The
first of the awards, the John von
Neumann Medal is the highest award given by USACM.
It honors individuals who have made outstanding, sustained
contributions in the field of computational mechanics generally
over periods representing substantial portions of their
professional careers. The medal is normally awarded every
two years at the time of the National Congress of the Association.
Past recipients
are J.T. Oden, R.H. Gallagher, I. Babuska and T.J.R. Hughes.
The guidelines governing this award follow along those of
the first four awards and are described above. The most
recent three von Neumann Medalists are included as members
of the Awards Committee for the purpose of selecting the
von Neumann Medalist.
The
USACM Computational Structural
Mechanics Award, is given in recognition of outstanding
and sustained contributions to the broad field of CSM. These
contributions shall generally be in the form of important
research results which significantly advance the understanding
of theories and methods impacting CSM, but special individual
contributions in leadership and administration, industrial
applications, and engineering analysis that advance CSM
shall also represent accomplishments worthy of recognition.
The
USACM Fluid Dynamics Award
is given in recognition of similar contributions
in CFD.
The
fourth award, the USACM CAS Award
is established to recognize contributions to computational
mechanics which fall outside the specific areas of CSM and
CFD. For example, the USACM CAS Award may be given in recognition
of accomplishments in software development, scientific computing,
research contributions in computational electromagnetics,
semiconductor simulation, biomechanics or other areas not
traditionally embraced by CSM or CFD but which have general
applicability to computational mechanics.
The
Gallagher Young Investigator Award recognizes
outstanding accomplishments, particularly outstanding published
papers, by researchers of 40 years or younger. Eligibility
requires that the nominee not turn 41 in the year the award
is presented. The
awardee will receive a silver medal, a cash award of $1500,
and a plaque which carries a citation of the work for which
the awardee is recognized.
The Gallagher
medal and cash award are supported by John Wiley & Sons
in recognition of Richard H. Gallagher, the founding editor
of the "International Journal of Numerical Methods
in Engineering."
General
guidelines and features of the first four awards are listed
as follows:
a)
Eligibility.
All recipients shall be members in good standing of the
United States Association for Computational Mechanics.
b)
Frequency.
The awards shall not be given more frequently than once
every two years. In general, the awards will be given
at the National Congress which is held at two-year intervals.
c)
Nominations. A
USACM Awards Committee, appointed by the Executive Council,
shall solicit nominations from the USACM Membership through
announcements in the USACM Bulletin and/or other means,
such as electronic mail. Nominators may nominate no more
than one individual for an award during the two-year interval
between National Congresses. Nominations are not carried
over from one two-year period to another. Self-nominations
are not accepted. Nominators are invited to submit a one-page
maximum combined nominating statement/vita in support
of the nominee.
The Awards
Committee shall select candidate winners of each award,
together with an alternate for each award, and provide
its recommendations of recipients to the USACM Executive
Council, which shall select the awardees. The Awards Committee
shall include among its members the most recent winners
of each award. Committee members shall (in general) serve
no more than eight years, but staggered terms of committee
members are desirable. The Committee shall consist of
five appointees and immediate past awardees. It will be
the responsibility of the Awards Committee to make all
preparations for the selection and presentation of the
awards to awardees at the appropriate USACM Congress.
If a member
of the Awards Committee is nominated for an award that
member is ineligible to vote for that award and is otherwise
removed entirely from the selection of that award.
d)
The Awards. Each award shall consist of a plaque
(generally an engraved bronze plaque positioned on a walnut
or cloth background) which carries a citation of the work
for which the awardee is recognized. The plaques shall
carry the emblem (logo) of the USACM together with the
engraved signatures of the current USACM President.
The
Fellows Award recognizes individuals with a distinguished
record of research, accomplishment and publication in areas
of computational mechanics and demonstrated support of the
USACM through membership and participation in the Association,
its meetings and activities. All recipients shall be members
in good standing of USACM. Multiple awards may be given
at two-year intervals.
The Awards Committee
will solicit nominations, select candidate awardees and
provide recommendations of recipients to the Executive Council
which will make final selections. Nominators may nominate
no more than five individuals for the Fellows Award during
the two-year interval between National Congresses. Otherwise,
the nominating guidelines are the same as for the new awards
above. The award is in the form of a certificate.
