Minutes of the 65th Meeting of the Board of Directors,

Meeting of the Fellows, and Open Meeting of the Members

 

The 65th Meeting of the Board of Directors, the Fellows Meeting, and the Members Meeting were held on Wednesday, November 20, 2002 in the Elmwood Room of the Hilton-New Orleans Riverside Hotel, New Orleans, Louisiana, in conjunction with the 2002 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition.

 

  1. The meeting was called to order by President Bert at 14:30 CST. Since a quorum of the Board was not present, no official action by the Board was taken. [However, see Supplement at end of Minutes.] The following were in attendance: M. Beatty, C. Bert, S. Crandall, S. Datta, O. Dillon, A. Elias, I. Elishakoff, V. Giurgiutiu, A. Leissa, S. Nemat-Nasser, J. Reddy, C. Smith, C. Steele, C. Taylor, L. Wheeler.
  2. Minutes of the Previous Meeting. The minutes of the 64th Meeting of the Board, held in Blacksburg, VA on June 27, 2002 in conjunction with the 14th U.S. National Congress of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, were approved by those present.
  3. Treasurer’s Report. The Treasurer’s Report for the period January 1, 2002 – October 31, 2002 was presented on behalf of Treasurer R. Heller by C. Bert.
  4. Report of the Editor of MECHANICS. This report was presented on behalf of Editor H. Espinosa by C. Bert.
  5. Publisher’s Report. In the absence of the publisher, R. Haythornthwaite, no report was presented.
  6. AAM Activities. C. Bert described the following activities:
    1. It was proposed that a Workshop on Nanomechanic be conducted by the Academy with proposed sponsorship by NSF. It was proposed that H. Espinosa be the organizer and project director of the workshop.
    2. It was proposed that the Academy officially collaborate with the Society of Engineering Science (SES) in organizing special sessions and symposia, etc.
  7. PACAM VIII. C. Steele reported on the planning for PACAM VIII to be held at The University of Havana, Cuba, in January 2004.
  8. Awards Committee. C. Bert, on behalf of Committee Chair S. Ostrach, reported that H. Espinosa was selected to receive the 2002 Junior Achievement Award. The Outstanding Service Award was not awarded this year (2002).
  9. Adjudication Committee. C. Bert, on behalf of Committee Chair R. Haythornthwaite, reported that the Founders Prize and Grant was not being awarded in 2002.
  10. Director’s Reports. No director reports were received.
  11. Fellows Meeting. L. Wheeler, in his capacity as President-Elect, conducted the meeting with assistance from C. Bert, in his capacity as Secretary to the Fellows. The ballots were counted and the newly elected Fellows for 2002 are: R. Brodkey (Ohio StateUniversity), K. Chong (NSF), G. Maier (Milan Polytechnic), R. McMeeking (Univ. of California, Santa Barbara). It is noted that Professor Maier was a Corresponding Fellow. The Fellows present also elected S. Datta of the University of Colorado at Boulder as Secretary to the Fellows for a three year term starting January 1, 2003.
  12. Meeting Adjourned.

 

SUPPLEMENT TO THE MINUTES

 

In view of the lack of a quorum of Board members at the meeting, the following business of the Board was conducted electronically following the meeting:

 

  1. Selection of the nominee for Secretary of the Academy: R. Batra of Virginia Tech for a three year term. His name will be on the ballot to be sent to the membership along with provision for a write-in candidate.
  2. Agree that the Academy will propose to conduct a Workshop on Nanomechanics proposed to be sponsored by NSF.
  3. Agree that H. Espinosa of Northwestern University will be the Organizer and Project Director.
  4. Agree that the Academy would officially collaborate with the Society of Engineering Science (SES). This could involve AAM organizing special sessions or symposia at SES meetings, etc.

 

All four of these actions were approved unanimously.