AIMETA is the Italian Association of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics. The Italian adhering association to IUTAM (International Union of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics), since its foundation in 1965 it has played a major role in the development of the Italian community of mechanics, and has promoted the mechanical sciences and the advancement of human society. Giuseppe Rega is Professor Emeritus at Sapienza University of Rome, Italy. He served as AIMETA’s president in 2006-2009, and as Editor-in-Chief of Springer journal “Meccanica”. In 2017 he received the ASME Lyapunov Award for his lifelong contributions to the field of nonlinear dynamics.

• A Proper Perspective to Retrace the Evolution of Italian Mechanics, with a Focus on Solids and Structures.- Recognized Italian Scholars of Mechanics.- Mathematics and Engineering: A Fruitful Interaction.- Memoirs of a Few Senior AIMETA Officers.- Tribology within AIMETA.- New Challenges for Meccanica After 55 Years.- Italian Mechanics: Overviews, Viewpoints, Perspectives.- Kinematics of Machines: Contributions from Meccanica.- The AIMETA Contribution to the Development of Masonry Mechanics.- Dynamics and Stability: From an Ancillary to a Leading Role in the History of AIMETA.- Strain-difference Based Nonlocal Elasticity Theories: Formulations and Obtained Results.- On the Theory of Inhomogeneities in Continuum Mechanics 1950s – 1970s: Elastic Invariants and an Overlooked Paper by C. Eckart.- Configurational Forces on Elastic Structures.- Materials with Memory: Viscoelasticity and Hysteresis.- Fractional Calculus in Visco-elasticity.- Contributions and Challenges on the Computational Modelling of Damage and Fracture.

AIMETA is the Italian Association of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics. The Italian adhering association to IUTAM (International Union of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics), since its foundation in 1965 it has played a major role in the development of the Italian community of mechanics, and has promoted the mechanical sciences and the advancement of human society. Giuseppe Rega is Professor Emeritus at Sapienza University of Rome, Italy. He served as AIMETA’s president in 2006-2009, and as Editor-in-Chief of Springer journal “Meccanica”. In 2017 he received the ASME Lyapunov Award for his lifelong contributions to the field of nonlinear dynamics.

• A Proper Perspective to Retrace the Evolution of Italian Mechanics, with a Focus on Solids and Structures.- Recognized Italian Scholars of Mechanics.- Mathematics and Engineering: A Fruitful Interaction.- Memoirs of a Few Senior AIMETA Officers.- Tribology within AIMETA.- New Challenges for Meccanica After 55 Years.- Italian Mechanics: Overviews, Viewpoints, Perspectives.- Kinematics of Machines: Contributions from Meccanica.- The AIMETA Contribution to the Development of Masonry Mechanics.- Dynamics and Stability: From an Ancillary to a Leading Role in the History of AIMETA.- Strain-difference Based Nonlocal Elasticity Theories: Formulations and Obtained Results.- On the Theory of Inhomogeneities in Continuum Mechanics 1950s – 1970s: Elastic Invariants and an Overlooked Paper by C. Eckart.- Configurational Forces on Elastic Structures.- Materials with Memory: Viscoelasticity and Hysteresis.- Fractional Calculus in Visco-elasticity.- Contributions and Challenges on the Computational Modelling of Damage and Fracture.

AIMETA is the Italian Association of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics. The Italian adhering association to IUTAM (International Union of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics), since its foundation in 1965 it has played a major role in the development of the Italian community of mechanics, and has promoted the mechanical sciences and the advancement of human society. Giuseppe Rega is Professor Emeritus at Sapienza University of Rome, Italy. He served as AIMETA’s president in 2006-2009, and as Editor-in-Chief of Springer journal “Meccanica”. In 2017 he received the ASME Lyapunov Award for his lifelong contributions to the field of nonlinear dynamics.

• A Proper Perspective to Retrace the Evolution of Italian Mechanics, with a Focus on Solids and Structures.- Recognized Italian Scholars of Mechanics.- Mathematics and Engineering: A Fruitful Interaction.- Memoirs of a Few Senior AIMETA Officers.- Tribology within AIMETA.- New Challenges for Meccanica After 55 Years.- Italian Mechanics: Overviews, Viewpoints, Perspectives.- Kinematics of Machines: Contributions from Meccanica.- The AIMETA Contribution to the Development of Masonry Mechanics.- Dynamics and Stability: From an Ancillary to a Leading Role in the History of AIMETA.- Strain-difference Based Nonlocal Elasticity Theories: Formulations and Obtained Results.- On the Theory of Inhomogeneities in Continuum Mechanics 1950s – 1970s: Elastic Invariants and an Overlooked Paper by C. Eckart.- Configurational Forces on Elastic Structures.- Materials with Memory: Viscoelasticity and Hysteresis.- Fractional Calculus in Visco-elasticity.- Contributions and Challenges on the Computational Modelling of Damage and Fracture.