SMA FellowsIn 2019, the Solid Modeling Association (SMA) introduced the title of SMA Fellow to recognize individuals with a distinguished record of research, accomplishment, and publication in areas of Solid Modeling, and demonstrated support of the SMA through membership and participation in the Association, its meetings, and activities. All recipients shall be members in good standing of the SMA.
2026 SMA Fellow Status
Nominations are due by April 30, 2026.
Nomination Form and Timeline
To nominate a candidate for the distinction of SMA Fellow, please fill in the nomination form and change the file name for the completed form using the nominee name, for example, “Fellow_nomination_John_Smith.pdf”, and send it by e-mail to the SMA Executive and Awards Committee Chairs. For the e-mail subject line, please use “SMA Fellow Nomination”. The e-mail should be sent from the e-mail account of the nominator.
- Download nomination form (PDF), complete it, and send it via e-mail.
- The information on this webpage can be downloaded here (PDF).
Please send your nominations or questions for SMA Fellows in 2026 to Ligang Liu (lgliu@ustc.edu.cn) and copy the SMA Chair, Michael Bartoň (mbarton@bcamath.org).
Recent Fellows by Year
All SMA Fellows
2025: Falai Chen, Kai Hormann, Lucia Romani, Charlie C.L. Wang
2024: Jorg Peters, Ying He
2023: Wenping Wang (Bézier awardee), Takashi Maekawa, Bernard Mourrain, Jiamin Zheng
2022: Hanan Samet
2021 : Yongjie Jessica Zhang, Satyandra Kumar Gupta, Rida Farouki (Bézier awardee)
2020 : Ran Sriram, Dinesh Manocha (Bézier awardee)
2019 : Tamal Dey, Gershon Elber (Bézier awardee), Stefanie Hahmann, Shi-Min Hu
Earlier Bézier awardees recognized as SMA Fellows: Helmut Pottmann (2018), Nicholas M. Patrikalakis (2016), Vadim Shapiro (2015), Jarek Rossignac (2014), Thomas W. Sederberg (2013), Elaine Cohen (2009), Richard Riesenfeld (2009), Ari A.G. Requicha (2007), Herbert Voelcker (2007)
Selection Process and Announcement
Each year, the nominees will be selected from all the submitted applications via a vote of the SMA Fellow Award Committee. The chair of that committee will be appointed each year by the Chair of the SMA Executive Committee. The members of the committee will be appointed jointly by the Chairs of the SMA Executive and Awards Committees. The details of the nomination and voting process are left to the discretion of the Chair(s) of the Awards Committee. Each year, the list of people who received the SMA Fellow distinction will be announced at the SPM conference and will be posted on the SMA website, along with the suggested text for the announcement, the short bio, and the photo of each Fellow.
Every nominator can only nominate one candidate for each award. Self-nomination is not accepted. The current SMA EC members are not eligible for nominating or being nominated for any SMA awards.
Each year, the nomination deadline and the e-mail address of the chair of the SMA Award Committee will be announced via e-mail to SMA members and will be posted on the SMA website.
