The Committee consists of ten members. Three past medalists, each serving no more than three-years; the three most recent past chairs of the Executive Committee, each serving a three year term; the current Executive Committee Chair; Vice Chair; and Honors & Awards Committee Chair, each serving a three-year term; one Technical Committee Chair determined by rotation, serving no more than one year in a six year cycle. The order of rotation shall be as follows:  Polymers, AMD-MD Joint Committee on Constitutive Equations, Composites and Heterogeneous Materials, Electronic Materials, Materials Processing, Multifunctional Materials. The current Executive Committee Chair will serve as the Nadai Medal Chair.

CHAIR

Dennis Siginer, Ph.D., Sc.D.
Assistant Provost
The Petroleum Institute
P.O. Box 2533
Abu Dhabi, UAE
Tel.: 971-2-607 5168
Fax: 971-2-607-5080
Email: dsiginer@pi.ac.ae

MEMBERS

MD Executive Committee

Arunachalam M. Rajendran, Ph.D.
Department of Mechanical Engineering
201-B Carrier Hall
University of Mississippi
University, MS 38677
Tel: 662 915 5770
Fax: 662 915 1640
Email: raj@olemiss.edu

Mohammed Zikry, Ph.D.
North Carolina State University
Dept. of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
P. O. Box 7910
Raleigh, NC 27695-0001
Tel: 919- 515-5237
Fax:919- 515-7968
Email: zikry@eos.ncsu.edu

Past Nadai Medalists

2006 Medalist (Term: 2007-2009)
Richard M. Christensen, D. Eng.
Aeronautics and Astronautics Department
Stanford University
Stanford CA 94305-5721
Tel. 650-723-7969
Fax 650-725-3377
Email: christensen@stanford.edu

2007 Medalist (Term: 2008-2010)
Huseyin Sehitoglu, Ph.D.
University of Illinois @ Urbana
158 Mech Engrg Bldg
1206 W Green St
Urbana, IL  61801-2906
Tel: 217-244-7388
Fax: 217-244-6534
Email: huseyin@uiuc.edu

2008 Medalist (Term: 2009-2011)
Zdenek P. Bazant, Ph.D.
Northwestern University
Civil Engineering Department
2145 Sheridan Rd A-135
Evanston, IL  60208
Tel: 847-491-4025
Fax: 847-491-1078
Email: z-bazant@northwestern.edu

2009 Medalist (Term: 2010-1012)
Lambert B. Freund , PHD
Brown University, Engineering Division, Box D
Providence, RI  02912-0001
Phone: (401)863-1476
Fax: (401)863-2857
Email: FREUND@BROWN.EDU

Past MD Chairs

Past Chair 2005-2006 (Term: 2007-2009)
Robert C. Wetherhold Ph.D.
Dept. of Mech. & Aerospace Engineering
State University of NY
606 Furnas Hall, North Campus
Buffalo, NY14260-0001
Tel: 716-645-2593
Fax: 716-636-3875
Email: mecrcw@acsu.buffalo.edu

Past Chair 2006-2007 (Term: 2008-2010)
Mark F. Horstemeyer, Ph.D.
Mechanical Engineering Dept.
Mississippi State University
206 Carpenter Blvd., P.O. Box ME
Mississippi State, MS 39762
Tel: 662-325-7308 (office)
Fax: 662-325-7223 (fax)
Email: mfhorst@me.msstate.edu

Past Chair 2007-2008 (Term: 2009-2011)
Devdas M. Pai, Ph.D., P.E.
North Carolina A&T State University
Dept. of Mechanical Engineering
602 Mc Nair Hall
Greensboro, NC  27411-0001
Tel: 336- 256-1151/Ext. 2106
Fax: 336- 334-7417
Email: pai@ncat.edu

Past Chair  2008-2009
Dennis Siginer, Ph.D., ScD
Distinguished University Professor and Assistant Provost
The Petroleum Institute
FASME, FAAM, FNYAS
P.O. Box 2533
Abu Dhabi, UAE
Tel.: 971-2-607 5168 / Fax: 971-2-607-5080
Email: dsiginer@pi.ac.ae

MD Technical Committee

Composites & Heterogeneous Materials (Term: 2009)
Valeria La Saponara, Ph.D.
Dept.  of Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering,
One Shields Ave, 2132 Bainer Hall
University of California
Davis, CA 95616-5294
Tel: 530-754-8938
Fax: 530-752-4158
Email: vlasaponara@ucdavis.edu