{"id":27,"date":"2014-04-08T17:53:04","date_gmt":"2014-04-08T17:53:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.asminternational.org\/smst\/society-awards\/"},"modified":"2026-06-28T21:58:50","modified_gmt":"2026-06-28T21:58:50","slug":"smst-awards","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.asminternational.org\/smst\/smst-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"SMST Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Society Awards<\/h1>

SMST WILLIAM J. BUEHLER AWARD<\/h3>

The SMST William J. Buehler Award shall recognize excellence in Shape Memory or Superelastic Alloy (SMA) technical innovation. This Award shall recognize those who have provided an exceptional amount of effort and valuable return on effort in their service to advancing Shape Memory and Superelastic Alloy Technology. Nominations are reviewed and pre-discussed by the Shape Memory & Superelastic Technologies (SMST) Awards & Nominations Committee. The recipient is then selected by a committee including SMST President, Vice President, and Chair of the A&N Committee.<\/p>

Nominations are due by March 1 of the year in which the Award is to be presented.<\/strong><\/p>

Rules<\/a><\/p>

Candidate Nomination Link Request<\/a><\/p>

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Virtual Student Contest on Shape Memory Materials<\/h3>

The contest theme aligns with the 2025 Workshop on MedTech for Design and Manufacturing with Nitinol and encompasses all areas of shape memory materials, with a special emphasis on medical applications.<\/p>

Congratulations to This Year\u2019s Winner.<\/p>

Abdelrahman Elsayed<\/a>, Texas A&M<\/strong> for their entry titled<\/h3>

\u201cShape Memory Interlocking Metasurfaces: A Framework for Adaptive and Reconfigurable Joining\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/h4>

Please join us in congratulating this year\u2019s outstanding winner. We are proud to recognize their achievement and the high caliber of work submitted by all participants.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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