Springer/Nature Publishing Young Investigator Lecture

Sponsored by Springer/Nature

The Society has a number of awards which, by their nature, are intended to recognize senior members of the Society for their work in Experimental Mechanics. However, it is also important that the Society recognize members early in their career whose work demonstrates considerable potential in the field of Experimental Mechanics. That is the focus of this lecture.

As with all SEM awards, we strongly solicit nominations from the members of the Society for this lecture. The nominee should be recognized for the potential of work early in his/her career, and should be a member of the Society. On the academic side, this could be someone at the Assistant or Associate Professor level. On the industrial or Government Lab side, it could be someone up to 10 years after hire. These are only guidelines and not absolute rules.

Award Guidelines      Award Nomination Form

In recognition of outstanding mid-career contributions to experimental mechanics.

Ramathasan Thevamaran
Ramathasan Thevamaran is the Bernard A. and Frances M. Weideman Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Wisconsin - Madison. He received his B.Sc.Eng.(Hons.) (2008) in Civil Engineering from the University of Peradeniya - Sri Lanka, and his M.S. (2010) and Ph.D. (2015) in Mechanical Engineering from Caltech. Prior to joining UW-Madison as an Assistant Professor in 2017, he was a Postdoctoral Research Associate...
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