Vibration DSCD ASME - Best Paper Awardees

Two best paper awards have been announced during MECC 2026!

2026 Best Vibrations Paper Award:

Xilin Li, Shiming Fang, and Kaiyan Yu. "Physics-Informed Elastic Curve Smoothing for Time-Optimal Motion Planning." In Modeling, Estimation, and Control Conference. (2026).

2026 Best Vibrations Paper Award:

Pacifique Uwajambo, Christian Kazoleas, Jiajun Zhang, and Sichen Yuan. "Nonlinear Dynamic Modeling and Vibration Analysis of Tensegrity Structures Using Higher-Order Finite Element Method." In Modeling, Estimation, and Control Conference. (2026).

Two best paper awards have been announced during DSCC 2020!

TC Vibration Best Paper in Applications:

“Effect of Electromechanical Coupling on Locally Resonant Metastructures for Simultaneous Energy Harvesting and Vibration Attenuation Applications,” by Mohammad Bukhari, Feng Qian, Oumar Barry, and Lei Zuo, Virginia Tech.

TC Vibration Best Student Paper in Applications:

“Including Image-Based Perception in Disturbance Observer for Warehouse Drones,” by Zhu Chen, Xiao Liang, Minghui Zheng, University at Buffalo.

Two best paper awards have been announced during DSCC 2019!

Best paper award in application:

Kim, Hongjip, Arthur Smith, Oumar Barry, and Lei Zuo. "Self-Resonant Energy Harvester With a Passively Tuned Sliding Mass." In Dynamic Systems and Control Conference, vol. 59155, p. V002T27A002. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2019.

Best paper award in theory:

LiBretto, Michael, Jun Ueda, Yong K. Cho, Yong Han Ahn, and Chang Soo Han. "Configuration Optimization for End-Point Stabilization of Redundant Manipulators With Base Flexibility." ASME Letters in Dynamic Systems and Control 1, no. 2, 2019.

Two best paper awards have been announced during DSCC 2018!

Best paper award in application:

Pan, Yu, Sijing Guo, Ruijin Jiang, Yong Xu, Zhiwen Tu, and Lei Zuo. "Performance Evaluation of Train Suspension Energy Harvesting Shock Absorber on Railway Vehicle Dynamics." In Dynamic Systems and Control Conference, vol. 51913, p. V003T42A005. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2018.

Best paper award in theory:

Song, Siyang, Yu She, Junmin Wang, and Haijun Su. "Barrier Lyapunov Function Based Control of a Flexible Link Co-Robot With Safety Constraints." In ASME 2018 Dynamic Systems and Control Conference. American Society of Mechanical Engineers Digital Collection, 2018.

Three best paper awards have been announced during DSCC 2017!

Best paper award (place 1):

Jiang, Tianyu, Hui Xiao, and Xu Chen. "An inverse-free disturbance observer for adaptive narrow-band disturbance rejection with application to selective laser sintering." In Dynamic Systems and Control Conference, vol. 58295, p. V003T32A006. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2017.

Best paper award (place 2):

Pei, Yalu, Yilun Liu, and Lei Zuo. "Regenerative Base Isolation With Multi-Resonant Electromagnetic Shunt Dampers." In Dynamic Systems and Control Conference, vol. 58295, p. V003T32A001. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2017.

Best paper award (place 3):

Karagiannis, Dimitri, and Verica Radisavljevic-Gajic. "Robust Boundary Control for an Euler Bernoulli Beam Subject to Unknown Harmonic Disturbances With a Focus on Resonance." In Dynamic Systems and Control Conference, vol. 58295, p. V003T32A009. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2017.

Best paper awards have been announced during DSCC 2016!

Best paper award:

Khan, Irfan Ullah, David Wagg, and Neil D. Sims. "Hybrid active and semi-active control for vibration suppression in flexible structures." In Dynamic Systems and Control Conference, vol. 50695, p. V001T11A001. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2016.