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Timoshenko Medal
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<h2 id="nomination-procedure">Nomination procedure</h2> <p>The Timoshenko Medal Committee consists of the five recent Timoshenko Medalists, the five members of the executive committee of the <a href="/facts/American_Society_of_Mechanical_Engineers/gpM3UR6G">ASME</a> International <a href="/facts/Applied_Mechanics_Division/3Klux3na">Applied Mechanics Division</a> (AMD), and the five recent past chairs of the AMD. See the list of current <a href="http://divisions.asme.org/amd/Committees.cfm">members of the Committee</a> Upon receiving recommendations from the international community of applied mechanics, the Committee nominates a single medalist every year. This nomination is subsequently approved by the ASME; no case has been reported that the ASME has ever overruled a nomination of the Timoshenko Medal Committee. </p> <h2 id="acceptance-speech">Acceptance speech</h2> <p>Every year, at the Applied Mechanics Dinner at the ASME winter annual meeting, the Timoshenko Medalist of the year delivers a lecture. Taken as a whole, these lectures provide a long perspective of the field of <a href="/facts/Applied_mechanics/rUlbDdob">applied mechanics</a>, as well as capsules of the lives of extraordinary individuals. A project has been initiated to post all Timoshenko Medal Lectures online.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timoshenko_Medal#endnote_lectures">[1]</a> </p> <h2 id="timoshenko-medal-recipients">Timoshenko Medal recipients</h2> <ul><li>2024 – <a href="/facts/Pierre_Suquet/VXDpquuo">Pierre Suquet</a>, <a href="/facts/French_National_Centre_for_Scientific_Research/z8RBcY1j">French National Centre for Scientific Research</a>, France.</li> <li>2023 – <a href="/facts/Guruswami_Ravichandran/KkgyNdXk">Guruswami Ravichandran</a>, <a href="/facts/California_Institute_of_Technology/3FPcp7BL">California Institute of Technology</a>, USA.</li> <li>2022 – <a href="/facts/Michael_A._Sutton/xurCn5TR">Michael A. Sutton</a>, <a href="/facts/University_of_South_Carolina/C6YRanR1">University of South Carolina</a>, USA.</li> <li>2021 – <a href="/facts/Huajian_Gao/qgAJf2mF">Huajian Gao</a>, <a href="/facts/Nanyang_Technological_University/C0ksstA4">Nanyang Technological University</a>, Singapore.</li> <li>2020 – <a href="/facts/Mary_Cunningham_Boyce/2XMwBoC4">Mary Cunningham Boyce</a>, <a href="/facts/Columbia_University/Hlf1gw53">Columbia University</a>, USA.</li> <li>2019 – <a href="/facts/J._N._Reddy_(engineer)/Q9tAzS3B">J. N. Reddy</a>, <a href="/facts/Texas_A%2526M_University/s1zDpnxa">Texas A&M University</a>, USA.</li> <li>2018 – <a href="/facts/Ares_J._Rosakis/PDCsDTYq">Ares J. Rosakis</a>, <a href="/facts/California_Institute_of_Technology/3FPcp7BL">California Institute of Technology</a>, USA.</li> <li>2017 – Viggo Tvergaard, <a href="/facts/Technical_University_of_Denmark/vLv1zoBQ">Technical University of Denmark</a></li> <li>2016 – <a href="/facts/Raymond_Ogden/kQuEnN6z">Raymond Ogden</a>, <a href="/facts/University_of_Glasgow/D0XAYMtq">University of Glasgow</a>, Scotland, UK.