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 honor of Daniel C. Drucker, who was internationally known for contributions to the theory of plasticity and its application to analysis and design in metal structures.
The recipient is given a medal and an honorarium.
Nomination procedure
The Drucker Medal Committee consists of the five recent Drucker Medalists, the five members of the executive committee of the ASME International Applied Mechanics Division (AMD), and the five recent past chairs of the AMD. 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 Drucker Medal Committee. See the list of current members of the Committee.
Recipients
Source: ASME]
- 2015 Krishnaswami Ravi-Chandar, University of Texas at Austin
- 2014 Lallit Anand, MIT
- 2013 Yonggang Huang, Northwestern University, USA.
- 2012 James W. Dally
- 2011 John W. Rudnicki
- 2010 Rohan Abeyaratne
- 2009 James R. Barber
- 2008 Thomas C.T. Ting
- 2007 Albert S. Kobayashi
- 2006 Alan Needleman
- 2005 Robert L. Taylor
- 2004 Frank A. McClintock
- 2003 Leon M. Keer
- 2002 George J. Dvorak
- 2001 Bruno A. Boley
- 2000 Philip G. Hodge, Jr.
- 1999 Ascher H. Shapiro
- 1998 Daniel C. Drucker
See also
- Applied Mechanics Division
- American Society of Mechanical Engineers
- Applied mechanics
- Mechanicians
- List of prizes, medals and awards
- List of prizes named after people
