DyVirt ESR Nikolaos Tsokanas has been awarded a 17WCEE Early Career & Student Award for his excellent paper of high academic level at the 17th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering (Sendai, Japan on September 27 ‐ October 2, 2021). Nikos won the award that the Local Organizing Committee provides to the attending students or early career academics or professionals who submit high-quality conference papers and apply to this award. (https://17wcee.jp/)