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Awards
Materials 2024 Outstanding Reviewer Award
Dear Colleagues,
On behalf of the Editor-in-Chief, Prof. Dr. Maryam Tabrizian, we wish to acknowledge our reviewers who so generously offer their time to review the papers submitted to Materials by presenting an award to the reviewers who have demonstrated their dedication, professionalism, and timeliness in reviewing manuscripts for Materials.
What are the pre-requisites to be eligible for this award?
All of the reviewers for Materials in 2024 will be automatically included.
Selection Criteria:
– Number of review reports;
– The quality and timeliness of review reports.
What will the winners receive?
There will be six winners this year, and each will receive the following:
– CHF 500;
– An opportunity to publish a paper free of charge in Materials in 2025 after peer review;
– An electronic certificate.
When will the winners be announced?
The winners will be announced in February 2025 on the journal website.
How can I make myself eligible?
If you have not yet reviewed papers for Materials, but would like to do so,
you can register as a reviewer at the following link: https://susy.mdpi.com/volunteer/profile/edit.
Kind regards,
Materials Editorial Office
Closed Awards
Materials 2024 Best Paper Award
Dear Colleagues,
The editorial team would like to congratulate the winners of the Materials 2024 Best Paper Award, who were chosen by a selection committee chaired by the Editor-in-Chief, Prof. Dr. Maryam Tabrizian. Following a review process by the Award Evaluation Committee, twelve winners were selected.
The First Prize: CHF 500, an electronic certificate, and a chance to publish a paper free of charge in Materials in 2024
Article:
Antenna Characteristics of Helical Coil with 2.45 GHz Semiconductor Microwave for Microwave-Enhanced Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (MW-LIBS)
By Yuji Ikeda, Yoshihiko Hirata, Joey Kim Soriano and Ikuo Wakaida
Materials 2022, 15(8), 2851; doi:10.3390/ma15082851
Review:
Solid Lubrication at High-Temperatures—A Review
By Rahul Kumar, Irina Hussainova, Ramin Rahmani and Maksim Antonov
Materials 2022, 15(5), 1695; doi:10.3390/ma15051695
The Second Prize: CHF 300, an electronic certificate, and a chance to publish a paper free of charge in Materials in 2024
Article:
EIS Characterization of Ti Alloys in Relation to Alloying Additions of Ta
By Pedro P. Socorro-Perdomo, Néstor R. Florido-Suárez, Julia C. Mirza-Rosca and Mircea Vicentiu Saceleanu
Materials 2022, 15(2), 476; doi:10.3390/ma15020476
Back-Propagation Neural Network Optimized by K-Fold Cross-Validation for Prediction of Torsional Strength of Reinforced Concrete Beam
By Zhaoqiu Lyu, Yang Yu, Bijan Samali, Maria Rashidi, Masoud Mohammadi, Thuc N. Nguyen and Andy Nguyen
Materials 2022, 15(4), 1477; doi:10.3390/ma15041477
Review:
Additive Manufacturing of Biomaterials—Design Principles and Their Implementation
By Mohammad J. Mirzaali, Vahid Moosabeiki, Seyed Mohammad Rajaai, Jie Zhou and Amir A. Zadpoor
Materials 2022, 15(15), 5457; doi:10.3390/ma15155457
Root Causes and Mechanisms of Failure of Wind Turbine Blades: Overview
By Leon Mishnaevsky, Jr.
Materials 2022, 15(9), 2959; doi:10.3390/ma15092959
The Third Prize: CHF 200, an electronic certificate, and a chance to publish a paper free of charge in Materials in 2024
Article:
Chirality in the Solid State: Chiral Crystal Structures in Chiral and Achiral Space Groups
By Gerhard H. Fecher, Jürgen Kübler and Claudia Felser
Materials 2022, 15(17), 5812; doi:10.3390/ma15175812
Strength Properties of 316L and 17-4 PH Stainless Steel Produced with Additive Manufacturing
By Slawomir Kedziora, Thierry Decker, Elvin Museyibov, Julian Morbach, Steven Hohmann, Adrian Huwer and Michael Wahl
Materials 2022, 15(18), 6278; doi:10.3390/ma15186278
Hydroxyapatite Coating on Ti-6Al-7Nb Alloy by Plasma Electrolytic Oxidation in Salt-Based ElectrolyteBy Avital Schwartz, Alexey Kossenko, Michael Zinigrad, Yosef Gofer, Konstantin Borodianskiy and Alexander Sobolev
Materials 2022, 15(20), 7374; doi:10.3390/ma15207374
Review:
Photovoltaic Cell Generations and Current Research Directions for Their Development
By Justyna Pastuszak and Paweł Węgierek
Materials 2022, 15(16), 5542; doi:10.3390/ma15165542
Magnesium-Based Alloys Used in Orthopedic Surgery
By Iulian Antoniac, Marian Miculescu, Veronica Mănescu (Păltânea), Alexandru Stere, Pham Hong Quan, Gheorghe Păltânea, Alina Robu and Kamel Earar
Materials 2022, 15(3), 1148; doi:10.3390/ma15031148
Surface Engineering of Nanomaterials with Polymers, Biomolecules, and Small Ligands for Nanomedicine
By Ana M. Díez-Pascual
Materials 2022, 15(9), 3251; doi:10.3390/ma15093251
Please join us in congratulating the winners of the Materials 2024 Best Paper Award. We would also like to take this opportunity to thank all of our authors for their continued support of Materials.
