UC Santa Barbara engineering professor Robert McMeeking has been awarded the 2014 William Prager Medal from the Society of Engineering Science (SES). The award recognizes “outstanding research contributions in either theoretical or experimental solid mechanics or both.”

McMeeking is cited for “for contributions underpinning finite deformation computational mechanics and the constitutive characterization of advanced structural and functional materials, including fracture and deformation of ceramics, composite materials, ferroelectrics, and the mechanics of adhesion and cells.” He will receive his medal at the SES 51st Annual Technical Meeting in October at Purdue University.

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