Solid Mechanics Fellows
Professor Peter McHugh
University of Galway,
University Road,
H91 TK33
Galway, Ireland
email: peter.mchugh@universityofgalway.ie
For outstanding scientific contributions to biomechanics, biomedical engineering and mechanical engineering, and for the development of biomedical engineering research and education programs.
Professor Jean-François Molinari
LSMS – Computational Solid Mechanics Laboratory
Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
EPFL-ENAC-IIC-LSMS
Bat. GC
Station 18
CH-1015 Lausanne
Switzerland
email: jean-francois.molinari@epfl.ch
For his seminal contributions in computational solid mechanics, especially the multiscale modeling of tribological processes.
Professor Ron H.J. Peerlings
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Eindhoven University of Technology
PO Box 513
5600 MB Eindhoven
Netherlands
email: r.h.j.peerlings@tue.nl
In recognition of his impact on damage and plasticity modelling, multiscale methods, and their innovative application to a wide range of materials, often accompanied by experimental investigations.
Professor Elio Sacco
Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II
DiSt, Via Claudio 21, NA,
Napoli, Italy
email: elio.sacco@unina.it
For seminal contributions in computational solid mechanics, especially in computational modelling of nonlinear heterogeneous materials.
Professor Jörg Schröder
Universität Duisburg-Essen
Fakultät für Ingenieurwissenschaften
Abteilung Bauwissenschaften
Institut für Mechanik
Universitätsstraße 12
Raum R12 S02 H02
45141 Essen, Germany
email: j.schroeder@uni-due.de
For his contributions in continuum mechanics of solids, particularly in anisotropic material modelling, multiscale and multiphysics approaches, and for his active support of the mechanics community.
Professor Laura De Lorenzis
ETH Zürich
Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering
Tannenstrasse 3
8092 Zürich
Switzerland
email: ldelorenzis@ethz.ch
In recognition of her outstanding and influential contributions to computational solid mechanics including in particular phase-field approaches to fracture and fatigue, variational collocation methods, and data-driven mechanics.
Professor Vikram Deshpande
University of Cambridge
Department of Engineering
Trumpington Street
Cambridge CB2 1PZ
United Kingdom
email: vsd20@cam.ac.uk
He has combined novel experiment and theoretical insights to make seminal advances in solid mechanics, from the design of micro-architectured materials to the modelling of soft, biological and active materials.
Professor Umberto Perego
Departimento di Ingegneria Civile e Ambientale
Politecnico di Milano
20133 Milano
Italy
email: umberto.perego.at.polimi.it
For his contributions to research in computational mechanics of solids and structures, particularly in damage and fracture mechanics, and for his active support to initiatives in the international mechanics community.
William Curtin
EPFL STI IGM LAMMM
MED 3 1026 (Batiment MED)
Station 9
CH-1015 Lausanne
Switzerland
email: william.curtin@epfl.ch
For his seminal contributions in modeling of mechanical behavior of materials from quantum to continuum scales, especially for predictive models of metal plasticity and composite failure, and concurrent multiscale methods.
Samuel Forest
Centre des Matériaux, Mines Paris
Paristech CNRS UMR 7633
BP 88
F-91003 Evry Cedex
France
email: samuel.forest@ensmp.fr
For his outstanding contributions to metallurgy and mechanics of materials, based on original models coupled with innovative and powerful numerical methods.
Wolfgang Wall
Institute for Computational Mechanics
Technical University of Munich
Boltzmannstr. 15
85748 Garching b. München
Germany
email:wall@lnm.mw.tum.de
For his seminal contributions to the computational modeling of challenging solid mechanics and multi-physics scenarios, including fluid-structure interaction, contact, biophysics and biomedical problems.
Alberto Corigliano
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Piazza Leonardo da Vinci 32
20133 Milano
Italy
email: alberto.corigliano@polimi.it
In appreciation for his seminal contributions to the material and structural mechanics, particularly in elastoplasticity, composite damage, parameter identification, microsystems and for the promotion of initiatives in the Italian and international scientific community.
Antonio DeSimone
SISSA Mathlab
Mathematical Analysis, Modelling, and Applications
Via Bonomea 265
34136 Trieste
Italy
email: antonio.desimone@sissa.it
In appreciation for his seminal contributions towards understanding the macroscopic response of phase transforming solids arising from evolving microscopic domains, and more recent work on the mechanics of biological locomotion at microscopic scales.
