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J. Michael T. Thompson

October 25, 2023

John Michael Tutill Thompson (Michael to his friends), born on 7 June 1937 in Cottingham, England, is an Honorary Fellow in the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics at the University of Cambridge. He is married with two children.

Professor

John Michael Tutill Thompson
Professor J. Michael T. Thompson
Born (1937-06-07) June 7, 1937 (age 86)
Cottingham, England
NationalityBritish
Occupation(s)Honorary Fellow, Department of Applied Mathematics & Theoretical Physics, Cambridge University, Emeritus Professor of Nonlinear Dynamics, Dept of Civil, Environmental & Geomatic Engineering, University College London
Known forShell buckling and nonlinear dynamics
AwardsJames Alfred Ewing Medal (1992), Lyapunov Award of ASME (2013)
Academic background
Alma materCambridge University
Doctoral advisor(Lord) Henry Chilver

Education and career Edit

Thompson attended the Hull Grammar School, and studied Mechanical Sciences at Cambridge University (Clare College, 1955–61), winning the three top prizes of the Engineering Faculty: the Rex Moir Prize for Part I of the Tripos, the Archibald Denny Prize for Part II, and the John Winbolt Prize for a research essay. His doctoral thesis (PhD, 1962) under the supervision of (Lord) Henry Chilver[1] was devoted to the buckling of thin spherical shells.[2] He spent three more years at Cambridge as a research fellow at Peterhouse.

He joined the department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at University College London (UCL) in 1964, where he was professor from 1977-2002. Here he built up an internationally recognized group in structural stability, organized an IUTAM (International Union of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics) Symposium [3] and wrote an authoritative book on the underlying general theory.[4] Two more books on the buckling of engineering structures quickly followed [5][6] and he was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1985.

His research interests were shifting to dynamics and his book Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos (1986) sold 14,000 copies and had a major world-wide impact by introducing recent mathematical developments to engineers and applied scientists.[7] His research activity in this period included the discovery of chaos in impacting system,[8] and the establishment of a new design criterion for the integrity of systems against basin erosion by incursive fractals.[9][10]

As a senior fellow of the UK Science and Engineering Research Council (1988–93) he was the founder and director of the UCL Centre for Nonlinear Dynamics and its Applications (1991-2002) which was renowned for its application of advanced mathematics to practical problems in (for example) off-shore engineering. The centre hosted an IUTAM Symposium [11] in 1993, and Thompson was for 10 years (1998-2007) a vigorous and innovative editor of the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, the world’s longest running scientific journal.[12][13] His later research developed the static-dynamic analogy,[14] delineating spatial chaos in twisted rods and buckling cylinders;[15][16] together with some ideas regarding climate change.[17]

A workshop in Thompson's honour was held at UCL in April, 2003. The proceedings, published in the journal Nonlinear Dynamics [18] included a biographical article by Lord Chilver. Later, for his 75th birthday, a special issue of Phil. Trans. R. Soc. was edited by Isaac Elishakoff,[19] for which Thompson wrote a paper offering advice to young researchers.[20]

Appointments Edit

IUTAM Symposia organised at UCL Edit

  • Collapse: the buckling of structures in theory and practice, 1982
  • Nonlinearity and chaos in engineering dynamics, 1993

Principal honours and awards Edit

Books published Edit

  • A General Theory of Elastic Stability, Wiley, London, 1973
  • Instabilities & Catastrophes in Science and Engineering, Wiley, Chichester, 1982 (Translations: Russian, Japanese)
  • Elastic Instability Phenomena, Wiley, Chichester, 1984
  • Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos, geometrical methods for engineers and scientists, Wiley, Chichester, 1986 (Translations: Japanese, Italian). Second Edition, 2002.

