The Special Achievement Award for Young Investigators in Applied Mechanics is an award given annually by the
Applied Mechanics Division The Applied Mechanics Division (AMD) is a division in the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME). The AMD was founded in 1927, with Stephen Timoshenko being the first chair. The current AMD membership is over 5000, out of about 90,000 mem ...
, of
American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME). The Award is presented at the Applied Mechanics Annual Dinner at the ASME Congress. In 2008, this award was renamed to the
Thomas J.R. Hughes Young Investigator Award.
Nomination procedure
A letter of nomination, several letters of support, along with any other supporting materials, should be sent by
email
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to the chair of the Executive Committee of the
Applied Mechanics Division The Applied Mechanics Division (AMD) is a division in the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME). The AMD was founded in 1927, with Stephen Timoshenko being the first chair. The current AMD membership is over 5000, out of about 90,000 mem ...
. Nominees must not have reached their 40th birthday at the time of nomination. See the list of curren
members of the Award Committee
Recipients
*2019 – Yihui Zhang
*2018 – Liping Liu and Dennis Kochmann
*2017 –
José E. Andrade
*2016 – Pedro Miguel Reis
*2015 – Thao (Vicky) D. Nguyen
*2014 – Katia Bertoldi and Ryan S. Elliott
*2013 –
Wei Cai
*2012 –
Yuri Bazilevs, Xi Chen and Kenji Takizawa
*2011 –
Markus J. Buehler and Ioannis Chasiotis
*2010 – Harley T. Johnson
*2009 – Pradeep Sharma
*2008 – Chad Landis
*2007 – Assad Oberai
*2006 – Jian Cao
*2005 – George Haller and
L. Mahadevan
*2004 – Kaushik Bhattacharya
*2003 – L. Cate Brinson
*2002 – None Presented
*2001 –
Zhigang Suo
*2000 – Pedro Ponte-Castaneda
*1999 –
Huajian Gao
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*1998 – Mary C. Boyce
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See also
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List of mechanical engineering awards
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Applied Mechanics Division The Applied Mechanics Division (AMD) is a division in the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME). The AMD was founded in 1927, with Stephen Timoshenko being the first chair. The current AMD membership is over 5000, out of about 90,000 mem ...
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American Society of Mechanical Engineers
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Applied mechanics
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Mechanician
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External links
Homepage of the ASME International Applied Mechanics Division
Awards of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Early career awards