2026 IMAC in Palm Springs
What a conference! Palm Springs was a great location for IMAC-XLIV, and we had a great time catching up with old friends and making new connections. Thanks to everyone who stopped by our booth, and to all the folks at the Society for Experimental Mechanics for organizing another fantastic IMAC!
See you next year in Orlando, FL!
2026 Best Papers
During IMAC-XLIV, various awards were presented in recognition of outstanding achievements and service to SEM/IMAC. Correlated Solutions is proud to once again sponsor the award for Best Paper in Computer Vision & Laser Vibrometery.
This award was established in 2018 to attract high-quality publications and presentations of interest to the DIC, Computer Vision, and Optical Techniques community at IMAC, and sponsoring this award is part of our ongoing commitment to the broader advancement of digital image correlation research around the world. The awards for the three best papers come with a certificate and a monetary award. See below for a list of winners and photographs of the researchers who were able to attend the presentation.
Congratulations to all the winners!
1st Place: “Three-dimensional point tracking using UAV-based stereo vision” Fabio Bottalico–University of Massachusetts Lowell; Christopher Niezrecki–University of Massachusetts Lowell; Alessandro Sabato–University of Massachusetts Lowell.
2nd Place: “Towards experimental modal analysis of structural systems with high-speed x-ray radiography”Anthony LoRe Starleaf–Los Alamos National Laboratory; David Mascarenas–Los Alamos National Laboratory
3rd Place: “Vibration measurement of a rotating structure using an image-based tracking continuously scanning laser doppler vibrometer with a misalignment angle” Linfeng Lyu–University of Maryland Baltimore County; Weidong Zhu–University of Maryland Baltimore County; David Will–University of Maryland Baltimore County; Ke Yuan–University of Maryland Baltimore County