Sources Edit

References Edit

  1. ^ J. M. T. Thompson, "Amos Henry Chilver FREng, Baron Chilver of Cranfield", Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 59, 73–91 (2013)
  2. ^ J. M. T. Thompson, The Elastic Instability of Spherical Shells, PhD dissertation, Cambridge University, September 1961
  3. ^ J. M. T. Thompson & G. W. Hunt (eds), Collapse: the buckling of structures in theory & practice, Cambridge Univ. Press, 1983. Proc IUTAM Symposium, University College London, August, 1982
  4. ^ J. M. T. Thompson & G. W. Hunt, A general theory of elastic stability, Wiley, London, 1973
  5. ^ J. M. T. Thompson, Instabilities and catastrophes in science and engineering, Wiley, Chichester, 1982. Translated into: Russian, Japanese
  6. ^ J. M. T. Thompson & G. W. Hunt, Elastic instability phenomena, Wiley, Chichester, 1984
  7. ^ J. M. T. Thompson & H. B. Stewart, Nonlinear dynamics and chaos, geometrical methods for engineers and scientists, Wiley, Chichester, 1986. Second Edition, 2002. Translated into: Japanese, Italian
  8. ^ J. M. T. Thompson & R. Ghaffari, Chaos after period-doubling bifurcations in the resonance of an impact oscillator, Physics Letters, 91A, 5-8 (1982)
  9. ^ J. M. T. Thompson, Chaotic phenomena triggering the escape from a potential well, Proc. R. Soc. A 421, 195-225 (1989)
  10. ^ M. S. Soliman & J. M. T. Thompson, Integrity measures quantifying the erosion of smooth and fractal basins of attraction, J. Sound & Vibration, 135, 453-475 (1989)
  11. ^ J. M. T. Thompson & S. R. Bishop (eds), Nonlinearity and chaos in engineering dynamics, Wiley, Chichester, 1994. Proc IUTAM Symposium, University College London, July, 1993
  12. ^ J. M. T. Thompson, Philosophical Transactions into the 21st century: an editorial, Phil. Trans. R. Soc. Lond., A 357, 3187-3195 (1999)
  13. ^ J. M. T. Thompson, Ten years of science in Philosophical Transactions A: with the University Research Fellows, Phil. Trans. R. Soc. A, 365, 2779-2797 (2007)
  14. ^ G. W. Hunt, H. M. Bolt, J. M. T. Thompson, Structural localization phenomena and the dynamical phase-space analogy, Proc Roy. Soc. A, 425 (1869): 245-267, 1989
  15. ^ A. R. Champneys & J. M. T. Thompson, A multiplicity of localized buckling modes for twisted rod equations, Proc. R. Soc., A 452, 2467-2491 (1996)
  16. ^ A .R. Champneys, G. W. Hunt & J. M. T. Thompson (eds), Localization and solitary waves in solid mechanics, World Scientific, Singapore, 1999
  17. ^ Brian Launder & J. Michael T. Thompson (eds), Geo-engineering climate change: environmental necessity or Pandora's Box?, Cambridge Univ. Press, 2010
  18. ^ Lord Chilver, Michael Thompson: his seminal contributions to nonlinear dynamics – and beyond, Nonlinear Dynamics, 43, 3–16, 2006. Opening paper in two special issues in honour of Michael Thompson
  19. ^ Isaac Elishakoff (ed), A celebration of mechanics: from nano to macro, Theme Issue of Phil. Trans. R. Soc. A 371, 2013
  20. ^ J. M. T. Thompson, Advice to a young researcher: with reminiscences of a life in science, Phil. Trans. R. Soc. A 371, 20120425 (2013)

