Keynote

Gao

Huajian Gao

Professor of Engineering, Brown University
Talk Title: Mechanics of cell interaction with low-dimensional nanomaterials
Hutchinson

John W. Hutchinson

Professor of Engineering, Harvard University
Talk Title: Shell Buckling—the old and the new
Subra

Subra Suresh

President-Designate, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore & Vannevar Bush Professor of Engineering Emeritus, MIT
Talk Title: Cell mechanics and human diseases
Ulm

Franz-Josef Ulm

Professor of Civil & Environmental Engineering, MIT
Talk Title: Urban physics: Is Boston a liquid or a solid? A quantitative mechanics approach to cities' sustainability and resilience