The
Applied Mechanics Division (AMD) is a division in the
American Society of Mechanical EngineersThe American Society of Mechanical Engineers is a professional body, specifically an engineering society, focused on mechanical engineering....
(ASME). The AMD was founded in 1927, with
Stephen TimoshenkoStephen P. Timoshenko , is reputed to be the father of modern engineering mechanics...
being the first chair. The current AMD membership is over 5000, out of about 90,000 members of the ASME. AMD is the largest of
the six divisions in the ASME Basic Engineering Technical Group.
The mission of the Applied Mechanics Division is to foster fundamental research in, and intelligent application of,
applied mechanicsApplied mechanics is a branch of the physical sciences and the practical application of mechanics. Applied mechanics examines the response of bodies or systems of bodies to external forces...
.
The Division participates annually in a Summer Meeting by programming Symposia and committee meetings.
The
Applied Mechanics Division (AMD) is a division in the
American Society of Mechanical EngineersThe American Society of Mechanical Engineers is a professional body, specifically an engineering society, focused on mechanical engineering....
(ASME). The AMD was founded in 1927, with
Stephen TimoshenkoStephen P. Timoshenko , is reputed to be the father of modern engineering mechanics...
being the first chair. The current AMD membership is over 5000, out of about 90,000 members of the ASME. AMD is the largest of
the six divisions in the ASME Basic Engineering Technical Group.
Mission
The mission of the Applied Mechanics Division is to foster fundamental research in, and intelligent application of,
applied mechanicsApplied mechanics is a branch of the physical sciences and the practical application of mechanics. Applied mechanics examines the response of bodies or systems of bodies to external forces...
.
Summer Meeting
The Division participates annually in a Summer Meeting by programming Symposia and committee meetings. The principal organisers of the Summer Meetings rotate among several organizations, with a period of four years, as described below.
- Year 4n (2008, 2012, etc.): International Committee of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics.
- Year 4n + 1 (2009, 2013, etc.): Materials Division of the ASME (joined with the Applied Mechanics Division of ASME, Engineering Mechanics of the American Society of Civil Engineers, and Society of Engineering Sciences).
- Year 4n + 2 (2006, 2010, etc.): National Committee of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics.
- Year 4n + 3 (2007, 2011, etc.): Applied Mechanics Division of the ASME (joined with Materials Division of ASME).
Publications
Awards
- Timoshenko Medal
The Timoshenko Medal is an award given annually by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers to an individual"in recognition of distinguished contributions to the field of applied mechanics."...
- Koiter Medal
The Warner T. Koiter Medal was established in 1996 by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. It is awarded in recognition of distinguished work in the field of solid mechanics....
- Drucker Medal
The Daniel C. Drucker medal was instituted in 1997 by the Applied Mechanics Division of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. The Drucker Medal is conferred in recognition of distinguished contributions to the fields of applied mechanics and mechanical engineering.The award is given in...
- Thomas K. Caughey Dynamics Award
The Thomas K. Caughey Dynamics Award is an award given annually by the Applied Mechanics Division, of American Society of Mechanical Engineers , "in recognition in recognition of an individual who has made significant contributions to the field of nonlinear dynamics through practice, research,...
- Ted Belytschko Applied Mechanics Award
- Thomas J.R. Hughes Young Investigator Award
Executive Committee
The responsibility for guiding the Division, within the framework of the ASME, is vested in an Executive Committee of five members. The Executive Committee meets twice a year at the Summer Meeting and Winter Annual Meeting. Members correspond throughout the year by emails and conference calls. Three members shall constitute a quorum, and all action items must be approved by a majority of the Committee.
Each member serves a term of five years, beginning and ending at the conclusion of the Summer Meeting, spending one year in each of the following positions:
- Secretary
- Vice-Chair of the Program Committee
- Chair of the Program Committee
- Vice-Chair of the Division
- Chair of the Division.
New members of the Executive Committee are sought from the entire membership of the Division. Due considerations are given to leadership, technical accomplishment, as well as diversity in geographic locations, sub-disciplines, and genders. At the Winter Annual Meeting each year, the Executive Committee nominates one new member, who is subsequently appointed by the ASME Council.
The executive committee has an additional non-rotating position, the Recording Secretary. The responsibility of the Recording Secretary is to attend and record minutes for the Executive Committee Meeting at the Summer and Winter Annual Meeting and the General Committee Meeting at the Winter Annual Meeting. The Recording Secretary serves a term of two years and is selected from the junior members (i.e. young investigators) of the AMD.
Technical Committees
The mission of a Technical Committee is to promote a field in Applied Mechanics. The principal approach for a Technical Committee to accomplish this mission is to organize symposia at the Summer and Winter Meetings. Technical Committees generally meet at the Winter Annual Meeting and the Summer Meeting; they may also schedule special meetings.
There are 17 Technical Committees in the Applied Mechanics Division.
Technical Committees are established and dissolved by the Executive Committee.
