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ICCES'09 Awards
The following ICCES Awards were
given at the ICCES'08 in Honolulu, Hawaii during 16-20 March 2008. The
2009 awards will be given at the ICCES'09 in Phuket, Thailand, during
8-13 April 2009. All the recipients of the awards are expected to
present their work at the ICCES'09 conference.
SATYA N ATLURI MEDAL
The SATYA N ATLURI MEDAL is given to a
researcher, from anywhere in the world, in recognition of her/his
contributions to any area germane to the ICCES conferences, and in
recognition of her/his services to the journals, CMES, CMC, MCB, SDHM,
and ACM, and to ICCES. This award honors Professor Satya Atluri who
founded ICCES, and who, at Georgia Tech, UCLA, and UCI, played a
significant role in research and educational activities in the areas of
theoretical, applied, and computational mechanics.
This Medal, the highest to be given by ICCES, is established by Tech
Science Press and ICCES, and carries a stipend of $2,500, to enable the
recipient to deliver a Plenary Lecture at the ICCES conference in the
year in which the Medal is given.
ERIC REISSNER AWARD
The ICCES ERIC REISSNER AWARD is given
to a researcher, from anywhere in the world, in recognition of her/his
contributions to any area germane to the ICCES conferences, and in
recognition of her/his services to ICCES. This award honors Professor
Eric Reissner, who for nearly 60 years at MITand at UCSD, played a
significant role in educating several generations of students in the
areas of theoretical, applied, and computational mechanics.
T.H.H. PIAN AWARD
The ICCES T.H.H. PIAN AWARD is given to
a researcher, from anywhere in the world, in recognition of her/his
contributions to any area germane to the ICCES conferences, and in
recognition of her/his services to ICCES. This award honors Professor THH
Pian, who for nearly 50 years at MIT, played a significant role in
educating several generations of students in the areas of structural and
computational mechanics.
The ICCES MEDAL
The ICCES Medal is given to a researcher, from anywhere in the world, for her/his sustained contributions to any area which is germane to the ICCES conferences, and in recognition of her/his services to ICCES.
WASHIZU AWARD
The ICCES WASHIZU AWARD is given to a
researcher, whose origins are in the country of Japan, in recognition of
her/his contributions to any area germane to the ICCES conferences, and
in recognition of her/his services to ICCES. This award honors Professor
Kyuichiro Washizu, for his legendary contributions to variational methods
and computational mechanics, in the last century.
W-Z. CHIEN AWARD
The ICCES W-Z. CHIEN AWARD is given to a
researcher, whose origins are in the country of China, in recognition of
her/his contributions to any area germane to the ICCES conferences, and
in recognition of her/his services to ICCES. This award honors Professor
Wei-Zhang Chien, for his legendary contributions to mechanics in the last
century.
SEJONG AWARD
The ICCES SEJONG AWARD is given to a
researcher, whose origins are in the country of Korea, in recognition of
her/his contributions to any area germane to the ICCES conferences, and
in recognition of her/his services to ICCES. This award honors King
Sejong of the 15th century Korea, who promoted the sciences and
technologies, with great foresight.
ICCES/S. Chandrashekar Young Investigator Award in Therory
This award is given to a young investigator ( within 10 years of receiving a Ph.D), from anywhere in the world, for worthy contributions in the category of Theory, in any area germane to ICCES conferences. The recipient is expected to present her/his work at the ICCES conference in the year in which the award is given This award carries a cash stipend of $1,000.
This award is named after the late Professor S. Chandrashekar (of the University of Chicago), whose theoretical contributions to physics and mechanics earned him a Nobel Prize.
ICCES/S. Ramanujan Young Investigator Award in Computation
This award is given to a young investigator ( within 10 years of receiving a Ph.D), from anywhere in the world, for worthy contributions in the category of Computation, in any area germane to ICCES conferences. The recipient is expected to present her/his work at the ICCES conference in the year in which the award is given This award carries a cash stipend of $1,000.
This award is named after the late Dr. S. Ramanujan (of Chennai, India), who made legendary contributions to the theory of numbers, and who, like Mozart, died very prematurely.
ICCES/A. Kobayashi Young Investigator Award in Experimental Science
This award is given to a young investigator ( within 10 years of receiving a Ph.D), from anywhere in the world, for worthy contributions in the category of Experimental Science, in any area germane to ICCES conferences. The recipient is expected to present her/his work at the ICCES conference in the year in which the award is given This award carries a cash stipend of $1,000.
This award is named after Professor Albert Kobayashi (of the University of Washington), who made significant contributions to research and education in experimental mechanics, for over 50 years.
Nomination forms are downloadable at http://www.icces.org/ices09/icces_nomination.pdf.
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