THE ARA AWARDS FOR 2016
The annual ARA Excellence Awards were presented to:
Prof. Dr. Dan Fornade - ARA Honorary Member
Dr. Ala Mindicanu - ARA Full Member, Canada
"Prof. Dr.Mircea Sabau" ARA Awards for Excellence in Physics/Chemistry was awarded to:
Prof. Dr. Eng. Ruxandra Vidu and Prof. Dr. Eng. Marius Enachescu for exceptional scientific achievements in nanoscience and nanotechnologies
The 2016 “Honorary Prof. Dr. Mircea N. Sabau" ARA Award for Excellence in Physics/Chemistry” was bestowed to Prof. Dr. Eng. Ruxandra Vidu – President of ARA, and Prof. Dr. Eng. Marius Enachescu – Vice-President of ARA, at the ARA 40th Congress, which was held in Montreal, Canada, July 28 – 31, 2016, Chaired by Dr. Ala Mindicanu.
This year, in honor of the 40th Anniversary of the founding of ARA, the award was uniquely given to two ARA members for their significant and outstanding contribution to both Science and ARA. The $200 Award Prize was given to Prof. Dr. Eng. Ruxandra Vidu, by Prof. Dr. Eng. Marius Enachescu, who graciously took over the supplemental material offered from the Founders in 2015, and another $200 for Prof. Dr. Eng. Marius Enachescu was offered by Dr. Rer. Nat. Carmen Sabau and Dr. Isabelle Sabau, the founders of the Award.
ARA Award of Excellence in Arts was presented to:
Carmen Doreal, Canada
Poster Awards
This year, PhD students were awarded in the poster sesion, which offered an exciting and rewarding experiential learning opportunity to grad students who shared and presented their research. The Judging Committee was composed of ARA members, such as: Marius Enachescu, Ruxandra Botez, Ioana Ionel, Vitorio Stana si Ruxandra Vidu.
ARA Poster Award in Aircraft Modeling:
Alin Turculet, Georges Ghazi, R. M. Botez
“DEVELOPMENT OF AIRCRAFT DATABASE IN CRUISE FLIGHT USING EQUATIONS OF MOTION”
ARA Poster Award in Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV)
Guillaume Tatrie, Maximilien Hawawini, and R. Botez
ARA Poster Award in Navigation Modeling
Charles Romain, Alejandro Murrieta-Mendoza, R. M. Botez
“AIRCRAFT TRAJECTORY OPTIMIZATION TO REDUCE FUEL CONSUMPTION IN CRUISE”
ARA Poster Award in Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV)
Maxime Kuitche, Marine Segui, Anais Kerroux, Ruxandra Botez
“ESTIMATION OF THE FLIGHT DYNAMICS OF THE UAS-S4 THROUGH ITS GEOMETRY CHARACTERISTICS”
ARA Young Scientist Poster Award
CRIAQ MDO505 Team, poster presented by Manuel Flores Salinas
“MORPHING ARCHITECTURES AND RELATED TECHNOLOGIES FOR WING EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENT”
ARA Young Scientist Poster Award in Wind and Tunnel
Oliviu Sugar-Gabor, Manuel Flores, Oscar Carranza, Cyril Ledent, Robin Lacroix, and Ruxandra Botez
ARA Young Scientist Poster Award in Navigation
Radu Dancila, Loredana Dugulean, and Ruxandra Botez
“CONSTANT ALTITUDE CRUISE TRAJECTORY OPTIMIZATION FOR REQUIRED TIME OF ARRIVAL”
Cristian Pantilimon, Andra Predescu, Ruxandra Vidu, Ecaterina Matei, Cristian Predescu
“COMPARISON OF DEPOLLUTION CAPABILITIES OF TWO IRON BASED MAGNETIC NANOPOWDERS”
ARA Poster Award in Environmental Protection
Yassine Kadmi, Lidia Favier, Ecaterina Matei, Andra Predescu, Ruxandra Vidu
“MODELING THE FORMATION OF DISINFECTION BY-PRODUCTS IN SURFACE WATER WITH DIFFERENT QUALITY”
ARA Young Scientist Poster Award in Advanced Materials
Daniel Dryden, Theodore Sun, Ryan McCormick, Raymond Hickey, Ruxandra Vidu, Pieter Stroeve
“TEMPLATED ELECTRODEPOSITION OF CO-NI FLUTED NANOWIRES”
ARA Young Scientist Poster Award in Railway History: Ramon Mihai Balogh
Authors: Ramon Mihai Balogh, Ioana Ionel, Dan Stepan
Poster title: “LOOKING THROUGH THE CURTAIN OF HISTORY”