Seven finalists and three honorable mentions have been announced for the Twenty-Second Annual Robert J. Melosh Competition for the Best Student Paper in Finite Element Analysis. The seven finalists and their current institutions are:
Marcial Gonzalez, Caltech
Ming-Chen Hsu, University of California San Diego
Alejandro Ortiz, University of California Davis
Jay Oswald, Northwestern University
Rashmi Raghu, Stanford University
Phanish Suryanarayana, Caltech
Kris van der Zee, University of Texas at Austin
The three honorable mentions and their institutions are:
Pritam Chakraborty, Ohio State University
Mohan Kulkarni, Exxon Mobil
Kyoungsoo Park, University of Illinois
All of these students will attend the Melosh Symposium on the campus of Duke University on Friday, April 30, 2010. The finalists will give oral presentations at that time, and then the Medalist will be announced in the evening.
Please join me in congratulating the finalists and honorable mentions!