Previous Speakers
This lists the speakers, the years they toured, their institution at the time, and their area of research. See also: list of speakers by year.
| Speaker | Institution | Topical Area | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| F Abernathy | Harvard U | fluids | 1986 |
| R Abeyaratne | MIT | solids | 2003 |
| H Abramson | SWRI | solids | 1970 |
| D Adams | U Wyoming | solids | 1987 |
| J Adkins | U Nottingham | solids | 1960 |
| S Antman | U Maryland | solids | 1992 |
| H Aref | UCSD | fluids | 1991 |
| A Argon | MIT | solids | 1985 |
| R Armstrong | MIT | fluids | 1987 |
| S Atluri | Georgia Tech | solids | 1988 |
| I Babuska | U Maryland | computational mechanics | 1990 |
| G Barenblatt | Cambridge U | solids, fluids | 1994 |
| D Barnett | Stanford U | solids | 1984 |
| J Bassani | U Penn | solids | 2001 |
| J Bell | Johns Hopkins U | solids | 1972 |
| R Beyer | TU Munich | dynamics | 1958 |
| K Bhattacharya | Caltech | solids, mechanics of materials | 2006 |
| D Bogy | UC - Berkeley | solids | 1984 |
| M Boyce | MIT | mechanics of materials, solids | 2004 |
| J Brady | Caltech | fluids | 1999 |
| C Brennen | Caltech | fluids | 1994 |
| M Brenner | Harvard | fluids | 2008 |
| K Breuer | Brown | fluids | 2006 |
| A Bryson | Stanford U | dynamics | 1963 |
| B Budiansky | Harvard U | solids | 1966 |
| J Burgers | U Maryland | solids | 1958 |
| R Burridge | Schlumberger-Doll | seismology | 1986 |
| D Bushnell | Lockheed | solids | 1984 |
| C Calladine | Cambridge U | solids, acoustics | 1999 |
| G Carrier | Harvard U | fluids | 1961 |
| M Carroll | Rice U | continuum mechanics | 1996 |
| T Caughey | Caltech | dynamics | 1974 |
| R Christensen | LLNL | solids | 1988 |
| R Clifton | Brown | solids | 1986 |
| A Cocks | Oxford | solids, mechanics of materials | 2006 |
| J Cole | UCLA | fluids | 1976 |
| B Coleman | IIT | continuum mechanics | 1965 |
| S Corrsin | Johns Hopkins U | fluids | 1967 |
| J Craggs | U Durham | solids | 1958 |
| S Crandall | MIT | dynamics | 1962 |
| W Curtin | Brown | solids | 2009 |
| J Dally | U Maryland | solids | 1975 |
| R DiPrima | fluids | 1979 | |
| E Dowell | Duke | dynamics | 1985 |
| D Drucker | Brown | solids | 1959 |
| G Dvorak | solids | 1985 | |
| I Dyer | Bolt, Beranek & Newman | acoustics | 1965 |
| H Emmons | Harvard U | fluids | 1959 |
| J Erickson | Johns Hopkins U | continuum mechanics | 1963 |
| J Ferziger | Stanford U | fluids | 1985 |
| I Finnie | UC - Berkeley | solids | 1979 |
| N Fleck | Cambridge U | solids | 2000 |
| A Freudenthal | Columbia U | solids | 1964 |
| L Freund | Brown | solids | 1979 |
| Y Fung | UCSD | biomechanics | 1967 |
| R Gallagher | U Arizona | computational mechanics | 1981 |
| H Gao | Max Planck Institute for Metals Research | solids, mechanics of materials | 2005 |
| M Gharib | UCSD | fluids | 1992 |
| P Givi | Pittsburgh | fluids | 2009 |
| W Goldsmith | UC - Berkeley | solids | 1978 |