</li> <li>2015 – <a href="/facts/Michael_Ortiz_(mathematician)/zVysro3N">Michael Ortiz</a>, <a href="/facts/California_Institute_of_Technology/3FPcp7BL">California Institute of Technology</a>, USA.</li> <li>2014 – <a href="/facts/Robert_McMeeking/ShIWqos8">Robert McMeeking</a>, <a href="/facts/UC_Santa_Barbara/G7UvBWlK">UC Santa Barbara</a>, USA.</li> <li>2013 – <a href="/facts/Richard_M._Christensen/Nm8P3vm4">Richard M. Christensen</a>, <a href="/facts/Stanford_University/JEQeF9z2">Stanford University</a>, USA.</li> <li>2012 – <a href="/facts/Subra_Suresh/bwXq9NW2">Subra Suresh</a>, National Science Foundation (NSF)</li> <li>2011 – <a href="/facts/Alan_Needleman/aXUN8UEj">Alan Needleman</a>, <a href="/facts/The_University_of_North_Texas/GBlevdJU">The University of North Texas</a> (United States)</li> <li>2010 – <a href="/facts/Wolfgang_Knauss/ktTrLv39">Wolfgang Knauss</a>, <a href="/facts/Caltech/3FPcp7BL">Caltech</a> (United States)</li> <li>2009 – <a href="/facts/Zden%25C4%259Bk_Ba%25C5%25BEant/5LPbhQ7X">Zdenek P. Bazant</a>, <a href="/facts/Northwestern_University/4dunJHBf">Northwestern University</a> (United States)</li> <li>2008 – Sia Nemat-Nasser, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, <a href="/facts/University_of_California%2c_San_Diego/srMClpNv">University of California, San Diego</a> (United States)</li> <li>2007 – <a href="/facts/Thomas_J._R._Hughes/oQs72HwB">Thomas J. R. Hughes</a>, Institute for Computational Engineering and Sciences, <a href="/facts/The_University_of_Texas_at_Austin/6NApstxT">The University of Texas at Austin</a> (United States)</li> <li>2006 – <a href="/facts/Kenneth_L._Johnson/VH9yn1Ih">Kenneth L. Johnson</a>, <a href="/facts/The_University_of_Cambridge/0la7aX9o">The University of Cambridge</a> (United Kingdom)</li> <li>2005 – <a href="/facts/Grigory_Isaakovich_Barenblatt/y4gF2vre">Grigory Isaakovich Barenblatt</a>, Department of Mathematics, <a href="/facts/University_of_California%2c_Berkeley/MXVEjklr">University of California, Berkeley</a> (United States)</li> <li>2004 – <a href="/facts/Morton_Gurtin/jYbQY8U8">Morton E. Gurtin</a>, Department of Mathematical Sciences, <a href="/facts/Carnegie_Mellon_University/XKd7L2KA">Carnegie Mellon University</a> (United States)</li> <li>2003 – L. Ben Freund <a href="/facts/Brown_University/o9MRu4jx">Brown University</a> (United States)</li> <li>2002 – <a href="/facts/John_W._Hutchinson/c4FvS0Sw">John W. Hutchinson</a>, <a href="/facts/Harvard_University/Lhy9L1cx">Harvard University</a> (United States)</li> <li>2001 – <a href="/facts/Ted_Belytschko/rl8Q95rY">Ted Belytschko</a>, <a href="/facts/Northwestern_University/4dunJHBf">Northwestern University</a></li> <li>2000 – Rodney J. Clifton</li> <li>1999 – <a href="/facts/Anatol_Roshko/j9Dl5j1V">Anatol Roshko</a>, <a href="/facts/California_Institute_of_Technology/3FPcp7BL">California Institute of Technology</a>, USA.