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Alan Needleman will receive the 2011 Timoshenko Medal
We have just learned that Professor Alan Needleman, of the University of North Texas, will receive the 2011 Timoshenko Medal.
Professor Frank A. McClintock passed away at the age of 90
Frank A. McClintock, Professor Emeritus in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at MIT, passed away on Feb. 20, in the Briarwood Health Care facility in Needham, Mass. at the age of 90.
After getting his Ph.D. from Caltech in 1950, Frank (MIT ’43, SM ’43) was named assistant professor at MIT and served at the Department of Mechanical Engineering until he retired in 1990 and became professor emeritus.
George Bugliarello died on 18 February 2011
George Bugliarello, president emeritus and former chancellor of Polytechnic Institute of New York University (NYU-Poly), an acknowledged visionary who brought about significant changes in engineering and education, died after a short illness on February 18. He was trained in hydrodynamics and civil engineering. His lifelong investigation was how natural, mechanical, information and energy systems affect society.
The James Clerk Maxwell Young Writers Prize
Congratulations to Julian Rimoli (who's one of the moderators of iMechanica) for winning the 2010 James Clerk Maxwell Young Writers Prize!
Rodney Hill died on 2 February 2011
Rodney Hill was born on 11 June 1921. He was a Reader, then Professor, in The Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics (DAMTP), of The University of Cambridge, during the period 1969-1979. He is widely regarded as among the foremost contributors to the foundations of solid mechanics over the second half of the 20th century. He was author of 'The Mathematical Theory of Plasticity' published in 1950.
Professors John Rogers and Ares Rosakis elected to NAE
Professors John Rogers and Ares Rosakis were elected to NAE, among the 68 new NAE members.
John A. Rogers, Lee J. Flory-Founder Chair in Engineering, department of materials science and engineering, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. For novel electronic and optoelectronic devices and systems.
Who was PhD advisor of Prager?
I have been asking colleagues this question for some time. I was a Ph.D. student of John W. Hutchinson, who was a Ph.D. student of Bernard Budiansky, who was a Ph.D. student of William Prager. But for years, the Mathematics Genealogy Project listed the advisor for Prager as “unknown”.
Speech of Acceptance of the 2010 Timoshenko Medal by Wolfgang G. Knauss
In the following the italicized portions were stricken from the oral presentation to better approximate the time length suggested. They are retained here primarily for the preservation of historical developments in mechanics.
Experimental Mechanics of History