in a sharp and lucid manner. In 2008 the Instituto Superior Técnico created the Professor João Arménio Correia Martins Award to recognize undergraduate students with a solid background in the fields of structural mechanics and computational mechanics. In 2009 the Associação Portuguesa de Mecânica Teórica, Aplicada e Computacional created the Young Researcher Award Professor João Martins. In 2009 the Sociedade Portuguesa de Biomecânica created the Professor João Martins Award to recognize the work of young researchers in the field of biomechanics. List of publications Theses: “A numerical analysis of a class of problems in elastodynamics with friction effects”, M.Sc. Thesis, The University of Texas at Austin, 1983. “Dynamic frictional contact problems involving metallic bodies”, Ph.D. Dissertation, The University of Texas at Austin, 1986. Peer reviewed international journals: “Transient analysis of plates by mixed elements” (with C.A. Mota Soares, J.M.M. Godinho), Wissenschaftliche Zeitschrift der Hochshule für Architektur und Bauwesen Weimar, 28, pp. 169–172, 1982. “A numerical analysis of a class of problems in elastodynamics with friction effects” (with J.T. Oden), Comp. Meth. Appl. Mech. Eng., 40, pp. 327–360, 1984. “Models and computational methods for dynamic friction phenomena” (with J.T. Oden), Comp. Meth. Appl. Mech. Eng., 52, pp. 527 – 634, 1985. “Existence and local uniqueness of solutions to contact problems in elasticity with nonlinear friction laws” (with P. Rabier, J.T. Oden, L.T. Campos), Int. J. Engng. Sci., 24, pp. 1755–1768, 1986. “Existence and uniqueness results for dynamic contact problems with nonlinear normal and friction interface laws” (with J.T. Oden), Nonlinear Analysis, Theory, Methods and Applications, 11, pp. 407 – 428, 1987, with corrigendum in vol. 12, p. 747, 1988. “A study of static and kinetic friction” (with J.T. Oden, F.M.F. Simões), Int. J. Engng. Sci., 28, pp. 29 – 92, 1990. “On an example of non-existence of solution to a quasi-static frictional contact problem” (with M.D.P. Monteiro Marques, F. Gastaldi), European Journal of Mechanics, A/Solids, 13, pp. 113–133, 1994. “Dynamic surface solutions in linear elasticity and viscoelasticity with frictional boundary conditions” (with L.O. Faria, J. Guimarães), ASME J. Vibration and Acoustics, 117, pp. 445–451, 1995. “A two degree-of-freedom quasistatic contact problem with viscous damping” (with F. Gastaldi, M.D.P. Monteiro Marques), Advances in Mathematical Sciences and Applications, 5, pp. 421–455, 1995. “Surface boundary conditions trigger flutter instability in non-associative elastic-plastic solids” (with B. Loret, F.M.F. Simões), Int. J. Solids Structures, 32, pp. 2155–2190, 1995. “Dissipative graph solutions for a 2 degree-of-freedom quasistatic