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Shape Memory and Superelasticity 2023 Editor’s Choice Articles Announced”

Shape Memory and Superelasticity Editor-in-Chief Hüseyin Sehitoglu recently announced this year’s Editor’s Choice articles, showcasing six of the high-quality articles that were published in the journal in 2023. They are free to read and can be shared with your colleagues.

We hope you enjoy reading these articles, and we extend our congratulations to the authors of these high-quality papers!


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Shape Memory and Superelasticity announces 2022 Best Paper Award

Shape Memory and Superelasticity is pleased to announce that “Fatigue-Resistant Heterogeneous Gradient Nanocrystalline NiTi Shape Memory Alloy Fabricated by Pre-Strain Laser Shock Peening” from Volume 8, Issue 2, June 2022, is the winner of the 2022 Best Paper Award. The winning authors are Dr. Kai Yan and Dr. Pengbo Wei, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, China, and Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, China; Dr. Kangjie Chu, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, China; Dr. Hao Wang, Ruhr-Universität Brochum, Brochum, Germany; Prof. Weifeng He, State Key Laboratory for Manufacturing Systems Engineering, Xi’an Jiatong University, Xi’an, China, and Science and Technology on Plasma Dynamics Laboratory, Air Force Engineering University, Xi’an, China; Prof. Fuzeng Ren, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, China; and Prof. Qingping Sun, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, China, and HKUST Shenzhen-Hong Kong Collaborative Innovation Research Institute, Shenzhen, China.

The Best Paper Award was chosen by the editorial team of Shape Memory and Superelasticity. All papers published in Volume 8 were considered. The award will be presented at SMST 2024. The award, in addition to the recognition, includes a plaque and $1000 (U.S.) worth of ASM International products.

The Shape Memory and Superelasticity Editorial Advisory Board and the editors of the journal extend their congratulations to the authors for winning this prestigious award!

Click  here to view the full announcement printed in Shape Memory and Superelasticity.