M.M. FROCHT AWARD
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Mr. Max Mark Frocht was honored for his professional
accomplishments by the 1967 initiation of the M.M. Frocht Award. The award
recognizes "outstanding achievement as an educator in the field of
experimental mechanics," and is presented annually.
Dr. Frocht's work on
photoelasticity research on stress concentration factors and 3-D techniques
and his two-volume treatise on photoelasticity is considered a classic and
has been translated into Russian, Spanish, and Chinese. Its publication was
credited with revitalizing interest in photoelasticity.
Dr.
Frocht was a student of Steven Timoshenko and many of his own students have
made important contributions to the field of experimental mechanics. He
presented papers and lectures on photoelasticity and experimental stress
analysis in all parts of the world. |
Past Recipients are:
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| 2008 R.J. Pryputniewicz
2007 M.A. Sutton
2006 I.M. Daniel
2005 D. Brown
2004 A. Cardon
2003 A. Rosakis
2002 D.J. Ewins
2001 A. Shukla
2000 G.L. Cloud
1999 P.K. Stein
1998 L.W. Zachary
1997 J. Der Hovanesian
1996 W.N. Sharpe, Jr.
1995 A.S. Kobayashi
1994 R.J. Sanford
1993 C.E. Work
1992 I.M. Allison
1991 J.F. Doyle
1990 J.B. Ligon
1989 T.W. Corby, Jr
1988 D. Post
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1987 R.E. Rowlands
1986 W.F. Swinson
1985 K.G. McConnell
1984 C.P. Burger
1983 C.W. Smith
1982 T. Kunio
1981 V.J. Parks
1980 C.A. Sciammarella
1979 E.E. Day
1978 J.T. Pindera
1977 W.F. Riley
1976 J.W. Dally
1975 D.K. Wright
1974 R.D. Mindlin
1973 P. Stein
1972 E.O. Stitz
1971 D.C. Drucker
1970 W.M. Murray
1969 C.E. Taylor
1968 M.M. Frocht |
2008 M.M. Frocht Award:
Ryszard J. Pryputniewicz
Ryszard J. (Rich) Pryputniewicz, educated both in Poland and the United States, is Professor of Mechanical Engineering and founding Director of the Center for Holographic Studies and Laser micro-mechaTronics (CHSLT) at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) in Worcester, Massachusetts, since 1978; previously, a faculty member and Director of the Laser Research Laboratory at the School of Engineering and the Health Center of the University of Connecticut (6 years); member of the Aerospace technical staff (4 years). He has also founded NanoEngineering, Science, and Technology (NEST) Program at WPI, addressing undergraduate and graduate education and research in the field of lasers, photonics, microelectromechanical systems (MEMS), and nanotechnology. He is Fellow of SEM, Fellow of SPIE, vice-chair of the ASME Committee on Photonics Systems, Co-chair of the ASME Symposia on Education in Mechatronics and MEMS, Co-chair of the SEM Symposium Series on MEMS and Nanotechnology, Director of MEMS and Nanotechnology Division of SEM, and chairman of the IEEE Nanotechnology Council Education Committee. He has over 250 publications and has chaired, co-chaired, and organized over 100 conferences, symposia, and workshops on the state-of-the-art and emerging technologies for various sponsors and professional societies.
Rich joined SEM/SESA in 1970, as a student member. He is a third-of-a-century member of the Society.