Past chairs of the Applied Mechanics Division
Dan Inman (2009),
Ravi-Chandar (2008),
Thomas N. Farris (2007),
Wing Kam Liu (2006),
Mary C. Boyce (2005),
Pol Spanos (2004),
Stelios Kyriakides (2003),
Dusan Krajcinovic (2002),
Thomas J.R. HughesThomas J.R. Hughes is a Professor of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics and holds the Computational and Applied Mathematics Chair III at The University of Texas at Austin. Hughes has been listed as an ISI Highly Cited Author in Engineering by the ISI Web of Knowledge, Thomson...
(2001),
Alan NeedlemanAlan Needleman was born in 1944 in Philadelphia, PA and is currently the Florence Pirce Grant University Professor of Mechanics of Solids and Structures at Brown University in Providence, RI. Professor Needleman received his B.S. from the University of Pennsylvania in 1966, a M.S. and Ph.D. from...
(2000),
Lallit Anand (1999),
Stanley A. Berger (1998),
Carl T. Herakovich (1997),
Thomas A. Cruse (1996),
John W. HutchinsonJohn W. Hutchinson is a renowned scholar in the field of applied mechanics, and has made seminal contributions to the mechanics of structures and mechanics of materials. He is a recipient of the Timoshenko Medal...
(1995),
L.B. Freund (1994),
David B. Bogy (1993),
William S. Saric (1992),
Ted BelytschkoTed Belytschko is a researcher in field of computational solid mechanics and is known for development of methods like element-free Galerkin methods and extended finite element methods. He is a recipient of Timoshenko Medal, John von Neumann Medal, Gauss Newton Medal and named in ISI Database as the...
(1991),
Michael J. Forrestal (1990),
Sidney Leibovich (1989),
Thomas L. Geers (1988),
James R. RiceJames R. Rice is a mechanician who has made fundamental contributions to various aspects of solid mechanics. Two of his early contributions are the concept of the J-integral and an explanation of how plastic deformations localize in a narrow band. In recent years, Rice has focused on the...
(1987),
Michael M. Carroll (1986),
Jan D. Achenbach (1985),
Charles R. Steele (1984),
William G. Gottenberg (1983),
R.C. DiPrima (1982),
R.M. Christensen (1981),
R.S. Rivlin (1980),
R. Skalak (1979),
F. Essenburg (1978),
Yuan-Cheng FungYuan-Cheng "Bert" Fung is a scientist, regarded as a founding figure of bioengineering and the "Founder of Modern Biomechanics".-Biography:Fung was born in Jiangsu Province, China in 1919...
(1977),
J. Miklowitz (1976),
B.A. Boley (1975),
George Herrmann (1974),
J. Kestin (1973),
Paul M. Naghdi (1972),
S. Levy (1971),
H.N. Abramson (1970),
Stephen H. CrandallStephen H. Crandall is professor emeritus of Mechanical Engineering at MIT. He joined the faculty of MIT in 1946 where he taught dynamics and strength of materials until his retirement in 1991 . He was a prolific author of texts in solid mechanics, numerical methods, and random vibration. His...
(1969),
P.G. Hodge, Jr. (1968),
R. Plunkett (1967),
M.V. Barton (1966),
George F. CarrierGeorge Francis Carrier was a mathematician and the T. Jefferson Coolidge Professor of Applied Mathematics Emeritus of Harvard University. He was particularly noted for his ability to intuitively model a physical system and then deduce an analytical solution...
(1965),
Daniel C. DruckerDaniel C. Drucker was an authority on the theory of plasticity in the field of applied mechanics. He was awarded the Timoshenko Medal in 1983. He taught at Brown University from 1946 until 1968 when he joined the University of Illinois as Dean of Engineering...
(1964),
E. Reissner (1963),
A.M. Wahl (1961, 1962),
S.B. Batdorf (1960),
William PragerWilliam Prager was a German-born US applied mathematician.He was a lecturer at Darmstadt, a deputy director at University of Göttingen, professor at Karlsruhe, University of Istanbul, the University of California, San Diego and Brown University, where he advised Bernard Budiansky.The Society of...
(1959),
W. Ramberg (1958),
M. Hetenyl (1957),
Raymond D. MindlinRaymond David Mindlin was a mechanician who made seminal contributions to many branches of applied mechanics, applied physics, and engineering sciences. Mindlin was the second of three sons of Henry, a prosperous businessman, and Beatrice .-Education:In 1924 he enrolled at Columbia University,...
(1956),
N.H. Hoff (1955),
N.M. Newmark (1954),
D. Young (1953),
R.E. Peterson (1952),
L.H. Donnell (1951),
R.P. Kroon (1950),
M. Golan (1949),
W.M. Murray (1948),
H.W. Emmons (1947),
H. Poritsky (1946),
J.N. Goodier (1945),
J.H. Keenan (1943, 1944),
J.L. Dryden (1942),
J.P. Den Hartog (1940, 1941),
C.R. Soderberg (1937,1938),
E.O. Waters (1936),
J.A. Goff (1935),
F.M. Lewis (1934),
J.M. Lessells (1933),
G.B. Pegram (1932),
A.L. Kimball (1931),
G.M. Eaton (1928, 1929),
Stephen P. Timoshenko (1927, 1930)
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