MAE faculty and PhD student earn ASME best paper award

Mostafa Nouh (left) and Mohamed Mousa (right) at the ASME Conference on Smart Materials, Adaptive Structures, and Intelligent Systems honors banquet.

Mostafa Nouh (left) and Mohamed Mousa (right) at the ASME Conference on Smart Materials, Adaptive Structures, and Intelligent Systems honors banquet.

By Elizabeth Egan

Published October 15, 2025

Mostafa Nouh, professor in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, and Mohamed Mousa, a PhD student in mechanical engineering, have received the 2025 Best Paper in Structures, Structural Dynamics, and Control Award from the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME).

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“To receive this prestigious award, which is given to the best paper published in the field over one calendar year, is quite an honor."
Mostafa Nouh, Professor
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

The annual award honors original, high quality and impactful contributions to the smart materials, adaptive structures and intelligent systems field.

Their paper, titled "Parallel Mechanical Computing: Metamaterials that can Multitask,” was published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, commonly known as PNAS.

“The ‘Smart Materials’ division within ASME brings together a large group of diverse, world-renowned experts whose foundational work empowers transformative applications in the automotive, aerospace, medical technology sectors, and beyond,” said Nouh. “To receive this prestigious award, which is given to the best paper published in the field over one calendar year, is quite an honor."

Nouh continued, “It is also a true testament to the efforts of my doctoral student, and UB presidential fellow, Mohamed Mousa, whose work is now being widely recognized at the national and global stages.”

Mousa and Nouh were presented with the award in September at the honors banquet of the ASME Conference on Smart Materials, Adaptive Structures, and Intelligent Systems in St. Louis, Missouri.