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THE WARNER T. KOITER MEDAL was established in 1; ; ; to recognize distinguished
contributions to the field of solid mechanics with special emphasis on the effective
blending of theoretical and applied elements; and on a high degree of leadership in
the international solid mechanics community.
The medal honors Dr. Warner T. Koiter; world-renowned authority in the field of
solid mechanics; and it commemorates his vast contributions as research engineer and
teacher.
PEDRO PONTE-CASTAÑEDA; Ph.D.; professor and Raymond S. Markowitz faculty
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Dr. Ponte-Castañeda has been a member of the faculty
at the - niversity of Pennsylvania; Philadelphia;
since 1; ; 0. He is currently Raymond S. Markowitz faculty
fellow and a professor in the department of
mechanical engineering and applied mechanics; and a
member of the graduate group in applied mathematics
and computational science.
Prior to ;oining Penn; Ponte-Castañeda was assistant
professor of mechanical engineering at the ;ohns Hopkins
- niversity; ; altimore ;1; ; ; –; 0;. Earlier; he was a
research officer in the School of Mathematical Sciences
at the - niversity of ; ath; - .K. ;1; ; ; –; ; ;.
Ponte-Castañeda has held visiting positions at the
CNRS;s ;National Center for Scientific Research;
Laboratory of Mechanics and Acoustics in Marseilles;
France ;1; ; ; and 200; ;; the Laboratory of Solid Mechanics at Ncole PolytechniCue in
Paris ;1; ; ; and 2001;; the department of applied mathematics and theoretical physics
at the - niversity of Cambridge; - .K. ;1; ; ; ;; Corpus Christi College in the - niversity
of Cambridge ;1; ; ; ;; and the Institute of Applied Mechanics at the - niversity of
Stuttgart; ; ermany ;201; –1; ;. He was a professor of mechanics at the Ncole PolytechniCue
;200; –0; ; part time 200; –0; ;.
His research is focused on the development of nonlinear homogenization methods
and on their use to generate constitutive models for metal-matrix composites; porous
materials; fissured media; reinforced and porous rubbers; polycrystalline ice and other
geo-materials; magneto- and electro-active elastomers and suspensions of deformable
particles in fluids; as well as on models for microstructure evolution and its effect on
the macroscopic stability in these systems. He has been an advisor for more than
2; Ph.D. students and postdoctoral researchers; several of whom are now faculty
members at universities around the world.
Ponte-Castañeda is currently associate editor of the !9!!nal 90 ! /-2an3-!an. !2C!3-!
90 !9l3.!; the !9!!nal 90 !la!!3-3!C and !9!:!/!!/n.!!! E-an3;!/. He has published more
than 1; ; papers on the mechanics and physics of heterogeneous material systems in
archival ;ournals. In addition; he has written lecture notes ;Ncole PolytechniCue; on
heterogeneous materials and served as co-editor of a NATO Science Series volume on
“Nonlinear Homogenization and its Applications to Composites; Polycrystals and
Smart Materials; ;Springer; 200; ;.
An ASME Fellow; Ponte-Castañeda has been a member of the Applied Mechanics
Division;s ;AMD;s; Technical Committee on Instability in Solids and Structures and
Technical Committee on Mechanics of Soft Materials since 1; ; ; and 2010; respectively.
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