Honors & Awards

SES oversees several awards and honors to members and eminent scholars of the field. A total of six medals are offered on an annual basis as well as election to Fellow grade of the Society

Huajian Gao Young Investigator Medal

The prize is in the form of a medal, the Society of Engineering Science Young Investigator Medal, and an award of $1000. The prize is awarded to a promising early-career researcher whose work has already had an impact in his/her field within the engineering sciences. Eligible candidates must have received their PhD or equivalent degree in the last 10 years at the time of the nomination deadline. Exceptions, at the discretion of the SES board of directors and on a case-by-case basis, may be made for researchers who have encountered a significant career disruption. In 2024, the SES Young Investigator Medal was renamed the Huajian Gao Young Investigator Medal. 

The deadline for submitting nominations is September 1st.

2024 SES Young Investigator Medalist

For outstanding contributions in understanding the mechanical behavior of heterogeneous and architected materials using a combined experimental and theoretical approach, leading to new design insights for structural applications.

Grace X. Gu

Past SES Young Investigator Medal Winners

2023

Yuheng Hu

Baoxing Xu

 

2022

Arend van der Zande

2021

Ximin He 

Cunjiang Yu

2020

Arezoo Adrekani 

Grace Zhang

2019

Jia-Liang Le 

2018

Sinan Keten

Yihui Zhang

2017

Oscar Lopez-Pamies

Xuanhe Zhao

2016

Teng Li

2015

Liping Liu

2014

Ting Zhu

2012

Markus Buehler

2013

Julia Greer

2011

Xi Chen

2010

Ioannis Chasiotis

2009

Mihri Ozkan

2007

Horacio Espinoza

2006

Yonggang Huang

2005

Huajian Gao

2004

Kaushik Bhattacharya

2000

L. Mahadevan

2023

Yuheng Hu

Baoxing Xu

 

2022

Arend van der Zande

2021

Ximin He 

Cunjiang Yu

2020

Arezoo Adrekani 

Grace Zhang

2019

Jia-Liang Le 

2018

Sinan Keten

Yihui Zhang

2017

Oscar Lopez-Pamies

Xuanhe Zhao

2016

Teng Li

2015

Liping Liu

2014

Ting Zhu

2012

Markus Buehler

2013

Julia Greer

2011

Xi Chen

2010

Ioannis Chasiotis

2009

Mihri Ozkan

2007

Horacio Espinoza

2006

Yonggang Huang

2005

Huajian Gao

2004

Kaushik Bhattacharya

2000

L. Mahadevan