Thomas J.R. Hughes

Thomas Joseph Robert Hughes

Thomas J.R. Hughes 2014
Born 1943
Residence Austin, Texas
Nationality American
Fields Computational mechanics
Finite element method
Institutions The University of Texas at Austin
Alma mater Pratt Institute
University of California, Berkeley
Known for Computational mechanics
Finite element method
Notable awards Timoshenko Medal (2007)
Theodore von Karman Medal (2009)

Thomas Joseph Robert Hughes (born 1943) is a Professor of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics and holds the Computational and Applied Mathematics Chair III in the Institute for Computational Engineering and Sciences at The University of Texas at Austin.[1][2] Hughes has been listed as an ISI Highly Cited Author in Engineering by the ISI Web of Knowledge, Thomson Scientific Company.[3]

A leading expert in computational mechanics, Hughes has received numerous academic distinctions. He is a fellow of the National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, American Academy of Arts & Sciences, the American Academy of Mechanics, the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), the U.S. Association for Computational Mechanics (USACM), the International Association for Computational Mechanics (IACM), the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and has been elected as a foreign member of The Royal Society. He is a founder and past President of USACM and IACM, and past Chairman of the Applied Mechanics Division of ASME.

Career

Hughes began his career as a mechanical design engineer at Grumman Aerospace, subsequently joining General Dynamics as a research and development engineer. After receiving his Ph.D. from University of California, Berkeley,[2][4] he joined the Berkeley faculty, eventually moving to California Institute of Technology. He then moved to Stanford University before joining The University of Texas at Austin. At Stanford, he served as Chairman of the Division of Applied Mechanics, Chairman of the Department of Mechanical Engineering, and Chairman of the Division of Mechanics and Computation, and occupied the Mary and Gordon Crary Chair of Engineering. While at Stanford he served as a member of International Advisory Committee, ICTACEM (2001).[5]

Hughes has developed computational methods for understanding solid, structural and fluid mechanics. He recently has applied this expertise to develop customized models of blood flow for patients using their individual imaging records such as CT scans and MRIs.

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References

  1. "Thomas J.R. Hughes - Professor of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics". University of Texas at Austin. Archived from the original on December 6, 2014. Retrieved July 15, 2015. |archive-url= is malformed: timestamp (help)
  2. 1 2 "Department of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics". University of Texas at Austin. Archived from the original on December 6, 2014. Retrieved July 15, 2015. |archive-url= is malformed: timestamp (help)
  3. ISI Highly Cited Author - T. J. R. Hughes
  4. "Thomas J.R. Hughes,Ph.D. - UC Berkeley". Institute for Computational Engineering and Sciences, ICES. Archived from the original on January 28, 2013. Retrieved July 10, 2015. |archive-url= is malformed: timestamp (help)
  5. "T. Hughes - International Advisory Committee". International Conference on Theoretical, Applied, Computational and Experimental Mechanics, ICTACEM. Archived from the original on September 2, 2000. Retrieved July 16, 2014. |archive-url= is malformed: timestamp (help)
  6. "ASME Timoshenko Medal" asme.org. Retrieved 9 January 2010.
  7. "Foreign Members". Royal Society. Retrieved 2012-03-20.
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