IOP Best Student Paper Award Criteria
The Best Student Paper Award, sponsored by the IOP Journal of Smart Materials and Structures ,consist of a Certificate and $ 250 dollars. A Committee of three members will review the submissions based on the following criteria:1) The first author of the paper should be a student.
2) Since the Cansmart Workshop has a special format of presentations: oral or poster, either format of presentation will be considered for the Award.
(The oral presentation consists of a 20 minute presentation; while the poster presentation consists of 5 minutes of oral presentation and a displayed poster during the 2 days of the meeting. All the papers (oral and poster) have the same length and format and are included in the same fashion in the Proceedings).
3) The Committee will evaluate the general quality of the paper including a clear and concise description of the work, the clarity of the language, the organisation and completeness of the paper.
2009 IOP Best Student Paper Award Winner
The 2009 IOP Best Paper Award Winner is M. Heydari Araghi of the University of Western Ontario, Canada for his paper entitled " A Feedback-Based Dynamic Instrument for Measuring Mechanical Properties of Soft Tissues for Minimally-Invasive Surgery" (co-written with Dr. S P Salisbury).
2009 Sensors Technology Ltd Award Winner
The 2009 Sensor Technology Ltd Award Winner is M. Dan Cluff of the University of Waterloo, Canada for his paper entitled "Powder Metallurgy Fabrication of Hybrid Monolithic SMA Actuators" (co-written with Drs. Stephen Corbin and Rob Gorbet).