President's AwardsPresident’s Awards are being bestowed in recognition of distinguished services by members to the International Institute for FRP in Construction for advancing the understanding and the application of fibre-reinforced polymers in the civil infrastructure, in the service of the engineering profession and society. CICE 2008: Zurich, SwitzerlandDr Scott T. Smith was awarded the “President’s Award” at CICE 2008 in Zurich in July 2008.
CICE 2006: Miami, USADr. Jian-Fei Chen and Professor Vistasp M. Karbhari were presented with the “President’s Award” at CICE 2006 in Miami in December 2006.
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Dr. Scott T. Smith is an Assistant Professor at The University of Hong Kong, China. His research interests encompass the experimental testing as well as the analytical and numerical modeling of FRP strengthening systems for a variety of RC structural elements. He is the author/co-author of over 100 refereed publications including “FRP-Strengthened RC Structures” (Wiley 2002) as well as “Design Guideline for RC Structures Retrofitted with FRP and Metal Plates: Beams and Slabs” (Australia’s first design guideline under the auspices of Standards Australia in 2008). Dr Smith is an elected member of the IIFC Council, Secretary to the IIFC Executive Committee and he chaired the organising committee of the First IIFC Official Conference for the Asia-Pacific region in December 2007 (APFIS 2007:
Dr. Jian-Fei Chen is a Reader at Edinburgh University, U.K. He has research experience in many areas in structural engineering including the nonlinear and dynamic behaviour of 3D structures, strength and stability of shell structures, behaviour of RC structures under static and explosion loadings, materials handling and particulate solids flow, stresses in silo structures, and behaviour of FRP strengthened concrete structures and thin shells. He has authored or co-authored over 120 refereed publications, including the book “FRP-Strengthened RC Structures” published by Wiley in 2002. Dr. Chen is a member of the IIFC Council and the Secretary to its Executive Committee. He co-chairs the IIFC Working Group on Bond Behaviour of FRP in Structures. He is the recipient of several awards including the Howard Medal 2004 awarded by the Institution of Civil Engineers.
Professor Vistasp M. Karbhari is a Professor of Structural Engineering and of Materials Science and Engineering at the University of California, San Diego, where he leads research groups in the areas of processing and mechanics of composites, durability of polymers and composites, bio-materials, application of composites to infrastructure renewal and multi-threat mitigation, impact/damage mechanics, nondestructive assessment of materials and structures, and structural health monitoring. He is the author/co-author of over 160 papers in archival journals and over 200 papers in refereed conference proceedings. In addition to serving on the IIFC Executive Committee and as the Editor of the IIFC Newsletter, he also serves on the ISHMII Council, and is co-chair of ACI-440L. He is the Editor for the Americas for the International Journal of Materials and Product Technology and is an editorial board member of Composite Structures.