Binyam Bekele accepting his award. He competed with top contenders from prestigious schools worldwide, including Ohio State University, Columbia University, Harbin Institute of Technology, University of Maryland, Clemson University, University of Californ PhD student Binyam Bekele earned second place at a student paper competition organized by the ASCE Modeling Inelasticity & Multiscale Behavior committee at the 2018 Engineering Mechanics Institute Conference.