The winner of the 2019 Robert J. Melosh Medal is Dewen Yushu (University of Notre Dame), who presented the paper "The data-driven multiscale multigrid solver, preconditioner and reduced-order model."
Congratulations also to the other finalists! They are listed below, with their respective papers:
Siddhant Kumar, California Institute of Technology and ETH Zurich "Enhanced local maximum-entropy approximation for stable meshfree simulations;"
Shuaifang Zhang, University of Florida, "A phase-field model of crack propagation in anisotropic brittle materials;"
Daicong Da, University Paris-East, "Topology optimization design of complex heterogeneous meterials and structures."
A few pictures of the award ceremony are attached at the link:
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/qyt789a5s34zsoi/AABYKxkofcSkKugUea-RMbrfa?dl…