William M. Murray Lecture

The William M. Murray Lecture was initiated in 1952 as the Society’s prestige lecture. It is presented each year as a continuing honor to Dr. William MacGregor Murray, first president and long-time secretary-treasurer, for his many contributions to SEM.

Award Guidelines

Murray Lecturers:

2013 M.A. Sutton

2012 G.L. Cloud

2011 A. Shukla
2010 H. Aben

2009 S. Nemat-Nasser
2008 R.J. Pryputniewicz
2007 D.L. Brown
2006 D.A. Shockey
2005 A.J. Rosakis
2004 K. Ravi -Chandar
2003 C.P. Burger
2002 W.N. Sharpe, Jr.
2001 C.A. Sciammarella
2000 G.E. Maddux
1999 Karl A. Stetson
1998 I.M. Daniel
1997 R.J. Clifton
1996 J.F. Kalthoff
1995 W.G. Knauss
1994 K.G. McConnell
1993 C.W. Smith
1992 H.F. Brinson
1991 H. Fessler
1990 M.E. Fourney
1989 J.F. Bell
1988 M. Nisida
1987 D.R. Harting
1986 E.P. Popov
1985 E. Somer
1984 C.C. Perry
1983 A.S. Kobayashi

1982 R. Mark

1981 L.J. Broutman
1980 A. Bray
1979 J.W. Dally
1978 R.K. Muller
1977 W.E. Cooper
1976 J.E. Starr
1975 N.M. Newmark
1974 C.E. Taylor
1973 G.R. Irwin
1972 M.M. Leven
1971 D. Post
1970 B.F. Langer
1969 T.J. Dolan
1968 C. Lipson
1967 D.C. Drucker
1966 E. Wenk, Jr.
1965 A.J. Durelli
1964 S.S. Manson
1963 H.L. Dryden
1962 R.D. Mindlin
1961 E. Orowan
1960 R.E. Peterson
1959 M.M. Frocht
1958 N. J. Hoff
1957 C.E. Crede
1956 B.J. Lazan
1955 A.C. Ruge
1954 M. Hetényi
1953 S. Timoshenko
1952 William M. Murray

2013 William M. Murray Award: Mike Sutton

For contributions to the development of Digital Image Correlation and the application to Experimental Mechanics.

Dr. Sutton received his Ph.D. in 1981 from the Department of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics in the University of Illinois under the guidance of Prof. Charles E. Taylor. Dr. Sutton joined the faculty in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of South Carolina in 1982 and is currently a Carolina Distinguished Professor. Prof. Sutton, a past-president of the Society for Experimental Mechanics (2001-2002), has received numerous honors for his scientific contributions, including election to the grade of Fellow in both ASME and SEM, selection for an honorary doctorate by ENS-Cachan in Paris, France in 2011 and designation as the 2012 recipient of the Governor’s Award for excellence in scientific research. Prof. Sutton has published 170+ journal articles, 8 book chapters and the first book on image correlation in solid mechanics in 2009. His current areas of research are experimental and analytical fracture mechanics, applications of computer vision for high rate events and biomechanics. Prof. Sutton married Elizabeth Ann Severns in 1973 and they have two married daughters, Michelle Mary Katherine Sutton Spigner (33) and Dr. Elizabeth Marie Rosalie Sutton Gosnell (29). Their first two grandchildren, fraternal twins, were born in 2011.