YEP Awards |
A Jury selects two outstanding contributions presented by Young Engineers at IABSE Conferences and present them with the 'Outstanding Contribution Award, consisting of a diploma and a money prize. The financial support to this programme is offered by IABSE Fellows and the Organising Committee of the events.
WINNERS
| 2021 | Lubomir Matejicka, Denmark | |
| - Ice-Shedding and Aerodynamic Investigations of Bridge Cables with Steel Wire Meshes | ||
| Bartosz Siedziako, Norway | ||
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- Experiences from the Wind-Tunnel Testing of the Hardanger Bridge Section Model |
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| 2020 | Bruno Pedrosa, Portugal | |
| - Mode I Fatigue Crack Growth Tests on Puddle Iron Strengthened with CFRP Plates - Probabilistic Fields of Fatigue Crack Growth Rates of Puddle Iron Based on Huffman Local |
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| Johan de BOON, The Netherlands | ||
| Possible Application of FRP Bridges in Renovation and Replacement Task of Rijkswaterstaat (IABSE Symposium Wrocław 2020) |
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2019 |
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Haipeng Lei, China |
| Simplified Interactive Flexure- Shear Design Method for Concrete Beams Based on Plastic Stress Field | ||
| Johanna Ruge, Germany | ||
| Models as Design Tools – Physical Models and Their Epistemic Value (IABSE Congress New York 2019) |
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| 2018 | Catherine Poirriez, Singapore Lightweight Megastructure: Design and Construction of a 100m span dome in Manila |
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| Marco Furinghetti, Italy Optimized Design of Seismic Isolation Systems for Existing Bridges (40th IABSE Symposium Nantes 2018) |
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| 2017 | Igor Kavrakov, Germany Modelling Techniques for Buffeting Analysis of Long-Span Bridges |
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| Xiaoyu Chen, China Influence Analysis of the Corrosive Factors Effect on the Corrosion Rate of Steel Wires of Main Cable of Suspension Bridge (IABSE Conference Guangzhou 2016) |
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| 2016 | Colin van Niejenhuis, Canada Experimental and Analytical Studies on the Benefits of Stainless Steel Rebar Use in Cracked Concrete Structures |
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| Travis Thonstad, USA Pretensioned, Rocking Bridge Columns for Accelerated Construction and Enhanced Seismic Performance (39th IABSE Symposium Vancouver 2017) |
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| 2015 | Norman Hallermann, Germany Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) - Survey and monitoring based on high-quality airborne photos |
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| Sanjeev Shankar, India Living Root Bridges: State of knowledge , fundamental research and future application (IABSE Conference Geneva 2015) |
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| Zhe QU, China Friction Damper in Steel Coupling Beams for Enhanced Seismic Resilience of High-rise Building (IABSE Nara Conference 2015) |
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| Mayuko Nishio, Japan Uncertainty Quantification and Calibration of Dynamic Models of Existing Bridges Considering Difference of Modeling Strategy (IABSE Nara Conference 2015) |
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| 2014 | Kayin Dawoodi and Lee Franck, UK (co-presenters) Bridge TOOL – Design and Construction of Rural Suspension Footbridge |
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| Didier Sonnbichler and Benjamin Kreis, Switzerland (co-presenters) Footbridges for Kenya (IABSE Symposium Madrid 2014) |
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| 2013 | Andreas Andersson, Sweden Load Capacity Assessment and Strengthening of a Railway Arch Bridge with Backfill |
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| Maléna Bastien-Masse, Switzerland Concrete Bridge Deck Slabs Strengthened with UHPFRC (IABSE Conference Rotterdam 2013) |
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| 2012 | Frederik Teworte, Germany Non Fatigue of Prestressed Concrete Beams with low Shear Reinforcement Ratios – Experimental Investigations |
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Kermin Chok, Singapore |
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| Declan Gavigan, Ireland Strength and Durability Performance of Stabilised Soil Block Masonry Units |
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| (IABSE Conference Sharm El Sheikh 2012) | ||
| 2011 | Francesca Lupi, Italy Non-conventional Wind Loading on Ultra-high Towers in Solar Updraft Power Plants |
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| Lucas Epp, UK Richmond Speed Skating Oval Wood Wave Timber Panels |
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| (London IABSE-IASS Symposium 2011) | ||
| 2010 | Johan Berger, Austria New Approach for Bridges with Very High Durability |
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| Xin Ruan, China Failure Analysis of a Long Span Pre-stressed Concrete Box Girder Bridge (IABSE Symposium Venice 2010) |
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| Caspeele Robby, Belgium Influence of Prior Information on the Assessment of Concrete Strength from a Limited Number of Samples |
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Chatzis, Michail, Greece |
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| Vlasic Andjelko, Croatia Closed Rib Orthotropic Deck Plate Design Charts for Special Vehicles from EN 1991-2 Load Model 3 |
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| (IABSE Conference Dubrovnik 2010) | ||
| 2009 | David Ferrand, Thailand Construction Engineering of the Kanchanaphisek Bridge |
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| Eyüp Selçukoglu, Switzerland Towards the Plastic Design of Glulam Concrete Composite Structures (IABSE Symposium Bangkok 2009) |
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| 2008 | Roman Wendner, Austria Structural Assessment Using Identified Bending Stiffness (IABSE Congress Chicago 2008) |
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Christian Eckhardt, Germany |
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S. Szyniszewski and T. Krauthammer, USA |
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| 2007 | Joao Ramoa Correira, Portugal Lifetime Performance of GFRP Pultruded Profiles for Structural Applications |
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| Benjamin Braun, Germany A Survey on Patch Loading Models for Bridge Launching |
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| (IABSE Symposium Weimar 2007) | ||
| 2006 |
Dalei Wang, China |
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| Marcus Rutner, USA Blast Resistant Performance of Steel and Composite Bridge Piers |
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| 2005 | Cristina Oliveira, Portugal Buckling and Yielding Trigger Devices for Seismically Isolated Railway Bridges |
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Andrea Frangi, Switzerland |
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| 2004 | Tongi Zhang, China Structural Design of the Giant "CD" Canopy of Beijing Zhongguancun Sofware Plaza Prize sponsored by Sika – A Global Player in Construction Chemicals and Industrial Material (Switzerland) |
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| Ulrich Castrischer, Germany Prefabricated Hybrid Frame Bridges for Metropolitan Traffic Routes' Prize sponsored by the China Highway Planning and Design Institute/HPDI, China |
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| Wolfram Kuhlmann, Germany Historic Buildings under Earthquake Loads Prize sponsored by Jiangsu Fasten-Nippon Steel Cable Co. Ltd (IABSE Symposium Shanghai 2004) |
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| 2003 | Annette Boegle, Germany Evaluation in Conceptual Design – a Pedestrian /Cyclist Bridge in Stuttgart Prize sponsored by East Japan Railway Company, Japan |
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| Hans Peter Guenther, Germany Fatigue Behaviour of Steel Bridge Girders Prize sponsored by 'OC Lucerne 2000/Swiss Group of IABSE', Switzerland (IABSE Symposium Antwerp 2003) |
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| 2002 | Tobia Zordan, Italy Design and Analysis of a Variable Stiffness Movable Footbridge Prize sponsored by 'OC Lucerne 2000/Swiss Group of IABSE', Switzerland |
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| Rigoberto Burgueno, Mexico Development of an FRP Membrane Prize sponsored by the Australian Group of IABSE (IABSE Symposium Melbourne 2002) |