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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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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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SHM Hans-Juergen Schmidt Award

Sponsored by Aerospace Journal

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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The Achenbach Medal

The Achenbach Medal has been created to recognize an individual (within 10 years of Ph.D) 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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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 IWSHM 2021. 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.

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Best Poster 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 IWSHM 2021. 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 poster papers which may be candidates for the Award, justifying their proposal.

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Student Best Paper Award

Sponsored by DEStech Publications

The IWSHM organizing committee is pleased to invite students to submit abstracts for the IWSHM 2021 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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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.

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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.

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