| J Goodier | Stanford U | solids | 1960 |
| E Greitzer | MIT | fluids | 1990 |
| M Gurtin | Carnegie Mellon | continuum mechanics | 1976 |
| J Hale | Brown | dynamics | 1977 |
| D Harlemann | MIT | , fluids | 1973 |
| C Herakovich | Virginia Tech | solids | 1982 |
| G Herrmann | Stanford U | solids | 1978 |
| C-M Ho | UCLA | fluids | 1998 |
| N Hoff | Stanford U | solids | 1966 |
| P Holmes | Cornell U | dynamics | 1986 |
| G Homsy | UCSB | fluids | 2001 |
| C Horgan | U Virginia | solids | 1996 |
| M Horne | Cambridge U | solids | 1958 |
| L Howard | MIT | fluids | 1966 |
| C Hsu | UC - Berkeley | dynamics | 1968 |
| H Huppert | Cambridge U | fluids | 1996 |
| F Hussain | U Houston | fluids | 1997 |
| J Hutchinson | Harvard U | solids | 1977 |
| D Inman | Georgia Tech | solids | 1999 |
| K Johnson | Cambridge U | solids | 1993 |
| J Junkins | Texas A&M | dynamics | 1991 |
| R Kamm | MIT | solids/biomechanics | 2007 |
| R Kalaba | USC | dynamics | 1971 |
| T Kane | Stanford U | dynamics | 1975 |
| G Karniadakis | Brown | fluids, dynamics | 2005 |
| J Katz | Johns Hopkins | fluids | 2009 |
| G Keitmann | UC - Berkeley | solids | 1973 |
| J Keller | NYU | applied mathematics | 1961 |
| J Kim | UCLA | fluids | 2001 |
| K Kim | Brown | solids | 1999 |
| S Kline | Stanford U | fluids | 1975 |
| K Klotter | TU Darmstadt | dynamics | 1964 |
| W Knauss | Caltech | solids | 1978 |
| J Knowles | Caltech | solids | 1981 |
| A Kobayashi | U Washington | solids | 1974 |
| R Kohn | NYU | solids | 1993 |
| W Koiter | TU Delft | solids | 1961 |
| H Kolsky | Brown | solids | 1970 |
| L Kovasznay | Johns Hopkins U | fluids | 1974 |
| F Kozin | Brooklyn Poly | solids | 1969 |
| S Kyriakides | University of Texas | solids | 2003 |
| M Landahl | MIT | fluids | 1982 |
| J Laufer | USC | fluids | 1980 |
| L Leal | Caltech | fluids | 1988 |
| E Lee | Brown | solids | 1961 |
| L Lees | Caltech | fluids | 1970 |
| S Leibovich | Cornell U | fluids | 2000 |
| S Lele | Stanford U | fluids | 2000 |
| A Leonard | Caltech | fluids | 1991 |
| K Liechti | University of Texas | solids | 2003 |
| C Lin | MIT | fluids | 1960 |
| J Lumley | Cornell U | fluids | 1972 |
| R Lyon | MIT | fluids | 1972 |
| L Mahadevan | Harvard U | fluids, solids | 2006 |
| A Majumdar | UC - Berkeley | microdevices, fluids, biomechanics | 2004 |
| L Malvern | U Florida | solids | 1976 |
| P Marcus | UC - Berkeley | fluids | 1997, 2008 |
| H Markovitz | Carnegie Mellon | fluids | 1977 |
| T Maxworthy | USC | fluids | 1984 |
| J McCarthy | UC Irvine | dynamics | 1992 |
| F McClintock | MIT | solids | 1991 |
| D McDowell | Georgia Tech | solids | 1997 |
| R McMeeking | UCSB | solids | 1992 |
| J Miklovitz | Caltech | solids | 1966 |
| J Miles | UCSD | fluids | 1967 |
| H Moffatt | Cambridge U | fluids | 2002 |
| P Moin | Stanford U | fluids | 1996 |
| D Mook | Virginia Tech | dynamics | 1990 |
| F Moon | Cornell U | dynamics | 1987 |
