George Irwin

George Rankin Irwin (El Paso, 26 de fevereiro de 1907 — 9 de outubro de 1998) foi um engenheiro estadunidense.

É reconhecido principalmente nos campos da mecânica da fratura e resistência dos materiais.

Irwin foi membro da Academia Nacional de Engenharia dos Estados Unidos e membro estrangeiro da Royal Society.

Adicionalmente, recebeu as seguintes condecorações:

• 1946 - Naval Distinguished Civilian Service Award
• 1947 - Knox College Alumni Achievement Award
• 1959 - ASTM Charles B. Dudley Medal
• 1960 - RESA Award for Applied Research
• 1961 - Ford Foundation Visiting Professorship, University of Illinois
• 1966 - ASTM Award of Merit
• 1966 - American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Thurston Lecture
• 1967 - Fellow, ASTM
• 1969 - University of Illinois Engineering Achievement Award
• 1969 - U. S. Navy Conrad Award
• 1969 - Alumni Achievement Award, University of Illinois
• 1973 - SESA Murray Lectureship Award
• 1974 - Lehigh University Academic Leadership Award
• 1974 - ASTM honorary member
• 1974 - American Society for Metals Sauveur Award
• 1976 - The Grande Medaille Award of the French Metallurgical Society of France
• 1977 - Medalha Nadai
• 1977 - B. J. Lazan Award from the Society for Experimental Mechanics
• 1977 - Honorary degree, doctor of engineering, Lehigh University
• 1977 - Election to the National Academy of Engineering
• 1978 - ASTM-Irwin Award
• 1979 - Francis J. Clamer Clauier Medal of the Franklin Institute
• 1982 - Governor’s Citation for Distinguished Service to Maryland
• 1982 - Tetmajer Award of the Technical University of Vienna, Austria
• 1985 - Fellow, Society for Experimental Mechanics
• 1986 - Medalha Timoshenko
• 1987 - ASM Gold Medal for Outstanding Contributions to Engineering and Science
• 1987 - Elected to foreign membership, British Royal Society
• 1988 - ASTM Fracture Mechanics Award and the George R. Irwin Medal
• 1989 - Honorary membership in Deutscher Verband für Material Prufung
• 1990 - Honorary membership in the American Ceramic Society
• 1990 - Albert Sauveur Lecture Award
• 1992 - George R. Irwin Research Award, University of Maryland
• 1993 - Engineering Innovation Hall of Fame at the University of Maryland
• 1998 - A. James Clark Outstanding Commitment Award University of Maryland
• 1998 - Appointed Glenn L. Martin Institute Professor of Engineering

• Dally, James W.,George R. Irwin, Memorial Tributes: National Academy of Engineering, Volume 10 (2002), p 146-153, National Academy of Engineering (NAE). http://darwin.nap.edu/books/0309084571/html/146.html^{[ligação inativa]}

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