</li> <li>1998 – <a href="/facts/Olgierd_Zienkiewicz/JjM50o2T">Olgierd C. Zienkiewicz</a>, <a href="/facts/Imperial_College_London/SoXBRyax">Imperial College London</a>, Institute for Numerical Methods in Engineering at the <a href="/facts/University_of_Wales/Yx2TVL83">University of Wales</a> (United Kingdom)</li> <li>1997 – John R. Willis</li> <li>1996 – <a href="/facts/J._Tinsley_Oden/BHPgqSeE">J. Tinsley Oden</a>, Institute for Computational Engineering and Sciences, <a href="/facts/The_University_of_Texas_at_Austin/6NApstxT">The University of Texas at Austin</a> (United States)</li> <li>1995 – <a href="/facts/Daniel_D._Joseph/NaQVhNXh">Daniel D. Joseph</a>, <a href="/facts/University_of_Minnesota/vN1uQvP5">University of Minnesota</a> (United States)</li> <li>1994 – <a href="/facts/James_R._Rice/4yrqWspV">James R. Rice</a>, <a href="/facts/Harvard_University/Lhy9L1cx">Harvard University</a> (United States)</li> <li>1993 – <a href="/facts/John_L._Lumley/a5tTUl91">John L. Lumley</a>, <a href="/facts/Cornell_University/FGyXuXeI">Cornell University</a> (United States)</li> <li>1992 – <a href="/facts/Jan_D._Achenbach/HQuwx29R">Jan D. Achenbach</a>, <a href="/facts/Northwestern_University/4dunJHBf">Northwestern University</a> (United States)</li> <li>1991 – <a href="/facts/Yuan-Cheng_Fung/nbsnRJR2">Yuan-Cheng Fung</a>, Department of Bioengineering, <a href="/facts/University_of_California%2c_San_Diego/srMClpNv">University of California, San Diego</a> (United States)</li> <li>1990 – <a href="/facts/Stephen_H._Crandall/v0L7Nblt">Stephen H. Crandall</a>, <a href="/facts/Massachusetts_Institute_of_Technology/Xk49vNA8">Massachusetts Institute of Technology</a> (United States)</li> <li>1989 – <a href="/facts/Bernard_Budiansky/73RHnjV9">Bernard Budiansky</a>, <a href="/facts/Harvard_University/Lhy9L1cx">Harvard University</a> (United States)</li> <li>1988 – <a href="/facts/George_Batchelor/peMzQBl8">George K. Batchelor</a></li> <li>1987 – <a href="/facts/Ronald_S._Rivlin/hvlQrl91">Ronald S. Rivlin</a></li> <li>1986 – <a href="/facts/George_Rankine_Irwin/f452h0Md">George Rankine Irwin</a></li> <li>1985 – <a href="/facts/Eli_Sternberg/X9X7lTq8">Eli Sternberg</a></li> <li>1984 – <a href="/facts/Joseph_B._Keller/AxsP5mzL">Joseph B. Keller</a></li> <li>1983 – <a href="/facts/Daniel_C._Drucker/adD4WI8h">Daniel C. Drucker</a></li> <li>1982 – <a href="/facts/John_W._Miles/pn14MCoL">John W. Miles</a></li> <li>1981 – <a href="/facts/John_H._Argyris/MdkLLzpr">John H. Argyris</a>, <a href="/facts/Imperial_College_London/SoXBRyax">Imperial College London</a> (UK), <a href="/facts/University_of_Stuttgart/Fj4bN8UX">University of Stuttgart</a> (Germany)</li> <li>1980 – <a href="/facts/Paul_M._Naghdi/pFcqNByV">Paul M. Naghdi</a></li> <li>1979 – <a href="/facts/Jerald_Ericksen/xcqsGcjr">Jerald L. Ericksen</a></li> <li>1978 – <a href="/facts/George_F._Carrier/4y1FCQXw">George F. Carrier</a>, <a href="/facts/Harvard_University/Lhy9L1cx">Harvard University</a> (United States)</li> <li>1977 – <a href="/facts/John_D._Eshelby/uX2Ho13b">John D. Eshelby</a></li> <li>1976 – Erastus H. Lee</li> <li>1975 – <a href="/facts/Chia-Chiao_Lin/JQQmHdXY">Chia-Chiao Lin</a></li> <li>1974 – <a href="/facts/Albert_E._Green/r0kF7dWB">Albert E. Green</a></li> <li>1973 – <a href="/facts/Eric_Reissner/R8GNyhFa">Eric Reissner</a></li> <li>1972 – <a href="/facts/J._P._Den_Hartog/4hB2m0Q1">Jacob P. Den Hartog</a></li> <li>1971 – <a href="/facts/Howard_W._Emmons/cXMIj2Gn">Howard W. Emmons</a>, <a href="/facts/Harvard_University/Lhy9L1cx">Harvard University</a> (United States)</li> <li>1970 – <a