IMAC XLIII - Best Paper in Computer Vision & Laser Vibrometery
What a conference! Thanks to everyone who attended our talks or stopped by our booth during IMAC this year! Keep an eye out as we hope to post a full video of Dr. Sutton’s Keynote address soon!
On Wednesday, February 12, 2025, IMAC Conference Director, Matt Allen, conducted the Awards Luncheon ceremony by presenting various awards in recognition of outstanding achievements and service to SEM/IMAC. Correlated Solutions is proud to once again sponsor the award for Best Paper in Computer Vision & Laser Vibrometery.
Sponsoring this award is part of our ongoing commitment to the broader advancement of digital image correlation research around the world. This award was established in 2018 to attract high-quality publications and presentations of interest to the DIC, Computer Vision, and Optical Techniques community at IMAC.
The awards for the three best papers come with a certificate and a monetary award. See below for a list of winners and photographs of the researchers who were able to attend the presentation. Congratulations to all the winners!
2025 Best Papers
1st Place:
“Development and Validation of a Novel Miniaturized High-Precision Laser Vibrometer for Vibration and Ultrasonic Vibration Measurements”
Ke Yuan–University of Maryland; Zhonghua Zhu–OmniSensing Photonics, LLC; Wei Chen–OmniSensing Photonics, LLC; Weidong Zhu–University of Maryland
2nd Place:
“Operational Modal Analysis of a Rotating Structure using a Novel Image-based Long-range Continuously Scanning Laser Doppler Vibrometer”
Linfeng Lyu–University of Maryland; Weidong Zhu–University of Maryland
3rd Place:
“Seeing Beyond the Surface – Structural Dynamics Identification through Multi-View Radiographic Imaging”
Daniel Rohe–Sandia National Laboratories; John Miers Sandia National Laboratories; Zhu Mao–Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Peter Avitabile–University of Massachusetts Lowell