Best Paper of the Year 2025 (Structural Control and Health Monitoring)
(Asia/Pacific)
Paper Title: Structural performance of multi-storey modular buildings with bolt-free post-tensioned inter-module connections
Authors: Keunwoo Lee, Kim J.R. Rasmussen, Bong-Ho Cho
Best Paper of the Year 2025 (Hybrid Structures)
(America/Africa)
Paper Title: Structural performance of self-tapping screws for use in steel-CLT composite members
Authors: Hugh Merryday, Kadir Sener, David Roueche
Volume 340, 1 October 2025, 120652
https://t.co/T1wDq277KG
Best Paper of the Year 2025 (Hybrid Structures)
(Europe)
Design and instability issues of log-house timber panels under in-plane compression loads
Authors: Dag Pasquale Pasca, Angelo Aloisio, Knut Amund Skatvedt
Volume 342, 1 November 2025, 120904
https://t.co/2ON7ZlxJvr
Best Paper of the Year 2025 (Hybrid Structures)
(Asia/Pacific)
Paper Title: Novel rocking interconnection for superior prefabricated prefinished modular building system
Authors: Pejman Sharafi, Babak Atashfaraz, Kamyar Kildashti
Volume 343A, 15 November 2025, 120934
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Best Paper of the Year 2025 (Steel and Space Structures)
(America/Africa)
Paper Title: Experiments on local buckling of cold-formed steel lipped channels in compression at elevated temperatures
Authors: Jiangyue Xie, Yu Niu, Thomas Gernay
Best Paper of the Year 2025 (Steel and Space Structures)
(Europe)
Rope effect in mechanical panel-timber connections: A comparison between screws and dowels
Authors: Mattia Debertolis, Yue Wang, Tianxiang Wang, Roberto Crocetti, Magnus Wålinder
Best Paper of the Year 2025
(Steel and Space Structures)
(Asia/Pacific)
Paper Title: Recent advancements of inter-module connections for modular buildings: An overview and multi-dimensional assessment
Authors: Xialu Liu, Chao Hou, Jiahao Peng, Yuyin Wang, Kim J.R. Rasmussen
Best Paper of the Year 2025
(Novel Structures & Metamaterials)
(America/Africa)
Paper Title: Bio-inspired design and 4D Printing of Multi-stiffness Wavy Metamaterial Energy Absorbers/Dissipators with Shape Recovery Features
Authors: Ramin Hamzehei, Mahdi Bodaghi, Nan Wu
Best Paper of the Year 2025
(Novel Structures & Metamaterials)
(Europe)
Paper Effect of Poisson's ratio on the mechanical properties and behaviour of auxetic bolts withdrawal from holes in beech wood
Authors: Jerzy Smardzewski, Krzysztof W. Wojciechowski
Best Paper of the Year 2025
(Novel Structures & Metamaterials)
(Asia/Pacific)
Paper Title: Innovative modular systems for high-rise buildings
Authors: J.Y. Richard Liew, Y.S. Chua
Volume 323A, 15 January 2025, 119270
https://t.co/2hv6mbM1to
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Best Paper of the Year 2025 (Earthquake Engineering)
(America/Africa)
Paper Title: Quantitative post-earthquake building condition inference from exterior drift-sensitive nonstructural damage observations
Authors: Casey J. Rodgers, Nathaniel Levine, Billie F. Spencer
Best Paper of the Year 2025 (Earthquake Engineering)
(Europe)
Paper Title: Advancements in fire damage evaluation for prestressed concrete bridges: Insights from the Belasica Bridge
Authors: Mihail Garevski, Zoran Mircevski, Marina Kordoska, Dragana Banovska, Ljupco Lazarov
Best Paper of the year 2025
(Earthquake Engineering)
(Asia/Pacific)
Paper Title: Robust post-earthquake structural safety evaluation from limited acceleration measurements using sparse Bayesian broad learning with dimensionally reduced damage-sensitive features
Best Paper of the Year 2025
(Structural Analysis & Design)
(Europe)
Paper Title: Integrated testing and modelling of substructures using full-field imaging and data fusion
Best Paper of the Year 2025
(Structural Analysis & Design)
(America/Africa)
Paper Title: Topology optimization for 3D printing-driven anisotropic components accounting for stress and displacement constraints
Authors: S.K. Chakravarthula, D. Das, P. Sideris, E. Kreiger
Best Paper of the Year 2025
(Concrete Structures)
(Europe)
Paper title: Experimental analysis of the influence of moderate fire damage on the dynamic and incremental static behavior of reinforced concrete beams
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Best Paper of the Year 2025
(Structural Analysis & Design)
(Asia/Pacific)
Paper Title: A novel life-cycle analysis framework to assess the performances of tall buildings considering the climate change
Best Paper of the Year 2025 (Artificial Intelligence in Structural Engineering)
(America/Africa)
Paper Title: What lies within: Utilizing graph neural networks for subsurface detection in finite element simulations