Hangai Prize Recipients

The Hangai Prize was established in 2001 in memory of Professor Yasuhiko Hangai (Japan, 1942-1998), a very active member of the IASS and its Executive Council.  In accordance with Professor Hangai's career-long encouragement for young people, the award recognizes young talented researchers, designers, and engineers working in the field of shell and spatial structures whose papers submitted to the annual IASS Symposium are judged to be most meritorious by the Hangai Prize Committee. 2003 Symposium, Taipei, Taiwan Tomohiko Kumagai (Japan): "Dynamic Buckling Behaviour of Single Layer Lattice Domes Subjected to Horizontal Step Wave" Hsiao-Hui Lee (Taiwan): "Consistent Formulations for Geometric Nonlinear and Buckling Analyses of Space Framed Structures" Carolina Rodríguez (United Kingdom): "Swivel Diaphragm, a New Alternative for Retractable Ring Structures" Yu-Chun Tse (Singapore): "Design of Stiffened Plate Structures Using Structural Intensity Concept"

2004 Symposium, Montpellier, France

Julien Averseng (France): "Static and Dynamic Robust Control of Tensegrity Systems"
Benjamin Bridgens (United Kingdom): "A New Biaxial Test Protocol for Architectural Fabrics"
Jennifer Burton (United Kingdom): "Wind Loading Pressure Coefficients on A Conic Shaped Fabric Roof ? Experimental Methods"
Caroline Hatchem (Canada): "Deployable Structures in Nature: Examples, Analysis and Realization"

2005 Symposium, Bucharest, Romania

Vu Khac Kien (Singapore): "Commutative Algebra in Structural Analysis of Deployable Tension-Strut Structures"
Zhang Jingyao (China): "Form-Finding of Self-Stressed Structures by an Extended Force Density Method"
Qin Yafei (China): "Structural Design of Samoa Aquatic Centre"
Kawamura Hiroaki (Japan): "Computational Morphogenesis of Discrete Structures Based on Fuzzy Theory"

2006 Symposium, Beijing, China

Jeroen Coenders (Netherlands): "Approximating Complex Shapes with Intelligent Structures: Embedded Design Intelligence in Systems for the Early Phases of Design"
Ramar Pandia Raj (India): "Using Symmetry for Tensegrity Form-Finding"
Stefan Trometer (Germany): "Development and Design of Glass Folded Plate Structures"
Wenhua Liu (China): "Analysis Under Multi-Support Excitation about National Stadium for the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing"

Applicants earning 2006 Honorable Mention and one-year free membership in IASS:

Evangelos Maniadis (Greece): "Geometrically Nonlinear Analysis of Structures Coupling Cable and Beam Elements"
Jianbo Zhao (China): "Theoretical Analysis of Sliding Polygonal Cable Elements"
Noah Burger (USA): "Felix Candela, Elegance and Endurance: An Examination of the Xochimilco Shell"
Chi Trung Tran (Vietnam): "Deployable Buttefly-Wing Structure for Space Enclosure"
Liping Zhang (China): "Wind-Induced Responses Analysis of a Tensegrity Tower"

2007 Symposium, Venice, Italy

Philippe Block (USA): "Thrust Network Analysis: A New Methodology for Three-Dimensional Equilibrium"
Shen Cao (China): "A Study on Structural Design of the Retractable Roof Structure with Two Annular Rails"
Cyril Douthe (France): "Gridshell in Composite Materials: Towards Wide Span Shelters"
Alberto Pugnale (Italy): "Morphogenesis and Structural Optimization of Shell Structures with the Aid of a Genetic Algorithm"
 
2008 Symposium, Acapulco, Mexico

Carlo Deregibus (Italy): "Mathematical and Structural Properties of Geodesic Curves: An Application on a Free Form Gridshell"
Tomas Ignacio Mendez (Mexico): "Architectural Acoustic and Structural Form"
Jeffrey Hunt (USA): "Designing Adaptive Spatial Structures"
Toshiaki Kimura (Japan): "Computational Mophogenesis of Free Form Shells"                                                                                       
Carolina Carmona-Aparicio (Mexico): "Computational Methods in the Teaching of the Complex Forms, Study Case: Hyperbolic Paraboloid"

Applicants earning 2008 Honorable Mention and one-year free membership in IASS:

Martin Flint (Germany): "Ant Colony Optimisation for Ultra-High Performance Concrete Structures"
Carlos Zetina Gargollo (Mexico): "Design and Development of a Convertible Dome for the Patio of a Historical Building"

2009 Symposium, Valencia, Spain

Paolo Basso(Italy): "Computational Morpogenesis in Architecture: The Cost Optimization of Free Form Grid Shells"
Francisco José Palacios Climent (Spain): "Movable Structure for a Two-Axes Solar Tracker. Tracking a Sustainable Future"
Linbo Qiu (Japan): "Fire Performances of Space Grid Structures"
Tomohiro Tachi (Japan): "Generalization of Rigid Foldable Quadrilateral Mesh Origami" 

 This page last updated 22 October 2009