AMD Executive Committee

The Executive Committee of the ASME Applied Mechanics Division is pleased to congratulate Professor Cunjiang Yu, Dorothy Quiggle Career Development Associate Professor of Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics and Department of Biomedical Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, as the recipient of the 2023 Thomas J. R. Hughes Young Investigator Award.

The Executive Committee of the ASME Applied Mechanics Division is pleased to congratulate Professor Jian Cao, Cardiss Collins Professor of Mechanical Engineering and (by courtesy) Civil and Environmental Engineering and Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern University, as the recipient of the 2023 Ted Belytschko Applied Mechanics Award.

The Executive Committee of the ASME Applied Mechanics Division is pleased to congratulate Professor Earl H. Dowell, William Holland Hall Distinguished Professor

The Executive Committee of the ASME Applied Mechanics Division is pleased to announce and congratulate Professor Nanshu Lu, Associate Professor of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics, University of Texas at Austin, and Professor Shawn A.

The Executive Committee of the ASME Applied Mechanics Division is pleased to announce and congratulate Professor Arif Masud, John and Eileen Blumenschein Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, as the recipient of the 2022 Ted Belytschko Applied Mechanics Division Award.

The AMD-ASME Executive Committee is pleased to announce and congratulate

Dr. Kedar Kirane, Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Stony Brook University;

Dr. Shelly Zhang, Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Mechanical and Science Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign;  and

The Applied Mechanics Division Executive Committee (AMD-EC) is pleased to announce the 2021 IMECE Student presentation award competition. 

The Executive Committee of the ASME Applied Mechanics Division is pleased to announce and congratulate Professor Michael P. Païdoussis, Thomas Workman Emeritus Professor in Mechanical Engineering, McGill University, as the recipient of the 2021 Thomas K. Caughey Dynamics Award.

The AMD-ASME Executive Committee is pleased to announce and congratulate

Dr. Yuhang Hu, Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology;

Dr. Kathryn Matlack, Assistant Professor of Mechanical Science and Engineering, University of Illinois; and

The Executive Committee of the ASME Applied Mechanics Division would like to congratulate the recipients of the following 2020 ASME Awards

- 2020 Robert H. Thurston Lecture Award: Andrew Alleyne, University of Illinois Urbana Champaign, Urbana, IL

The AMD-ASME Executive Committee is pleased to announce and congratulate Prof. Shengqiang Cai, Associate Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of California San Diego, as the 2020 recipient of the Journal of Applied Mechanics Award. This award includes a certificate and an honorarium.

The Executive Committee of the ASME Applied Mechanics Division is pleased to announce and congratulate Professor Pol D. Spanos, Lewis B. Ryon Professor in Mechanical & Civil Engineering, Professor of Materials Science and NanoEngineering, Rice University, as the recipient of the 2020 Thomas K. Caughey Dynamics Award. This award includes a medal, a certificate, and an honorarium.

The Executive Committee of the ASME Applied Mechanics Division is pleased to announce and congratulate Professor Narayana R. Aluru, Richard W. Kritzer Distinguished Professor of Mechanical Science and Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, as recipient of the 2020 Ted Belytschko Applied Mechanics Division Award. This award includes a medal, a certificate, and an honorarium.

The Executive Committee of the ASME Applied Mechanics Division is pleased to announce and congratulate Professor Xuanhe Zhao, Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, as the recipient of the 2020 Thomas J. R. Hughes Young Investigator Award.  This award includes a medal, a certificate, and an honorarium.

The Executive Committee of the ASME Applied Mechanics Division is pleased to announce and congratulate Professor Firdaus Udwadia, Professor of Civil Engineering, Aerospace & Mechanical Engineering, University of Southern California, as the recipient of the 2018 Thomas K. Caughey Dynamics Award.

The Executive Committee of the ASME Applied Mechanics Division is pleased to announce and congratulate both Professor Dennis Kochmann, Professor of Mechanics and Materials, ETH Zürich, and Professor Liping Liu, Associate Professor of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, Rutgers University, as the joint recipients of the 2018 Thomas J. R.

2014 Thomas K. Caughey Dynamics Award - Professor Alexander F. Vakakis
The Executive Committee of the ASME Applied Mechanics Division is pleased to announce and congratulate Professor Alexander F. Vakakis, W. Grafton and Lillian B. Wilkins Professor, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, who is the recipient of the 2014 Thomas K. Caughey Dynamics Award. 

2014 Ted Belytschko Applied Mechanics Award - Professor Glaucio H. Paulino

The Executive Committee of the ASME Applied Mechanics Division is pleased to announce and congratulate Professor Glaucio H. Paulino, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, who is the recipient of the 2014 Ted Belytschko Applied Mechanics Award.