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2017 Awardees

SHM Lifetime Achievement Award

Sponsored by The Boeing Company

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.

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2017 Awardee:
Anne Kiremidjian​, Stanford​

SHM Person of the Year Award

Sponsored by SAGE

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.

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2017 Awardees:
Yi-Qing Ni​, Hong Kong Polytechnic​ University
Shenfang Yuan, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics ​

SHM Hans-Juergen Schmidt Award

Sponsored by Aerospace Journal and IWSHM committee

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.

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2017 Awardee:
Liming Salvino​, Office of Naval Research

The Achenbach Medal

Sponsored by Embraer

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.

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2017 Awardee:
Yang Wang​, Georgia Tech​

Best Paper Award

Sponsored by The Boeing Company

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 2017 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 speciality, one or two papers which may be candidates for the Award, justifying their proposal.

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2017 Awardee:
Jiaze He​, National Institute of Aerospace, USA

Best Poster Paper Award

Sponsored by the Sensors Journal

The SHM Best Poster Paper Award is presented to one or more individuals whose poster paper(s) are selected to have the highest quality and innovation from 2017 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 speciality, one or two poster papers which may be candidates for the Award, justifying their proposal.

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2017 Awardee:
Kwang Ri​​, Dalian University of Technology

Student Best Paper Award

Sponsored by DEStech Publications

The IWSHM organizing committee is pleased to invite students to submit abstracts for the 2017 IWSHM Student Best Paper Award Competition. Papers will then be evaluated by a committee of experts from academia, industry, and the research community.

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2017 Awardee:
Homin Song, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

The Most Practical SHM Solution for Aerospace Award

Sponsored by Airbus

Airbus is proud to sponsor a prize for the Most Practical SHM Solution 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.

2017 Awardee:
Arun Chhabra, 8-tree

The Most Practical SHM Solution for Civil / Mechanical Systems Award

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.

2017 Awardees:
Abe Davis, Stanford
Scott Dalgleish, PhaseIV