href="/facts/James_J._Stoker/8upLlKDR">James J. Stoker</a></li> <li>1969 – <a href="/facts/Jakob_Ackeret/fJkWI36C">Jakob Ackeret</a></li> <li>1968 – <a href="/facts/Warner_T._Koiter/PCCH7CCU">Warner T. Koiter</a></li> <li>1967 – Hillel Poritsky</li> <li>1966 – <a href="/facts/William_Prager/cMp0Bojb">William Prager</a></li> <li>1965 – <a href="/facts/Sydney_Goldstein/Uc1r0ktq">Sydney Goldstein</a></li> <li>1964 – <a href="/facts/Raymond_D._Mindlin/hd2X8yja">Raymond D. Mindlin</a>, <a href="/facts/Columbia_University/Hlf1gw53">Columbia University</a> (United States)</li> <li>1963 – <a href="/facts/James_Lighthill/dKjIehdI">Michael James Lighthill</a></li> <li>1962 – <a href="/facts/Maurice_Anthony_Biot/37a8Lhbp">Maurice A. Biot</a></li> <li>1961 – <a href="/facts/James_N._Goodier/9vqpqBAu">James N. Goodier</a></li> <li>1960 – <a href="/facts/Cornelius_B._Biezeno/c6vAFEDN">Cornelius B. Biezeno</a> – Richard Grammel</li> <li>1959 – Sir <a href="/facts/Richard_V._Southwell/6DHzSrcp">Richard Southwell</a>, <a href="/facts/University_of_Cambridge/0la7aX9o">University of Cambridge</a>, <a href="/facts/Imperial_College_London/SoXBRyax">Imperial College London</a> (UK)</li> <li>1958 – Arpad L. Nadai – Sir <a href="/facts/Geoffrey_Ingram_Taylor/akUuexNt">Geoffrey Taylor</a> – <a href="/facts/Theodore_von_K%25C3%25A1rm%25C3%25A1n/VrXvCzyb">Theodore von Karman</a>, <a href="/facts/California_Institute_of_Technology/3FPcp7BL">California Institute of Technology</a>, USA.</li> <li>1957 – <a href="/facts/Stephen_Timoshenko/A8x2HG97">Stephen P. Timoshenko</a></li></ul> <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/List_of_engineering_awards/9WRHtSEn">List of engineering awards</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/List_of_mechanical_engineering_awards/agj1urKK">List of mechanical engineering awards</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/List_of_awards_named_after_people/lbTqI5AV">List of awards named after people</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/American_Society_of_Mechanical_Engineers/gpM3UR6G">American Society of Mechanical Engineers</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Applied_mechanics/rUlbDdob">Applied mechanics</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Applied_Mechanics_Division/3Klux3na">Applied Mechanics Division</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Mechanician/njDTKp3C">Mechanician</a></li></ul> <h2 id="footnotes">Footnotes</h2> <ul><li>^ <a href="http://imechanica.org/node/177">Timoshenko Lectures</a>: A project has started to make the Timoshenko Medalist Lectures available on-line</li></ul> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> <ul><li><a href="http://www.asme.org/Governance/Honors/SocietyAwards/General_Information.cfm">Information for nomination</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.asme.org/Governance/Honors/SocietyAwards/Timoshenko_Medal.cfm">Honors & Awards - Timoshenko Medal</a>, <a href="/facts/American_Society_of_Mechanical_Engineers/gpM3UR6G">ASME</a> official page, where forms for nomination can be obtained.</li> <li><a href="http://divisions.asme.org/amd/">Homepage of the ASME International Applied Mechanics Division</a></li></ul>