Gerhard Holzapfel
Institute of Biomechanics
Graz University of Technology
Kronesgasse 5-I
A-8010 Graz, Austria
email: holzapfel@tugraz.at
For seminal contributions to biomechanics, embracing experiments, continuum mechanics modelling and finite element implementations for a variety of soft biological tissues including artery walls, heart tissue and brain tissue.
Alexander B. Movchan
Department of Mathematical Sciences
M&O Building
University of Liverpool
Liverpool, L69 3BX
UK
email:abm@liv.ac.uk
In appreciation for his significant contributions to modelling of fracture, defects in solids, and wave propagation in structured media.
Thomas Pardoen
Ecole Polytechnique de Louvain
IMAP - Materials and process engineering
Place Sainte Barbe 2
bte L5.02.02
1348 Louvain-la-Neuve
Belgium
email: thomas.pardoen@uclouvain.be
In appreciation for his seminal contributions to the multiscale mechanics of materials and systems, including plasticity and ductile failure of advanced materials, and mechanics of thin films.
Professor Marc Geers
VICE President
Term of appointment: 2025
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Eindhoven University of Technology
P.O. Box 513
5600 MB Eindhoven
The Netherlands
phone: +31 40 2475076
email: m.g.d.geers AT tue.nl
Solids
Jean-Baptiste Leblond
Institut Jean le Rond d'Alembert
Université Pierre et Marie Curie
4 place Jussieu
75252 Paris Cedex 05
France
email:jbl@lmm.jussieu.fr
For his outstanding contributions to transformation plasticity, to the numerical simulation of welding and to the mechanics and micromechanics of brittle and ductile fracture.
Javier Llorca
Department of Materials Science
Universidad Politécnica de Madrid
E. T. S. de Ingenieros de Caminos Canales y Puertos
28040 Madrid
Spain
email: javier.llorca@upm.es
In recognition for his contributions to understanding the relationship between microstructure and the mechanical properties of materials by means of novel computational and experimental tools as well as multi-scale modelling strategies.
Davide Bigoni
Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile, Ambientale e Meccanica
Università di Trento
via Mesiano, 77
I-38123 Trento
Italy
email: bigoni@ing.unitn.it
In appreciation for his outstanding contributions to the field of solid mechanics including in particular penetrating analyses related to the stability of deformation of engineering and geological materials.
Felix Chernousko
Institute for Problems in Mechanics
Russian Academy of Sciences
pr. Vernadskogo 101-1
Moscow 119526
Russia
email: chern@ipmnet.ru
In recognition of his major contributions to applied and nonlinear dynamics, to optimal control of mechanical systems and to the technological development of spacecrafts, climbing robots and multilinl mechanisms based on efficient numerical methods.
Erik van der Giessen
University of Groningen
Department of Applied Physics
Materials Science Center
Nijenborgh 4
9747 AG, Groningen
The Netherlands
email: E.van.der.Giessen@rug.nl
For his seminal contributions in the field of solid mechanics from macroscopic continuum plasticity to computational micro-mechanics, especially multi-scale plasticity of metals and for being a warm and inspiring teacher.
Olivier Allix
L.M.T. Cachan
61 Avenue du Président Wilson
94235 Cachan Cedex
France
email: allix@lmt.ens-cachan.fr
In recognition of his merits in applied mechanics, modeling of composites, multiscale theory, identification and validation, as well as his activities in the International Mechanics community.
Norman A. Fleck
Cambridge University
Engineering Department
Trumpington Street
Cambridge, CB2 1PZ
UK
email: naf1@eng.cam.ac.uk
For his crucial role in the worldwide upsurge of interest in strain-gradient plasticity and for his equally important influence in many other areas of the micromechanics of solids.
Paul Steinmann
Lehrstuhl für Technische Mechanik
Paul-Gorndan-Str. 3
91052 Erlangen
Germany
email: paul.steinmann@ltm.uni-erlangen.de
In appreciation of his merits in the broad fields of continuum mechanics, computational mechanics and material theories as well as his activities in the European mechanics community.