Advancing U.S. National and International Interests in the Field of Mechanics through the U.S. National Committee on Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (USNC/TAM)

本奖项支持美国国家技术与应用力学委员会2014年的活动。该委员会代表了对力学感兴趣的美国研究人员和科学家。因此，它代表了15个专业协会。该委员会既有国际议程，也有国内议程。有了这笔奖金，委员会将履行成员国对国际理论与应用力学联合会（IUTAM）的义务，支付会费，并派一名美国代表参加联合会大会，代表美国的利益。此外，该奖项通过提供行政支助和国家委员会年度会议来支持委员会的国内工作。通过美国国家技术与应用力学委员会的工作，美国研究界代表了国际技术与应用力学联合会的一般事务，其领导结构，国际技术与应用力学大会的组织，IUTAM技术专题讨论会的组织和奖励，以及IUTAM暑期学校。这些事件在研究中起到重要的催化剂作用。委员会还促进关于委员会主题事项的非正式国际合作和讨论。在国内，该委员会代表和参与力学社区。有了这个奖项，委员会的年度会议得以举行。该委员会负责监督美国理论与应用力学国会的组织，并发起了AMERIMECH系列研讨会。最终，委员会在国际和国内发挥领导作用，为技术和应用力学主题领域的科学外交作出贡献。

The present award supports the activities of the U.S. National Committee on Technical and Applied Mechanics in 2014. This committee represents the U.S. community of researchers and scientists with interest in mechanics. It thereby represents 15 professional societies. The committee has both international as well as domestic agendas. With this award the committee will fulfills the member country obligations to the International Union for Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (IUTAM) through paying membership dues, and sending a U.S. to the Union's General Assembly to represent U.S. interests. Furthermore, this awards supports the domestic efforts of the committee by enabling adminsitrative support as well as the annual meeting of the national committee.Through the work of the U.S. National Committee on Technical and Applied Mechanics the U.S. research community is represented in general matters of the International Union on Technical and Applied Mechanics, its leadership structure, the organization of the International Congress of Technical and Applied Mechanics, and the organization and award of IUTAM technical symposia, and of IUTAM summer schools. These events serve as important catalysts in research. The committee also facilitates informal international cooperation and discussion on the subject matter of the committee. Domestically, the committee represents and engages with the mechanics community. With this award the annual meeting of the committee is enabled. The committee oversees the organization of the U.S. Congress on Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, and has initiated the AMERIMECH symposium series. Ultimately, the work of the committee in its role of leadership internationally and nationally, leads to a contribution to scientific diplomacy in the subject area of technical and applied mechanics.