Professor Ahmed Elbanna to receive the 2019 Journal of Applied Mechanics Award

Professor Ahmed Elbanna from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign has been selected to receive the 2019 Journal of Applied Mechanics Award for the paper "On the role of the plaque porous structure in mussel adhesion: implications for adhesion control using bulk patterning", Journal of Applied Mechanics, v 85, #121003, 2018.  The paper is attached.

The Journal of Applied Mechanics Award is provided by the Applied Mechanics Division of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers to honor the best paper which has been published in the Journal of Applied Mechanics during the two calendar years immediately preceding the year of the award. The award will be made annually to the corresponding author of the paper who received their Ph.D. no more than 10 years prior to July 1 of the year of award. Corresponding authors who have yet to receive a Ph.D. may also be considered. The award will be presented at the AMD Banquet at the IMECE meeting.

Form of Award:

$500 and a Certificate.

Limitation(s):

The corresponding author of the paper must be within 10 years from Ph.D (or has not yet received the Ph.D.).

Administrative Responsibility:

A committee appointed by the Technical Editor of JAM.  The committee chair is the Vice Chair of AMD Executive Committee.