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Awards
ASME 2019 ADAPTIVE STRUCTURES & Nancy continues to lead multifunctional systems research work spanning
MATERIALS SYSTEMS AWARD multiple groups at General Motors and at HRL Laboratories, suppliers, and
universities including the University of Michigan. She is co-director of the
Nancy Johnson General Motors/University of Michigan Collaborative Research Laboratory,
Lab Group Manager and Technical Fellow which has broadened its focus from smart materials and design tool
General Motors Research and Development development to multifunctional active systems. For over 20 years, Nancy
has actively participated in ASME’s Adaptive Structures and Materials
DESCRIPTION OF THE AWARD Systems community. She is a Fellow of ASME and has served as chair of
the Aerospace Division, was General Chair of the 2013 SMASIS
The ASME Adaptive Structures and Materials System Prize is presented to conference, and currently serves on the conference executive committee.
a member of the technical community who has made significant
contributions to the advancement of the sciences and technologies ASME ASMS TC GARY ANDERSON AWARD
associated with adaptive structures and/or material systems. The $1,000
cash award and certificate are meant to recognize scientific contributions Ryan L. Harne
as measured by leadership, technical publications, and advances made. Assistant Professor
The Ohio State University
Biography DESCRIPTION OF THE AWARD
Nancy Johnson is currently a Lab Group Manager and Technical Fellow at The Gary Anderson Early Achievement Award is given for notable
General Motors Research and development in Warren, Michigan. When contribution(s) to the field of Adaptive Structures and Material Systems.
she joined the GM Research her research focus was on composite The prize is awarded to a young researcher in his or her ascendancy
material structures and energy management. She established design and whose work has already had an impact in his/her field within Adaptive
analysis methods for an all carbon composite body structure and led Structures and Material Systems. The winner of the award must be within
projects of the Automotive Composites Consortium. She is a founding seven years of terminal degree at the time of nomination.
member and Fellow of the American Society for Composites and was
invited to give keynote addresses on the use of composites in the Biography
automotive industry.
Ryan L. Harne is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical
In the late 1990s, she became interested in how smart materials and and Aerospace Engineering at The Ohio State University where he directs
adaptive structures could be utilized in the automotive industry. She the Laboratory of Sound and Vibration Research. Dr. Harne received the
recognized their potential and formed a new team at GM by hiring Ph.D. degree in Mechanical Engineering at Virginia Tech in 2012. From
additional researchers in India and Michigan to bring smart materials into 2012 to 2015, Dr. Harne was a Research Fellow at the University of
product and manufacturing processes. She established GM’s strategy for Michigan. His research expertise falls in the areas of vibration, acoustics,
smart materials and led the research necessary to enable the transition mechanics, manufacturing, and smart materials. He is passionate for
into real products while working to develop the necessary supply base. training students in these disciplines and mentoring them towards bright
She conducted fundamental research necessary to advance smart professional futures. The outcomes of Dr. Harne’s research efforts have
materials in the automotive industry with a focus on shape memory alloys included one patent, multiple patents pending, one book, over 50 journal
and shape memory polymers. Nancy has over 275 patents, many of which publications, over 50 conference proceedings, and numerous students
are in the area of smart materials and adaptive structures with many more mentored and guided through their academic programs. Dr. Harne is
in progress. Many of her patents are enablers for specific applications active in the ASME, ASA, and SPIE, where he serves in elected and
utilizing smart materials in the automotive industry. Example applications appointed roles. Dr. Harne has been recognized for significant scientific
are in the areas of vehicle aerodynamics, vehicle crashworthiness, contributions, including by the 2019 ASME Gary Anderson Early
occupant safety, and interiors. Her team developed design tools and Achievement Award, the 2018 National Science Foundation CAREER
established test procedures for smart materials-based devices and was Award, the 2017 and 2019 Air Force Research Lab Summer Faculty
responsible for getting shape memory based applications into production Fellowship, the 2017 ASME Best Paper Award in Structures and Structural
including the active hatch vent in Corvette. Nancy has over 80 Dynamics, the 2016 Haythornthwaite Young Investigator Award from
publications on smart materials and their uses and applications. ASME, and the 2011 ASA Royster Award. He currently serves as an
Associate Editor for the Journal of the Acoustical Society of America,
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