Editor-in-Chief of International Journal of Solids and Structures receives American Society of Mechanical Engineers medal

Elsevier is delighted to announce that Professor Stelios Kyriakides of the University of Texas at Austin and Editor-in-Chief of the   International Journal of Solids and Structures has been selected as the   2009 Warner T. Koiter Medalist by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME).

The   Warner T. Koiter Medal, established in 1996, is in recognition of distinguished contributions to the field of solid mechanics with special emphasis on the effective blending of theoretical and applied elements of the discipline, as well as having a high degree of leadership in the international solid mechanics community.

The citation for the medal reads: “For world class leadership in the area of experimental solid and structural mechanics, particularly the pioneering emphasis on instabilities in solids.” 

The award will be made at a special ceremony at the ASME 2009 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition conference Nov. 13-19 in Lake Buena Vista, Florida, following the delivery of the Koiter Lecture by the recipient.