Call for the Richard-von-Mises Prize 2025
Since 1989, the Richard-von-Mises Prize is awarded every year by GAMM to a scientist for exceptional scientific achievements in the field of Applied Mathematics and Mechanics.
Traditionally, GAMM will present the prize during the opening ceremony of the GAMM Annual Meeting and the prize winner will present her/his research in a plenary talk.
The aim of the prize is to reward and encourage young scientists whose research represents a major advancement in the field of Applied Mathematics and Mechanics. The price includes a certificate, a biennial free membership in the GAMM e.V. and a donation of 2000 Euro. To accommodate the width of Applied Mathematics and Mechanics, the prize committee may decide to split the prize (and therefore the prize money) in equal parts to two persons.
(April 19, 1883 – July 14, 1953)
Laureates
| Year | Richard-von-Mises Awardees In appreciation for excellent scientific achievements in Applied Mathematics and Mechanics | Proposer |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Dr. Patrik Knopf in appreciation of his results on nonlinear partial differential equations, mathematical models in continuum mechanics, optimal control and shape optimisation | Prof. Dr. Harald Garcke |
| Dr. Marco Salvalaglio in appreciation of his results on coarse-grained modeling of mechanical properties and evolution of crystals | Prof. Dr. Axel Voigt, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Markus Kästner | |
| 2023 | Prof. Dr. Ruming Zhang in appreciation of her outstanding contributions on modeling, theory, and numerics for direct and inverse scattering problems for periodic structures. | Prof. Dr. Andreas Kirsch |
| 2022 | Jun.-Prof. Dr. Matti Schneider in appreciation of his outstanding works on Computational Micromechanics. | Prof. Dr.-Ing. Thomas Böhlke |
| 2021 | Dr.-Ing. Silvia Budday in appreciation of her outstanding work on continuum-biomechanical modeling of the ultra-soft material class of brain tissue | Prof. Dr.-Ing. Paul Steinmann, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Tim Ricken, Prof. Dr. Oliver Röhrle |
| Dr. Thomas Berger in appreciation of his outstanding contributions on adaptive control of nonlinear and infinite-dimensional systems and its application to problems from, inter alia, multibody dynamics. | Prof. Dr. Achim Ilchmann | |
| 2020 | Dr. Elisa Davoli in appreciation of her outstanding work on calculus of variations and nonlinear partial differnetial equations and their application to complex problem in material science. | Univ.-Prof., PhD Ulisse Stefanelli |
| Dr.-Ing. Fadi Aldakheel in appreciation of his outstanding contributions on damage modeling using innovative phase field approaches within the method of virtual elements. | Prof. Dr.-Ing. Peter Wriggers | |
| 2019 | Dr. Dietmar Gallistl in appreciation of his outstanding work on the Discretization of high-order elliptic problems. | Prof. Dr. Carsten Carstensen |
| Dr.-Ing. Philipp Junker in appreciation of his outstanding contributions to the continuum mechanical modeling of complex solid materials. | Prof. Dr. Klaus Hackl | |
| 2018 | Prof. Dr. Marc Avila in appreciation of his outstanding work on the dynamical-system approach to the turbulence problem. | Prof. Dr. André Thess |
| 2017 | Prof. Dr.-Ing. Benjamin Klusemann in appreciation of his outstanding work on the numerical modelling of heterogeneous material behaviour in technological processes with experimental validation. | Prof. Dr. Bob Svendsen |
| Prof. Dr. Christian Kuehn in appreciation of his outstanding results on instabilities and patterns in stochastic and multiscale systems obtained by merging analytical and numerical approaches to nonlinear dynamics. | Prof. Dr. Anton Arnold | |
| 2016 | Prof. Dr.-Ing. Josef Kiendl in appreciation of his outstanding results in Isogeometric Analysis and modelling of thin structures. | Prof. Alessandro Reali |
| Dr. Martin Stoll in appreciation of his outstanding results on the iterative solution of time-dependent PDE-constrained optimisation problems and the efficient preconditioning of the resulting optimality systems. | Prof. Dr. Peter Benner | |
| 2015 | Prof. Dominik Schillinger in appreciation of his pioneering work on immersed methods with weakly imposed boundary conditions, spline-based collocation methods, and hierarchical refinement schemes for Galerkin and spline-based finite element methods. | Prof. Thomas J.R. Hughes |
| Prof. Dr. Siddhartha Mishra in appreciation of his arbitrarily high-order accurate numerical methods for multi-dimensional systems of hyperbolic conservation laws and their applications in fluid dynamics and astrophysics. | Prof. Dr. Rolf Jeltsch | |
| 2014 | Jun.-Prof. Dr. Irwin Yousept in appreciation for his results on the analysis and numerical methods for the optimal control of systems of partial differential equations, in particular the Maxwell equations. | Prof. Dr. Fredi Tröltzsch |
