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.

Elizabeth Jones
Elizabeth Jones received her PhD from the University of Illinois under Professor Nancy Sottos and is currently a Principal Member of Technical Staff at Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque, NM. Her work is split between using digital image correlation (DIC) for material model calibration and finite element model validation, and pushing the boundaries of DIC to measure deformation of samples under complex loading conditions and in harsh...
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