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JOHN L. BASSANI

William Prager Medal

Congratulations to John Bassani, Professor Emeritus of Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics, on winning the Society of Engineering Science (SES) Prager Medal.

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Bassani was awarded for “contributions to the mechanics of materials in the areas of dislocation mechanics, crystal plasticity, texture evolution, creep fracture, interfacial fracture, grain boundaries, and bio-hydrogels, using methods that link atomistic modeling, continuum mechanics, and computation.”

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The SES Prager medal is given in recognition of outstanding research contributions in either theoretical or experimental solid mechanics or both.

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The Rigors of Engineering and the Olympics

Chinedum Osuji, Eduardo D. Glandt Presidential Professor and Chair of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, shares insights from his journey in engineering and Taekwondo.

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