Sectional lectures

The scientific program will consist of plenary opening and closing lectures, sectional lectures, mini-symposia, and contributed papers presented in lecture and seminar presentation sessions. Invitations to present contributed papers will be made on the recommendation of the International Papers Committee, based on their review of submitted abstracts and short papers.

Two additional lectures will be presented by the recipients of the Batchelor Prize in Fluid Mechanics and the Rodney Hill Prize in Solid Mechanics. These prizes will be presented for the first time at the Congress.

The text of the opening and closing lectures, sectional lectures and mini-symposia introductory lectures will be printed in the Congress Proceedings to be published by Springer. All accepted Short Papers will be published on the CD-ROM Proceedings.

Opening Lecture

	The role of mechanics in advancing thermal barrier coatings John Hutchinson Harvard University, USA
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Closing Lecture

	Physical limnology: advances and future challenges Jorg Imberger University of Western Australia, Australia
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Batchelor Prize Lecture

	Batchelor Prize Lecture Howard Stone Harvard University, USA
Abstract to be announced.

Rodney Hill Prize Lecture

	Nonconvex plasticity and deformation microstructures Michael Ortiz California Institute of Technology, USA
Abstract

Fluid mechanics sectional lectures

	Nonlinear transient growth on a vortex column Fazle Hussain and Dhoorjaty Pradeep University of Houston, USA
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	Bubbles in micro- and nano-fluidics Detlef Lohse University of Twente, Netherlands
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Capillary constructions David Qu\'er\'e Ecole Sup\'erieure Physique et de Chimi Industrielles, France
Abstract to be announced.

	Indian Ocean Dipole and its possible link with climate modes Toshio Yamagata Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, Japan
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	The aerodynamics of wind turbines Jens S{\o}rensen Technical University of Denmark, Denmark
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	Onset of oscillatory thermocapillary convection Wenrui Hu Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
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Solid mechanics sectional lectures

	Self-healing materials systems: where mechanics meets chemistry Nancy Sottos University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA
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	Characterization of heterogeneous materials by multi-scale simulations Peter Wriggers University of Hannover, Germany
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	Failure of rocks in the laboratory and the Earth John Rudnicki Northwestern University, USA
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	Plasto-mechanics of large deformation under impact loading Narinder Gupta Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, India
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	Micro-architectured solids: from blast resistant structures to morphing wings Norman Fleck University of Cambridge, UK
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	Maximal information systems Hugh Durrant-Whyte University of Sydney, Australia
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Fluids and solids sectional lectures

	Biomechanical aspects in human reproduction David Elad Tel Aviv University, Israel
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	From dry granular flows to submarine avalanches Olivier Pouliquen Polytech Marseille, France
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	Cellular matter: interfacial mechanics and geometry Sascha Hilgenfeldt Northwestern University, USA
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	Material instabilities in elastic and plastic solids Davide Bigoni University of Trento, Italy
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	Instabilities of flows through deformable tubes and channels Oliver Jensen University of Nottingham, UK
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