Issue 41

Frattura ed Integrità Strutturale, 41 (2017); International Journal of the Italian Group of Fracture IX International Congress on Fracture (ICF) Announces Winners of 2017 ICF Medals Shouwen Yu, President David Taplin, Treasurer-Chief Executive Officer, President Emeritus Alberto Carpinteri, ICF Awards Committee Chair Each quadrennium, the International Congress on Fracture, ICF, the world’s premier professional society of researchers pursuing the understanding and causes of fracture to prevent fracture and damage progression in engineering materials and structures, recognizes select members for their outstanding contributions to this important field of research. The field of Fracture and Structural Integrity is relevant to Aerospace, Power Generation, Chemical Process, Biomedical, Structural Materials, Electronics, and Recreation industries and in Geophysics and engages researchers in several academic disciplines. Four gold medals, and one silver medal named after pioneers in the field of fracture are presented at its quadrennial conference. The selection of winners was made by a committee consisting of past medal recipients. The Takeo Yokobori Gold Medal , named after the founder of ICF, an outstanding researcher in the field, and the organizer of its first quadrennial conference in 1965 in Sendai, Japan, is presented to individuals who have excelled in research in the field of fracture and have also provided life-time service to ICF. Previous recipients of the medal are Professors David Taplin (2009), Yiu Wing Mai, Palle Rama Rao, and Teruo Kishi (2013). Alan H. Cottrell Gold Medal is named after a pioneer in the field whose many scientific contributions in the field of micromechanisms of fracture are well known for decades and have provided deep understanding of fracture in structural materials. This award is presented to senior researchers in the field of fracture who have similarly made pioneering contributions to the understanding of the phenomenon of fracture. Previous recipients of this medal are Professors Robert O. Ritchie (2009), John F. Knott and Subra Suresh (2013). George R. Irwin Gold Medal is named after the individual who is widely known as the “Father of Modern Fracture Mechanics” and whose work provided the scientific basis for this interdisciplinary field. This award is presented to a senior