See the many ways excellence is recognized across multiple disciplines and the various ways innovation and research is acknowledged and celebrated.
The awards presented at Smart Structures + Nondestructive Evaluation represent four categories of excellence across various disciplines:
Princeton Univ. (United States)
Smart Structures and Materials (SSM)
Lifetime Achievement Award
Prof. Branko Glišić received his degrees in Civil Engineering and Mathematics at the University of Belgrade, Serbia, and Ph.D. at the EPFL, Switzerland. After eight-year experience at SMARTEC, Switzerland, where he was involved in numerous Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) projects, he has been employed at the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering of Princeton University, where he is currently serving as the Chair. His research is in the areas of SHM and Smart Structures, Heritage Structures, and Engineering and the Arts. Prof. Glišić is author and co-author of two books on strain-based SHM, 100+ published papers, and the university course and short courses on SHM.
The Pennsylvania State Univ. (United States)
Nondestructive Evaluation (NDE)
Lifetime Achievement Award
Cliff Lissenden earned a Ph.D. in Civil Engineering/Applied Mechanics from the University of Virginia. He joined the Penn State Engineering Science and Mechanics faculty in 1995. His research field was mechanical behavior of materials, but he transformed to ultrasonic guided waves for nondestructive evaluation. He founded the Ben Franklin Center of Excellence in Structural Health Monitoring. His research spans detection of fatigue cracks and adhesive degradation, robotic inspection, laser ultrasound, process monitoring, sensors in harsh environments, fracture healing, and metasurfaces. But his main contributions are nonlinear guided waves to detect incipient material degradation. He published the first book on nonlinear ultrasonic guided waves.
Craig F. Bohren Best Student Presentation Award
The Biologically Inspired Materials, Processes, and Systems (BIMPS) conference chairs choose the Best Student Presentation Award from their conference. This award is sponsored by an SPIE Fellow. A cash prize will be given to the first, second, and third place winners.
Craig F. Bohren is Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Meteorology at The Pennsylvania State University. An expert on atmospheric optics, his autobiographical paper will no doubt inspire many researchers, young and old alike.
Eligibility requirements:
Apply online:
You will be asked to provide your SPIE paper number, paper title, and school information.
Health Monitoring of Structural and Biological Systems Best Student Paper Award
The Health Monitoring of Structural and Biological Systems conference committee will choose the Best Student Paper Award from their conference. Applicants will then submit an extended abstract for review, and selected finalists will present in a special session at the Smart Structures + Nondestructive Evaluation meeting. A certificate will be given to the first, second, and third place winners.
Eligibility requirements:
Apply online:
You will be asked to provide your SPIE paper number, paper title, and school information. You will also provide an extended abstract (2-page maximum excluding references) in PDF format.
Review process:
EAP-In-Action Demonstration Awards
As part of the Electroactive Polymer Actuators and Devices (EAPAD) conference, the EAP-in-Action Demonstration Session has been held over the past 24 years. New electroactive polymer materials and application areas are continuing to emerge and this session offers up-close demonstrations of EAP materials and devices in action from industry and academia. There is never a dull moment at this session which features everything from early university prototypes to products. The demonstration format enables interaction between the developers and potential users as well as a “hands-on” experience with our emerging technology.
Award certificates will be given to the three best EAP-in-Action demonstrations. The judges will assess the presenters’ performance as well as the quality and content of the demos.
HOW TO APPLY:
Send an email with the following information to Prof. Iain A. Anderson (i.anderson@auckland.ac.nz):
The description and figure will be included in the Smart Structures + Nondestructive Evaluation program, as well as the Electroactive Polymer Actuators and Devices (EAPAD) conference proceedings.
