Dr. Giurgiutiu Honors and Awards
Dr. Giurgiutiu was awarded with the "Person of the Year Award" in September 2003 International Workshop of Structural Health Monitoring, Stanford, CA.
- University of South Carolina Educational Foundation Research Award (April 2015)
- Research Achievement Award of the College of Engineering and Computing, University of South Carolina (June, 2012)
- Associate Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) (Jan. 2010)
- Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) (Nov. 2006)
- Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society (RAeS) (April 2006)
- Mungo Graduate Teaching Award, University of South Carolina (April 2004)
- Structural Health Monitoring Person of the Year Award 2003 presented by the Structural Health Monitoring: an International Journal, Sage Pub., at the 4th International Workshop on Structural Health Monitoring, Stanford University, CA (September 15-17, 2003)
- ASME NDE Division 2002 Best Paper Award, Victor Giurgiutiu and Jingjing Bao
- 2002 First Place Best Student Paper Award of the NDE for Health Monitoring and Diagnostics Symposium, for the paper "Health Monitoring of Aging Aerospace Structures Using the Electro-Mechanical Impedance Method" by Andrei N. Zagrai and Victor Giurgiutiu
- Featured in the Smart Materials Bulletin: An International Newsletter, Elsevier (May 2002)
- 1997 USACERL Research Product Development Team Award of the US Army Construction Engineering Research Laboratories (CERL) (December 1997)
- Featured in the Machine Design, Penton Pub. (April 18, 1996)
- Award of the 2nd Army Research Office Workshop on Smart Structures and Materials, University of Maryland (September 1995)
- Aurel Vlaicu Prize of the Romanian Academy (March 1983)
- Diploma of Membership of the Imperial College (DIC), London, England (February 1977)
- Finsbury Medal of the Royal Aeronautical Society, London, England (June 1972)
- Highest Honors Graduate of Aeronautics Department, Imperial College of Science and Technology, London, England (June 1972)
- Henrici Medal of the Imperial College, London, England (June 1971)
- Who's Who in Science and Engineering Biographical Index
Honors and Awards Received by Current and Former Students
- Ayman ABDELRAHMAN (PhD student): Travel Grant, USC Graduate School, $500 (September 2013)
- Yanfeng SHEN (PhD student): SPARC Graduate Fellowship, Office of the USC Vice President for Research, $5,000 (May 2013-May 2014)
- Giola SANTONI-BOTTAI (PhD, 2010): Outstanding Dissertation Award for Mathematics, Physical Sciences, and Engineering, Univ. South Carolina (July 2010)
- Andrei ZAGRAI (PhD, 2002): 2002 First Place Best Student Paper Award of the NDE for Health Monitoring and Diagnostics Symposium, for the paper "Health Monitoring of Aging Aerospace Structures Using the Electro-Mechanical Impedance Method" by Andrei N. Zagrai and Victor Giurgiutiu
- Andrei ZAGRAI (PhD, 2002): Best Student Paper Award in Structural Acoustics and Vibration, Second Prize, Acoustical Society of America, Ft. Lauderdale, (December 3-7, 2001)
- Joel KOHN (SPRI 2001): SC Junior Academy of Science, Engineering division, First Place with the research paper and Second Place with the presentation (April 15, 2002)