04 Professional Activities
Scientific and
Professional Activities
OPENING, KEYNOTE & GENERAL LECTURES
Sectional Lecture, 14th IUTAM Congress,
General Lecture, 28th British Theoretical Mechanics Meeting,
Invited General
Lecture to the General Assembly of
IUTAM,
Opening Keynote
Address, AFOSR/ARO Conf. Nonlinear
Vibrations,
Closing Lecture,
Invited Keynote
Lecture, 2nd Nat. Cong., Hellenic
Soc. Theoretical & Applied Mechanics,
Opening Lecture,
IMA Conf. Chaos: Applications in
Engineering & Science,
Keynote Lecturer
& Session Organizer, 2nd World
Cong. Computational Mechanics,
Presentation of the
New Dynamics, Autumn meeting of the
Directors, Ove Arup Partnership,
Invited Lecture Chaos and the danger of unpredictable
failure, Fellowship of Engineering,
Invited General
Lecture, Spring Conf. Institute of
Acoustics,
Invited Plenary
Lecture, 1st European Nonlinear Oscillations
Invited Plenary
Lecture, Dynamics Day '94,
Invited Opening
Address, Eurodyn '96, Conference on Structural
Dynamics,
Invited Plenary
Lecture, Conference on Theory of Ordinary
& Partial Differential Equations,
Invited Key
Lecture, IUTAM Symp. Applics of Nonlinear
and Chaotic Dynamics in Mechanics, Cornell, 1997.
Opening lecture,
meeting on Nonlinearity in Engineering
Dynamics,
Opening Lecture,
IMA Conf. Bifurcations: the use and
control of chaos,
Opening
lecture, IMA Conf. Recent Advances in
Nonlinear Mechanics,
CONFERENCE ORGANIZATION
Organizer, IMA Symposium at
Catastrophe Theory in the Physical
Sciences.
Scientific Chairman & Organizer, IUTAM Symposium at
Collapse: The Buckling of Structures
in Theory and Practice.
Scientific
Committee, IUTAM Symposium at
Nonlinear
Dynamics in Engineering Systems.
Organizer,
Chaos: Applications in Engineering
and Science.
Theme Organizer,
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, 1990,
Chaos
and Dynamical Complexity in the Physical Sciences.
Theme Organizer,
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, 1992,
Scientific Chairman & Organizer, IUTAM Symposium at
Nonlinearity and Chaos in
Engineering Dynamics.
Organizer, Minisymposium,
3rd Int Congress Industrial & Applied Maths,
Nonlinear
Dynamics and Chaos in Engineering
Theme Organizer,
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, 1995,
Chaotic
Behaviour in Electronic Circuits.
Structural
Dynamics.
Conference
Committee (ENOCC), European Nonlinear Oscillations Conf.,
Nonlinear
Oscillations.
International
Committee, Second International Workshop,
Stability
and Operational Safety of Ships.
Scientific
Committee, IUTAM Symposium at Cornell, 1997,
Applications
of Nonlinear and Chaotic Dynamics in Mechanics.
Theme Organizer,
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, 1997,
Localization
and Solitary Waves in Solid Mechanics.
International
Committee, Third International Workshop,
Theoretical
Advances in Ship Stability and Practical Impact.
Theme Organizer,
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, 1998,
Nonlinear
Flight Dynamics of High Performance Aircraft.
Scientific
Committee, International Conference (sponsored by IEEE),
Control
of Oscillations and Chaos.
Scientific
Committee, IUTAM Symposium at
Recent
Developments in Nonlinear Oscillations of Mechanical Systems.
Theme Organiser,
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, 2000,
The
nonlinear dynamics of ships
Organiser,
John Roorda Commemoration Meeting on
Structural
Stability
Scientific
Committee,
Modern
Practice in Stress and Vibration Analysis
Scientific Committee, IUTAM Symposium,
Fluid-Structure Interaction in Ocean
Engineering
Scientific Committee, IUTAM Symposium,
Nonlinear Dynamics for
Advanced Technologies and Engineering Design
EDITORIAL BOARDS
Reviewer for Mathematical Reviews, 1976-78.
Editorial Board, IMA Journal of Applied Mathematics,
1981-2002
Editorial Board, Journal of Structural Mechanics,
1981-87.
Editorial Board, Applied Mathematical Modelling, 1985-95.
Editorial Board, Dynamics & Stability of Systems,
1986-99.
Editorial Board, Phil. Trans. Roy. Soc. Lond. A. 1989-95.
Editorial Board, Journal of Sound & Vibration, 1990-2007.
Acting Editor, Phil. Trans. Roy. Soc. Lond. A.
Jan-July, 1990.
Advisory Board, Nonlinear Dynamics, 1990-
Editorial Board, Bifurcation and Chaos, 1990-
PROFESSIONAL COMMITTEES
Chairman,
Royal Society, Sectional
Committee 1 (Mathematics), 1987-1990.
Institute of Mathematics & its Applications, Council, 1989-1992.
Royal
Working group on Complexity (European Commission,
Brussels, 1994)
Chairman, Board of
Directors, ES-Consult, Copehagen, 1995-
Royal Society, Sectional
Committee 4 (Engineering), 1996-9.
Council of the Royal Society (2002-3)
(elected,
External
Examiner, Cambridge University Engineering Department, 2004.
INTERNATIONAL AND ADVANCED COURSES
Centre International
des Sciences Mécaniques,
Centre
International des Sciences Mécaniques,
Comett II,
EPSRC Applied
Nonlinear Maths,
RADIO AND TELEVISION BROADCASTS
Science Now, Radio 4, 1975. Discussion on Catastrophe Theory.
Horizon, BBC 2, 1975. Television programme on Catastrophe
Theory.
Science Now, Radio 4, 1983. Discussion on Chaos Theory.
Discovery, Ch 4, 1985. Demonstration of experiments and computations,
Special Opening of Yorks TV Series.
Nature since
Report on Chaos Meeting, Danish TV 1 News,