The Vinnakota Award was established in
1997 by Ramulu S. Vinnakota, long-time member of SSRC, in
honor of his parents, Sarada M. and Raju A. Vinnakota, who
believed in education and research.
The award will be given for the best paper presented at
an Annual Stability Conference. The paper shall be based
on the thesis or research of an M.S. or Ph.D. student.
The award will be a certificate presented to the student
and the Professor who is his/her advisor and a cash honorarium
will be presented to the student.
The Abstract is to be submitted to SSRC prior to the deadline
for the paper, with a cover letter requesting that it be
considered for the award.
The Award selection will be based on the full paper.
| 2000 |
Mr.
Brian Chen |
Top Flange Lateral Bracing of Steel
Box Girders |
Prof. Joseph A. Yura |
University of Texas at Austin |
| 2001 |
Dr. Andrea Surovek |
A Modified Elastic Approach For the
Design of Steel Frames |
Prof. Donald White |
Georgia Tech |
| 2002 |
Mr.
Peter Dusicka |
Behavior of Built-Up Shear Links Under
Large Cyclic Deformations |
Prof. Ahmad Itani |
University of Nevada, Reno |
| 2003 |
Mr. Andrew Sarawit |
Design of Cold-Formed Steel Frames
and Beam-Columns |
Prof. Teoman Pekoz |
Cornell University |
| 2004 |
Mr.
Nuno Silvestre |
Towards an Efficient Design Against
Buckling: Formulae for C and Z-Section Cold Formed Steel
Members |
Prof. Dinar Camotim |
Technical University of Lisbon |
| 2005 |
Mr.
O.Ozgur Egilmez |
Strength of Metal Deck Forms Used
for Stability Bracing of Steel Bridge Girders |
Prof. Todd Helwig
Prof. Reagan Herman
|
University of Houston |
| 2006 |
Mr.
Jose Martinez-Garcia |
Benchmark Studies to Compare Frame
Stability Provisions |
Prof. Ronald Ziemian |
Bucknell University |
| 2007 |
Mr. Jiro Takagi |
Stability Investigation of Steel Members and Frames under Fire Conditions |
Prof. Gregory Deieirlein |
Stanford University |
| 2008 |
Mr. Mehdi Dastfan |
Flexural Stiffness Limits for Frame Members of Steel Plate Shear Wall Systems |
Prof. Robert Driver |
University of Alberta |
| 2009 |
Mr. Ian MacPhedran |
A Proposed Simplified Canadian Beam Design Approach |
Prof. Gilbert Y. Grondin |
University of Alberta |
| 2010 |
Mr .Duncan Stark |
Stability of Open Web Steel Joists Subjected to Ponding Loads |
Prof. Christopher Higgins |
Oregon State University |
