SEM Fellow
In 1975, the Honors Committee recommended a bylaws change which enabled a Fellow grade of membership to be established. The recommendation, which was approved, changed Article IV, Section 3 to read: “A Fellow shall be an individual who has distinguished himself/herself in some field in which the Society has interest, who has been a member of the Society for at least ten consecutive years, and whose contributions to the Society and the technical community have justified this honor. The number and manner of election of Fellows shall be as specified by the Executive Committee.
2026 Fellow Awards
In recognition of distinguished contributions to the field of experimental mechanics, and service to that field through the Society.
Professor Rixen, (b. 1967) received his engineering degree from the University of Liège (ULg, Belgium) and an MSc degree in Aerospace Vehicle Design from the College of Aeronautics in Cranfield (UK). He obtained his doctorate degree from ULg in 1997, supervised by Professor Géradin. After a research assistantship at the Center for Aerospace...
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Dr. Wicks received his Ph.D. from Michigan Tech University. Dr. Wicks was a co-founder of Stress Technology Inc and Vibration Analysis Inc. Since joining the faculty of the Mechanical Engineering Department at Virginia Tech in 1986, Dr. Wicks has developed numerous techniques for applying scanning laser technology to dynamics measurements. He has...
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| 2025 - Helena Jin | 2025 - Luciano Lamberti | 2025 - Mark Richardson |
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| 2019 - Tusit Weerasooriya | 2019 - Alan Zehnder | 2018 - Charles (Chuck) Farrar |
| 2018 - Michel Grédiac | 2018 - Francesco Lanza di Scalea | 2018 - Carlos Ventura |
| 2017 - Eric Brown | 2017 - Jon Rogers | 2017 - Daniel Inman |
| 2016 - Janice M. Barton | 2016 - K. Jane Grande-Allen | 2016 - Xiaodong Li |
| 2016 - Hongbing Lu | 2015 - Hugh Bruck | 2015 - Wendy C. Crone |
| 2015 - Peter G. Ifju | 2015 - Ghatu Subhash | 2014 - Archie A.T. Andonian |
| 2014 - Weinong (Wayne) Chen | 2014 - David J. Ewins | 2014 - Wolfgang Osten |
| 2013 - K.T. Ramesh | 2013 - John Lambros | 2013 - David Brown |
| 2013 - Fabrice Pierron | 2012 - Edwin O'Brien | 2012 - Nancy Sottos |
| 2012 - Daniel Rittel | 2011 - José L.F. Freire | 2011 - Sia Nemat-Nasser |
| 2011 - Carmine Pappalettere | 2011 - Hareesh V. Tippur | 2010 - Randall J. Allemang |
| 2010 - Yoshiharu Morimoto | 2010 - Jian Lu | 2010 - Guruswami Ravichandran |
| 2009 - Igor Emri | 2009 - Horacio D. Espinosa | 2009 - Ares J. Rosakis |
| 2007 - Eann Patterson | 2007 - S.C. "Max" Yen | 2006 - Bongtae Han |
| 2006 - Edwin K. P. Chong | 2005 - Mark Tuttle | 2005 - W.C. Wang |
| 2004 - S.K. Foss | 2004 - E.E. Gdoutos | 2003 - C.T. Liu |
| 2003 - M. Takashi | 2003 - K.M. Liechti | 2002 - R. Chona |
| 2002 - A. Lagarde | 2001 - G.L. Cloud | 2001 - J.F. Doyle |
| 2001 - R.J. Pryputniewicz | 2000 - K. Ravi-Chandar | 2000 - J. McKelvie |
| 2000 - Y.J. Chao | 1999 - Michael M. Lemcoe | 1999 - Michael A. Sutton |
| 1999 - Thomas W. Corby, Jr. | 1998 - M. Ramulu | 1998 - M.Y.Y. Hung |
| 1998 - J.F. Kalthoff | 1997 - T. Kunio | 1997 - S.P. Wnuk, Jr. |
| 1997 - J.B. Ligon | 1996 - M. Nisida | 1996 - R. Prabhakaran |
| 1995 - I.M. Allison | 1995 - G.E. Maddux | 1994 - Arun Shukla |
| 1994 - J.L. Turner | 1993- J.A. Gilbert | 1993 - T.C. Huang |
| 1992 - W.N. Sharpe, Jr. | 1992 - S.E. Swartz | 1988 - J.F. Bell |
| 1988 - K.A. Stetson | 1988 - J. Der Hovanesian | 1987 - N.J. Hoff |
| 1987 - M.L. Williams, Jr. | 1987 - W.G. Knauss | 1987 - C. Lipson |
| 1986 - K.H. Laermann | 1986 - R.D. Mindlin | 1986 - R. Mark |
| 1986 - J.T. Pindera | 1985 - C.P. Burger | 1985 - K.G. McConnell |
| 1985 - G.R. Irwin | 1985 - W.F. Ranson | 1984 - C.W. Bert |
| 1984 - M.E. Fourney | 1984 - H.F. Brinson | 1983 - F.P. Chiang |
| 1983 - W.L. Fourney | 1983 - T.D. Dudderar | 1983 - D.R. Harting |
| 1982 - E.E. Day | 1982 - R.E. Rowlands | 1982 - E.I. Riegner |
| 1982 - C.A. Sciammarella | 1981 - I.M. Daniel | 1981 - V.J. Parks |
| 1981 - J. Dorsey | 1981 - C.E. Work | 1980 - P.H. Adams |
| 1980 - L.J. Weymouth | 1980 - R.J. Sanford | 1980 - W.C. Young |
| 1979 - J.W. Dalley | 1979 - R.H. Homewood | 1979 - L.S. Srinath |
| 1979 - D.J. DeMichele | 1979 - S.S. Redner | 1979 - P.S. Theocaris |
| 1978 - J.W. Dally | 1978 - A.E. Johnson | 1978 - E.O. Stitz |
| 1978 - M. Holt | 1978 - D.E. Niles | 1978 - W.F. Swinson |
| 1977 - G. Ellis | 1977 - C.C. Perry | 1977 - W. Ramberg |
| 1977 - B.E. Rossi | 1977 - J.C. Telinde | 1977 - A.S. Kobayashi |
| 1977 - D. Post | 1977 - W.F. Riley | 1977 - C.W. Smith |
| 1977 - D.K. Wright | 1976 - F.C. Bailey | 1976 - S.S. Manson |
| 1976 - R.E. Peterson | 1976 - P.K. Stein | 1976 - C.E. Taylor |
| 1976 - W.T. Bean | 1976 - F.J. McCormick | 1976 - C.R. Smith |
| 1976 - F.B. Stern | 1976 - F. Zandman | 1975 - D.C. Drucker |
| 1975 - M. Hetényi | 1975 - J.H. Meier | 1975 - F.G. Tatnall |
| 1975 - A.J. Durelli | 1975 - M.M. Leven | 1975 - W.M. Murray |
| 1975 - T.J. Dolan |