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Giulio Maier, Professor Emeritus at the Politecnico di Milano, is an internationally renowned expert in structural mechanics and computational engineering. He graduated with honors in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Trieste in 1954 and earned a PhD in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Rome in 1958. His academic leadership includes directing the Department of Structural Engineering and coordinating Doctoral and Continuing Education Programs at Politecnico di Milano between the 1970s and early 2000s. He also served as Resident Rector of the International Centre for Mechanical Sciences (CISM) (2005-2010) in Udine.
Maier held visiting positions at leading universities worldwide, including Brown, Cambridge, Illinois, Sydney, and Tsinghua. He has been honored with prestigious awards such as the Feltrinelli Prize from the Accademia dei Lincei (1981), the Copernicus Medal (1984), and the ASME Koiter Medal (2000), being the only Italian recipient of the latter. He holds honorary doctorates from Aristotele University, Greece, Faculté Polytechnique de Mons, Belgium, University of Saint Petersburg, Russia. He is a member of prestigious academies in Italy and abroad, including the Accademia dei Lincei (of which he is an honorary member), the Polish Academy of Sciences, the Russian Academy of Engineering, and the National Academy of Engineering of the United States. He has served as President of the Italian Association of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (AIMETA) and as Editor of its journal (Meccanica). He has been part of the editorial board of 19 international journals, as well as Associate Editor of the European Journal of Mechanics A/Solids.
His scientific work spans elastoplasticity, structural optimization, inverse analysis, boundary element methods, fracture mechanics, and real-life engineering applications like offshore platforms and concrete dams. He co-authored influential books and landmark papers, and he holds patents in applied structural diagnostics. In recognition of his lifetime achievements, Maier has received numerous international distinctions, including the Blaise Pascal Medal (2011) and the ICCES Lifetime Achievement Medal (2011).
