Tribute to Ali H. Nayfeh (1933-2017) -- Henri Poincare (1854-1912) engineer, mathematician, physicist and philosopher -- Basins of attraction for higher-dimensional nonlinear dynamical systems: preliminary results on the case study of a sympodial tree -- Dynamic Morphing of Actuated Elastic Membranes -- Nonlinear Dynamics as a Tool in Selection of Working Conditions for Radial Ball Bearing -- On a geometrically exact beam model and its finite element approximation -- Targeted nonlinear energy transfer for electroacoustic absorbers -- Using Symbolic Computational Dynamics as an Aid to Design -- Theorem and observation about the nature of perpetual points in conservative mechanical systems -- Energy Flow Considerations in Nonlinear Systems on the Basis of Interesting Experiments with Three Paradigmatic Physical Systems in Engineering -- Energy harvesting in a delayed Duffing harvester device with modulated delay amplitude -- Rotary speed modulation to improve the stability of steady drilling -- Comparative analysis of NES and TMD performance via high-dimensional invariant manifolds -- Nonlinear dynamics of a planar hinged-simply supported beam with one end spring: higher order resonances -- Helmholtz, Duffing and Helmholtz-Duffing Oscillators: Exact Steady-State Solutions -- Tree-Like Structures as Hierarchical Coupled Oscillators -- Energy Transport and Localization in Weakly Dissipative Resonant Chains -- Asynchronous modes of beams on elastic media subjected to varying normal force: continuous and discrete models -- Modelling and analysis of bifurcation dynamics of two coupled pendulums with a magnetic forcing -- Dynamics of a System of Two Coupled MEMS Oscillators -- A Multimodal Nonlinear Tuned Vibration Absorber -- Unveiling transient to steady effects in reduced order models of thermomechanical plates via global dynamics -- Non-Linear Free Vibrations of A Hanging Cable with Small Sag -- Analytical and fem modelling of the behaviour of pile in dynamic load test -- Harnessing Geometric Nonlinearity to Design Tunable Twist-Coupled Locally Resonant Metastructure -- Vibrations of rotating thin-walled composite beams with nonlinear piezoelectric layers -- Nonlinear Analysis of Hunting Motion by Focusing on Non-Selfadjointness.

This is the proceedings of the IUTAM Symposium on Exploiting Nonlinear Dynamics for Engineering Systems that was held in Novi Sad, Serbia, from July 15th to 19th, 2018. The appearance of nonlinear phenomena used to be perceived as dangerous, with a general tendency to avoid them or control them. This perception has led to intensive research using various approaches and tailor-made tools developed over decades. However, the Nonlinear Dynamics of today is experiencing a profound shift of paradigm since recent investigations rely on a different strategy which brings good effects of nonlinear phenomena to the forefront. This strategy has a positive impact on different fields in science and engineering, such as vibration isolation, energy harvesting, micro/nano-electro-mechanical systems, etc. Therefore, the ENOLIDES Symposium was devoted to demonstrate the benefits and to unlock the potential of exploiting nonlinear dynamical behaviour in these but also in other emerging fields of science and engineering. This proceedings is useful for researchers in the fields of nonlinear dynamics of mechanical systems and structures, and in Mechanical and Civil Engineering.