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Abraham Lincoln, a mechanician!

Submitted by Mogadalai Gururajan on Wed, 04/04/2007 - 16:57

From this Modern Mechanix scan of a 4 page article from the 1924 issue of Popular mechanics, we learn about Lincoln, the inventor!

John W. Backus, the developer of Fortran, died

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Thu, 03/22/2007 - 01:52

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Fortran

Backus died recently. This New York Times article reminds us of why Fortran was such a great innovation.

Dr. Stelios Kyriakides’ election to the United States National Academy of Engineering

Submitted by Rashid K. Abu Al-Rub on Sun, 03/18/2007 - 00:46

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Kyriakides

National Academy of Engineering

IJSS

Please joint me in congratulating Dr. Stelios Kyriakides’ (Editor of International Journal of Solids and Structures) for his election to the United States National Academy of Engineering.

Joost Vlassak is promoted to Full Professor with Tenure at Harvard

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sun, 03/11/2007 - 01:34

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We have just heard the great news that our colleague (iMechanician number 12), Joost Vlassak, has been promoted to Full Professor with Tenure at Harvard.

Where are fluid mechanicians?

Submitted by Zhigang Suo on Sun, 02/04/2007 - 13:19

Forums

Fluid Mechanics Forum

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iMechanica has just passed the milestone of 1000 registered users, and showed no sign of slowing down. Despite all the enthusiasms among a growing number of active users, you might have noticed that iMechanica is missing a powerful community: the community of fluid mechanicians.

Horacio Espinosa is awarded the 2007 SES Young Investigator Medal (Northwestern University)

Submitted by Yong Zhu on Thu, 01/11/2007 - 17:57

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Young Investigator Award

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Espinosa group

Professor Horacio Espinosa at Northwestern University is awarded the 2007 Society of Engineering Sciences (SES) Young Investigator Medal in recognition of his outstanding work in the field of Engineering Science and Nanomaterials. For more information on Professor Espinosa's research, please visit his group website.

George Herrmann passed away

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Mon, 01/08/2007 - 20:46

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(A message from Dave Barnett) George Herrmann passed away yesterday in Switzerland -- quickly, quietly, and peacefully.

Piezoelectricity Research in IEEE UFFC-S (In memory of R. D. Mindlin)

Submitted by Rui Huang on Thu, 01/04/2007 - 16:39

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Mindlin

Attached is an article by Jia-shi Yang in memory of Professor Mindlin. It will be presented at the Fifth International Conference on Nonlinear Mechanics at Shanghai, China, June 11-14, 2007.

A new website has been created for Prof. Raymond Mindlin, including funding solicitation for the Mindlin Medal

Submitted by Xi Chen on Wed, 01/03/2007 - 15:59

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A new website has been recently created for the centennial of Professor Raymond Mindlin. In addition, the Engineering Mechanics Division of ASCE has launched an effort to establish the Mindlin Medal of Applied Mechanics. The goal is to raise about $30,000 to setup an endowment at ASCE.