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Jan Achenbach
National Medal of Technology, 2005

"...for seminal contributions to engineering research and education and for pioneering ultrasonic methods for the detection of cracks and corrosion in aircraft, leading to improved safety for aircraft structures."

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Faculty Honors

Members of National Academy of Engineering

  • Jan D. Achenbach
  • Ted Belytschko
  • Herbert S. Cheng (emeritus)
  • Stephen H. Davis
  • Leon M. Keer
  • Julio M. Ottino

Members of National Academy of Science

  • Jan D. Achenbach
  • Stephen H. Davis

Members of American Academy of Arts & Sciences

  • Jan D. Achenbach
  • Ted Belytschko
  • Stephen H. Davis
  • Julio M. Ottino

Society Fellows

17 faculty members are fellows of at least one society

Journal Editors/Editors-in-Chief

  • Jan D. Achenbach, Wave Motion
  • Ted Belytschko, International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering
  • Kornel F. Ehmann, ASME Journal of Manufacturing Science & Engineering
  • Horacio Dante Espinosa, Journal of Experimental Mechanics
  • Wing Kam Liu, Computational Mechanics; International Journal of Applied Mathematics and Mechanics(US editor)

Seven (7) other faculty members are associate editors of at least one journal.

Society Medals and Major Achievement Awards

Jan D. Achenbach, Timoshenko Medal, American Society of Mechanical Engineers (1992); William Prager Medal, Society of Engineering Science (2001)

Ted Belytschko, Pi Tau Sigma Gold Medal, ASME (1975); Walter Huber Research Prize, ASCE (1977); Jaeger Medal, IASMIRT (1983); ICES Gold Medal, ICES (1997); Honorary Doctorate, University of Liege (1997); Theodore Von Karman Medal, ASCE (1999); Structural Mechanics Award, USACM (1997); Computational Mechanics Award, IACM (2000); Timoshenko Medal, ASME (2001); John von Neumann Medal, USACM (2001); Gauss Newton Medal, IACM (2002); Honorary Doctorate, Ecole Normale (2004); Honorary Doctorate, University Lyons (2006).

L. Catherine Brinson, ASME Special Achievement Award for Young Investigators, Applied Mechanics (2003).

Jian Cao, Outstanding Young Manufacturing Engineer Award, Society of Manufacturing Engineers (2002); ASME Special Achievement Award for Young Investigators, Applied Mechanics (2006).

Wei Chen, ASME Pi Tau Sigma Gold Medal (1998).

Isaac M. Daniel, William M. Murray Medal, Society for Experimental Mechanics (1998); Distinguished Research Award, American Society for Composites ; B.J. Lazan Award from the SEM; M. Hetenyi Awards from SEM; M. M. Frocht Award of SEM (2006); P. S. Theocaris Award of the SEM (2007); Elected Honorary Member of the Society for Experimental Mechanics (2007).

Stephen H. Davis, Fluid Dynamics Prize, American Physical Society (1994); G.I. Taylor Medal, Society Of Engineering Science (2001).

Horacio Dante Espinosa, Junior Award from the American Academy of Mechanics (2002), Young Investigator Medal, Society of Engineering Science (2007). Junior Award from the American Academy of Mechanics (2002), Hetenyi Award from the Society for Experimental Mechanics (2005), Young Investigator Medal from the Society of Engineering Science (2007), Lazan Award from the Society for Experimental Mechanics (2008).

Leon M. Keer, Drucker Medal of American Society of Mechanical Engineers (1992)

Elmer E. Lewis, Arthur Holly Compton Award, American Nuclear Society (1992)

Wing Kam Liu, ASME Pi Tau Sigma Gold Medal (1985); ASME Gustus L. Larson Memorial Award (1995); U. S. Association for Computational Mechanics “Computational Structural Mechanics Award” (2001); International Association for Computational Mechanics “Computational Mechanics Award” (2002); Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers Computational Mechanics Award (2004); John von Neumann Medal, USACM (2007).

Kevin M. Lynch, IEEE Early Academic Career Award in Robotics and Automation (2001)

Julio M. Ottino, William H. Walker Award, American Institute of Chemical Engineers (2001).

