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PRESIDENT Professor Patrick Huerre huerre@ladhyx.polytechnique.fr SECRETARY GENERAL Professor Bernhard A. Schrefler CISM International Centre for Mechanical Sciences Palazzo del Torso Piazza Garibaldi 18 - 33100 Udine bas@dic.unipd.it |
Regulations and Call for Fellow NominationsThe EUROMECH - European Mechanics Society Council has the pleasure to announce the introduction of the category of EUROMECH Fellow, starting in 2005. The status of Fellow is awarded to members who have contributed significantly to the advancement of mechanics and related fields. This may be through their original research and publications, or their innovative contributions in the application of mechanics and technological developments, or through distinguished contribution to the discipline in other ways.
Election to the status of Fellow of EUROMECH - European Mechanics Society will take place in the year of the appropriate EUROMECH Conference, EFMC or ESMC respectively, and is limited in total (fluids and solids together) to no more than one-half of one percent of the then current membership of the Society. Nomination conditions:• The nomination is made by two sponsors who must be members of the Society; • Successful nominees must be members of the Society; • Each nomination packet must contain a completed Nomination Form, signed by the two sponsors, and no more than four Supporting Letters (including the two from the sponsors) Nomination Process:• The nomination packet (nomination form and supporting letters) must be submitted before 15 January in the year of election to Fellow (the year of the respective EFMC or ESMC); • Nominations will be reviewed before the end of February by the EUROMECH Fellow Committee; • Final approval will be given by the EUROMECH – European Mechanics Society Council during its meeting in the year of election to Fellow; • Notification of newly elected Fellows will be made in May following the Council meeting; • The Fellow award ceremony will take place during the EFMC or ESMC as appropriate; • Nominations remain active for two successive campaigns. Required documents and how to submit nominations:Nomination packets need to be sent before the deadline (before 15 January of the year of the respective EFMC or ESMC) to the President of the Society. Supporting data• Suggested Citation to appear on the Fellowship Certificate (30 words max) • Supporting Paragraph enlarging on the Citation, indicating the Originality and Significance of the Contributions cited (limit 250 words) • Nominees most Significant Principal Publications (list at most 8) • Nominee's other contributions (invited talks, patents, professional service, teaching etc.). List at most 10 • Nominee's academic background (University Degrees, year awarded, major field) • Nominee's employment background (position held, employed by, duties, dates) Sponsors dataEach sponsor (there are two sponsors) should sign the nomination form, attach a letter of recommendation and provide the following information:• sponsor’s name • professional address • email address • sponsors signature/date Fellow committeesA Fellow Committee, with a Chair and four additional members shall be appointed by the EUROMECH Council for a period of three years. The Chair and the four additional members may be re-appointed once. The committee shall select a recipient from the nominations. The final decision is made by the EUROMECH Council.The members of the Fluid Mechanics Fellow Committee are:
Chairmen's AddressesProfessor A. Kluwick (Chair, Fluids) Professor A. Kluwick Institut für Strömungsmechanik und Wärmeübertragung Technische Universität Wien Resselgasse 3, A -1040 Wien, Austria Tel. : +43 1 58801 32220 Fax : +43 1 58801 32299 E-mail: akluwick@mail.tuwien.ac.at Professor W. Schiehlen (Chair, Solids) Institute of Engineering and Computational Mechanics University of Stuttgart Pfaffenwaldring 9 D-70550 Stuttgart, Germany Phone: +49 711 685-66391 Fax :+49 711 685-66400 E-mail : schiehlen@itm.uni-stuttgart.de |
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