16 - 19 March 2026
Vancouver, BC, Canada

SPIE Smart Structures + NDE program

Make plans to be part of this important gathering of conferences, presentations, technical, and special events
SPIE Smart Strucures presenter.

Building a great program

Each year this important community comes together to share and discuss current research, hear the latest breakthroughs, and connect with colleagues.

Be sure to review the conference topics to see which research area best aligns with yours. We welcome your participation. 

Browse the call for papers

Conference topics include

  • Biologically Inspired Materials, Processes, and Systems (BIMPS) 2026
  • Electroactive Polymer Actuators, Sensors, and Devices (EAPAD) 2026
  • Active and Passive Smart Structures and Integrated Systems XX
  • Multifunctional Materials and Structures 2026
  • Soft Mechatronics and Wearable Systems 2026
  • Sensors and Smart Structures Technologies for Civil, Mechanical, and Aerospace Systems 2026
  • Nondestructive Characterization and Monitoring of Advanced Materials, Aerospace, Civil Infrastructure, and Transportation XX
  • Health Monitoring of Structural and Biological Systems XX
  • Digital Twins, AI, and NDE for Industry Applications and Energy Systems 2026

What the Smart Structures + NDE event experience has to offer

Four days of exciting content and connecting with community

  • Plenary talks
  • Technical presentations
  • Networking events
  • Poster sessions
  • Professional development
  • EAP/Soft Robotics-in-Action demonstrations

SPIE Smart Structures attendees discussing conference content and comparing notes

An invitation to participate

The meeting for leading researchers and engineers as they share the latest developments in advanced materials, sensor systems, NDE, and structural health monitoring for applications in automotive, aerospace, civil infrastructure, and Digital Twins. Join your peers within the sensors community. Read the full invitation from the chairs.

Innovation and research acknowledged

Join us in celebrating the research achievements within the field of smart structures and advanced materials – these awards are directed toward student authors and early-career scientists.

Mentors and students at a SPIE Smart Structures award event

2026 Symposium Chairs

Asha Hall

DEVCOM Army Research Lab.
(United States)

Jae-Hung Han

KAIST
(Korea, Republic of)

2026 Symposium Co-chairs

Didem Ozevin

Univ. of Illinois Chicago
(United States)

John D. W. Madden

Univ. of Toronto
(Canada)

Executive Organizing Committee

Hui Chen, Ningbo Univ. (China)

Yangyang Chen, Hong Kong Univ. of Science and Technology (Hong Kong, China)

Saman Farhangdoust, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Univ. (United States)

Wei Gao, Caltech (United States)

Mariantonieta Gutierrez Soto, The Pennsylvania State Univ. (United States)

Andrew Gyekenyesi, Ohio Aerospace Institute (United States)

Guoliang Huang, Peking Univ. (China)

Mato Knez, CIC nanoGUNE Consolider (Spain)

Akhlesh Lakhtakia, The Pennsylvania State Univ. (United States)

Xiaopeng Li, Toyota Research Institute, North America (United States)

John D. W. Madden, The Univ. of British Columbia (Canada)

Russell Mailen, Auburn Univ. (United States)

Raúl Martín-Palma, Univ. Autónoma de Madrid (Spain)

Ching-Tai Ng, The Univ. of Adelaide (Australia)

Christopher Niezrecki, Univ. of Massachusetts Lowell (United States)

Mostafa Nouh, Univ. at Buffalo (United States)

Il-Kwon Oh, KAIST (Korea, Republic of)

Didem Ozevin, Univ. of Illinois Chicago (United States)

Kara Peters, North Carolina State Univ. (United States)

Fulvio Pinto, Univ. of Bath (United Kingdom)

Cédric Plesse, CY Cergy Paris Univ. (France)

Fabrizio Ricci, Univ. degli Studi di Napoli Federico II (Italy)

Reza Rizvi, York Univ. (Canada)

Piervincenzo Rizzo, Univ. of Pittsburgh (United States)

Christoph Schaal, California State Univ., Northridge (United States)

Stefan Seelecke, Saarland Univ. (Germany)

Peter Shull, The Pennsylvania State Univ. (United States)

Anne Ladegaard Skov, DTU Chemical Engineering (Denmark)

Christopher Sugino, Stevens Institute of Technology (United States)

Kentaro Takagi, Toyohashi Univ. of Technology (Japan)

Filippo Ubertini, Univ. degli Studi di Perugia (Italy)

Felix Wu, U.S. Dept. of Energy (United States)

Jinkyu Yang, Seoul National Univ. (Korea, Republic of)

Woon-Hong Yeo, Georgia Institute of Technology (United States)

TzuYang Yu, Univ. of Massachusetts Lowell (United States)

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