Prof. Dapino was named the 2017 recipient of the ASME Adaptive Structures and Material Systems Award. Dapino joins a prestigious list of past winners of this award, which was established by the Aerospace Division as a division-level award in 1993 and elevated to a Society Award in 2014.
The Adaptive Structures and Material Systems Award recognizes significant contributions to the sciences and technologies associated with adaptive structures and/or materials systems. The award is intended to honor a lifetime of achievement and sustained impact in the field. The ASME Adaptive Structures and Material Systems Award recognizes Dapino’s “outstanding contributions to the sciences and technologies associated with smart materials, including undergraduate and graduate education, fundamental scholarly research, and the successful transition of academic research to industry applications.”