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Trends in Continuum Mechanics - An international workshop to celebrate Paolo Podio-Guidugli on his 85th birthday

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  • E2604
  • May 14, 2026
  • 2 days
  • CISM - Udine, Italy

Trends in Continuum Mechanics is an international workshop celebrating the 85th birthday of Paolo Podio-Guidugli and his longstanding contributions to continuum mechanics and applied mathematics.
The programme brings together leading scholars working on theoretical, computational, and applied aspects of mechanics, with topics ranging from optimal growth theories and nonlinear composite materials to biomechanics, viscoelastic fluids, wave control, and mechanobiology.
The workshop aims to foster scientific discussion across different areas of continuum mechanics while honoring Paolo Podio-Guidugli’s influence on generations of researchers in the field.

ORGANISING COMMITTEE
Fabrizio Davì
Antonio De Simone
Antonino Favata
Giovanni Lancioni
Andrea Micheletti
Paola Nardinocchi
Giuseppe Tomassetti

The full programme is available in the download area of this webpage
Eliot Fried (Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology, Japan)
The discrete origin of configurational forces
Giulio Giustieri (University of Pauda, Italy)
Modelling viscoelastic fluids
Sonia Marfia (Roma Tre University, Italy)
Homogenization techniques for nonlinear composite materials
Diego Misseroni (University of Trento, Italy)
Reprogrammable metastructure for integrated wave control, nonlinear vibration mitigation, and energy harvesting
Anna Pandolfi (Polytechnic University of Milan, Italy)
An active strain approach to model the behavior of the human iris
Roberto Paroni (University of Pisa, Italy)
A theory of optimal growth
Eric Puntel (University of Udine, Italy)
Surface growth and residual stress in a cylindrical vessel
Davide Riccobelli (SISSA, Trieste, Italy)
Mechanics of cancer growth: from surface accretion to personalized modelling
Luciano Teresi (Roma Tre University, Italy)
Shape deformation from metric’s transport
Lev Truskinovsky (ESPICI, Paris, France)
Micro-displacement tensor

REGISTRATION
Access is free; however, registration is required.
To apply, please complete the online form at:
https://cism.it/en/activities/courses/E2604/
A confirmation email will be sent to participants whose applications are accepted.

coordinators

Antonio De Simone

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CISM Short Courses are currently part of Doctoral programmes in a number of European Universities and Higher Education Institutes.

Upon agreement between CISM representatives, course coordinators and the director of the specific doctoral school, short courses can award credits for doctoral programmes.

A list of European Universities acknowledging CISM courses in the frame of doctoral programmes follows.