Professor Ioannis Vardoulakis (1949-2009)

In Memory of Professor Caro Lucas (1949-2010)

Professor Thorne Shipley—(1927–2009)

On March 14, 2009, the founding Editor of Vision Research, Professor Thorne Shipley, passed away from complications of an illness that he had been fighting for the past three years. During his almost 20-year tenure as its founding Editor-in-Chief, Dr. Shipley guided Vision Research from its fledgling beginnings (1960) to the preeminent journal of vision research. In addition, he published many ...

in memory of professor caro lucas (1949-2010)

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En Memoria del Profesor Tomás Pollán Santamaría (1949-2009)

Tomás Pollán Santamaría nació en 1949 en el pueblo leonés de La Bañeza (España), lugar de procedencia de su familia paterna. Inició la Licenciatura en Ciencias Físicas en Valladolid, trasladándose a Zaragoza, en cuya Universidad concluye dicha carrera en 1971, obteniendo en su tesina de licenciatura en Ciencias Físicas la máxima calificación. Tomás, siempre humilde, destacaba irremediablemente ...

Developments in micromechanical modelling of granular materials

We are honouring the memory of Ioannis Vardoulakis through this special issue of Granular Matter, which is devoted to developments in micromechanical modelling of granular materials. Ioannis Vardoulakis will be forever remembered as an innovative experimentalist, a brilliantmechanician, an enthusiastic scientist, a devoted teacher, and above all an exceptional human being. The impression he mad...