| 2013 | Jun.-Prof. Christian Linder, Ph.D. Computational Homogenization of Random Network Microstructures in Soft Materials. | Prof. Dr.-Ing. Christian Miehe |
| Dr.-Ing. Dennis M. Kochmann Understanding and exploiting mechanical instabilities in composite materials. | Prof. Dr. Hans G. Hornung | |
| 2012 | Jun.-Prof. Dr.-Ing. Swantje Bargmann Modeling of (poly) crystalline plasticity and latent solidification. | Prof. Dr. Bob Svendsen |
| 2011 | Jun.-Prof. Oliver Röhrle, Ph.D. Cross-scale modeling in the field of biomechanics with application to the skeletal muscles. | Prof. Dr.-Ing. Wolfgang Ehlers |
| 2010 | Prof. Dr. Ulisse Stefanelli Mathematical analysis of nonlinear partial differential equations and its application to complex problems of continuum mechanics. | Prof. Franco Brezzi |
| Dr.- Ing. Volker Gravemeier Variational multiscale methods and their application to turbulent flow and combustion problems. | Prof. Dr.-Ing. Wolfgang A. Wall | |
| 2009 | Dr. Daniel Balzani Polyconvex strain energy functions and their application in the area of composite structures and bio materials. | Prof. Dr.-Ing Jörg Schröder |
| Dr. Bernd Schmidt Multiscale analysis of plates and multilayer structures by combining methods of weak convergence and relaxation with estimates related to atomistic approaches. | Prof. Dr. Stefan Müller | |
| 2008 | Prof. Dr. Chiara Daraio Highly nonlinear behaviour of mechanical systems at the macro- and nano-scale, which improves the design of new composite materials. | Prof. Dr. Hans G. Hornung |
| 2007 | Dr. Michael Dumbser Development of numerical schemes of high order accuracy for linear and nonlinear hyperbolic partial differential equations in complex three-dimensional geometries with applications in geophysical, aeroacoustical and electromagnetical wave propagation. | Prof. Dr. Claus-Dieter Munz |
| Dr. Tatjana Stykel Stability analysis and model reduction for differential-algebraic equations from mathematics, mechanics and electrical engineering. | Prof. Dr. Volker Mehrmann | |
| 2006 | Dr. Jose Antonio Carrillo Partial Differential Equations, Numerical Analysis and Scientific Computation. | Montijano |
| 2005 | Dr. rer. nat. Bernd Rainer Noack Theoretische Untersuchung der Zylinderströmung mit einem niedrigdimensionalen Galerkin-Verfahren. | Prof. Dr. André Thess, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Jörg Schröder |
| 2004 | Dr. Mark David Groves Theory of water waves. | Prof. Dr. Guido Schneider |
| 2003 | Dr. rer. nat. Barbara Niethammer Analysis of Ostwald ripening. | Prof. Dr. Stefan Müller |
| 2002 | Dr. Britta Nestler Mathematical-thermodynamic modeling of metallurgical phase transitions. | Sahm |
| Dr. Xue-Nong Chen Hydrodynamics of wave generation in shallow water to reduce the wave resistance of ships. | Sharma | |
| 2001 | Univ.-Doz. Dr. Herbert Steinrück Boundary layers in mixed convection. | Prof. Dr. Wilhelm Schneider |
| 2000 | Dr.-Ing. Peter Eberhard Modeling dynamic contact problems with hybrid multi-body systems. | Prof. Dr.-Ing. Wernr Schiehlen |
| Dr. Udo Nackenhorst Investigations on biomechanics and the dynamics of rolling contact problems. | Prof. Dr.-Ing. Rolf Lammering | |
| Dr.rer.nat.habil. Martin Rein Investigation of chemically reacting gas flows and the interaction between droplets and hot surfaces. | Prof. Dr. Hans G. Hornung; Prof. Dr. Wilhelm Schneider | |
| 1999 | Dr. Michael Ruzicka Modelling and theoretical investigation of the flow of electrorheological fluids. | Prof. Dr. Jens Frehse |
| 1998 | Privatdozent Dr.-Ing. habil. Valery Levitas Investigations in the fields of micromechanics and continuum mechanics. | Prof. Dr.-Ing. Erwin Stein |
| 1997 | Dr.-Ing. Hermann Nirschel Three – dimensional calculations of the simple shear flowaround a single particle between two moving walls. | Prof. Dr.-Ing. Antonio Delgado |
| Dr. Guido Schneider Investigations on the Ginsburg-Landaue equation. | Prof. Dr. Alexander Mielke | |
| 1996 | Dr. Franz Marketz Work on the mathematical-thermodynamic and continuum mechanical description of the phase transition of materials. | Fischer |
| 1995 | Prof. Dr. Carsten Carstensen Nonlinear interface in solid mechanics-finite element and boundary element coupling. | Prof. Dr. Klaus Kirchgäßner |
| Dr. Michael Fey A really multidimensional method for solving the Euler equations. | Prof. Dr. Rolf Jeltsch | |
| Dr. Christiane Tretter Nonlinear Boundary Eigenvalue Problems. | Langer | |
| 1992 | Dr. Peter Fotin The dynamic effect of dissipative processes in materials with micro-defects with applications to vibration problems in inelastic plate structures. | Prof. Dr. Franz Ziegler |
| 1991 | Dr. Tobias von Petersdorff Boundary value problems of elasticity theory for polyhedron singularities and approximation with boundary element methods. | Meister |
| 1989 | Dr. Alexander Mielke Saint-Venaut’s Problem and Semi-Inverse Solutions in Nonlinear Elasticity. | Prof. Dr. Klaus Kirchgäßner |