 |
|
The award has been established in honor of Lynn S. Beedle, an international authority on stability and the development of code criteria for steel and composite structures. He has been a leader and outstanding contributor to the work of the Structural Stability Research Council for a period of more than 50 years, establishing the council as the pre-eminent organization worldwide in the area of structural stability. Through Lynn Beedle’s dedicated work and leadership in the national and international arenas, the structural engineering profession has seen advanced concepts developed into practical engineering tools. He has striven consistently and successfully to advance collaboration between researchers, engineers and code writers worldwide.
Recipients of the Lynn S. Beedle Award must meet the following criteria:
- Long time member of SSRC.
- A worldwide leading stability researcher or designer of structures with significant stability issues.
- A leader in fostering cooperation between professionals worldwide.
- Significant contributions to national and international design code development.
- The SSRC Executive Committee will serve as the award committee. The award may be presented as frequently as annually. An individual can only receive the award once.
The award will be presented at the SSRC
Annual Stability Conference. It consists of a framed certificate,
signed by the SSRC Chairman and Vice Chairman.
2006
Award Winner
Professor Joseph A. Yura,
University of Texas at Houston
Presented February 10, 2006
 The
2006 Beedle Award recipient was Professor Joseph A. Yura.
Prof. Yura, currently Professor Emeritus and formerly Cockrell
Family Regents Chair in Engineering at the University of
Texas in Austin, is a longtime member of SSRC. He received
his B.S.C.E from Duke University, M.S.C.E. from Cornell
University, and his Ph.D. from Lehigh University. As an
SSRC member, he has contributed substantially with professional
service as well as technical contributions, particularly
the outlines for both the SSRC Bracing Short Course and
the Stability of Columns and Frames. During his time at
Texas he concentrated his teaching and research in structural
engineering in the areas of steel design, stability, structural
connections and offshore structures. He also has industrial
and government experience in several areas including structural
connections, instability and behavior and design of tubular
connections. Prof. Yura has received numerous awards for
his teaching and research related to steel structures including
the T.R. Higgins Lectureship Award, the Raymond C. Reese
Research Prize and the Shortridge Hardesty Award. As a member
of the AISC Specification Committee since 1972, Prof. Yura
was the principal developer of the stabiltiy bracing provisions
in the 2000 AISC-LRFD Specification.
Past
Beedle Award Winners
| 2002 |
Prof.
T.V Galambos |
University
of Minnesota
- Twin Cities Campus |
| 2004 |
Prof.
Yuhshi Fukumoto |
Fukuyama
University |
| 2005 |
Prof.
William McGuire |
Cornell
University |
|
|
