Philip Holmes
Encyclopedia
Philip J. Holmes is the Eugene Higgins Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at Princeton University
. As a member of the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering department, he formerly served as the interim chair until May 2007.
Before moving to Princeton in 1994 he taught theoretical and applied mechanics at Cornell University
from 1977 until 1994, when he was the Charles N. Mellowes Professor of Engineering and Professor of Mathematics.
Holmes was educated in England at Oxford University where he studied engineering from 1964 to 1967, and at Southampton University, where he obtained a Ph. D. in Engineering in 1974.
He has made solid contributions to the field of nonlinear dynamics and differential equations. His book on dynamical systems with John Guckenheimer
is a landmark in the field.
He was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
in 1994. In 2001 he was elected an Honorary Member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
.
He also has published several collections of poetry
.
Princeton University
Princeton University is a private research university located in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. The school is one of the eight universities of the Ivy League, and is one of the nine Colonial Colleges founded before the American Revolution....
. As a member of the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering department, he formerly served as the interim chair until May 2007.
Before moving to Princeton in 1994 he taught theoretical and applied mechanics at Cornell University
Cornell University
Cornell University is an Ivy League university located in Ithaca, New York, United States. It is a private land-grant university, receiving annual funding from the State of New York for certain educational missions...
from 1977 until 1994, when he was the Charles N. Mellowes Professor of Engineering and Professor of Mathematics.
Holmes was educated in England at Oxford University where he studied engineering from 1964 to 1967, and at Southampton University, where he obtained a Ph. D. in Engineering in 1974.
He has made solid contributions to the field of nonlinear dynamics and differential equations. His book on dynamical systems with John Guckenheimer
John Guckenheimer
John Guckenheimer joined the Department of Mathematics at Cornell University in 1985. He was previously at the University of California at Santa Cruz . He was a Guggenheim fellow in 1984, and was elected president of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics in 1996. Guckenheimer received...
is a landmark in the field.
He was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
The American Academy of Arts and Sciences is an independent policy research center that conducts multidisciplinary studies of complex and emerging problems. The Academy’s elected members are leaders in the academic disciplines, the arts, business, and public affairs.James Bowdoin, John Adams, and...
in 1994. In 2001 he was elected an Honorary Member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
Hungarian Academy of Sciences
The Hungarian Academy of Sciences is the most important and prestigious learned society of Hungary. Its seat is at the bank of the Danube in Budapest.-History:...
.
He also has published several collections of poetry
Poetry
Poetry is a form of literary art in which language is used for its aesthetic and evocative qualities in addition to, or in lieu of, its apparent meaning...
.