Science and technology prizes
Award for Scientific and Technological Innovation, China Association for the Promotion of Industrial Development of Science and Technology
For Key Technologies and Applications for Structural Safety Diagnostics and Smart Disaster Prevention in Civil Infrastructure. Fifth of fifteen named contributors.
Science and Technology Award, China Highway and Transportation Society
For Key Technologies for Refined Diagnosis and Prevention of Fatigue Damage in Long-Span Bridges under Multi-Factor Coupling. The Grand Prize sits above the First Prize; the certificate is issued to me by name.
Science and Technology Progress Award, Ministry of Education of the People’s Republic of China
For Key Technologies and Engineering Application for Performance Enhancement of Existing Building Structures. Fourth named contributor. The strengthening and retrofit line it recognised still runs through the current research agenda.
Individual research awards
Awarded to a named researcher rather than to a project team.
Outstanding Scientific Researcher Award, Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, People’s Republic of China
Outstanding Scientific Researcher Award, Universität der Bundeswehr München
Awarded during doctoral research at the university where I took my Dr.-Ing.
Best Exhibition Award, World Congress of Surveying
For Research on Deformation Performance of Concrete Structures by 3D Laser Scanning — the earliest public recognition of the reality-capture line that later became the most-cited part of my work.
Excellence Award for Outstanding Young Researchers, China Metallurgical Group (MCC)
Young Talent Award for Science and Technology Innovation, China Metallurgical Group (MCC)
For Algorithm Research on Reinforced-Concrete Surface Cracks Based on 3D Laser Scanning.