Susan K. Foss

In memory of Given A. Brewer, Teledyne Engineering Services, Waltham, Massachuetts, established the Brewer Teledyne Award in 1989 (now called Brewer Award).

Mr. Brewer created Brewer Engineering Laboratories. As its director, Mr. Brewer carried out over 700 projects using experimental and theoretical techniques. His business was later sold to Teledyne and he became a consultant to the company. Mr. Brewer was a valued member of SEM and was active in both leadership and technical activities. The annual award will consist of an award plaque in the recipient’s name.

The criteria for the award stipulates that it be given to “an outstanding practicing experimentalist” chosen by the Honors Committee. The award is intended as recognition of skill in the practical application of experimental mechanics techniques. A person whose primary affiliation is with a university would be eligible if substantial amounts of consulting work involved hands-on experimental analysis. The first Brewer-Teledyne award was presented in June, 1989 to (Mrs.) Heidi Brewer in her husband’s memory.

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Yuanchang Chen
Dr. Yuanchang Chen is currently a Mechanical Engineer at Applied Materials, Inc. He received his Ph.D. degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Massachusetts Lowell in 2019 under the guidance of Dr. Peter Avitabile. His industrial and university experience includes modal analysis and testing, analytical and experimental structural dynamics, vibration, finite element analysis, and model correlation and updating. He is an active researcher and has written over 40 journal and conference papers. He also served as a technical editor of Experimental Techniques since 2020.