The Extreme Mechanics Letters (EML) Young Investigator Award 2026 edition is organized by the journal and Elsevier to honor the best paper by a young scientist. The papers must have been published in volumes 80-87, from 2025 to 2026.
The award is made annually to the corresponding authors of the paper who received their Ph.D. no more than 10 years prior to the year of award. Corresponding authors who have yet to receive a Ph.D. will also be considered and self-nominations are allowed.
The Young Investigator Award winner will receive a certificate, cash prize of 1500 USD, and the opportunity to present their research as part of the EML webinar series. In addition, the winner will be appointed to the EML Early Career Advisory Board (ECAB) for 2 years.
SEND YOUR NOMINATIONS BY 31 OCTOBER:
Please send your nominations by 31 October 2026. Simply email the following information to the journal's Senior Publisher Timo Bazuin (t.bazuin [at] elsevier.com (t[dot]bazuin[at]elsevier[dot]com))
- Name of the nominee:
- The year the nominee received PhD:
- Title and full citation of the EML paper to be nominated:
- A short statement justifying why this paper/nominee should be awarded the EML YIA:
Extreme Mechanics Letters (ISI-indexed) publishes rapid communication of research that highlights the role of mechanics in multi-disciplinary areas across materials science, physics, chemistry, biology, medicine and engineering; with an emphasis on the impact, depth and originality of new concepts, methods and observations at the forefront of applied sciences.
Looking forward to receiving your nominations!
On behalf of the Editors of EML
The prior EML Young Investigator Awardees are:
2025: Carlos M. Portela, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA;
Ruike Renee Zhao, Stanford University, USA.
2024: Grace X. Gu, University of California, Berkeley, USA
2023: Evgueni T. Filipov, University of Michigan, USA;
Mingchao Liu, University of Birmingham, UK.
2022: Ruobing Bai, Northeastern University, USA;
Emma Lejeune, Boston University, USA;
Diego Misseroni, University of Trento, Italy;
Xueju Wang, University of Connecticut, USA.
2019: Yuhang Hu, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA;
Zheng Jia, Zhejiang University, China.
2018: Lihua Jin, UCLA, USA;
Xiaoyan Li, Tsinghua University, China.
2017: Jie Yin, Temple University, USA.
2016: Robert F. Shepherd, Cornell University, USA;
Kejie Zhao, Purdue University, USA.
2015: Michael C. McAlpine, University of Minnesota, USA;
Xuanhe Zhao, MIT, USA.
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