Archie Higdon Distinguished Educator Award

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Colonel Archie Higdon

The Archie Higdon Distinguished Educator Award is given annually by the Mechanics Division for distinguished and outstanding contributions to engineering mechanics education. The nomination package should include the following:

  1. A letter of nomination and no more than four accompanying letters of support that delineate the nominee's contribution to mechanics education, and
  2. Nominee's curriculum vitae.

The award consists of a plaque to be given at the annual Mechanics Division Banquet and registration for the ASEE Annual Conference along with registration for the Mechanics Division Banquet.

Past Recipients include the following:

1977 Archie Higdon

1978

 James L. Meriam
1979 Egor P. Popov
1980 Ferdinand P. Beer
1981 Ferdinand L. Singer
1982 William B. Stiles
1983 Milton E. Raville
1984 Clyde E. Work
1985 Daniel C. Drucker
1986 Daniel Frederick
1987 Eugene H. Ripperger
1988 Dan H. Pletta
1989 John A. Weese
1990 William F. Riley
1991 Robert E. Miller
1992 Andrew Pytel
1993 Authur Boresi
1994 E. Russell Johnston, Jr.
1995 Virgil Snyder
1996 L. Glenn Kraige
1997  J. N. Reddy
1998 Jerry H. Ginsberg
1999 No Award Given
2000 Richard McNitt
2001 Robert Mott
2002 Alan Wineman
2003 Autar Kaw
2004 Robert L. Norton
2005 Kumbakonam R. Rajagopal
2006 Clive Dym
2007 Cary A. Fisher
2008 Paul Steif
2009 Ing-Chang Jong

Note: Prior to 1992, the award was named the Distinguished Educator Award.

Prof. Joseph J. Rencis
204 Mechanical Engineering Building
University of Arkansas
Fayetteville, AR 72701
1-479-575-4153 (V-mail/Office)
1-479-575-6982 (FAX)
jjrencis@uark.edu (E-mail)

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Last updated: April 15, 2009.