Feng Kang Distinguished Lectures 2026

Ricardo H. Nochetto is a Professor of Mathematics and a member of the Institute for Physical Science and Technology (IPST) at the University of Maryland, College Park. An internationally recognized authority in numerical analysis and computational mathematics, his foundational research focuses on adaptive finite element methods, free boundary problems, fractional diffusion, and geometric PDEs. Professor Nochetto was an invited speaker at the International Congress of Mathematicians (ICM 2010) and a plenary speaker at the International Congress on Industrial and Applied Mathematics (ICIAM 2015). He is an elected Fellow of both the American Mathematical Society (AMS) and the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM).

Public Lecture: Large Deformation of Slender Structures: Prestrained and Bilayer Plates
Time: 16:00-17:00, June 16, 2026
Venue: Si Yuan Building conference Hall, Academy of Mathematics and Systems Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Academic Lecture: Large Deformation of Slender Structures: Liquid Crystal Networks
Time: 10:00-11:00, June 18,  2026
Venue: Si Yuan Building conference Hall, Academy of Mathematics and Systems Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences             

Feng Kang Distinguished Lecture 2009