2023 IMECE student travel award competition (deadline extended)

Nomination deadline extended to October 18, 2023. For this year, the travel awards are not limited to students at institutions in the USA. 

The Applied Mechanics Executive Committee (AMD-EC) is pleased to announce the 2023 IMECE student travel award competition, which is sponsored by the Haythornthwaite Foundation*.

Students can self-nominate and are required to send a brief one-page CV, a recommendation letter from the student’s Faculty Advisor or Department Chair, the abstract of a paper accepted for presentation at IMECE in Track 12, and a draft presentation. Please note that, at the time of the award presentation, the applicant must be enrolled full-time in a degree program at a US institution. A Faculty Advisor may not endorse more than one student. The nominations will be reviewed by the AMD-EC. Ten students will be selected for travel grants of $1000 each.

Original Dates: 

Sept 15, 2023: Submit the nomination, by e-mail, to Professors Marco Amabili <marco.amabili@mcgill.ca> and Kenji Takizawa <Kenji.Takizawa@tafsm.org>. The nomination should include: (a) CV of the applicant (one page); (b) Title and abstract of a paper accepted for presentation in Track 12 at IMECE 2023; (c) Recommendation letter from the Faculty Advisor or Department Chair.

Sept 30, 2023: Travel awards will be announced to the winners.

November 2023:  Travel award winners will be acknowledged at the AMD Awards Banquet at IMECE 2023.

*The Robert M. and Mary Haythornthwaite Foundation supports scientific research in the field of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics. Robert Haythornthwaite was a founder and first President of the American Academy of Mechanics.