The Executive Committee of the ASME Applied Mechanics Division is pleased to congratulate Professor Nancy R. Sottos, Maybelle Leland Swanlund Endowed Chair of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at the University of Illinois Urbana Champaign, as the recipient of the 2026 Stephen P. Timoshenko Medal. This award, which includes a medal, a certificate, and an honorarium, will be presented at the AMD Honors and Awards Banquet, during the 2026 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition (IMECE 2026), to be held during November 8 – 12, 2026, at the Vancouver Convention Centre, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
The Timoshenko Medal was established in 1957 and is conferred in recognition of distinguished contributions to the field of applied mechanics. Instituted by the Applied Mechanics Division, it honors Stephen P. Timoshenko, world-renowned authority in the field, and it commemorates his contributions as author and teacher.
Professor Sottos is being recognized for pioneering contributions to applied mechanics through innovative experimental techniques, and for the creation of sustainable polymer processing methods that have advanced the reliability of materials and enabled transformative applications across energy, aerospace, and multidisciplinary structural systems.
Narayana R Aluru
Chair, ASME Applied Mechanics Division