Netherlands Mechanics Committee

The Netherlands Mechanics Committee (abbreviated NMC) is a platform for all scientific and engineering activities in The Netherlands in the field of fluid and solid mechanics.

The NMC was established in February 2004 and it functions as an umbrella organization for three existing Constituent Organizations in The Netherlands that are active in the field of fluid and solid mechanics, namely:

• the Graduate School J.M. Burgers Centre (fluid mechanics)
• the Graduate School Engineering Mechanics (solid mechanics)
• the Department of Mechanics of the Royal Dutch Institute of Engineers (Dutch name: Afdeling Mechanica van het KIVI).

The principal objectives of the NMC are:

• to discuss and propose the formal representation of the Dutch mechanics community in international organizations;
• to foster cooperation between the graduate schools J.M. Burgers Centre (fluid mechanics) and Engineering Mechanics (solid mechanics), especially regarding research areas of mutual interest. More specifically, both graduate schools will exchange information on the scientific and educational programmes and will admit each others members to these activities as if they were their own members;
• to carry out the co-ordination of the activities for a Netherlands MSc program on Fluid and Solid Mechanics. This inter-university MSc program is linked to the Delft University of Technology, the Eindhoven University of Technology and the University of Twente. All Dutch contributors to this MSc program participate in either of the aforementioned graduate schools J.M. Burgers Centre and Engineering Mechanics;
• to stimulate international activities of the Dutch mechanics community, for instance the organization of conferences.

After its establishment in February 2004, the NMC has been formally recognized as the Dutch representative organization in fluid and solid mechanics by

• the International Union of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (IUTAM);
• the International Association for Computational Mechanics (IACM);
• the European Mechanics Society (EUROMECH) and
• the European Community on Computational Methods in Applied Sciences (ECCOMAS).

The current members of the NMC Board are:

• Prof.Dr.Ir. D.H. (Dick) van Campen, TU Eindhoven - repres. graduate school EM (chair)
• Prof.Dr.Ir. G. (Gijs) Ooms, TU Delft - Scientific Director graduate school JMBC,
• Prof.Dr.Ir. H. (Henk) Tijdeman*, U Twente - repres. graduate school JMBC,
• Prof.Dr.Ir. R. (René) de Borst, TU Delft - Scientific Director graduate school EM,
• Ir. G.M. (Grardus) Oosterhout*, LG Philips Displays - repres. department of Mechanics, KIVI.

* New members are expected to take over these positions as soon as they have been elected