RAYLEIGH LECTURE
Monday, November 9, 5:15pm – 6:15pm
Guoliang Huang
Xin'ao Chair Professor
Department of Mechanics and Engineering Science
Peking University, Beijing, China
RALPH COATS ROE MEDAL
For distinguished contributions and leadership in advancing the public appreciation of engineering, fostering critical dialogue on its societal impact through compelling writings, lectures, and international engagement.
Tuesday, November 10, 8:00am – 8:45am
Guru Madhavan, Ph.D.
National Academy of Engineering
KOITER LECTURE
For sustained and fundamental contributions to solid mechanics in the areas of surface elasticity, finite elasticity theory, and the rigorous and consistent derivation of Koiter’s shell theory from 3D elasticity theory.
Tuesday, November 10, 5:30pm – 6:30pm
David Steigmann, Ph.D.
University of California Berkeley
PER BRUEL GOLD MEDAL FOR NOISE CONTROL AND ACOUSTICS
For groundbreaking discoveries enabling control of carbon-free-fueled thermoacoustic instabilities; and for inventing transformative actively passive noise control methods and computational tools that yield quieter, cleaner aerospace and energy technologies.
Wednesday, November 11, 5:00pm – 6:00pm
Dan Zhao Ph.D.
University of Canterbury
NADAI MEDAL
For pioneering material models at the mesoscopic scale that incorporate detailed microstructure description, characteristic lengths in crystalline solids, physical viscoplasticity, and damage mechanisms in engineering metallic alloys, with a view to lifetime prediction and full field experimental validation.
Wednesday, November 11, 2:00pm – 5:00pm
Samuel Forest, Ph.D.
Mines Paris PSL University
SIA NEMAT-NASSER EARLY CAREER AWARD
For foundational advances in the mechanical characterization and multiscale description of biomaterials, uniting analytical theory, computational methods, and experiments; and for sustained leadership in the mechanics and materials communities.
Anna Tarakanova, Ph.D.
University of Connecticut
AYYUB-WIECHEL RISK ANALYSIS AWARD
For pioneering contributions to risk, reliability, and safety engineering through foundational advances in probabilistic risk analysis; and for outstanding leadership translating research into practice by building global institutions that strengthen the safety of offshore, process, and emerging energy systems
Thursday, November 12, 8:00am – 8:45am
Faisal Khan, Ph.D.
Texas A&M University
THURSTON LECTURE
Lecture Topic: Harnessing Nanomaterials for Health Innovation
Guy M. Genin, Ph.D.
Material Division Mid-Career Award: Cunjiang Yu, University of Illinois - Urbana Champaign
Orr Early Career Award: Shaoting Lin, Michigan State University
ASME Journal of Engineering and Science in Medical Diagnostics and Therapy Best Paper Award: "Computational Simulation of the Hemodynamics in an Anatomic Carotid Artery Model: A Biphasic Blood Model", Mariana Ferreira, Violeta Carvalho, Diana Pinho, Rui Lima, Senhorinha Teixeira, and Armando A. Soares