On awarding the Blaise Pascal Medal of the European Academy of Sciences to Alexander Nikolaevich Guz

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National Committee of Ukraine on Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, S. P. Timoshenko Institute of Mechanics of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, and Editorial Board of Prikladnaya Mekhanika inform that Prof. Helene de Rode, President of the European Academy of Sciences, congratulated Alexander Nikolaevich Guz by telephone on June 14, 2007 and in an official letter of June 20, 2007 on the award of the 2007 Blaise Pascal Medal in Materials Science and invited him to attend the General Assembly of the European Academy of Sciences with the Ceremony of Awards of the Blaise Pascal Medals 2007 to be held in Brussels (Belgium), September 12, 2007. On June 15, 2007, the Scientific Committee of the European Academy of Sciences in the persons of Profs. Marie-Paule Pileni (chair), Heinrich Begehr, Jiri Bicak, Dusan Repovs, and Enzo Tiezzi officially notified Alexander Nikolaevich Guz by letter of awarding him the 2007 Blaise Pascal Medal in Materials Science and congratulated him on behalf of the committee and academy. Information on the Blaise Pascal Medal can be found at http://www.eurasc.org/pb_medals.asp. We would like to congratulate Alexander Nikolaevich Guz, who is the chairman of National Committee of Ukraine on Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, the director of the S. P. Timoshenko Institute of Mechanics, and the editor-in-chief of the journal Prikladnaya Mekhanika, on the award of the 2007 Blaise Pascal Medal in Materials Science with the following formulation by the Scientific Committee: “In recognition of his outstanding achievements in fundamental aspects of modern mechanics. He personally developed the theory of composite materials including all levels of composite material structure: macro, meso, and micro. He is also one well-known leader in the three-dimensional linearized theory of stability of solids.” On behalf of the National Committee of Ukraine on Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, the S. P. Timoshenko Institute of Mechanics, and the editorial board of Prikladnaya Mekhanika, we wish Alexander Nikolaevich Guz much success in the future and great advances in his field for the benefit of science. The European Academy of Sciences (Brussels, Belgium) established the Blaise Pascal Medal in 2003 to recognize an outstanding and demonstrated personal contribution to science and technology and the promotion of excellence in research and education. The Blaise Pascal Medalists are selected by the Scientific Committee of The European Academy of Sciences. Up to six medals may be awarded in any one year. The Award consists of a Medal and a Certificate.