April. 3, 2007 Update

Solicited are the nominations for the three awards as listed below. The closing date for the nominations is March 31,2007 . Nominations are to be sent to Professor S.Valliappan somaval@bigpond.net.au by e-mail. The details for the nominations should not be more than 2 pages.

APACM AWARDS

The Asian-Pacific Association for Computational Mechanics announces the following awards to recognize outstanding contributions in computational mechanics:

APACM Congress Medal (Zienkiewicz Medal)

The Congress Medal is presented to honor an individual who has made outstanding and sustained contributions in the general field of computational mechanics over a substantial period of professional career and has shown leadership through contributions in promoting computational mechanics activities in the Asian-Pacific region.

This award will be given once in three years at the time of the APCOM Congress. The recipient of this award will be chosen by the APACM Awards Committee appointed by the Executive Council.

This award will be given to individuals who have made significant contributions in the fields of computational solid mechanics, computational fluid mechanics and fields other than solid and fluid mechanics. A maximum of three awards will be given once in three years at the time of the APCOM Congress.

Nominations will be called for by the APACM Awards Committee, which will select the winners of the award and recommend to the Executive Council. Self- nominations are not accepted. Nominations from different countries in the Asian-Pacific region will be invited.

This award will be given to recognize the outstanding accomplishments through published papers by researchers of 40 years old or younger. A maximum of six awards will be given once in three years at the time of the APCOM Congress.

Nominators may send only one nomination with details as to the qualification of the nominee with supporting evidence for the award. Self-nominations are not accepted. The APACM Awards Committee will select the winners and recommend to the Executive Council.