John W. Rudnicki, Maurice A. Biot Medal, Engineering Mechanics Division of the American Society of Civil Engineers (2006).

NSF CAREER & other Young Investigator Awards

L. Catherine Brinson, NSF Career award (1995)

Jian Cao, NSF Career award (1997)

Wei Chen, NSF Career award (1996)

Horacio Dante Espinosa, NSF Career award (1996); ONR Young Investigator Award (1997)

Richard M. Lueptow, Whitaker Foundation Award (1990)

Kevin M. Lynch, NSF Career award (1998)

Neelesh A. Patankar, NSF Career award (2002)

Michael Peshkin, NSF Presidential Young Investigator Award (1988); Whitaker Foundation Award (1994).

Qian (Jane) Wang, NSF Career award (1997).

Seth Lichter, Office of Naval Research Young Investigator Award (1986)

Innovation Awards

J. Edward Colgate, ASME Leonardo Da Vinci Award (2003).

J. Edward Colgate & Michael Peshkin, Discover Magazine Awards for Technological Innovation (1997).

Richard M. Lueptow, Space Act Award from the NASA Inventions and Contributions Board for Rotating Reverse Osmosis (2004).

Walter Herbst, Gold Medal, Business Week / Industrial Design Excellence Award (2005).

Recent Recognition

Jan D. Achenbach - awarded the 2005 National Medal of Science.
Washington Post, August 2, 2007
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/08/01/AR2007080101137.html

L. Catherine Brinson - Elected Fellow of the Society of Engineering Science, 2006; Article entitled “Amino-Functionalized Carbon Nanotubes for Binding to Polymers and Biological Systems“, published in Chemistry of Materials is a “ Hot Paper ” as defined by Thomson ISI ® 's Essential Science Indicators.

Jian Cao - Elected Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2007.

Wei Chen - Elected to the Advisory Board of Design Society, an international design community.

J. Edward Colgate - Named Pentair-Nugent Professor of Manufacturing.

Isaac M. Daniel - Received the P. S. Theocaris Award of the Society for Experimental Mechanics. (This Award is given to a Fellow of the Society who has made outstanding contributions in Experimental and Fracture Mechanics.); Elected as the Honorary Member of the Society for Experimental Mechanics. (The number of Honorary Members of the Society is limited to 10.); Elected Fellow of the American Society for Composites.

Kornel F. Ehmann - To receive the 2008 SME (Society of Manufacturing Engineers) Gold Medal Award for recognizing his outstanding service to the manufacturing engineering profession in technical communications through published literature, technical writings or lectures.

Horacio Dante Espinosa - Society of Engineering Science--2007 Young Investigator Medal in recognition of outstanding work in the field of Engineering Science and Nanomaterials; To receive the 2008 Lazan Award from the Society for Experimental Mechanics in recognition to distinguished technical contributions to the field of experimental mechanics; Reappointed as the associate editor of the Journal of Applied Mechanics for another 3 years term.

Mitra Hartmann - Article in Nature entitled "Sensing features with robotic whiskers" featured in the popular press

Dean Ho - First runner-up for the national New Faces of Engineering Award of IEEE, which "highlights the interesting and unique work of young engineers and the resulting impact on society.", 2007; Appointed Visiting Professor in the School of Engineering , Peking University; Delivered a Keynote Presentation at the IEEE Nanomedicine International Conference

Walter Herbst - Keynote speaker at MIT Enterprise Forum: "What about Innovation?"; Joined ASME Industry Advisory Board.

Leon Keer -Appointed to the editorial board of Mechanics Research Communications.

Wing Kam Liu - Received the John von Neumann Medal from USACM and the Robert Henry Thurston Lecture Award from ASME; Appointed as the newly developed ASME Chair of the Nanotechnology Council.

Kevin M. Lynch - Recipient of the 2007 SAE Ralph R. Teetor Educational Award; Received Charles Deering McCormick Professor of Teaching Excellence award, 2007.

Qian (Jane) Wang, Named a Fellow of the Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers. 2007.