Introduction to Mechanics of Solid Materials

Lallit Anand joined the MIT faculty in 1982, where he is currently the Rohsenow Professor of Mechanical Engineering. The honors he has received include: ICES Eric Reissner Medal, 1992; ASME Fellow, 2003; Khan International Plasticity Medal, 2007; IIT Kharagpur Distinguished Alumnus Award, 2011; ASME Drucker Medal, 2014; MIT Den Hartog Distinguished Educator Award, 2017; Brown University Engineering Alumni Medal, 2018; and SES Prager Medal, 2018. He was elected to the U.S. National Academy of Engineering in 2018.

Ken Kamrin joined the Mechanical Engineering faculty at MIT in 2011, receiving the Class of 1956 Career Development Chair. Notable awards include the 2010 Nicholas Metropolis Award from the American Physical Society, the National Science Foundation CAREER Award, the Eshelby Mechanics Award for Young Faculty, the Ruth and Joel Spira Teaching Award from the MIT School of Engineering, and the ASME Journal of Applied Mechanics Award. Kamrin currently sits on the Board of Directors of the Society of Engineering Science.

Sanjay Govindjee currently is the Horace, Dorothy, and Katherine Johnson Endowed Professor in Engineering, University of California, Berkeley. He serves as a consultant to several governmental agencies and private corporations and is also a registered Professional Mechanical Engineer in the state of California. Noteworthy honors include a National Science Foundation Career Award, the inaugural 1998 Zienkiewicz Prize and Medal, an Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Fellowship 1999, a Berkeley Chancellor's Professorship 2006-2011, and a Humboldt-Forschungspreis (Humboldt Research Award) in 2018.