| C Mote | UC - Berkeley | dynamics | 1989 |
| P Naghdi | UC - Berkeley | solids | 1980 |
| B Neal | U Swansea | solids | 1959 |
| A Needleman | Brown | solids | 1997 |
| W Noll | Carnegie Mellon | continuum mechanics | 1964 |
| J Oden | University of Texas | solids | 1982 |
| R Ogden | U Glasgow | elasticity, solids, biomechanics | 2004 |
| E Onat | Yale U | solids | 1970 |
| S Orszag | Princeton U | fluids | 1993 |
| M Ortiz | Caltech | solids | 1995 |
| S Osher | UCLA | applied mathematics | 1998 |
| Y Pao | Cornell U | solids | 1972 |
| J Papastavridis | Georgia Tech | dynamics | 1993 |
| D Parks | MIT | solids | 1998 |
| T Pedley | U Leeds | biomechanics | 1995 |
| O Phillips | Johns Hopkins U | fluids | 1965 |
| R Phillips | Caltech | mechanics of materials | 2002 |
| T Pian | MIT | solids | 1969 |
| A Pipkin | Brown | solids | 1969 |
| S Plesset | Caltech | fluids | 1968 |
| P Castaņeda | U Penn | solids, composites | 2005 |
| C Pozrikidis | UCSD | biomechanics, fluids | 2003 |
| W Prager | Brown | solids | 1968 |
| R Probstein | MIT | fluids | 1968 |
| K Rajagopal | Texas A&M | fluids | 2004 |
| R Rand | Cornell U | dynamics | 2003 |
| K Ravi-Chandar | UT-Austin | materials | 2008 |
| G Ravichandran | Caltech | solids | 2007 |
| E Reissner | UCSD | solids | 1975 |
| J Riley | U Washington | fluids | 1995, 2007 |
| R Rivlin | Lehigh U | solids | 1967 |
| A Robinson | Harvard U | fluids | 1973 |
| A Rosakis | Caltech | solids | 1998 |
| R Rosenberg | UC - Berkeley | dynamics | 1960 |
| A Roshko | Caltech | fluids | 1978 |
| W Sachse | Cornell U | solids, biomechanics | 1994 |
| P Saffman | Caltech | fluids | 1981 |
| W Saric | Texas A&M | fluids | 2007 |
| M Save | U Liege | solids | 1962 |
| R Schapery | Texas A&M | solids | 1981 |
| L Schmidt | UCLA | solids | 1971 |
| W Sears | Cornell U | fluids | 1964 |
| M Shinozuka | Columbia U | biomechanics | 1976 |
| G Sih | Lehigh U | solids | 1982 |
| R Skalak | Columbia U | biomechanics | 1979 |
| Lex Smits | Princeton U | fluids, turbulence | 2005 |
| I Sneddon | U Glasgow | solids | 1962 |
| C Steele | Stanford U | solids | 1980 |
| E Sternberg | Caltech | solids | 1965 |
| D Steigmann | UC Berkeley | solids | 2009 |
| J Stoker | NYU | fluids | 1959 |
| H Stone | Harvard U | fluids | 2002 |
| Z Suo | Harvard | materials | 2008 |
| P Suquet | École Polytechnique | solids | 2001 |
| S Suresh | MIT | mechanics of materials | 1994 |
| M Taya | U Washington | solids | 1989 |
| R Taylor | UC - Berkeley | computational mechanics | 1989 |
| C Truesdell | Johns Hopkins U | solids | 1962 |
| V Tvergaard | Danish Technical U | solids | 2000 |
| M Van Dyke | Stanford U | fluids | 1969 |
| J Weiner | Brown | solids | 1987 |
| L Wheeler | U Houston | solids | 1988 |
| G Whitham | Caltech | fluids | 1971 |
| S Widnall | MIT | fluids | 1977 |
| J Willis | U Bath | solids | 1990 |
| R Wuerker | TRW | dynamics | 1971 |
| H Ziegler | ETH Zurich | solids | 1963 |