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A Jury selects two outstanding contributions presented by Young Engineers at the 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 since 2009 exclusively offered by IABSE Fellows.

     
Angus Low presents the Diplomas to Roman Wendner and Christian Eckhardt  
     

2010    Johan Berger, Austria
New Approach for Bridges with Very High Durability
(IABSE Symposium Venice 2010)
    Xin Ruan, China
Failure Analysis of a Long Span Pre-stressed Concrete Box Girder Bridge 
(IABSE Symposium Venice 2010)
  Caspeele Robby, Belgium
Influence of Prior Information on the Assessment of Concrete Strength from a Limited Number of Samples
(IABSE Conference Dubrovnik 2010)
 

Chatzis, Michail, Greece
Fatigue Loads in Eurocodes for Steel and Composite Bridges: an Approach Oriented to Finland’s Road Network
(IABSE Conference Dubrovnik 2010)

    Vlasic Andjelko, Croatia
Closed Rib Orthotropic Deck Plate Design Charts for Special Vehicles from EN 1991-2 Load Model 3
(IABSE Conference Dubrovnik 2010) 
2009   David Ferrand, Thailand
Construction Engineering of the Kanchanaphisek Bridge
(IABSE Symposium Bangkok 2009)
    Eyüp Selçukoglu, Switzerland
Towards the Plastic Design of Glulam Concrete Composite Structures
(IABSE Symposium Bangkok 2009)
2008   Roman Wendner, Austria
Structural Assessment Using Identified Bending Stiffness (IABSE Congress Chicago 2008)
 

Christian Eckhardt, Germany
A Unique Transparent Structure for the New Footbridge Across a Moat in Darmstadt, Germany
(IABSE Congress Chicago 2008)

   

S. Szyniszewski and T. Krauthammer, USA
Progressive Collapse Simulation of Steel
Frame Structures – Accomplishments
and Validation Challenges
(IABSE Conference Helsinki 2008)

2007   Joao Ramoa Correira, Portugal
Lifetime Performance of GFRP Pultruded Profiles for Structural Applications
(IABSE Symposium Weimar 2007)
    Banjamin Braun, Germany
A Survey on Patch Loading Models for Bridge Launching
(IABSE Symposium Weimar 2007)
2006   

Dalei Wang, China
Wind Speed Criteria of Traffic Safety on a Long Trans-Oceanic Bridge
(IABSE Symposium Budapest 2006)

    Marcus Rutner, USA
Blast Resistant Performance of Steel and Composite Bridge Piers
(IABSE Symposium Budapest 2006)
2005   Cristina Oliveira, Portugal
Buckling and Yielding Trigger Devices for Seismically Isolated Railway Bridges
(IABSE Symposium Budapest 2006)
   

Andrea Frangi, Switzerland
'Fire Performance Based Design of Multistorey' Timber Buildings
(IABSE Symposium Budapest 2006)

2004  Tongyi 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)
(IABSE Symposium Shanghai 2004)
  Ulrich Castrischer, Germany
Prefabricated Hybrid Frame Bridges for Metropolitan Traffic Routes'
Prize sponsored by the China Highway Planning and Design Institute/HPDI, China
(IABSE Symposium Shanghai 2004)
  Wolfram Kuhlmann, Germany
Historic Buildings under Earthquake Loads
Prize sponsored by Jiangsu Fasten-Nippon Steel Cable Co. Ltd 
(IABSE Symposium Shanghai 2004)
2003   Annette Boegle, Germany
'Evaluation in Conceptual Design – a Pedestrian /Cyclist Bridge in Stuttgart'
Prize sponsored by East Japan Railway Company, Japan
(IABSE Symposium Antwerp 2003)
    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)
2002    Tobia Zordan, Italy
'Design and Analysis of a Variable Stiffness Movable Footbridge'
Prize sponsored by 'OC Lucerne 2000/Swiss Group of IABSE', Switzerland
(IABSE Symposium Melbourne 2002)
    Rigoberto Burgueno, Mexico
'Development of an FRP Membrane'
Prize sponsored by the Australian Group of IABSE
(IABSE Symposium Melbourne 2002)

 

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