Robert J. Melosh Medal

Presented annually to the best student paper on finite element analysis

Robert J. Melosh

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.

2021 Contest

A hybrid 32nd Annual Robert J. Melosh Medal Competition for the Best Student Paper on Finite Element Analysis will be held October 21-22, 2021.

The deadline to submit an extended abstract is August 6, 2021:

How to Enter

Past Winners

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Past Winners

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, Caltech
2010	Phanish Suryanarayana, Caltech
2009	Robert B. Gracie, Northwestern University
2008	Ludovic Chamoin, ENS de Cachan Irina Kalashnikova, Stanford University
2007	Michael Hain, Leibniz University Hannover Vikram Gavini, Caltech
2006	Honayoun Heidari, North Carolina State University
2005	Mahmoud I. Hussein, University of Michigan at 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, I.T.E.S.M. Monterrey, Mexico Juan B. Sainz, I.T.E.S.M. Monterrey, Mexico
1990	Ricardo F. Barbosa, University of Illinois
1989	H. Allison Smith, Duke University R.G. Wan, University of Alberta