ICME Prize

The AIAA ICME Working Group with the support of Composite Design and Manufacturing HUB (cdmHUB), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and Rolls-Royce Corporation funding have established an ICME prize for the best aerospace-focused ICME project.

This bi-annual award (the next prize to be presented at AIAA SciTech 2026) will not only include recognition at an AIAA SciTech forum itself, but will also provide a $1,500.00 team award. Furthermore, each winning project and project team will be given special consideration for internship or follow-on effort to further realize the benefit of the proposed project with one or more of the sponsoring organizations: cdmHUB, NASA, and/or Rolls-Royce.

Request for Proposal (RFP)

Next ICME Prize (ICME PRIZE 2026) Time Schedule

Submit via email to [email protected] or [email protected]	30 April 2025
Final project reports due	1 December 2025
Final presentations	SciTech 2026
Winner selected and announced	SciTech 2026

Past Award Recipients

2026

Award: 2026 ICME Prize

AIAA Citation:  “Multi-scale ICME to Optimize the Bondline Performance of Adhesive Joints”

Stephanie TerMaath, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of Tennessee; Marcias Martinez, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Clarkson University; Kinan Bezem, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of Tennessee; Nilanjan Mitra, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University; Marcus Stanfield, Southwest Research Institute; Todd Mull, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Clarkson University; John Erdman, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Clarkson University; Corey Arndt, Naval Surface Warfare Center Carderock Division; Hiren Balsara, Naval Surface Warfare Center Carderock Division; Daniel Hart, Naval Surface Warfare Center Carderock Division

2022

Award: 2022 ICME Prize
AIAA Citation: “ICME Optimization of Advanced Composite Components of the Aurora D8 Aircraft”
Michael N. Olaya, Hashim Al Mahmud, Evgenia Plaka, Kalima Bukenya, Sagar Patil, Sagar Shah, Prathamesh Desphande, Manish Nagaraj, Aaron Krieg, Evan J. Pineda, Brett A. Bednarcyk, Richard Li, Jeffrey Chambers, Stephen Jones, Craig Collier, Gregory M. Odegard, Marianna Maiaru

2020

Award: 2020 ICME Prize
AIAA Citation: “Integrated Computational Modeling for Efficient Material and Process Design for Composite Aerospace Structures”
Dr. Anthony M. Waas, Dr. Royan J. Dmvello, Dr. Marianna Maiaru, Robert W. Koon, Dr. Thomas Sutter, Dr. Folusho Oyerokun, Tsukasa Harrington, Dr. Anoush Poursartip
GE Global Research

2018

Award: 2018 ICME Prize
AIAA Citation: “Modeling-driven damage tolerant design of graphene nanoplatet/carbon fiber/epoxy hybrid composite panels for full-scale aerospace structures”
Julie M. Tomasi, William A. Pisani, Sorayot Chinkanjanarot, Aaron S. Krieg, Julia A. King, Ibrahim Miskioglu, Gregory M. Odegard
Michigan Technological University

Evan J. Pineda, Brett A. Bednarcyk, Sandi G. Miller
NASA Glenn Research Center

Award Recipients

2018

• Dr Brett A Bednarcyk
  NASA Glenn Research Center

  Awarded

  Award: 2018 ICME Prize

  AIAA Citation: Modeling-driven damage tolerant design of graphene nanoplatet/carbon fiber/epoxy hybrid composite panels for full-scale aerospace structures
• Prof Gregory M Odegard
  Michigan Technological University

  Awarded

  Award: 2018 ICME Prize

  AIAA Citation: Modeling-driven damage tolerant design of graphene nanoplatet/carbon fiber/epoxy hybrid composite panels for full-scale aerospace structures
• Dr Evan J Pineda
  NASA Glenn Research Ctr

  Awarded

  Award: 2018 ICME Prize

  AIAA Citation: Modeling-driven damage tolerant design of graphene nanoplatet/carbon fiber/epoxy hybrid composite panels for full-scale aerospace structures