Brescia

On the occasion of the 65th birthday of Alfredo Marzocchi
December 12th, 2025 - Brescia (Italy)
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The workshop Climbing the boundaries of Continuum Mechanics will be held at Campus Mompiano, in Aula 29 (10:45-12:30) and in Aula 22 (14:00-18:30), Dipartimento di Matematica e Fisica, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Via della Garzetta 48, I-25133 Brescia (Italy).

We are very much looking forward to meeting you there. Still, we plan to provide a hybrid participation for those who will not be able to travel to Brescia (link teams).


Invited Speakers and program

10:45-11:00 Registration and opening
11:00-11:40 G. Saccomandi (Università degli Studi di Perugia) "Minimal Models, Max-Insight: Mathematics versus Simulation in Fiber Mechanics"
11:40-12:30 C. Lonati (Politecnico di Torino) "Non-interpenetration of elastic tubular neighbourhoods: an approach based on knot theory"
12:30-14:00 lunch break
14:00-14:40 G.G. Giusteri (Università degli Studi di Padova) "Shape Instabilities in Nematic Polymer Networks"
14:40-15:20 R. Penta (University of Glasgow, UK) "Investigation of multiphase composites via asymptotic homogenization and its application to the bone hierarchical structure"
15:20-16:00 B. Straughan (University of Duhram, UK) "Oskolkov fluids and thermal convection"
16:00-16:30 coffee break
16:30-17:10 G. Bevilacqua (Università degli Studi di Pisa) "The incompressible limit in tumor growth models: from Aronson–Bénilan estimate to free boundary regularity"
17:10-17:50 L. Lussardi (Politecnico di Torino) "Axisymmetric nematic surfaces: a variational analysis"
18:00 Closing
 

Registration

Those who are interested are kindly requested to write an e-mail to

giulia.giantesio@unicatt.it and alessandro.musesti@unicatt.it

in order to help us find an appropriate lecture room. No participation fee is required.
 


Venue

Campus Mompiano is the new campus of Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Via della Garzetta 48, I-25133 Brescia. The campus is located north of the city, surrounded by green and at the foot of the hills.

To get to Campus Mompiano from the railway station: underground line direction "Prealpino", get off at "Europa" and walk approximately 10 min, direction East.
 
 



This initiative is supported by

Dipartimento di Matematica e Fisica "Niccolò Tartaglia"
MATHEX - Centro di ricerca per le applicazioni della matematica e dell'informatica