March 25, 2008

  • George Z. Voyiadjis, Civil & Environmental Engineering Chair and Boyd Professor, receives Nathan M. Newmark Medal.
Boyd Professor Dr. George Z. Voyiadjis, Department Chair for Civil & Environmental Engineering (CEE), has been selected by the Structural Engineering Institute and the Engineering Mechanics Institute to receive the 2008 Nathan M. Newmark Medal.

Dr. Voyiadjis will personally accept the award while attending the Engineering Mechanics Institute’s inaugural International Conference in Minneapolis this May, where he will accept a medal of honor and a certificate with the inscription, “For his fundamental research in constitutive modeling and characterization of damage in metals, composites, and soils, and his pioneering contributions in multi-scale modeling and localization problems.”

When selecting Voyiadjis for this award, the committee noted his “development of a number of widely used nonlinear constitutive models for steel as well as ceramics and composite materials.”

Former students of Nathan M. Newmark, Hon.M.ASCE, established this award in 1975 for the superior education they received while studying under Newmark at the University of Illinois and for his important contributions in structural engineering and mechanics.

Article by Mimi LaValle, College of Engineering, 225-578-5706, mlavall@lsu.edu

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