Continuum Models and Discrete Systems
15th International Symposium
Rome, Italy, 8-12 June, 2026
Continuum Models and Discrete Systems
15th International Symposium
Rome, Italy, 8-12 June, 2026
Holm Altehnbach – Institute of Mechanic, Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg, Germany
Angelo Amorosi – Department of Structural and Geotechnical Engineering, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
Andrea Arena (Thematic session 5 organiser) – Department of Structural and Geotechnical Engineering, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
Anna Ask – Office National d'Études et de Recherches Aérospatiales, ONERA, France
Harm Askes – Department of Civil Engineering and Management, University of Twente, Netherlands
Michele Bacciocchi – DESID Department, University of the Republic of San Marino, Republic of San Marino
Viacheslav Balobanov – Integrated Computational Materials Engineering, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, Finland
Alla Balueva – School of Science and Mathematics, University of North Georgia, USA
Fabrice Barbe – INSA Rouen Normandie, Univ Rouen Normandie, France
Emilio Barchiesi – University of Sassari, Italy
Swantje Bargmann (Keynote speaker) – University of Wuppertal, Germany
Raffaele Barretta – Department of Structures for Engineering and Architecture, University of Naples Federico II, Italy
Elena Benvenuti – Engineering Department, University of Ferrara, Italy
Igor Berinskii – School of Mechanical Engineering, Tel Aviv University, Israel
Emilio Bilotta – Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering, University of Napoli Federico II, Italy
Daniela Boldini – Department of Structural and Geotechnical Engineering, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
Luis Bonilla – Escuela Politécnica Superior, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain
Giosuè Boscato – Department of Design Cultures, Iuav University of Venice, Italy
Federico Bosia – Politecnico di Torino, Italy
Michele Brun (Thematic session 3 organiser) – Department of Mechanical, Chemical and Materials Engineering, University of Cagliari, Italy
Michele Cannizzaro (Thematic session 3 organiser) – Department of Civil Engineering and Architecture, University of Catania, Italy
Giorgio Carta (Thematic session 3 organiser) – Department of Mechanical, Chemical and Materials Engineering, University of Cagliari, Italy
Carlo Massimo Casciola – Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering – DIMA, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
Noël Challamel (Keynote speaker) – Université Bretagne Sud, France
Andrej Cherkaev – Department of Mathematics, Utah University, USA
Elena Cherkaev – Department of Mathematics, Utah University, USA
Bernardino Chiaia – Department of Structural, Geotechnical and Building Engineering (DISEG), Politecnico di Torino, Italy
Francisco (Paco) Chinesta (Keynote speaker) – Arts et Métiers ParisTech (ENSAM), Paris, France
Andrea Chiozzi – Department of Environmental and Prevention Sciences, University of Ferrara, Italy
Luciano Colombo – Department of Physics, University of Cagliari, Italy
Christelle Combescure – CREC Saint-Cyr, Académie Militaire de Saint-Cyr Coëtquidan, France
Alberto Corigliano – Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Politecnico di Milano, Italy
Aram Cornaggia – Department of Engineering and Applied Sciences, University of Bergamo, Italy
Antonio Maria D'Altri – Department of Civil, Chemical, Environmental and Materials Engineering, University of Bologna, Italy
Bryn Davies – University of Warwick, UK
Julia de Castro Motta – Department of Civil Engineering (DICIV), University of Salerno, Italy
Jacopo De Ponti – Politecnico di Milano, Italy
Francesco dell'Isola (Keynote speaker) – University of L'Aquila, Italy
Luca Deseri – Department of Civil, Environmental and Mechanical Engineering, University of Trento, Italy
Justin Dirrenberger – PIMM, Arts et Métiers - Cnam, France
Anter El-Azab – School of Materials Engineering and School of Nuclear Engineering, IN, USA
Victor Eremeyev – Civil engineering and architecture, University of Cagliari, Italy
Ugurcan Eroglu – Department of Mechanical Engineering, Istanbul Technical University, Turkey
Giuseppe Failla – Department of Civil, Energy, Environmental and Materials Engineering, Mediterranean University of Reggio Calabria, Italy
Giuseppe Fallacara – Polytechnic University of Bari, Department of Architecture, Construction and Design, Italy
Samuel Forest (Keynote speaker) – MINES ParisTech, France
Massimiliano Fraldi – Department of Structures for Engineering and Architecture, University of Naples Federico II, Italy
Fernando Fraternali – University of Salerno, Italy
Andris Freimanis – VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, Finland
Orkun Furat – University of Southern Denmark, Denmark
Ugo Galvanetto – Department of Industrial Engineering (DII), University of Padova, Italy
Luigi Gambarotta – Department of Civil, Chemical and Environmental Engineering, University of Genoa, Italy
Tomasz Garbowski – Department of Biosystems Engineering, Poznan University of Life Sciences, Poland
Jérémie Girardot – Institute of Mechanics and Mechanical Engineering of Bordeaux, France
Inna Gitman – Faculty of Engineering Technology, University of Twente, Netherlands
Sefi Givli – Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Israel
Christian Hellmich – Vienna University of Technology, Wien, Austria
Stefano Invernizzi – Politecnico di Torino, Department of Structural, Building and Geotechnical Engineering (DISEG), Italy
Mahmood Jabareen – Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Technion - Israel of Technology, Israel
Jędrysiak Jarosław – Department of Structural Mechanics, Lodz University of Technology, Poland
Dominique Jeulin – Mathématiques et Systèmes, MINES Paris, France
Muamer Kadic – University of Franche-Comté (FEMTO-ST), France
Julius Kaplunov – School of Computer Science and Mathematics, Klee University, UK
Sandra Klinge – Institute of Mechanics/Structural Mechanics and Analysis, Technische Universität Berlin, Germany
Eugene Kogan – Department of Physics, Bar-Ilan University Ramat-Gan, Israel
