Dr. Martín Abadi
John W. Hutchinson MEMBERS
Professor of Engineering in the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University
Hartford, Connecticut, United States
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  • 1992
  • Mechanical Engineering (Materials) (M.M.E.)
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  • 1992
  • Mechanical Engineering (Materials) (M.M.E.)
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John W. Hutchinson (born April 10, 1939) is the Abbott and James Lawrence Research Professor of Engineering in the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences at Harvard University.

He works in the field of solid mechanics concerned with a broad range of problems in structures and engineering materials.
 
Hutchinson was elected a member of the National Academy of Engineering in 1983 for the fundamental contributions to the understanding of the elastic and plastic buckling of structures and the mechanical behavior and fracture of engineering materials.

In 1992, he was elected as member of the European Academy of Engineering.
 
His scientific interests lie mostly in Composite material, Fracture mechanics, Stress intensity factor, Mechanics and Crack closure. In his study, Elastomer is strongly linked to Thin film, which falls under the umbrella field of Composite material.

His work deals with themes such as Fiber pull-out, Fracture, Brittleness, Adhesive and Forensic engineering, which intersect with Fracture mechanics.
 
2014 - Monie A. Ferst Award, Sigma Xi
2013 - Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom
2002 - Timoshenko Medal, The American Society of Mechanical Engineers
1991 - William Prager Medal
1991 - Nadai Medal, The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
1990 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
1983 - Member of the National Academy of Engineering
1981 - Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers
1976 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
1974 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
1971 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science