The Special Achievement Award for Young Investigators in Applied Mechanics is an award given annually by the Applied Mechanics Division, of American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME). The Award is presented at the Applied Mechanics Annual Dinner at the ASME Congress. In 2008, this award was renamed to the Thomas J.R. Hughes Young Investigator Award.
Nomination procedure A letter of nomination, several letters of support, along with any other supporting materials, should be sent by email to the chair of the Executive Committee of the Applied Mechanics Division. Nominees must not have reached their 40th birthday at the time of nomination. See the list of current members of the Award Committee
Recipients
2023 – Cunjiang Yu 2022 – Nanshu Lu and Shawn A. Chester 2021 – Sinan Keten 2020 – Xuanhe Zhao 2019 – Yihui Zhang 2018 – Liping Liu and Dennis Kochmann 2017 – José E. Andrade 2016 – Pedro Miguel Reis 2015 – Thao (Vicky) D. Nguyen 2014 – Katia Bertoldi and Ryan S. Elliott 2013 – Wei Cai 2012 – Yuri Bazilevs, Xi Chen and Kenji Takizawa 2011 – Markus J. Buehler and Ioannis Chasiotis 2010 – Harley T. Johnson 2009 – Pradeep Sharma 2008 – Chad Landis 2007 – Assad Oberai 2006 – Jian Cao 2005 – George Haller and L. Mahadevan 2004 – Kaushik Bhattacharya 2003 – L. Cate Brinson 2002 – None Presented 2001 – Zhigang Suo 2000 – Pedro Ponte-Castaneda 1999 – Huajian Gao 1998 – Mary C. Boyce
See also
List of mechanical engineering awards Applied Mechanics Division American Society of Mechanical Engineers Applied mechanics Mechanician
External links Homepage of the ASME International Applied Mechanics Division