D.R. Harting Award

Darrell R. Harting, a 37-year SEM member and one of Experimental Techniques founders, passed away in 1996. In recognition of his considerable contributions to SEM as a member, as its President in 1977-1978, as Fellow in 1983, and as an early proponent of Experimental Techniques, the SEM Honors Committee recommended, and the Executive Board approved, that the E/T Outstanding Paper Award be renamed the D.R. Harting Award.

This award was formally established in 1987 by the Executive Board. However, the award was first presented in 1981, when Experimental Techniques started publication on a regular basis. The award, consisting of a plaque, is presented at SEM's Spring Conference. Candidates are nominated by E/T reviewers who cite papers they consider worthy of "Outstanding Paper" status. In January of the year, the E/T Senior Technical Editor prepares a list of nominated papers. Subsequently, all pertinent information is submitted to the Honors Committee for the final selection.

2012 D.R. Harting Award: M. Chartrand, V. Brailovski, and Y. Baril

For their outstanding paper entitled “Test Bench and Methodology for Sternal Closure System Testing” published in Experimental Techniques, Vol. 34, No. 3, pp. 45-53, 2010.

Maxime Chartrand received a Bachelor of Science in mechanical engineering in 2006 and a Masters in mechanical engineering in 2008, at the École de Technologie Supérieure of the Université du Québec (Montreal, Canada). His master’s thesis was on the development of a test bench and methodology for sternal closure system testing. M. Chartrand is now pursuing his career as a mechanical engineer in a consulting firm specialized in wastewater technologies.

Vladimir Brailovski is Professor of Mechanical Engineering at École de technologie supérieure of the Université du Québec (Montreal, Canada) and Honorary Professor of the Moscow Institute of Steel and Alloys (Russia), Vladimir Brailovski is particularly interested in the characterization, thermomechanical processing and applications of Shape Memory Alloys in medicine and aerospace. Prof. Brailovski is a founding director of the Laboratory on SMA and Intelligent Systems at École de Technologie Supérieure. Since 2002, his laboratory hosted 4 post-doctoral fellows, 10 PhD and 20 Masters students and 6 research assistants. Prof. Brailovski made eight patent applications, published three books and more than one hundred papers in journals and referred conferences.

Yannick Baril received his doctoral and master degrees from École de technologie supérieure of the Université du Québec (Montreal, Canada). His doctoral thesis focused on developing a shape memory alloy braided bone fixation system. He is currently a mechanical engineer at the Global Technology Center in Sustainable Hydro of Alstom Power where he pursues various research projects on generators mechanics. His main interest is the modelization and characterization of mechanical assemblies. He has published eight papers in journals and referred conferences and made two patent applications.