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The 2020 Theodore von Kármán Prize is awarded to Kaushik Bhattacharya for his major mathematical and computational contributions to materials science.
Selection Committee
L. Pamela Cook (Chair)
Phillip Colella
Fabio Nobile
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The 2014 Theodore von Kármán Prize is awarded to Richard D. James, whose contributions to materials science and mathematics have shaped a vibrant community. Starting from his own experiments, he has forged a path from rational mechanics, via the calculus of variations, deep into elliptic regularity theory and back. In particular, the prize honors his seminal work with John Ball on shape memory alloys, his more recent work with Gero Friesecke and Stefan Müller on a nonlinear Korn inequality that played an essential role in the successful rigorous derivation of nonlinear plate theories, and his very recent discovery and analysis of low-hysteresis shape memory alloys.
Selection Committee
Felix Otto (Chair)
David Kinderlehrer
Mary F. Wheeler
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The 2014 Theodore von Kármán Prize is awarded to Weinan E for his deep mathematical contributions to fundamental questions in physics ranging from the structure of matter to turbulence, to a rejuvenation of numerical analysis in the light of multiple scales, and for his eclectic and ingenious solutions in scientific computing.
Selection Committee
Felix Otto (Chair)
David Kinderlehrer
Mary F. Wheeler
Selection Committee
Charles Doering (Chair)
Clint Dawson
Charbel Farhat
Selection Committee
J. Tinsley Oden (Chair)
Thomas R. J. Hughes
Richard James
Selection Committee
Jerrold E. Marsden (Chair)
Philippe Ciarlet
Joseph B. Keller
Selection Committee
Julian D. Cole (Chair)
Stuart S. Antman
Selection Committee
Marshall P. Tulin (Chair)
Hirsh Cohen
Julian D. Cole
Selection Committee
Joseph B. Keller (Chair)
George F. Carrier
Marshall P. Tulin
1979 George F. Carrier and Joseph B. Keller
Selection Committee
Richard C. DiPrima (Chair)
Julian D. Cole
Herbert B. Keller
1972 Sir Geoffrey Taylor
Selection Committee
George F. Carrier (Chair)
Lester Lees
C.C. Li