Named lecture explained

A Named Lecture is a lecture delivered usually at a predefined frequency and it is associated with a name of a person of outstanding significance to the subject the lecture is concerned with. Such lectures exist for a number of branches of Science and Engineering and they commemorate individuals who have made significant contribution to the subject.

Science

Computer Science/Information Technology

• Wheeler Lecture^[1]

Engineering

Civil Engineering

• BGA Rankine Lecture^[2]
• ASCE Terzaghi Lecture^[3]
• Coulomb Lecture
• BGA Géotechnique Lecture
• GS Glossop Lecture^[4]
• ICE SECED Mallet-Milne Lecture^[5]
• AGS Poulos Lecture^[6]

Mechanical Engineering

• ASME Timoshenko Lecture^[7]

Religion and Philosophy

• Gifford Lectures
• John Locke Lecture
• Neal A Maxwell Lecture
• Howison Lecture in Philosophy
• Lowell Lectures
• Tanner Lectures on Human Values

Notes and References

1. http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/seminars/wheeler/ Wheeler Lecture
2. http://www.icevirtuallibrary.com/info/rankine Rankine Lecture
3. http://www.asce.org/leadership-and-management/awards/terzaghi-lecture/ Terzaghi Lecture
4. http://www.geolsoc.org.uk/engineeringawards Glossop Lecture
5. http://www.ice.org.uk/News-Public-Affairs/ICE-News/seced-hosts-14th-mallet-milne-lecture-at-ice Mallet-Milne Lecture
6. http://australiangeomechanics.org/1931/poulos-lecture-tunnels-and-excavations-ground-movements-and-the-construction-process/ Poulos Lecture
7. Web site: Timoshenko Lecture . 2013-05-28 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180311002155/http://imechanica.org/node/177 . 2018-03-11 . dead .