PHILIP G, HODGE RECEIVES THE DANIEL C. DRUCKER MEDAL -
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Published on: 10/16/2000
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PHILIP G, HODGE RECEIVES THE DANIEL C. DRUCKER MEDAL
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NEW YORK, Oct. 16, 2000 -- Dr. Philip G. Hodge, a resident of Palo Alto, Calif., and visiting professor emeritus at Stanford University, California, will be honored by ASME International (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers).He is being recognized for significant contributions to the theory of plasticity and dedicated service to the ASME.He will receive the Society's Daniel C. Drucker Medal.
The medal, established in 1997, is conferred for distinguished contributions to the field of applied mechanics and mechanical engineering over a substantial period of time.It will be presented to Hodge during ASME's 2000 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, which is being held in Orlando, Fla., Nov. 5 through 10.
During a career spanning more than 50 years, Hodge has made tremendous contributions as a teacher, researcher, author, editor, and administrator.He began his teaching career as an assistant professor of mathematics at the University of California, Los Angeles, in 1949.Subsequently, he taught at Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn, N.Y. (1953-57); the Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago (1957-71); and the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, where, in 1991, he became professor emeritus.Since 1992, Hodge has been visiting professor emeritus of mechanical engineering at Stanford.Throughout his academic career, Hodge has provided consulting services to various entities.
For the past 18 years, Hodge has served as secretary of the U.S. National Committee on Theoretical and Applied Mechanics.In this role he has been a sustaining force behind the evolution of this organization into a cohesive group that has a significant impact on both the national and international mechanics communities.Concurrently, he has been a U.S. delegate to the General Assembly of the International Union of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics.
Hodge authored/co-authored five books which constitute major contributions to the literature in plasticity and continuum mechanics.Additionally, he has written over 100 refereed published papers.
An ASME member since 1949, Fellow since 1969 and Honorary Member since 1977, Hodge has served on numerous national boards and committees.For the Applied Mechanics Division, he was sponsor of plasticity (1955, 1957-58), served on the executive committee (1963-68) and was chair (1967-68).As technical editor of the Journal of Applied Mechanics (1971-76), he created the operational structure that continues to be followed today.
Hodge is a member of the National Academy of Engineering.Among the awards he has received are the ASME Worcester Reed Warner Medal (1965), the American Academy of Mechanics Award for Distinguished Service to the Field of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (1977), the Euler Medal of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR (1983), the American Society of Civil Engineers' Theodore von Karman Medal (1985) and the ASME Medal (1987).
Hodge received his bachelor's degree in mathematics at Antioch College (Yellow Springs, Ohio) in 1943.He earned his doctorate in applied mathematics at Brown University (Providence, R.I.) in 1949.
ASME International is a 125,000-member organization focused on technical, educational and research issues.ASME conducts one of the world's largest technical publishing operations, holds some 30 technical conferences and 200 professional development courses each year, and sets internationally recognized industrial and manufacturing standards.
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