Dr. Nemy Banthia was the recipient of the 2013 Aftab Mufti Medal of the International Society for Structural Health Monitoring of Intelligent Infrastructure (ISHMII). The award was conferred at the annual conference of ISHMII held recently in Hong Kong. The award recognizes Dr. Banthia’s work in detecting corrosion in reinforced concrete bridges using active infrared thermography. Dr. Banthia is a Professor of Civil Engineering and a Senior Canada Research Chair in Infrastructure Rehabilitation at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada. He is also the Scientific Director of the newly created Canada-India Research Center of Excellence (IC-IMPACTS).
