Abhishek Subedi, a PhD candidate in the Smart Informatix Laboratory led by Associate Professor Mohammad Jahanshahi, received the second runner-up award in the Best Student Paper Competition organized by the Structural Control and Health Monitoring Committee at the ASCE EMI 2025 Conference.

His paper, titled "Automated Text and Defect Detection in Radiographic Images of Pipeline Welds: A Noise-Robust Approach for Enhanced Inspection," was recognized for its innovative contributions to structural health monitoring using computer vision.

Zixin Wang, another PhD candidate from the same lab, was also named a finalist in the EMI Machine Learning in Mechanics Student Paper Competition. Zixin's paper, titled "Physics-Informed Machine Learning for Digital Twin-Enhanced Structural Damage Detection and Localization," was selected among the top entries for its impactful application of AI to structural diagnostics.