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The Executive Committee of the ASME Applied Mechanics Division is pleased to announce and congratulateProfessor John Bassani, Richard H. and S. L. Gabel Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics, University of Pennsylvania, as the recipient of the 2019Daniel C. Drucker Medal.

The Executive Committee of the ASME Applied Mechanics Division is pleased to announce and congratulateProfessor J. N. Reddy, Oscar S. Wyatt Jr. Chair Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Texas A&M University, as the recipient of the 2019Timoshenko Medal.

The Executive Committee of the ASME Applied Mechanics Division is pleased to announce and congratulate bothProfessor Anil K. Bajaj, William E. and Florence E. Perry Head of Mechanical Engineering and Alpha P. Jamison Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University, andProfessor Steven W.

The Executive Committee of the ASME Applied Mechanics Division is pleased to announce and congratulateProfessor Somnath Ghosh, Michael G.

The Executive Committee of the ASME Applied Mechanics Division is pleased to announce and congratulate ProfessorYihui Zhang, Associate Professor of Engineering Mechanics, Tsinghua University, as the recipient of the 2019Thomas J. R.

Dear Colleagues,

Please find attached the new 2018 issue of the ASME Applied Mechanics Division Newsletter. Featured highlights include:

• Applied Mechanics Executive Committee (2017-2018)
• Message from the Chair
• ASME/AMD Medals & Awards
• Timoshenko Banquet Speech
• News from the Technical Committees
• News from the ASME-AMD Journals
• Other Awards, News, and Announcements

Hope you enjoy the update from our vibrant Mechanics community.

Best Regards,

The Applied Mechanics Executive Committee (AMD-EC) is pleased to announce the2018 IMECE student travel award competition, which is sponsored by the Haythornthwaite Foundation*.

从Haythornthwaite基金会的资助,the Executive Committee (EC) of the Applied Mechanics Division (AMD) of ASME is pleased to announce the establishment of theHaythornthwaite Research Initiation Grant Program, targeting university faculty engaged in research in theoretical and applied mechanics that are at the beginning of their academic careers.

Dear Colleagues,

We wanted to alert you for thecall for nominationsof theawardsof theApplied Mechanics Division(AMD) of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), which are due onSeptember 15th, 2018.

The Executive Committee of the ASME Applied Mechanics Division is pleased to announce and congratulateProfessor Ares Rosakis, the Theodore von Kármán Professor of Aeronautics and Mechanical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, as the recipient of the 2018Timoshenko Medal.

The Executive Committee of the ASME Applied Mechanics Division is pleased to announce and congratulateProfessor David Barnett, Professor of Materials Science and Engineering and of Mechanical Engineering, Emeritus, Stanford University, as the recipient of the 2018Daniel C. Drucker Medal.

The Executive Committee of the ASME Applied Mechanics Division is pleased to announce and congratulateProfessorTaher Saif, Edward William and Jane Marr Gutgsell Professor of Mechanical Science and Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, asthe recipient of the 2018

The Executive Committee of the ASME Applied Mechanics Division is pleased to announce and congratulateProfessor Tayfun Tezduyar, James F. Barbour Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Rice University, as recipient of the 2018Ted Belytschko Applied Mechanics Division Award.

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

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

REMINDER:The deadline for nominations for the AMD/ASME awards is September 15th, 2017.

信息和细节的每一个奖项provided below.

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The Executive Committee of the ASME Applied Mechanics Division is pleased to announce and congratulateProfessor Viggo Tvergaard, Professor Emeritus, Technical University of Denmark, as the recipient of the 2017Timoshenko Medal.

The Executive Committee of the ASME Applied Mechanics Division is pleased to announce and congratulateProfessor David Parks, Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, as the recipient of the 2017Daniel C. Drucker Medal.

The Executive Committee of the ASME Applied Mechanics Division is pleased to announce and congratulate Professor Wei Yang, President of the National Natural Science Foundation of China, as the recipient of the 2017Warner T. Koiter Medal.

The Executive Committee of the ASME Applied Mechanics Division is pleased to announce and congratulateProfessor José Andrade, George W. Housner Professor of Civil and Mechanical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, as the recipient of the 2017Thomas J. R. Hughes Young Investigator Award.

The Executive Committee of the ASME Applied Mechanics Division is pleased to announce and congratulateProfessorJiun-Shyan Chen, William Prager Chair Professor, University of California, San Diego, as recipient of the 2017Ted Belytschko Appli

The Executive Committee of the ASME Applied Mechanics Division is pleased to announce and congratulateProfessor Richard H. Rand, Professor of Mathematics and Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Cornell University, as the recipient of the 2017Thomas K. Caughey Dynamics Award.

Dear Colleagues,

Please find attached the new 2017 issue of the ASME Applied Mechanics Division Newsletter.Featured highlights include:

REMINDER:The deadline for nominations for the AMD/ASME awards is September 15th, 2017.

信息和细节的每一个奖项provided below.

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从Haythornthwaite基金会的资助,the Executive Committee (EC) of the Applied Mechanics Division (AMD) of ASME is pleased to announce the establishment of the Haythornthwaite Research Initiation Grant Program, targeting university faculty engaged in research in theoretical and applied mechanics that are at the beginning of their academic careers. Applicants must hold a tenure‐track appointment at the rank of Assistant Professor at a US university on October 1, 2017, and must not be more than 5 years beyond receipt of their doctoral degree at the time the award is made.