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Haythornthwaite Foundation and the Applied Mechanics Division - 2014 Research Initiation Grant Awards

2015 Thomas J.R. Hughes Young Investigator Award - Professor Thao (Vicky) D. Nguyen

2015 Thomas K. Caughey Dynamics Award - Professor Gábor Stépán

2015 Ted Belytschko Applied Mechanics Award - Professor James R. Barber

The new 2013-2014 ASME-AMD Newsletter with latest information about ASME's Applied Mechanics Division can be found here.

Haythornthwaite Foundation/Applied Mechanics Division - 2013 Student Travel Awards

2014 Thomas J.R. Hughes Young Investigator Award - Professor Katia Bertoldi
The Executive Committee of the ASME Applied Mechanics Division is pleased to announce and congratulate Professor Professor Katia Bertoldi, Associate Professor, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, is the recipient of the 2014 Thomas J. R. Hughes Young Investigator Award. 

2014 Thomas K. Caughey Dynamics Award - Professor Alexander F. Vakakis
The Executive Committee of the ASME Applied Mechanics Division is pleased to announce and congratulate Professor Alexander F. Vakakis, W. Grafton and Lillian B. Wilkins Professor, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, who is the recipient of the 2014 Thomas K. Caughey Dynamics Award. 

2014 Ted Belytschko Applied Mechanics Award - Professor Glaucio H. Paulino

The Executive Committee of the ASME Applied Mechanics Division is pleased to announce and congratulate Professor Glaucio H. Paulino, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, who is the recipient of the 2014 Ted Belytschko Applied Mechanics Award.

Applied Mechanics Division of ASME - 2013 Student Paper Competition

The Applied Mechanics Division of ASME encourages the involvement of graduate students in the activities of the AMD Division.  One of the ways is the sponsorship of the annual Student Paper Cmpetition.  The recipient of this prize was chosen from the Haythornthwaite Student Travel contest award pool sponsored by the Haythornthwaite Foundation. This year the winner was:

Haythornthwaite Foundation and the Applied Mechanics Division - 2013 Research Initiation Grant Awards

The Applied Mechanics Division (AMD) of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) strives to foster the intelligent use of mechanics by engineers and to develop this science to serve the needs of the engineering community. The AMD was founded in 1927 with Stephen Timoshenko as its first chair.