Robert M. and Mary Haythornthwaite Foundation

The Robert M. and Mary Haythornthwaite Foundation supports scientific research, primarily research in the field of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics. The Foundation cooperates with the American Academy of Mechanics in awarding annual Prizes and Grants for advanced mechanics graduate students; Robert Haythornthwaite was founder and first President of the Academy. The Foundation is a 501(c)(3) Private Operating Foundation (EIN 23-2354559).

The Foundation currently supports:

Annual Prizes and Grants for advanced mechanics graduate students, offered through the American Academy of Mechanics since 2000
The Haythornthwaite Foundation Distinguished Lecture Series, College of Engineering, Temple University
Travel grants, such as these recent grants
- Travel grants for student members of the American Society of Mechanical Engineering, awarded by the Applied Mechanics Division based on a poster competition
- Travel support for young junior faculty and graduate students to a two-day symposium at Brown University honoring Professor Ben Freund after 40 years
- Travel support for attendance at NEWMech, a one-day mechanics workshop and poster competition with prizes awarded at Harvard University
The Haythornthwaite Graduate Fund for innovation in Engineering Science and Mechanics at Penn State University

Previous Winners of Founder Prizes and Grants

2010	No winners
2009	Jie Yin, Columbia; Supervisor, Prof. Xi Chen
2008	Ling Liu, Columbia; Supervisor, Prof. Xi Chen
2007	Xuanhe Zhao, Harvard; Supervisor, Prof. Zhigang Suo
	Yuebing Zheng, Penn State; Supervisor, Prof. Tony Jun Huang
2006	Patrick Dondl, Cal Tech; Supervisor, Prof. K. Bhattacharya
	Vijay Shilpiekandula, MIT; Supervisor, Prof. K. Youcef-Tuomi
	Travel Award (close third), Nayden Kambouchev, MIT; Supervisor, Prof. R. Radovitzky
2005	Vivek Verma, Penn State; Supervisor, Prof. J.M. Catchmark. Winning Essay by Vivek Verma
2004	Charlotte Barbier, U. Virginia; Supervisor, Prof. J.A.C. Humphrey. Winning Essay by Charlotte Barbier
2000	Ioannis Chasiotis, Cal Tech; Supervisor, Prof. Wolfgang Knauss, Fellow AAM