Honors and Awards

We are pleased to announce the USACM 2019 Awards:

John von Neumann Medal: Michael Ortiz, California Institute of Technology

The Belytschko Medal: Romesh Batra, Virginia Institute of Technology

Thomas J.R. Hughes Medal: John Shadid, Sandia National Laboratories

J. Tinsley Oden Medal: Suvranu De, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Gallagher Young Investigator Medal: Ming-Chen Hsu, Iowa State University

USACM Fellows: Krishna Garikipati, University of Michigan; Lori Graham-Brady, Johns Hopkins University; Yongjie Jessica Zhang, Carnegie Mellon University

Honors and Awards Descriptions

Honors and Awards Guidelines

Award Recipients

Announcements

31th Edition of the Annual Robert J. Melosh Competition at Duke University

Duke University will host on April 24, 2020 the 31th Annual Robert J. Melosh Competition for best papers by graduate (or recently graduated) students.

The deadline for extended abstract submission is January 20, 2020.

Students interested in participating can find more details about the format of the competition and submission requirements at

http://www.cee.duke.edu/melosh

and

http://cee.duke.edu/about/awards-honors/robert-j-melosh-medal/call-for-papers

The winner of the competition, as determined by the judges, will receive the Robert J. Melosh Medal and a $500 prize.

For further information, contact the organizers of the competition:

Guglielmo Scovazzi [guglielmo[email protected]] (organizer)

Johann Guilleminot [[email protected]] (co-organizer)