The Obituary of Dr. Wilfred D. Iwan, 85

Wilfred D (Bill) Iwan, professor of Civil Engineering, emeritus, at the California Institute of Technology, passed away on 29 October 2020, at the age of 85 years, in Pasadena, California. Iwan received his bachelor’s, master’s, and doctorate degrees from Caltech, in 1957, 1958, and 1961, respectively. He did his dissertation work under Prof. Donald Hudson.

The Kobori Prize

The IASCM Takuji Kobori Prize has been created by IASCM to promote research and development in the area of structural control and monitoring. This prize will be awarded to a paper that is judged to be the best among all the papers published in Structural Control and Health Monitoring (SCHM), the official journal of the International Association

SMC Benchmark Problems for Condition Assessment and Damage Detection

A full-scale bridge benchmark problem with several observed damage patterns was organized by the Center of Structural Monitoring and Control (SMC) at the Harbin Institute of Technology, China. Detailed investigation of this problem has been published in the Journal of Structural Control and Health Monitoring named “SMC Structural Health Monitoring Benchmark Problem Using Monitored Data

The 7th European Conference on Structural Control (EACS 2020)

The 7th European Conference on Structural Control (EACS 2020) will be held in Warsaw, Poland, at the Institute of Fundamental Technological Research, Polish Academy of Sciences. This conference series has started in 1996 and progressed successfully over the years under the auspices of the European Association for the Control of Structures (EACS). Its previous editions

The 8th International Workshop on Structural Control and Monitoring (8IWSCM)

The 8th International Workshop on Structural Control (8IWSCM) will be held May 29-30 at Columbia University in New York. The International Workshop on Structural Control and Monitoring, organized by the International Association on Structural Control and Monitoring (IASCM), is held every 4 years, and is staggered by two years from each of the World Conferences

The 15th International Workshop on Advanced Smart Materials and Smart Structures Technology (ANCRiSST2020)

The 15th International Workshop on Advanced Smart Materials and Smart Structures Technology (ANCRiSST2020) will be held at Purdue University located in West Lafayette, Indiana, USA July 17-20th.ANCRiSST 2020 aims to explore the application and integration of smart materials and structures technologies into our everyday world. We invite researchers to share their progress toward these common