The Executive Committee of the IUTAM's Congress Committee The task of the IUTAM Congress Committee is the organization of the International Congresses of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (ICTAM). The members of the Congress Committee are appointed by the General Assembly as scientists active in theoretical or applied mechanics and need not be members of the General Assembly. The President of IUTAM serves also as President of the Congress Committee. The Congress Committee appoints a secretary, without stated terms of office. The Congress Committee may appoint an Executive Committee to take all necessary actions on its behalf in the period between two successive Congresses, and to report to it at its next meeting. This Executive Committee consists of the President, the Secretary, and one or more members appointed by the Congress Committee. The actual organization of a Congress is delegated to a local Organizing Committee, which is elected by the host country or host organization. Members of the Executive Congress Committee for the period 2004-2008 Prof. L.B. (Ben) Freund (President:) Brown University Division of Engineering Providence, RI 02912 USA Prof. T.J. (Timothy) Pedley (Secretary:) University of Cambridge Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, Centre for Mathematical Sciences Cambridge CB3 OWA UK Prof. H. (Hassan) Aref Virginia Tech College of Engineering Blacksburg USA Prof. M.P (Martin) Bendsøe Technical University of Denmark Department of Mathemathics Lyngby Denmark Prof. T.A. (Tomasz) Kowalewski Institute of Fundamental Technological Research Department of Mechanics and Physics of Fluids Warszawa Poland Prof. B.A. (Bernhard) Schrefler University of Padova, Faculty of Engineering Dipartimento di Costruzioni e Trasporti Padova Italy Members of the Executive Congress Committee for the period 2000-2004 Prof. H.K. (Keith) Moffatt (President:) University of Cambridge Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, Centre for Mathematical Sciences Cambridge CB3 0WA UK Prof. T.J. (Timothy) Pedley (Secretary:) University of Cambridge Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, Centre for Mathematical Sciences Cambridge CB3 OWA UK Prof. H. (Hassan) Aref Virginia Tech College of Engineering Blacksburg USA Prof. R. (René) Moreau Institut National Polytechnique de Grenoble (INPG) ENSHM de Grenoble, B.P. 95 Saint Martin d'Heres, Cedex France Prof. N. (Niels) Olhoff Aalborg University Department of Mechanical Engineering Aalborg East Denmark Prof. B.A. (Bernhard) Schrefler University of Padova, Faculty of Engineering Dipartimento di Costruzioni e Trasporti Padova Italy