Alper Erturk has been named the 2015 recipient of the ASME Gary Anderson Early Achievement Award. This prize is awarded to "a young researcher in his or her ascendancy whose work has already had an impact in his/her field within Adaptive Structures and Material Systems." The award will be presented to Professor Erturk during the ASME Conference on Smart Materials, Adaptive Structures and Intelligent Systems in Colorado Springs, CO in September.