Dr. Xiaoyi Bao, of the University of Ottawa has made outstanding contributions not only to the development of the sensing technology but also to the discipline of physics in general through her pioneering efforts on diagnosing the health of structures connects measured physical parameters with the status of the civil structures.

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BAO, Xiaoyi –Department of Physics, University of Ottawa
Dr. Xiaoyi Bao has made exceptional contributions in distributed Brillouin sensors and their applications to civil structures as well as dynamic impairment emulator for evaluation and design of high speed communications systems. Her pioneering efforts on diagnosing the health of structures connects measured physical parameters with the status of the civil structures, which is instrumental in preventing the collapse of steel and concrete structures. She is making outstanding contributions not only to the development of the sensing technology but also to the discipline of physics in general.