Applied Mechanics Division Young Medalist Symposium
Tuesday, November 18, 3 – 5pm | Convention Center, Room LL8
3-3:20 pm
Gustus L. Larson Memorial Award
Kejie Zhao, Ph.D., Purdue University
Mechanics, Heterogeneity, and Dynamics in Particle Networks
3:20-3:40 pm
Thomas JR Hughes Young Investigator Award
X. Shelly Zhang, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Bridging Inverse Design and Additive Manufacturing of Programmable Materials
3:40-4:00 pm
Eshelby Mechanics Award for Young Faculty
Anna Tarakanova, University of Connecticut
Molecular computation for bioengineering
4:00-4:20 pm
Zdeněk P. Bažant Medal
Huck Beng Chew, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Machine Learning in Mechanics: Bridging Scales in Materials Damage Modeling
The Koiter Lecture
Tuesday, November 18, 5 – 6pm | Convention Center - Room LL7 (Lower Level 7)
Warner T. Koiter Medal
Jean-Baptiste Leblond, Ph.D., Institut Jean Le Rond d’Alambert Sorbonne Université
A new method for solving 3D problems of out-of-plane or out-of-surface perturbations of cracks, with some applications to mixed-mode propagation
Advanced Energy Systems Division Award Lecture & Reception
Tuesday, November 18, 5 – 7 pm | Sheraton Memphis Hotel, Heritage II, 2nd FL.
Frank Kreith Energy Award
Evelyn N. Wang, Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Vice President for Energy and Climate and Ford Professor of Engineering
Per Bruel Lecture
Tuesday November 18, 6 – 7 pm | Convention Center - Room LL1
Per Bruel Lecturer
Tony Jun Huang, Ph.D., Duke University
Acoustofluidics: Harnessing Acoustics and Fluid Mechanics for Biomedical Innovations
Applied Mechanics Dinner
Tuesday, November 18, 6:30 – 9 pm | Memphis Sheraton Hotel - Nashville, 2nd FL.
Timoshenko Medal Lecture
Norman A. Fleck, Ph.D., Professor of Mechanics of Materials, Cambridge University Engineering Dept.
Materials Division Awards Symposium
Wednesday, November 19, 3 – 5 pm | Convention Center, Room LL4
3:05-3:25pm
Sia Nemat-Nasser Early Career
Grace X Gu, UC Berkeley
Programming composite materials with aperiodic monotiles
3:25-3:45pm
Orr Early Career Award Lecture
Christos Athanasiou, GaTech
Lightning-Speed Fracture Discoveries: Unlocking Knowledge for Polymers and Recyclates
3:45-4:15pm
Centennial Mid-Career Award Lecture
Thao (Vicky) Nguyen, Johns Hopkins University
Computational Modeling of a Dynamic Polymerization DNA Hydrogel
4:15-5:00pm
Nadai Medal Lecture
Vikram Deshpande, University of Cambridge
Mechanics of Living Cells and their Organization during Morphogenesis
Thurston Lecture
Thursday, November 20 9:15 – 10am | Convention Center Room LL1
3-3:20 pm
Thurston Lecturer
Gang Bao, Department of Bioengineering, Rice University
Harnessing nanomaterials for health innovation