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Francis C. Moon wins Lyapunov award

Springer author honored for his achievements in mechanical engineering

Grant and Award Announcement

Springer

Francis C. Moon has won the 2007 Lyapunov Award from the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME). It recognizes lifetime contributions to the field of applied nonlinear dynamics. Moon will receive the award at ASME's Sixth International Conference on Multibody Systems, Nonlinear Dynamics and Control in Las Vegas, Sept. 4-7, 2007.

Moon has published nearly 140 journal articles and eight books. His most recent work, The Machines of Leonardo Da Vinci and Franz Reuleaux, was published by Springer in May 2007. At Springer he is also co-author of Chaotic Motions in Nonlinear Dynamical Systems, and editor of the IUTAM Symposium on New Applications of Nonlinear and Chaotic Dynamics in Mechanics.

On the Cornell University faculty since 1975, Frank Moon is professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering, teaching dynamics and robotics. His research interests include nonlinear and chaotic vibrations, superconducting bearings, electromagnetic launchers, smart structures, fluid-elastic vibrations and dynamics of machines.

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The ASME award is named for the 19th-century Russian applied mathematician Aleksandr Lyapunov (1857-1918), who established basic ideas about stability in dynamic systems.


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