EUROMECH Fluids & Solids Mechanics Prize and Fellows 2018

We are pleased to announce the winners of the EUROMECH Fluids & Solids Mechanics Prizes 2018 and the newly elected EUROMECH Fellows for their outstanding contributions. Congratulations to all awardees!

The EUROMECH Fluid Mechanics Prize 2018 is awarded to Javier Jimenez (University of Madrid, Spain)

The EUROMECH Solid Mechanics Prize 2018 is awarded to Erik van der Giessen (University of Groningen, The Netherlands)

Newly elected Fluid Mechanics Fellows are:
Jean-Marc Chomaz (LadHyX, Ecole Polytechnique, France)
Leo Maas (Utrecht University, The Netherlands)
Laurette Tuckerman (PMMH-ESPCI, France)

Newly elected Solid Mechanics Fellows are:
William Curtin (EPFL, Switzerland)
Samuel Forest (Mines Paristech, France)
Wolfgang Wall (Technical University of Munich, Germany)
 
The Fluids Prize and the fellowships will be awarded in a special award session of the 12th European Fluid Mechanics Conference, to be held 9-13 September 2018 in Wien (Austria). At this occasion, the Prize recipient will deliver the Fluid Mechanics Prize Lecture.

The Solids Prize and the fellowships will be awarded in a special award session of the 10th European Solid Mechanics Conference, to be held 2-6 July 2018 in Bologna (Italy). At this occasion, the Prize recipient will deliver the Solid Mechanics Prize Lecture.