Engineering Mechanics Institute (EMI)

About EMI

• Annual Reports

  • 2022
  • 2021

• Bylaws

  Engineering Mechanics Institute
  Approved by ASCE Board of Directors on January 16, 2021

  • Article 1. General
  • Article 2. Membership
  • Article 3. Separation from membership, disciplinary proceedings
  • Article 4. Fees and dues
  • Article 5. Management
  • Article 6. Officers and Governors
  • Article 7. Nominations and elections
  • Article 8. Meetings
  • Article 9. Committees, academies, affiliated and other organizational entities
  • Article 10. Administrative Provisions
  • Article 11. Amendments

  Download the EMI Bylaws (PDF)

• Leadership

  • Sankaran Mahadevan, Ph.D., F.EMI, M.ASCE, President, Vanderbilt University
  • Pol Spanos, Ph.D, PE, NAE, F.EMI, Dist.M.ASCE, Past-President, Rice University
  • Arif Masud, Ph.D., F.EMI, M.ASCE, Vice-President, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  • Michele  Barbato, Ph.D., C.Eng, P.E., F.EMI, F.SEI, F.ASCE, Treasurer, University of California, Davis       
  • Verna Jameson, MPA, Aff.ASCE, Secretary, EMI Director
  • Paolo Gardoni, Ph.D., A.M.ASCE, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  •  Antonina  Pirrotta, Ph.D., F.EMI, A.M.ASCE, University of Palermo
  • Ertugrul Taciroglu, Ph.D., F.EMI, M.ASCE, University of California, Los Angeles
  • Alexandros Taflanidis, Ph.D., A.M.ASCE, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN 

• Mission

  • To serve the engineering community through the development and application of engineering mechanics by anticipating and adapting to new challenges that will face tomorrow's engineers;
  • To create an environment that facilitates professional growth to ensure that these future challenges will be met;
  • To establish a presence at the forefront of new thrusts of mechanics by promoting the most innovative developments in the field, regardless of the discipline of the ultimate user;
  • To provide a home not only for those involved in the traditional disciplines, but also for those involved with emerging areas of mechanics; and
  • To promote the interdependence of engineering mechanics and other disciplines by providing an interdisciplinary forum for researchers, practicing engineers, industry representatives, citizen groups, public officials and others.

• Objective

  The objective of this Institute shall be to serve the needs of the engineering community by advancing the knowledge and improving the application of engineering mechanics and related sciences, and by contributing across a broad spectrum of interdisciplinary areas to address the needs of the 21st century.

• Vision

  To be a premier organization representing engineering mechanics by effectively serving the needs of the worldwide engineering community and promoting both research and application of scientific and mathematical principles to address a broad spectrum of existing and emerging engineering and societal problems.