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.
2025 Fellow Awards
In recognition of distinguished contributions to the field of experimental mechanics, and service to that field through the Society.
Dr. Antoun is a Distinguished Member of the Technical Staff in the Mechanics of Materials Department at Sandia National Laboratories in Livermore, California. She received her B.S. in Civil Engineering, M.S. degrees in Mechanical Engineering and Engineering Mechanics, and Ph.D. in Engineering Mechanics from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 1998, after which she joined Sandia. Her research interests are in the mechanical behavior of materials with...
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Christian Franck is the Bjorn Borgen Professor in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. His work specializes in cellular biomechanics and new experimental mechanics techniques at the micro and nanoscale, including unique three-dimensional full-field imaging capabilities based on multiphoton and confocal microscopy and digital volume correlation. Current application areas of these three-dimensional microscopy techniques...
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Helena received her Ph.D. from the University of Maryland, College Park. Through her Ph.D. study and fifteen years of R&D experience at Sandia National Laboratories, Helena has made significant contributions to experimental mechanics, particularly in developing experimental techniques for small scale characterization, integrating the full-field deformation measurement technique with in-situ mechanical testing and advanced...
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Prof. Luciano LAMBERTI is a Professor of Mechanical Design in the Politecnico di Bari (Italy) where he leads the Optical Techniques laboratory. His research interests cover Experimental Mechanics, Structural Optimization, Nanosciences, and Bioengineering. He specializes in optical techniques, inverse methods, optical super-resolution, cell elasticity, micro/nano-manipulation with optical resonators...
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Dr. Mark Richardson co-founded Vibrant Technology, Inc. in 1991, and is currently its President and CEO. Vibrant is the developer of the MEscope™ software family of post-test noise and vibration analysis tools.
Mark received a BSME degree in 1964, MSME degree in 1966, and PhD in Mechanical Engineering in 1969, all from the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana....
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| 2009 - Igor Emri | 2009 - Horacio D. Espinosa | 2009 - Ares J. Rosakis |
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| 2003 - M. Takashi | 2003 - K.M. Liechti | 2002 - R. Chona |
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| 2001 - R.J. Pryputniewicz | 2000 - K. Ravi-Chandar | 2000 - J. McKelvie |
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| 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 - A. 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 |
