Announced September 14, 2023

Congratulations to the Delaware-Clemson-OSU-Honda collaborative team for their paper “Design optimization of a multi-material, fiber-reinforced composite-intensive body-in-white of a mid-size SUV” being selected as a CAMX 2023 Outstanding Technical Paper.

The Outstanding Technical Paper Award is presented to a technical article that has addressed critical areas of importance to the composites and advanced materials industry from business, applications, and research perspectives.

The OSU team, led by Marcelo Dapino and Leon Headings, has developed in collaboration with a Honda team led by Ryan Hahnlen, a new type of joint between carbon fiber and metal that allows for seamless fabrication of fiber-metal vehicle structures without the need to modify existing welding infrastructure. This technology is being developed by the Delaware-Clemson-OSU-Honda team to reduce the weight of a midsize SUV’s glider by 160 lbs (73 kg) at a maximum cost of $5 per lb saved. The new multimaterial glider is expected to meet all safety and performance metrics relative to the baseline structure. This project is funded by the Department of Energy’s Vehicle Technologies Office.

The award will be announced during the Composites and Advanced Materials Expo (CAMX) to be held in Atlanta, Georgia in late October 2023.

Established in 1983, the ASME Board of Governors created the ASME Dedicated Service Award (DSA) to honor unusual dedicated voluntary service to the Society marked by outstanding performance, demonstrated effective leadership, prolonged and committed service, devotion, enthusiasm and faithfulness.

This year’s awardee was Marcelo Dapino, who was recognized for his extensive record of service to the ASME Division on Smart Materials, Adaptive Structures, and Intelligent Systems. This record includes many leadership positions he has held over the years within the Division and for the ASME Smart Materials, Adaptive Structures, and Intelligent Systems (SMASIS) Conference, as well as serving as the primary nominator of ASME Fellows for the Division.

The award was formally presented at the ASME Smart Materials, Adaptive Structures, and Intelligent Systems (SMASIS) Conference held in Austin, Texas on September 11-13, 2023.

Yitong Zhou, Marcelo Dapino, and Leon Headings were awarded Honorable Mention for the paper, “Modeling of Soft Robotic Grippers Integrated With Fluidic Prestressed Composite Actuators,” published in ASME Journal of Mechanisms and Robotics.

The Best Paper Award is selected by the JMR Editor and Editorial Board recognizing outstanding contributions to the field of mechanisms and robotics. The paper was one of three publications selected by the Journal for recognition among 275 articles they published in 2022.

Yitong received both a Master of Applied Statistics and a Doctor of Philosophy in Mechanical Engineering in December 2020. She is currently an assistant professor in the Shien-Ming Wu School of Intelligent Engineering at South China University of Technology. Congratulations Yitong!

Announcing the 2022 Best Paper Award and Honorable Mentions

Last week, Anthony successfully defended his master’s thesis titled, “Characterization of the delta-E effect in Metglas with application to stiffness tunable diaphragm pumps” in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering. Anthony joined SMSL in September 2021. We wish Anthony all the best in his new career path.

Well done, Anthony!