The Shoji Prize for Innovation in IT in Civil Engineering was presented to doctoral student Kai Pan for his accomplishments in the development and application of a Smooth Particle Hydrodynamic code to the area of rogue wave impact on offshore structures. Dr. Shoji, a supporter of CEE research since 1991 and one of the founding companies of the Intelligent Engineering Systems Laboratory, was a visiting professor in the department in 2006 and has spent several months doing research on IT Automation in the Construction Industry. In 2011, he sponsored a prize to be given to a student for Innovation in IT in Civil Engineering – The Shoji Award.