IUTAM’s Congress Committee
The task of the IUTAM Congress Committee, as defined in IUTAM’s statutes, is the organization of the International Congresses of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (ICTAM). The members of the Congress Committee (listed below) are appointed by the General Assembly as scientists active in theoretical or applied mechanics and need not be members of the General Assembly. The President of IUTAM serves also as President of the Congress Committee. The Congress Committee appoints a secretary, without stated terms of office. The Congress Committee may appoint an Executive Committee to take all necessary actions on its behalf in the period between two successive Congresses, and to report to it at its next meeting. This Executive Committee consists of the President, the Secretary, and one or more members appointed by the Congress Committee. The actual organization of a Congress is delegated to a local Organizing Committee, which is elected by the host country or host organization.
Members of the Executive Committee of the Congress Committee
for the period 2020-2024
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Prof. N.A. (Norman) Fleck (President) Cambridge University Department of Engineering Cambridge UK |
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Prof. S. (Sanjay) Mittal (Secretary)
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
Department of Aerospace Engineering Kanpur India |
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Prof. L. (Leslie) Banks-Sills Tel Aviv University School of Mechanical Engineering Ramat Aviv Israel |
Prof. S. (Shiyi) Chen
Southern University of Science and Technology
Shenzhen China |
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Prof. A. (Alberto) Corigliano Politecnico di Milano Milano Italy |
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Prof. H.D. (Heuy Dong) Kim
Andong National University
Department of Mechanical Engineering Andong
Korea, Republic of |
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Prof. P.F. (Paul) Linden
University of Cambridge
Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics Cambridge
UK |
Members of the Congress Committee
The General Assembly establishes a standing Congress Committee which is responsible for the organization of International Congresses of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics at regular intervals. The members of the Congress Committee are appointed by the General Assembly as scientists active in theoretical or applied mechanics and need not be members of the General Assembly. Rules of procedure of the Congress Committee and its Executive Committee are given in the IUTAM Statutes.
Year indicates end of term
- Prof. P. (Pilar) Ariza (Spain) 2024
- Prof. E. (Ellen) Arruda (USA) 2024
- Prof. L. (Leslie) Banks-Sills (Israel) 2024 member of XCCC
- Prof. L.C. (Catherine) Brinson (USA) 2024
- Prof. S. (Shiyi) Chen (China) 2024 member of XCCC
- Prof. A. (Alan) Cocks (UK) 2026
- Prof. A. (Alberto) Corigliano (Italy) 2024 member of XCCC
- Dr. R. (Raj) Das (Australia) 2026
- Prof. A. (Anne) De Wit (Belgium) 2026
- Prof. N.A. (Norman) Fleck (UK) 2024 Chair of CC and XCCC (ex officio)
- Prof. J.M. (Maciej) Floryan (Canada) 2024
- Prof. S. (Samuel) Forest (France) 2024
- Prof. P. (Peter) Frick (Russia) 2024
- Prof. E. (Elisabeth) Guazzelli (France) 2024
- Prof. S. (Stefan) Hartmann (Germany) 2024
- Prof. P. (Peter) Hunter (New Zealand) 2024
- Prof. A. (Anne) Juel (UK) 2026
- Dist. Prof. Y.Y. (Yoon Young) Kim (Korea, Republic of) 2026
- Prof. H.D. (Heuy Dong) Kim (Korea, Republic of) 2024 member of XCCC (ex officio)
- Prof. S. (Stefano) Lenci (Italy) 2026
- Prof. P.F. (Paul) Linden (UK) 2024 member of XCCC
- Prof. D. (Detlef) Lohse (Netherlands) 2026
- Prof. G.H. (Gareth H.) McKinley (USA) 2024
- Prof. S. (Sanjay) Mittal (India) 2024 Secretary of CC and XCCC
- Prof. H. (Henryk) Petryk (Poland) 2024
- Prof. S. (Stéphane) Popinet (France) 2024
- Prof. G. (Gherhardt) Ribatski (Brazil) 2024
- Prof. M.V. (Maria Vittoria) Salvetti (Italy) 2024
- Prof. A. (Alfredo) Soldati (Austria) 2024
- Prof. K.J. (Kathleen) Stebe (USA) 2024
- Prof. S. (Shu) Takagi (Japan) 2026
- Prof. W.-C. (Wei-Chung) Wang (China-Taipei) 2026
- Prof. H. (Hiroshi) Yabuno (Japan) 2024
- Prof. X.J. (Xiaojing) Zheng (China) 2024