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),