The Eighth Tribe, 1975 (2. évfolyam, 1-12. szám)
1975-12-01 / 12. szám
December, 1975 THE EIGHTH TRIBE Page 3 Dr. István S. Tuba: MGT NEWS In this issue we pause from the business objectives to focus our attention on a recent event which should make all of us proud of one of our ex-countrymen. *** The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)held their annual meeting in Houston, Texas from November 30 through December 4, 1975. During this huge technical conference, Professor George M. Sinclare, an outstanding native American born in Chicago, was honored by becoming the first recipient of the newly established “Nadai Award”. Very recently the ASME Committee on Honors and the ASME Council approved the founding of the Nadai Award as a Society Honor. Full name: THE ASME A. NADAI AWARD, it provides recognition of distinguished contributions to the research, development and application of materials. It is to he awarded annually. The need for such an award has been felt for many years: ASME has had no award in the important field of engineering materials. The feat of “engineering” its establishment is an achievement of Past Chairman Mike Manjoine. His motivation derives not only from the Division need, hut from his own desire to commemorate his world-renowned former colleague Dr. Nadai. Their co-authorship of the basic studies of strain-rate/temperature effects in mild steel, published in the Journal of Applied Mechanics in the late 40’s, is legend. For ties to ASME Professional Divisions. Dr. Nadai was active in the ASME working committees of the Applied Mechanics and Materials and Metals Engineering Divisions. As Chairman of the ASME Research Committee on Plastic Flow of Metals he advised the Metals Engineering Division on subjects of program planning which can now be seen to have set the course of the Division, in the early forties, for the next twenty years. The administration of the A. Nadai award is the responsibility of the Materials Division. A special six member subcommittee is charged as follows: “The A. Nadai Award Committee shall, in accordance with policies and procedures administered by the Committee on Honors, seek candidates for the A. Nadai Award and shall screen nominations and make recommendations to the Committee on Honors.” Nominees need not be members of the Materials Dr. Nadai himself was the recipient of four medals for pioneering work in the field of elasticity of materials and in plastic flow, is known throughout the world for his books, lectures, research, and educational activities. His medals are: Worcester, Warner-Reed Gold Medal (ASME, 1947) ; Eugene Bingham Medal (Society of Rheology, 1952); Stephen Timoshenko Medal (ASME, 1958); and the Elliott Cresson Gold Medal (Franklin Institute, 1960). The Elliott Cresson Gold Medal was in recognition for “his pioneering work in the field of Elasticity of Materials and in Plastic Flow through many research contributions, for important educational activities, and for his authoritative treatises.” A. L. Nadai was born April 3, 1883, in Budapest, Hungary. He received His Doctor of Engineering degree at the Technical University of Berlin-Charlottenburg in 1911. In 1923 he became professor of Applied Mechanics at the University of Göttingen, Germany, where he was associated with Professor Dr. Ludwig Prandtl. Jointly, they conducted fundamental investigations in the theory of elasticity and on yielding and fracture of metals. In December, 1927, Dr. Nadai came to the U. S. and the Westinghouse Research Laboratories as a Consulting Mechanical Engineer. Twenty-two years later, Dr. Nadai retired from this position. During and after the Second World War, Dr. Nadai was Consultant to the David Taylor Model Basin of the U. S. Navy Department. He was an advisor on research projects for the National Academy of Sciences and National Research Council in Washington, D. C. He also was chairman of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers Special Research Committee for Plastics Flow of Metals. Dr. Nadai was a Fellow of the ASME and of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He was a memer of the Society of Rheology and the Geophysical Union. Dr. Nadai died in 1963.
