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Mary Boyce and Huajian Gao elected to the National Academy of Engineering

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National Academy of Engineering Elects

66 Members and 10 Foreign Associates

                   WASHINGTON — The National Academy of Engineering (NAE) has elected 66 new members and 10 foreign associates, announced NAE President Charles M. Vest today. This brings the total U.S. membership to 2,254 and the number of foreign associates to 206.

Professor David Barnett to Receive the A.C. Eringen Medal from SES

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Professor David Barnett of Stanford University will receive the A.C. Eringen Medal from the Society of Engineering Science (SES). The prize is awarded in recognition of sustained outstanding achievements in Engineering Science. Professor Barnett will receive his award during the 49th Annual Technical Meeting of the Society of Engineering Science to be held at Georgia Institute of Technology from October 9-12, 2012.

Professor Markus J. Buehler to Receive the 2012 SES Young Investigator Medal from SES

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Professor Markus J. Buehler of MIT will receive the 2012 SES Young Investigator Medal from the Society of Engineering Science (SES). The prize is awarded to a young researcher in his or her ascendancy whose work has already had an impact in his/her field within Engineering Science.  Professor Buehler will receive his award during the 49th Annual Technical Meeting of the Society of Engineering Science to be held at Georgia Institute of Technology from October 9-12, 2012.

Professor Zhigang Suo to Receive the William Prager Medal from SES

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Professor Zhigang Suo of Harvard University will receive the the William Prager Medal from the Society of Engineering Science  (SES). The award is made in recognition of his outstanding research contributions in Solid Mechanics. Professor Suo will receive his award during the 49th Annual Technical Meeting of the Society of Engineering Science to be held at Georgia Institute of Technology from October 9-12, 2012.

Professor Kyung-Suk Kim to Receive Engineering Science Medal from SES

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Professor Kyung-Suk Kim of Brown University will receive the 2012 Engineering Science Medal from the the Society of Engineering Science (SES). The prize, which consists of a plaque and a check for $2000, is awarded in recognition of a singularly important contribution to Engineering Science.  Professor Kim will receive his award during the 49th Annual Technical Meeting of the Society of Engineering Science to be held at Georgia Institute of Technology from October 9-12, 2012.

2012 BENJAMIN FRANKLIN MEDAL IN MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

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2012 BENJAMIN FRANKLIN MEDAL IN MECHANICAL ENGINEERING



Zvi Hashin, Ph.D. 

Tel Aviv University

Tel Aviv, Israel 




Citation: For groundbreaking contributions to the accurate analysis of composite materials, which have enabled practical engineering designs of lightweight composite structures, commonly used today in aerospace, marine, automotive, and civil infrastructure.

Professor Huajian Gao is awarded the Rodney Hill Prize 2012

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The Rodney Hill Prize for 2012 is awarded to Professor Huajian Gao of Brown University, USA. 

This prize, which consists of a plaque and a check for $25,000 (twenty-five thousand US Dollars), is to be awarded in recognition of outstanding research in the field of solid mechanics. The prize is to be awarded every 4 years, to coincide with the quadrennial International Congress of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (ICTAM). The first prize was awarded at ICTAM 2008 in Adelaide.

Francis Charles Moon named the 2012 Thomas K. Caughey Dynamics Award Winner

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Francis Charles Moon is named the 2012 Thomas K. Caughey Dynamics Award Winner.

The Thomas K. Caughey Dynamics Award was established in 2008 and is conferred in recognition of an individual who has made significant contributions to the field of nonlinear dynamics through practice, research, teaching, and/or outstanding leadership.