M&R Honors and Awards Subcommittee Report to: Mechanisms and Robotics Committee from: Stephen Canfield, Chair, M&R Honors and Awards Subcommittee date: August 5th, 2008

1) A summary of the M&R Awards for 2007-2008: The awards presented by the M&R committee are summarized in the following table. Award

Recipient(s)

Paper / Citation

Honorable Mention --Mechanisms & Robotics Committee Best Paper Award Mechanisms & Robotics Committee Best Paper Award

George H. Sutherland

“Mechanism Analysis Using Implicit Constraints”

Keisuke Arikawa

“Realization of a 6-dof Manipulator with an Unconventional Topological Structure”

MSC Simulation Software Award

Subhrajit Bhattacharya Sachin Chitta Vijay Kumar Daniel Lee Wuchang Kuo Chintien Huang

A. T. Yang Memorial Award in Theoretical Kinematics DED Mechanisms and Robotics Committee Award

Clément Gosselin

Compliant Mechanisms Award Applications

Sterling Anderson, Brian D. Jensen

Compliant Mechanisms Award Theory

Young Seok Oh, Sridhar Kota

“Optimization of a Planar Quadruped Dynamic Leap”

“A Line Geometric Approach to Determining Displacements Based on Line Specifications” In recognition for a cumulative contribution to the field of mechanism design or theory “Viscoelastic Damping of Ortho-Planar Springs” “Robust Design of Bistable Compliant Mechanisms Using the Bistability of a Clamped-Pinned Beam”

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2) Suggested changes to the M&R Awards: (i) DED M&R Committee Award update. A revised version of the process for the DED M&R Committee award has been submitted for review and approval by the committee. A copy of the revised procedure is attached. The monetary value of the following two awards has been increased this year from $ 500 to $ 1,000: (a) DED M&R Committee Award; and (b) Best Paper Award. Detailed information on the M&R Honors and Awards can be obtained from the M&R website: http://divisions.asme.org/ded/mechcomm/awards.html

3) Recognition of the 2007-2008 Honors and Awards Subcommittee Members: Jian Dai Bob Williams Just Herder Gordon Pennock

Submitted by: Stephen Canfield, Chair, M&R Honors and Awards Subcommittee August 1st, 2008.

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DED MECHANISMS AND ROBOTICS COMMITTEE AWARD The Chair of the Honors and Awards Subcommittee shall be responsible for conducting a ballot to select a recipient for the DED Mechanisms and Robotics Committee Award. The selection of an individual to receive this award will be made on the following basis. The award is to be given for a cumulative contribution to the field of mechanism design or theory. Continued distinction is to be a primary requisite. The award is to be made at each Mechanisms and Robotics Conference, if deemed appropriate. An individual may receive the award only one time. Members of the Mechanisms and Robotics Committee cannot be nominated to receive the award while they are members of said committee. The Award shall consist of a suitably engrossed certificate laminated in wood and a cash prize of $ 1,000. The award shall be financed by the Mechanisms and Robotics Committee from the Mechanisms and Robotics Award Account. The mechanics for identifying, selecting, and nominating the recipient of this award is as follows. Item 1. The Chair of the Honors and Awards Subcommittee shall poll the members of the Mechanisms and Robotics Committee, at least two months before and Mechanisms and Robotics Conference, for recommendations of possible recipients of the award. Item 2. The list of names obtained from this poll shall be circulated by the Chair of the Honors and Awards Subcommittee to the members of the Mechanisms and Robotics Committee requesting that each of them designate their first, second, and third choices; then returning said choices to the Honors and Awards Chair. Item 3. The total vote will be tallied by the Chair of the Honors and Awards Subcommittee giving three points for a first choice, two points for a second choice, and one point for a third choice. Item 4. The individual receiving the highest tally shall be the recipient of the DED Mechanisms and Robotics Committee Award. Item 5. In the event of a tie, the Chair of the Honors and Awards Subcommittee shall request another vote from the members of the Mechanisms and Robotics Committee to break the tie.

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