The Applied Mechanics Division, Executive Committee continues to seek ways to involve and encourage younger members and particularly graduate students in the activities of the AMD Division.
Through the generous annual support of The Robert M. and Mary Haythornthwaite Foundation six travel grants were awarded in 2011. These travel grants are offered to U.S. graduate students currently enrolled at U.S. universities or colleges presenting a paper in any field of applied mechanics. The winning papers will be presented at the 2012 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exhibition (IMECE) in the upcoming conference in Houston, TX.
The 2011 winners were:
Baptiste Coudrillier - Johns Hopkins University
Qi (Kevin) Ge - University of
Zheng Jia - University of Maryland
Theresa M. Koys - Johns Hopkins
Shuodao Wang - Northwestern
Qiming Wang - Duke University