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B.J. Lazan Award

This award was established in 1967 to recognize individuals who have made outstanding original technical contributions to experimental mechanics. In 1973 this award was named in honor of Dr. Benjamin J. Lazan, a pioneer in his field who achieved recognition in dynamic testing, vibration, materials damping and fatigue.

The award honors inventors, developers or contributors to the introduction of new devices or methods.
Nominations are solicited from the general membership by the Honors Committee.

Award Guidelines

Past Recipients are:

2010 I. Emri 1989 H.F. Brinson
2009 E. Gdoutos 1988 S.P. Wnuk
2008 H.D. Espinosa 1987 D.L. Brown
2007 S. Nemat-Nasser 1986 A.J. Durelli
2006 Y.J. Chao 1985 A. Lagarde
2005 G. Ravichandran 1984 I.M. Daniel
2004 Y. Morimoto 1983 K.A. Stetson
2003 K.M. Liechti 1982 S.J. Green
2002 A. Shukla 1981 A.S. Kobayashi
2001 W.N. Sharpe, Jr. 1980 J.E. Starr
2000 W.G. Knauss 1979 M. Leven
1999 D.F. Adams 1978 W.T. Bean
1998 M.Y.Y. Hung 1977 G.R. Irwin
1997 J. McKelvie 1976 J.C. Telinde
1996 A.J. Rosakis 1975 M.E. Fourney
1995 C.W. Smith 1974 J.F. Bell
1993 F-P. Chiang 1973 S.S. Manson
1992 W.H. Peters III 1972 D. Post
  M.A. Sutton 1971 D.R. Harting
  W.F. Ranson 1970 F. Zandman
1991 C.A. Sciammarella 1969 A.C. Ruge
1990 M.M. Lemcoe 1968 G. Ellis

 

2010 B.J. Lazan Award: Igor Emri


In recognition of his outstanding and pioneering contributions to the field of experimental and fracture mechanics.


Prof. Igor Emri is a Chair Professor of Mechanics at the University of Ljubljana and CEO of the Institute for Sustainable Innovative Technologies, EEIG. Prof. Emri has made major experimental and theoretical contributions to the understanding of the effect of thermo-mechanical loading on the time-dependent behavior of polymers in the non-equilibrium solid state, and in the process of their solidification. He has developed an innovative theoretical-experimental approach to studying the interrelation between the macroscopic thermo-mechanical boundary conditions and the rate of structural rearrangement which is related to the mechanical spectrum. He has developed several unique, specially designed apparatus for characterization of time-dependent behavior of materials. Among them the high-pressure apparatus for experimental studying of the simultaneous effects of pressure and temperature on the structure formation and non-linear behavior of polymeric materials is propably the most important.

He is a Member of the Russian Academy of Engineering (1996), the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences (1997), the Slovenian Academy of Engineering (1998), the European Academy of Sciences and Arts (2006), and Associate Member of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts (2005),

 

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