Paul M. Naghdi

Paul Mansour Naghdi (March 29, 1924-July 9, 1994) was a professor of mechanical engineering at University of California, Berkeley.

He died of lung cancer.

Awards

• George Westinghouse Award of the American Society for Engineering Education (1962)
• Honorary doctorate, National University of Ireland (1987)
• Honorary doctorate, Université catholique de Louvain (1992)
• Berkeley Citation (1994)
• Timoshenko Medal of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers in 1980
• member of the National Academy of Engineering in 1984

See also

• Plasticity

References

• Paul M. Naghdi, Acceptance Speech upon Receipt of the Timoshenko Medal
• Paul M. Naghdi (1924-1994), in "Theoretical, Experimental, and Numerical Contributions to the Mechanics of Fluids and Solids-A Collection of Papers in Honor of Paul M. Naghdi," edited by James Casey and Marcel J. Crochet, Journal of Applied Mathematics and Physics (ZAMP), Volume 46 Special Issue,1995, pp. S3-S47.