Philip Gibson Hodge Jr. (November 9, 1920 – November 11, 2014) was an American engineer who specialized in mechanics of elastic and plastic behavior of materials.

His work resulted in significant advancements in plasticity theory including developments in the method of characteristics, limit-analysis, piecewise linear isotropic plasticity, and nonlinear programming applications.

[3] After retirement he was professor emeritus at the University of Minnesota and visiting professor emeritus at Stanford University.

[4] Philip Hodge received a BA in mathematics from Antioch College in 1943.

Upon his return he earned a PhD from Brown University in Applied Mathematics in 1949, where he was a student of William Prager.