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The Melosh Competition
Finite Elements in Analysis and Design 40 (2004) 1573 www.elsevier.com/locate/ nel
Editorial
The Melosh Competition The Robert J. Melosh Medal Competition for the Best Student Paper on Finite Element Analysis was inaugurated by the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Duke University in 1989, to honor Professor Melosh for his pioneering work on the nite element method and for his dedication to research, teaching, and service during his tenure at Duke University. Papers are invited in all areas of nite element analysis. Six nalists are selected annually by a panel of judges, and these papers are presented orally at a symposium in early spring. The papers in this volume were presented at the 15th Annual Competition, held at Duke University on March 28, 2003. Participants in the symposium were Judges Professor Sanjay Govindjee, University of California at Berkeley, Professor Mark Shephard, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Dr. James R. Stewart, Sandia National Laboratories. Student nalists Ushnish Basu, University of California at Berkeley, Zhihing Liu, University of Calgary, Sha gh Mehraeen, University of California at Los Angeles, Prasanna Raghavan, Ohio State University, Afsin Saritas, University of California at Berkeley, Jin Wang, University of Calgary. The student winner of the 15th Robert J. Melosh Medal was Mr. Prasanna Raghavan of Ohio State University. T.A. Laursen Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering; Duke University; 127 Hudson Hall; P.O. Box 90287 Durham; NC 27708-0287; USA E-mail address: [email protected]
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Editorial
The Melosh Competition The Robert J. Melosh Medal Competition for the Best Student Paper on Finite Element Analysis was inaugurated by the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Duke University in 1989, to honor Professor Melosh for his pioneering work on the nite element method and for his dedication to research, teaching, and service during his tenure at Duke University. Papers are invited in all areas of nite element analysis. Six nalists are selected annually by a panel of judges, and these papers are presented orally at a symposium in early spring. The papers in this volume were presented at the 15th Annual Competition, held at Duke University on March 28, 2003. Participants in the symposium were Judges Professor Sanjay Govindjee, University of California at Berkeley, Professor Mark Shephard, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Dr. James R. Stewart, Sandia National Laboratories. Student nalists Ushnish Basu, University of California at Berkeley, Zhihing Liu, University of Calgary, Sha gh Mehraeen, University of California at Los Angeles, Prasanna Raghavan, Ohio State University, Afsin Saritas, University of California at Berkeley, Jin Wang, University of Calgary. The student winner of the 15th Robert J. Melosh Medal was Mr. Prasanna Raghavan of Ohio State University. T.A. Laursen Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering; Duke University; 127 Hudson Hall; P.O. Box 90287 Durham; NC 27708-0287; USA E-mail address: [email protected]
0168-874X/$ - see front matter ? 2004 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. doi:10.1016/j. nel.2004.02.001