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Past Winners
Year:
Winner
Navoda Ranasinghe
Massey University, New Zealand
Xiujie LI
Hong Kong Ploytechnic University, Hong Kong, China
Award Committee
Prof. Dr. David Arditi
Chairman
Illinois Institute of Technology
Prof. Dr. Tengfei Zhang
Dalian University of Technology
Prof. Yong Tan
Tongji University
Prof. Dr. Hongping Yuan
Prof. Dr. Hiroshi Tagawa
Hiroshima University
Prof. Dr. Yung Yau
School of Graduate Studies and Department of Sociology & Social Policy, Lingnan University
Winner
Dadi Zhang
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong
Joana Maia
University of Porto, Portugal
Award Committee
Prof. Dr. David Arditi
Chairman
Illinois Institute of Technology
Prof. Elena Lucchi
Prof. Marco Di Ludovico
University of Naplese Federico II - Department of Structures for Engineering and Architecture
Prof. Ricardo Almeida
Polytechnic University of Viseu
Prof. Dr. Adrian Pitts
University of Huddersfield
Prof. Binsheng Zhang
Winner
Yuan Chen
Xi’an Jiaotong University, China
Roberta Arena
University of Catania, Italy
Award Committee
Prof. Dr. David Arditi
Chairman
Illinois Institute of Technology
Prof. Dr. Antonio Caggiano
UniGE
Prof. Dr. Bao-Jie He
Chongqing University
Dr. Harry Far
Winner
Danilo D'Angela
University of Naples Federico II, Italy
Award Committee
Prof. Dr. David Arditi
Chairman
Illinois Institute of Technology
Dr. Emanuele Brunesi
EUCENTRE, European Centre for Training and Research in Earthquake Engineering
Prof. Dr. Carlos Chastre
Universidade NOVA de Lisboa
Prof. Da Yan
Tsinghua University
Winner
Karthik Panchabikesan
Concordia University, Canada
Xiaolei Yuan
Tongji University, China & Aalto University, Finland
Award Committee
Prof. Dr. David Arditi
Chairman
Illinois Institute of Technology
Prof. George Baird
Dr. Cinzia Buratti
University of Perugia
Dr. Xingxing Zhang
Energy, Forest and Built Environments
Dr. Wahidul K. Biswas
Curtin University
Winner
André Furtado
the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto (Portugal)
Winner
Sujith Mangalathu
University of California, Los Angeles
Winner
Eleonora Brembilla
Loughborough University, UK
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