The Mindlin Lecture was established by the Department of Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics of Columbia University to honor the pioneering contributions of Prof. Raymond D. Mindlin to the field of applied mechanics.
His research encompassed:
- photo-elasticity and experimental mechanics;
- classical three-dimensional elasticity (e.g., Mindlin’s problem);
- generalized elastic continua (strain-gradient and couple-stress theory);
- frictional contact and granular media;
- waves and vibrations in isotropic and anisotropic plates (Mindlin's Plate Theory);
- wave propagation in rods and cylinders;
- theory of electro-elasticity and piezoelectric crystal resonators,
- and crystal lattice theories.
The Mindlin Lecture is given each spring at Columbia University and is a joint effort of the Department of Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics of Columbia University, the Engineering Mechanics Committee of the ASCE Met Section, and the Engineering Mechanics Institute of ASCE (EMI).