9th IWSHM 2013 - Awards
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SHM Lifetime Achievement Award 
An individual in the SHM community who has championed SHM over their career by advancing the state-of-the-art through their meritorious accomplishments in research, applications, education or sponsorship of the discipline will be selected to receive the prestigious SHM Lifetime Achievement Award by a committee of researchers, educators and practicing scientists and engineers.
This award is sponsored by Boeing. A check of $2500 USD will be provided by Boeing along with a plaque.
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SHM Person of the Year Award 
A structural health monitoring person of the year (SHM-POY) will be selected by the editors and associate editors of Structural Health Monitoring: An International Journal. The Person of the Year should have made an outstanding contribution to the field of SHM that will benefit society. This contribution can be in the form of theory, analysis, applications, education, or other ways that support the discipline of SHM and benefit society. The award is meant to recognize accomplishments within the past year or few years.
This award is sponsored by SAGE (specific award details to be announced later).
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SHM Hans-Juergen Schmidt Award 
Individuals in the SHM community, recognized for their outstanding leadership in advancing technologies in industry and government, will be selected by an Award Committee representative of the world-wide SHM community to receive during every SHM workshop (International Workshop on Structural Health Monitoring [IWSHM], European Workshop on Structural Health Monitoring [EWSHM] and Asia-Pacific Workshop on Structural Health Monitoring [APWSHM]) the SHM Hans-Juergen Schmidt Award.
This award is sponsored by IWSHM committee. A check of $1500 USD will be provided along with a plaque.
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The Achenbach Medal 
The Achenbach Medal has been created to recognize an individual (within 10 years of PhD) who has made an outstanding contribution to the advancement of the field of Structural Health Monitoring. It is an international award and nominations from all over the world are encouraged.
This award is sponsored by Embraer (specific award details to be announced later).
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Best Paper Award
The SHM Best Paper Award is presented to one or more individuals whose paper(s) are selected to have the highest quality and innovation from the Proceedings of the 2011 IWSHM. The Award Committee is formed by all the Session Chairmen for this Workshop. They may propose among the articles from the sessions of their specialty, one or two papers which may be candidates for the Award, justifying their proposal.
This award is sponsored by Boeing. A check of $800 USD will be provided by Boeing along with a plaque.
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Student Best Paper Award 
The IWSHM organizing committee is pleased to invite students to submit abstracts for the 2011 IWSHM Student Best Paper Award Competition. Papers will then be evaluated by a committee of experts from academia, industry, and the research community.
This award is sponsored by DEStech Publications (specific award details to be announced later).
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The Most Practical SHM Solutions for Aerospace Award 
Airbus is proud to sponsor a prize for the Most Practical SHM Solutions for Aerospace to be demonstrated in SHM in Action. The session will be judged by a panel of representatives from industry and government. The prize will be awarded at the end of the session.
This award is sponsored by Airbus (specific award details to be announced later).
The Most Practical SHM Solutions for Civil Infrastructures Award
IWSHM will sponsor the Most Practical SHM Solution for Civil Infrastructures to be demonstrated in the SHM in Action. The session will be judged by a panel of representatives from industry and government. The prize will be awarded at the end of the session.
This award is sponsored by IWSHM (specific award details to be announced later).