October 25, 2023
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John Michael Tutill Thompson Michael to his friends born on 7 June 1937 in Cottingham England is an Honorary Fellow in the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics at the University of Cambridge He is married with two children ProfessorJohn Michael Tutill ThompsonProfessor J Michael T ThompsonBorn 1937 06 07 June 7 1937 age 86 Cottingham EnglandNationalityBritishOccupation s Honorary Fellow Department of Applied Mathematics amp Theoretical Physics Cambridge University Emeritus Professor of Nonlinear Dynamics Dept of Civil Environmental amp Geomatic Engineering University College LondonKnown forShell buckling and nonlinear dynamicsAwardsJames Alfred Ewing Medal 1992 Lyapunov Award of ASME 2013 Academic backgroundAlma materCambridge UniversityDoctoral advisor Lord Henry Chilver Contents 1 Education and career 2 Appointments 3 IUTAM Symposia organised at UCL 4 Principal honours and awards 5 Books published 6 Sources 7 ReferencesEducation and career EditThompson attended the Hull Grammar School and studied Mechanical Sciences at Cambridge University Clare College 1955 61 winning the three top prizes of the Engineering Faculty the Rex Moir Prize for Part I of the Tripos the Archibald Denny Prize for Part II and the John Winbolt Prize for a research essay His doctoral thesis PhD 1962 under the supervision of Lord Henry Chilver 1 was devoted to the buckling of thin spherical shells 2 He spent three more years at Cambridge as a research fellow at Peterhouse He joined the department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at University College London UCL in 1964 where he was professor from 1977 2002 Here he built up an internationally recognized group in structural stability organized an IUTAM International Union of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics Symposium 3 and wrote an authoritative book on the underlying general theory 4 Two more books on the buckling of engineering structures quickly followed 5 6 and he was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1985 His research interests were shifting to dynamics and his book Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos 1986 sold 14 000 copies and had a major world wide impact by introducing recent mathematical developments to engineers and applied scientists 7 His research activity in this period included the discovery of chaos in impacting system 8 and the establishment of a new design criterion for the integrity of systems against basin erosion by incursive fractals 9 10 As a senior fellow of the UK Science and Engineering Research Council 1988 93 he was the founder and director of the UCL Centre for Nonlinear Dynamics and its Applications 1991 2002 which was renowned for its application of advanced mathematics to practical problems in for example off shore engineering The centre hosted an IUTAM Symposium 11 in 1993 and Thompson was for 10 years 1998 2007 a vigorous and innovative editor of the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London the world s longest running scientific journal 12 13 His later research developed the static dynamic analogy 14 delineating spatial chaos in twisted rods and buckling cylinders 15 16 together with some ideas regarding climate change 17 A workshop in Thompson s honour was held at UCL in April 2003 The proceedings published in the journal Nonlinear Dynamics 18 included a biographical article by Lord Chilver Later for his 75th birthday a special issue of Phil Trans R Soc was edited by Isaac Elishakoff 19 for which Thompson wrote a paper offering advice to young researchers 20 Appointments EditFulbright Research Associate Dept Aeronautics amp Astronautics Stanford University 1962 3 Lecturer amp Professor Civil amp Environmental Engineering University College London 1964 2002 Visiting Professor Faculte des Sciences Universite Libre de Bruxelles 1976 8 Visiting Mathematician Brookhaven National Laboratory New York 1984 Senior Fellow of the UK Science and Engineering Research Council 1988 93 Distinguished 6th Century Chair Theoretical amp Applied Dynamics University of Aberdeen 2006 16 Honorary Fellow Dept Applied Maths amp Theoretical Physics Cambridge University 2003 present IUTAM Symposia organised at UCL EditCollapse the buckling of structures in theory and practice 1982 Nonlinearity and chaos in engineering dynamics 1993Principal honours and awards EditSc D Cambridge 1977 Council of the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications 1989 92 Fellow of the Royal Society 1985 Elected to the Council 11 July 2002 OMAE Award American Society of Mechanical Engineers ASME 1985 James Alfred Ewing Medal Institution of Civil Engineers amp the Royal Society 1992 Editor Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A 1998 2007 Honorary Doctor of Science DSc University of Aberdeen 2004 Gold Medal of the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications for lifetime contributions to mathematics 2004 Hungarian Academy of Sciences elected Honorary Member 2010 Academy of Europe Academia Europaea elected to Academy 2010 Lyapunov Award American Society of Mechanical Engineers for work in nonlinear dynamics 2013Books published EditA General Theory of Elastic Stability Wiley London 1973 Instabilities amp Catastrophes in Science and Engineering Wiley Chichester 1982 Translations Russian Japanese Elastic Instability Phenomena Wiley Chichester 1984 Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos geometrical methods for engineers and scientists Wiley Chichester 1986 Translations Japanese Italian Second Edition 2002 Sources EditWho s Who 2016 copyright c A amp C Black an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc JMT Thompson s Home page http www homepages ucl ac uk ucess21References Edit J M T Thompson Amos Henry Chilver FREng Baron Chilver of Cranfield Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 59 73 91 2013 J M T Thompson The Elastic Instability of Spherical Shells PhD dissertation Cambridge University September 1961 J M T Thompson amp G W Hunt eds Collapse the buckling of structures in theory amp practice Cambridge Univ Press 1983 Proc IUTAM Symposium University College London August 1982 J M T Thompson amp G W Hunt A general theory of elastic stability Wiley London 1973 J M T Thompson Instabilities and catastrophes in science and engineering Wiley Chichester 1982 Translated into Russian Japanese J M T Thompson amp G W Hunt Elastic instability phenomena Wiley Chichester 1984 J M T Thompson amp H B Stewart Nonlinear dynamics and chaos geometrical methods for engineers and scientists Wiley Chichester 1986 Second Edition 2002 Translated into Japanese Italian J M T Thompson amp R Ghaffari Chaos after period doubling bifurcations in the resonance of an impact oscillator Physics Letters 91A 5 8 1982 J M T Thompson Chaotic phenomena triggering the escape from a potential well Proc R Soc A 421 195 225 1989 M S Soliman amp J M T Thompson Integrity measures quantifying the erosion of smooth and fractal basins of attraction J Sound amp Vibration 135 453 475 1989 J M T Thompson amp S R Bishop eds Nonlinearity and chaos in engineering dynamics Wiley Chichester 1994 Proc IUTAM Symposium University College London July 1993 J M T Thompson Philosophical Transactions into the 21st century an editorial Phil Trans R Soc Lond A 357 3187 3195 1999 J M T Thompson Ten years of science in Philosophical Transactions A with the University Research Fellows Phil Trans R Soc A 365 2779 2797 2007 G W Hunt H M Bolt J M T Thompson Structural localization phenomena and the dynamical phase space analogy Proc Roy Soc A 425 1869 245 267 1989 A R Champneys amp J M T Thompson A multiplicity of localized buckling modes for twisted rod equations Proc R Soc A 452 2467 2491 1996 A R Champneys G W Hunt amp J M T Thompson eds Localization and solitary waves in solid mechanics World Scientific Singapore 1999 Brian Launder amp J Michael T Thompson eds Geo engineering climate change environmental necessity or Pandora s Box Cambridge Univ Press 2010 Lord Chilver Michael Thompson his seminal contributions to nonlinear dynamics and beyond Nonlinear Dynamics 43 3 16 2006 Opening paper in two special issues in honour of Michael Thompson Isaac Elishakoff ed A celebration of mechanics from nano to macro Theme Issue of Phil Trans R Soc A 371 2013 J M T Thompson Advice to a young researcher with reminiscences of a life in science Phil Trans R Soc A 371 20120425 2013 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title J Michael T Thompson amp oldid 1083990618, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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