Luca Lanzoni – DIEF - “Enzo Ferrari” Department of Engineering, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy
Markus Lazar – Institute for Mechanics, Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany
Jean-Baptiste Leblond – Institut Jean Le Rond d'Alembert (IJLRA), Sorbonne Université, France
Frederic Lebon (Keynote speaker) – Aix-Marseille University, France
Stefano Lenci – Department of Civil Engineering, Construction and Architecture, Polytechnic University of Marche, Italy
Lorenzo Leonetti – Department of Civil Engineering, University of Calabria, Italy
Marco Lepidi (Thematic session 5 organiser) – Department of Civil, Chemical and Environmental Engineering, University of Genoa, Italy
Matti Lindroos – VTT Technical Research Centre Of Finland Ltd., Espoo, Finland
Gilles Lubineau – Physical Science and Engineering Division, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Saudi Arabia
G.P. Madabhushi – Department of Engineering, Cambridge University, UK
Amedeo Domenico Bernardo Manuello Bertetto (Thematic session 2 organiser) – DISEG - Department of Structural Engineering, Construction and Soil Mechanics, Politecnico di Torino, Italy
Majid T. Manzari (Thematic session 1 organiser) – University NW Washington, DC, USA
Michele Marino – Department of Civil Engineering and Computer Science Engineering, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy
Sinisa Mesarovic – School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, Washington State University, USA
Graeme Milton – Department of Mathematics, University of Utah, USA
Marco Miniaci – University of Lille, France
Anil Misra – Civil and Environmental Engineering Department, Florida International University, USA
David Moens – Department of Mechanical Engineering, KU Leuven, Belgium
Marco Montemurro (Keynote speaker) – HDR, Arts et Métiers ParisTech
Lorenzo Morini – University of Cagliari, Italy
Giuseppe Muscolino – Department of Engineering, University of Messina, Italy
Paola Nardinocchi – Department of Structural and Geotechnical Engineering, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
Bledian Nela – Department of Structural Engineering and Architecture, UBT - University for Business and Technology, Kossovo
Matthias Neumann – Graz University of Technology, Austria
Jarkko Niiranen – Department of Civil Engineering, Aalto University, Finland
Martin Ostoja-Starzewski (Keynote speaker) – University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA
Marco Paggi – IMT Lucca, Italy
Antonio Palermo (Keynote speaker) – University of Bologna, Italy
Anna Pandolfi – Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Politecnico di Milano, Italy
Annamaria Pau (Thematic session 5 organiser) – Department of Structural and Geotechnical Engineering, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
Henryk Petryk – Institute of Fundamental Technological Research, Poland
Antonina Pirrotta – Department of Civil, Environmental and Aerospace Engineering (DICA), University of Palermo, Italy
Luca Placidi – International Telematic University Uninettuno, Italy
Paolo Podio Guidugli – Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, Roma, Italy
Pedro Ponte Castañeda – Department of Mechanical Engineering & Applied Mechanics (MEAM), University of Pennsylvania, USA
Emanuele Reccia – Department of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering, University of Cagliari, Italy
Filippo Recrosi – Department of Engineering and Geology (INGEO), University of Chieti-Pescara, Italy
Nicola Rizzi – Department of Architecture, University Roma Tre, Italy
Francesca Roscini – Università degli Studi ‘Niccolò Cusano’, Italy
Giuseppe Rosi – Paris-Est Créteil University, France
Karam Sab – Laboratoire Navier, École des Ponts ParisTech, France
Giuseppe Saccomandi (Keynote speaker) – University of Perugia, Italy
Tomasz Sadowski – Faculty of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Lublin University of Technology, Poland
Valentina Salomoni – Department of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering (DICEA), University of Padua, Italy
Matti Schneider – Institute of Engineering Mathematics, Universität Duisburg-Essen, Germany
Giulio Sciarra – GeM Ecole Centrale de Nantes, France
Reuven Segev – Department of Mechanical Engineering, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel
Javier Segurado – IMDEA Materiales, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain
Marc Serra Garcia – AMOLF Institute, Netherlands
Ping Sheng – Department of Physics, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong
Alba Sofi – Department of Architecture and Territory, Mediterranean University of Reggio Calabria, Italy
Enrico Spacone – Department of Engineering and Geology, G. d'Annunzio University of Chieti and Pescara, Italy
George Stefanou (Keynote speaker) – Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
Yakov Strelniker – Department of Physics, Bar-Ilan University, Israel
Jean Sulem – Laboratoire NAVIER, Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées, France
Anna Szymczak-Graczyk – Faculty of Environmental and Mechanical Engineering, Poznan, Poland
Nandini Priya Thatikonda – Iuav University of Venice, Italy
Georgios Theocharis – Université du Maine - Le Mans, France
Marzia Sara Vaccaro – Department of Structures for Engineering and Architecture, University of Naples Federico II, Italy
Giuseppe Vairo – Department of Civil Engineering and Computer Engineering, University of Rome TorVergata, Italy
Paolo Sebastiano Valvo – Department of Civil and Industrial Engineering (DICI), University of Pisa, Italy
Hans van Dommelen – Department of Mechanical Engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e), Netherlands
Marcello Vasta – Department of Engineering and Geology (InGeo), “G. d'Annunzio” University of Chieti-Pescara, Ital
Henning Wessels – Department of Civil Engineering, Technical University of Braunschweig, Germany
Marian Wiercigroch – Centre for Applied Dynamics Research, University of Aberdeen, UK
Francois Willot – Centre des Matériaux, MINES ParisTech, France
Xu Yongchun – School of Civil Engineering, Wuhan University, PR China