Group for Mechanochemistry and Synthesis of New Materials
Honors and Awards
Valery Levitas
- Essential Science Indicator: Emerging Research Fronts Paper in Mathematics in August 2006
A. Mielke, F. Theil, and V.I. Levitas. A variational formulation of rate-independent phase
transformations using an extremum principle. Arch. Rational Mech. Anal., 162: 137-177, 2002. - Marquis Who Is Who (2006)
- Barnie E. Rushing, Jr. Faculty Distinguished Research Award (Texas Tech University, 2005)
- American Medal of Honor (American Biographical Institute, 2004)
- Best Professor Award (Pi Tau Sigma, Mechanical Engineering Department TTU, Fall 2001)
- Who Is Who in American Education (2005, 2006)
- Great Minds of the 21st Century (2003, 2004)
- 1000 Great Americans (2003, 2004)
- 2000 Outstanding Intellectuals of the 21st Century (2002, 2003, 2004)
- Who Is Who in Science and Engineering (2005)
- Who is Who in America (2002, 2003, 2004)
- Dictionary of International Biography (2003, 2005)
Michelle Pantoya
- Barnie E. Rushing, Jr. Faculty Distinguished Research Award (Texas Tech University, 2006, Nominated from CoE);
- Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE);
- Young Investigator Program Award Department of Defense
Javad Hashemi
- Lockheed Martin Excellence in Teaching Award
Keynote and Invited Lectures
Valery Levitas
1. Plasticity'06 (Halifax, Canada, 2006);
2. TMS Annual Meeting (San Antonio, Texas, 2006);
3. Plasticity’05 (Hawaii).
4. NSF FRG Workshop on High Pressure Phase Transformations, Knoxville (TN, 2005).
5. Joint ASME/ASCE/SES Conference on Mechanics and Materials (Baton Rouge, LA, 2005).
6. NATO Advanced Research Workshop "Innovative Superhard Materials and Sustainable Coatings" 2004 (Kiev, Ukraine).
7. Plasticity’03 (Quebec, Canada)
Michelle Pantoya
1. Material Research Society (MRS) fall meeting, December, 2003.
2. Gordon Research Conference, May 2004.
3. Material Research Society (MRS) fall meeting, Boston, MA, December, 2005
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