine, Italy, 22-24 October 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
  Michigan State University, East Lansing, USA, 7-9 October 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 Behaviour and the Mathematical Modelling of Materials
  Foz do Iguacu, Brazil, 4-8 January 2010
  Speakers: DiCarlo, Chaieb, Y.-C. Chen, Lehoucq, Luskin, Paroni, Truskinovsky

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

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

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

44. Theories of Microstructures and Defects
 Hotel Covo dei Saraceni, Polignano a Mare (Bari), Italy, 8-10 October 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
  IMA, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA, 5-6 November 2004
  Speakers: Bhattacharya, Cladis, Doi, James, Kinderlehrer, Lin, Truskinovsky

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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