Prize History

Citation

The 2023 Peter Henrici Prize is awarded to Douglas Arnold for fundamental contributions of extraordinary originality, depth, and impact to the finite element analysis of partial differential equations, ranking amongst the classics in numerical analysis literature.

Selection Committee

• Charles Elliott (Chair)
• Annalisa Buffa
• Helmut Harbrecht
• Hongkai Zhao

Citation

The 2019 Peter Henrici Prize is awarded to Weinan E for his breakthrough contributions in various fields of applied mathematics and scientific computing, particularly in nonlinear stochastic (partial) differential equations, computational fluid dynamics, computational chemistry, and machine learning. His scientific work has an immense impact and has led to the resolution of many long-standing scientific problems.

Selection Committee

• Siddhartha Mishra (Chair)
• Habib Ammari
• Dario Bini
• Marlis Hochbruck

Citation

The 2015 Peter Henrici Prize is awarded to Eitan Tadmor for his original, broad, and fundamental contributions to the applied and numerical analysis of nonlinear partial differential equations and their applications in areas such as fluid dynamics, image processing, and social dynamics.

Selection Committee

• Qiang Du (Chair)
• Ralf Hiptmair
• Siddhartha Mishra
• Eric Vanden-Eijnden

Citation

The 2011 Peter Henrici Prize is awarded to Björn Engquist for original contributions to applied analysis and numerical analysis and/or for exposition appropriate for applied mathematics and scientific computing. The award is intended to recognize broad and extended contributions to these subjects, more than a single outstanding work.

Selection Committee

• Christoph Schwab (Chair)
• Gilbert Strang
• Nick Trefethen

Selection Committee

• Beresford N. Parlett (Chair)
• Martin H. Gutknecht
• Randall J. LeVeque
• Christoph Schwab

Selection Committee

• Martin H. Gutknecht (Chair)
• Rolf Jeltsch

1999 Germund Dahlquist