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The Twenty-Second Annual Robert J. Melosh Competition
Finite Elements in Analysis and Design 47 (2011) 571
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Editorial
The Twenty-Second Annual Robert J. 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 finite element method and for his dedication to research, teaching, and service during his tenure at Duke University. Papers are invited in all areas of finite element analysis. Finalists 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 22nd Annual Competition, held at Duke University, on April 30, 2010. Participants in the symposium were: Judges: Professor Omar Ghattas, The University of Texas at Austin Professor Barbara Wohlmuth, Technical University of Munich
0168-874X/$ - see front matter & 2011 Published by Elsevier B.V. doi:10.1016/j.finel.2011.03.012
Student Finalists: Marcial Gonzalez, California Institute of Technology Ming-Chen Hsu, University of California San Diego Alejandro Ortiz, University of California Davis Jay Oswald, Northwestern University Rashmi Raghu, Stanford University Phanish Suryanarayana, California Institute of Technology Kris van der Zee, University of Texas at Austin The student winner of the 22nd Robert J. Melosh Medal was Phanish Suryanarayana of the California Institute of Technology.
Contents lists available at ScienceDirect
Finite Elements in Analysis and Design journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/finel
Editorial
The Twenty-Second Annual Robert J. 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 finite element method and for his dedication to research, teaching, and service during his tenure at Duke University. Papers are invited in all areas of finite element analysis. Finalists 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 22nd Annual Competition, held at Duke University, on April 30, 2010. Participants in the symposium were: Judges: Professor Omar Ghattas, The University of Texas at Austin Professor Barbara Wohlmuth, Technical University of Munich
0168-874X/$ - see front matter & 2011 Published by Elsevier B.V. doi:10.1016/j.finel.2011.03.012
Student Finalists: Marcial Gonzalez, California Institute of Technology Ming-Chen Hsu, University of California San Diego Alejandro Ortiz, University of California Davis Jay Oswald, Northwestern University Rashmi Raghu, Stanford University Phanish Suryanarayana, California Institute of Technology Kris van der Zee, University of Texas at Austin The student winner of the 22nd Robert J. Melosh Medal was Phanish Suryanarayana of the California Institute of Technology.