George Rankin Irwin (El Paso, — ) foi um engenheiro estadunidense.
É reconhecido principalmente nos campos da mecânica da fratura e resistência dos materiais.
Condecorações Irwin foi membro da Academia Nacional de Engenharia dos Estados Unidos e membro estrangeiro da Royal Society.
Adicionalmente, recebeu as seguintes condecorações: 1946 - Naval Distinguished Civilian Service Award 1947 - Knox College Alumni Achievement Award 1959 - ASTM Charles B. Dudley Medal 1960 - RESA Award for Applied Research 1961 - Ford Foundation Visiting Professorship, University of Illinois 1966 - ASTM Award of Merit 1966 - American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Thurston Lecture 1967 - Fellow, ASTM 1969 - University of Illinois Engineering Achievement Award 1969 - U. S. Navy Conrad Award 1969 - Alumni Achievement Award, University of Illinois 1973 - SESA Murray Lectureship Award 1974 - Lehigh University Academic Leadership Award 1974 - ASTM honorary member 1974 - American Society for Metals Sauveur Award 1976 - The Grande Medaille Award of the French Metallurgical Society of France 1977 - Medalha Nadai 1977 - B. J. Lazan Award from the Society for Experimental Mechanics 1977 - Honorary degree, doctor of engineering, Lehigh University 1977 - Election to the National Academy of Engineering 1978 - ASTM-Irwin Award 1979 - Francis J. Clamer Clauier Medal of the Franklin Institute 1982 - Governor’s Citation for Distinguished Service to Maryland 1982 - Tetmajer Award of the Technical University of Vienna, Austria 1985 - Fellow, Society for Experimental Mechanics 1986 - Medalha Timoshenko 1987 - ASM Gold Medal for Outstanding Contributions to Engineering and Science 1987 - Elected to foreign membership, British Royal Society 1988 - ASTM Fracture Mechanics Award and the George R. Irwin Medal 1989 - Honorary membership in Deutscher Verband für Material Prufung 1990 - Honorary membership in the American Ceramic Society 1990 - Albert Sauveur Lecture Award 1992 - George R. Irwin Research Award, University of Maryland 1993 - Engineering Innovation Hall of Fame at the University of Maryland 1998 - A. James Clark Outstanding Commitment Award University of Maryland 1998 - Appointed Glenn L. Martin Institute Professor of Engineering
Bibliografia Dally, James W.,George R. Irwin, Memorial Tributes: National Academy of Engineering, Volume 10 (2002), p 146-153, National Academy of Engineering (NAE). http://darwin.nap.edu/books/0309084571/html/146.html
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