George Irwin

George Rankin Irwin
Nascimento 26 de fevereiro de 1907
El Paso (Texas)
Morte 9 de outubro de 1998 (91 anos)
College Park
Nacionalidade Estadunidense
Cidadania Estados Unidos
Alma mater
Ocupação engenheiro, professor universitário
Distinções Medalha Nadai (1977), Medalha Timoshenko (1986)
Empregador(a) Universidade Lehigh
Campo(s) Engenharia

George Rankin Irwin (El Paso, 26 de fevereiro de 1907 — 9 de outubro de 1998) foi um engenheiro estadunidense.

É reconhecido principalmente nos campos da mecânica da fratura e resistência dos materiais.

Condecorações

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Irwin foi membro da Academia Nacional de Engenharia dos Estados Unidos e membro estrangeiro da Royal Society.

Adicionalmente, recebeu as seguintes condecorações:

  • 1946 - Naval Distinguished Civilian Service Award
  • 1947 - Knox College Alumni Achievement Award
  • 1959 - ASTM Charles B. Dudley Medal
  • 1960 - RESA Award for Applied Research
  • 1961 - Ford Foundation Visiting Professorship, University of Illinois
  • 1966 - ASTM Award of Merit
  • 1966 - American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Thurston Lecture
  • 1967 - Fellow, ASTM
  • 1969 - University of Illinois Engineering Achievement Award
  • 1969 - U. S. Navy Conrad Award
  • 1969 - Alumni Achievement Award, University of Illinois
  • 1973 - SESA Murray Lectureship Award
  • 1974 - Lehigh University Academic Leadership Award
  • 1974 - ASTM honorary member
  • 1974 - American Society for Metals Sauveur Award
  • 1976 - The Grande Medaille Award of the French Metallurgical Society of France
  • 1977 - Medalha Nadai
  • 1977 - B. J. Lazan Award from the Society for Experimental Mechanics
  • 1977 - Honorary degree, doctor of engineering, Lehigh University
  • 1977 - Election to the National Academy of Engineering
  • 1978 - ASTM-Irwin Award
  • 1979 - Francis J. Clamer Clauier Medal of the Franklin Institute
  • 1982 - Governor’s Citation for Distinguished Service to Maryland
  • 1982 - Tetmajer Award of the Technical University of Vienna, Austria
  • 1985 - Fellow, Society for Experimental Mechanics
  • 1986 - Medalha Timoshenko
  • 1987 - ASM Gold Medal for Outstanding Contributions to Engineering and Science
  • 1987 - Elected to foreign membership, British Royal Society
  • 1988 - ASTM Fracture Mechanics Award and the George R. Irwin Medal
  • 1989 - Honorary membership in Deutscher Verband für Material Prufung
  • 1990 - Honorary membership in the American Ceramic Society
  • 1990 - Albert Sauveur Lecture Award
  • 1992 - George R. Irwin Research Award, University of Maryland
  • 1993 - Engineering Innovation Hall of Fame at the University of Maryland
  • 1998 - A. James Clark Outstanding Commitment Award University of Maryland
  • 1998 - Appointed Glenn L. Martin Institute Professor of Engineering

Bibliografia

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Precedido por
Eli Sternberg		 Medalha Timoshenko
1986		 Sucedido por
Ronald Rivlin