Presented annually to the best student paper on finite element analysis
Since 1989, the Robert J. Melosh Medal Competition has provided a forum for young engineers and researchers to present their work to and interact with leaders in the field of computational mechanics.
The award honors Prof. Melosh—a pioneering researcher in finite element methods and former chair of Civil & Environmental Engineering at Duke. The Melosh Medal was established in view of his body of work, and aims to reflect his dedication to the education of engineers.
Winners receive the Robert J. Melosh Medal and a $500 honorarium. Their names are inscribed on a plaque displayed in Hudson Hall.
2024 Competition
- July 14: Deadline for extended abstract submissions
- August 14 (tentative): Finalists notified of acceptance
- October 14: Melosh Symposium at Duke University
Melosh Medalists
| Year | Name, Institution |
|---|---|
| 2023 | Kumar Saurabh, Iowa State University |
| 2022 | Vahidullah Tac, Purdue University |
| 2021 | Ivo Steinbrecher, University of the Bundeswehr Munich |
| 2020 | Stein Stoter, Institute of Mechanics and Computation Mechanics, Leibniz University Hannover |
| 2019 | Dewen Yushu, University of Notre Dame |
| 2018 | Andreas Krischok, Stanford University Vidyasagar, California Institute of Technology |
| 2017 | Heng Chi, Georgia Institute of Technology Matthias Mayr, Technical University of Munich |
| 2016 | Maruti Kumar Mudunuru, University of Houston |
| 2015 | Maurizio Chiaramonte, Stanford University |
| 2014 | Phani Motamarri, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor |
| 2013 | Ju Liu, University of Texas, Austin |
| 2011 | Daniel Hurtado, California Institute of Technology |
| 2010 | Phanish Suryanarayana, California Institute of Technology |
| 2009 | Robert B. Gracie, Northwestern University |
| 2008 | Ludovic Chamoin, ENS de Cachan Irina Kalashnikova, Stanford University |
| 2007 | Michael Hain, Leibniz University Hannover Vikram Gavini, California Institute of Technology |
| 2006 | Honayoun Heidari, North Carolina State University |
| 2005 | Mahmoud I. Hussein, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor |
| 2004 | Juan Pablo Pontaza, Texas A&M University |
| 2003 | Prasanna Raghavan, Ohio State University |
| 2002 | Ulrich Hetmaniuk, University of Colorado, Boulder |
| 2001 | Xiaonong Meng, Duke University |
| 2000 | Aleksander Czekanski, University of Toronto |
| 1999 | John E. Dolbow, Northwestern University |
| 1998 | Serge Prudhomme, University of Texas, Austin |
| 1997 | Jerome M. Solberg, University of California, Berkeley |
| 1996 | David C. Winkler, University of Connecticut |
| 1995 | Victor G. Oancea, Duke University James R. Stewart, Stanford University |
| 1994 | Jinmiao Zhang, Ohio State Univerisity |
| 1993 | Bhaskar Joshi, University of Saskatchewan |
| 1992 | C.R. Swaminathan, University of Minnesota |
| 1991 | Alonso Pena, ITESM Monterrey Juan B. Sainz, ITESM Monterrey |
| 1990 | Ricardo F. Barbosa, University of Illinois |
| 1989 | H. Allison Smith, Duke University R.G. Wan, University of Alberta |