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Awards

IDETC/CIE/AM3D

(AIAA), Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), and the 2016 DESIGN ENGINEERING DIVISION
Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE). He has served as technical program AWARDS
chair and paper review chairs for IEEE Annual Conference on Prognostics
and Health Management (PHM) continuously from 2012 to 2014. He is also
Design Automation (DAC) Best Paper Award
the Student Paper Chair for 2015 AIAA SciTech Conference. He has
continuously served as the special session co-organizer and chair for the Authors: Shuangcheng Yu, Yichi Zhang, Chen Wang, Won-kyu Lee, Biqin
“Design for Resilience and Failure Recovery” session since 2011 in Annual Dong, Teri W. Odom, Cheng Sun, and Wei Chen
ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conferences/Computer
& Information in Engineering Conferences (IDETC/CIE). Dr. Wang’s IDETC2016-60118 “Concurrent Structure and Processing Design of Quasi-ran-
expertise is in the area of engineering design for resilience and sustain- dom Nanostructured Material Systems Using Spectral Density Function”
ability, failure prognostics and health management. He has focused his
research efforts on developing new methodologies and design tools to
improve resilience and sustainability of engineered systems, and his Advanced Vehicle Technologies Best Paper Award (AVT)
dedicated effort has resulted in 36 referred journal articles and over 80 Authors: Alberto Doria and Luca Taraborrelli
referred conference proceedings. Dr. Wang’s research has also garnished
him notable national and international awards including two times ASME IDETC2016-59092 “Identification of the Critical Stiffness’s of Motorcycles
Design Automation Conference (DAC) best paper awards in 2008 and in Static and Dynamic Conditions”

2013, respectively, and 2012 IEEE PHM best paper award. He is the
recipient of the National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER award in 2014
Advanced Vehicle Technologies Best Student Paper Award (AVT)
and also the Young Researcher Award from International Society of Green
Manufacturing and Applications in 2012. He is currently serving as a Authors: Bin Li, Xiaobo Yang, James Yang, Yunqing Zhang, and Zeyu Ma
review editor for the Journal of Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimiza-
tion (SAMO). Dr. Wang’s research has been supported by NSF, Department IDETC2016-59096: “Optimization Algorithm Comparison for In-Plane
of Transportation (DOT), Department of Energy (DOE), and private industry Flexible Ring Tire Model Parameter Identification”
sponsors such as Spirit AeroSystems.
Micro and Nanosystems Best Paper Award (MNS)

MECHANISMS AND ROBOTICS AWARD Authors: Joseph Seymour and David J. Cappelleri
Design Engineering Division
IDETC2016-59736: “Automated Microassembly Sequence Planning with
Sunil K. Agrawal Sub-assemblies”

Columbia University
Mechanisms and Robotics Best Paper Award (MR)

Authors: Sybren L. Weeke, Nima Tolou, Guy Semon, and Just L. Herder
Biography: Sunil K. Agrawal received a PhD in mechanical engineering
from Stanford University in 1990. He is currently a Professor and Director IDETC2016-59247: “A Fully Compliant Force Balanced Oscillator”

of Robotics and Rehabilitation (ROAR) Laboratory at Columbia University.
He is an author/coauthor of 400 journal and conference papers, three
Freudenstein/General Motors Young Investigator Award (MR)
books, and 13 US Patents. Dr. Agrawal is a Fellow of the ASME and AIMBE.
His honors include a NSF Presidential Faculty Fellowship from the White Authors: Jonathan B. Hopkins and Frederick Sun
House in 1994, a Bessel Prize from Germany in 2003, and a Humboldt US
Senior Scientist Award in 2007. He is a recipient of the Best Paper award IDETC2016-59206 “Mobility Analysis of Interconnected Hybrid Flexure
at the 35th ASME Mechanisms and Robotics Conference in 2011, a Best Systems Using Screw Algebra and Graph Theory”
Student Paper Award at the IEEE International Conference in Robotics and
Automation in 2012, and a Best Paper (Honorable Mention) at the 39th
Compliant Mechanisms Award (MR)
ASME Mechanisms and Robotics Conference in 2015. He has held
positions of a Distinguished Visiting Professor at Hanyang University in
Authors: Jelle Rommers, Giuseppe Radaelli, and Just L. Herder
Korea, a Professor of Robotics at the University of Ulster in Northern
Ireland, and a Visiting Professor at the Biorobotics Institute of SSSA in Pisa. IDETC2016-59377 “A Pseudo Rigid Body Model of a Single Vertex
He actively serves on editorial boards of conferences and journals Compliant-Facet Origami Mechanism (SV-COFOM)”
published by the ASME, IEEE, and other professional societies.

A. T. Yang Memorial Award in Theoretical Kinematics (MR)
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Authors: Tomohiro Tachi and Thomas C. Hull

IDETC2016-60546: “Self-foldability of Rigid Origami”