Kind regards,
Materials Editorial Office
Materials 2024 Travel Award
Dear Colleagues,
As Editor-in-Chief of Materials, I am pleased to announce the winners of the 2024 Travel Award. The award has been granted to Dr. Valeryia Kasneryk, a postdoctoral researcher at the Institute of Surface Science, Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon, Germany, who will attend the 9th International Conference on Metal-Organic Framework and Open Framework Compounds held on 15–19 July 2024 in Singapore; and Ms. Ana Isabel Carreiro Furtado, a PhD student at NOVA School of Science & Technology, NOVA University of Lisbon, Portugal, who will attend the 12th International Conference on Molecular Imprinting (MIP2024) held on 19–21 June 2024 in Italy.
As the awardees, they will each receive an honorarium of CHF 800 and an electronic certificate.
With so many high-quality applicants, the evaluation process and final decision were challenging. We would like to thank all the applicants for submitting their diverse and fascinating range of research topics. On behalf of the assessment committee, I congratulate the winners on their accomplishments.
Prof. Dr. Maryam Tabrizian
Editor-in-Chief, Materials
Materials 2023 Best PhD Thesis Award
Dear Colleagues,
As the Editor-in-Chief of Materials, it is my great pleasure to announce the winner of the Materials 2023 Best PhD Thesis Award. This award is for a PhD student or recently qualified PhD who has produced a highly anticipated thesis with great academic potential.
The award has been granted to:
“Osseointegration of Biomaterials for Orthopaedic Implants” By Seung Hun Lee, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
The winner will receive an honorarium of CHF 800, an electronic certificate, and an offer to publish one paper free of charge in Materials after peer review before the end of 2024.
On behalf of the evaluation committee, I congratulate the winner on his accomplishments. We would like to take this opportunity to thank all the applicants for submitting their exceptional theses, and thank the Award Committee for voting and helping with this award.
Prof. Dr. Maryam Tabrizian
Editor-in-Chief, Materials
Materials 2023 Outstanding Reviewer Award
Dear Colleagues,
We are pleased to announce the winners of the Materials 2023 Outstanding Reviewer Award. The Materials Editorial Board and Editorial Team would like to gratefully acknowledge the time and energy dedicated by reviewers in checking the manuscripts submitted to Materials. It is due to their efforts that the high quality of the journal and quick turnaround are maintained.
Prof. Dr. Corneliu Munteanu
“Gheorghe Asachi” Technical University of Iasi, Iasi, Romania
Research Interests: multi-phase intermetallic alloys; biomaterials; biodegradable materials; microstructural analysis; heat treatments; mechanical properties; corrosion resistance
Dr. Claudio Testani
CALEF-ENEA CR Casaccia, Rome, Italy
Research Interests: light alloys; titanium alloys; aluminium alloys; ODS steels; thermal treatments powder metallurgy; additive manufacturing; forging; extrusion; hot isostatic pressing; superplastic forming
Prof. Dr. Saulius Grigalevicius
Kaunas University of Technology, Kaunas, Lithuania
Research Interests: materials; material processing; material characterization; nanomaterials; mechanical properties; X-ray diffraction; synthesis; advanced materials; thin films and nanotechnology
Dr. Marián Palcut
Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava, Bratislava, Slovakia
Research Interests: metals; alloys; corrosion; high-temperature oxidation; solid state diffusion
Prof. Dr. Constantin Chalioris
Democritus University of Thrace, Xanthi, Greece
Research Interests: FRP; reinforced concrete; shear; tensioned concrete; steel fiber reinforced concrete; repair; torsion; structural health monitoring; strengthening and structural rehabilitation
Prof. Dr. Xiaoyong Wang
Kangwon National University, Chuncheon-si, Republic of Korea
Research Interests: cement and concrete; composite structures; numerical modeling
The Prize for Each Winner:
– CHF 500;
– An opportunity to publish a paper free of charge in Materials in 2024 after peer review;
– An electronic certificate.
Kind regards,
Materials Editorial Office
Materials 2023 Best Paper Award
Dear Colleagues,
The editorial team would like to congratulate the winners of the Materials 2023 Best Paper Award, who were chosen by a selection committee chaired by the Editor-in-Chief, Prof. Dr. Maryam Tabrizian. Following a review process by the Award Evaluation Committee, six winners were selected.
Article:
The First Prize: CHF 500, a certificate plus a paper free of charge in Materials before 1 October 2024 after peer review
A Stretchable, Self-Healable Triboelectric Nanogenerator as Electronic Skin for Energy Harvesting and Tactile Sensing
By Xi Han, Dongjie Jiang, Xuecheng Qu, Yuan Bai, Yu Cao, Ruizeng Luo and Zhou Li
Materials 2021, 14(7), 1689; doi:10.3390/ma14071689
The Second Prize: CHF 300, a certificate plus a paper free of charge in Materials before 1 October 2024 after peer review
High UV and Sunlight Photocatalytic Performance of Porous ZnO Nanostructures Synthesized by a Facile and Fast Microwave Hydrothermal Method
By Sofia Henriques Ferreira, Maria Morais, Daniela Nunes, Maria João Oliveira, Ana Rovisco, Ana Pimentel, Hugo Águas, Elvira Fortunato and Rodrigo Martins
Materials 2021, 14(9), 2385; doi:10.3390/ma14092385
The Third Prize: CHF 200, a certificate plus a paper free of charge in Materials before 1 October 2024 after peer review
Behaviour and Properties of Eco-Cement Pastes Elaborated with Recycled Concrete Powder from Construction and Demolition Wastes
By Laura Caneda-Martínez, Manuel Monasterio, Jaime Moreno-Juez, Sagrario Martínez-Ramírez, Rosario García and Moisés Frías
Materials 2021, 14(5), 1299; doi:10.3390/ma14051299
Review:
The First Prize: CHF 500, a certificate plus a paper free of charge in Materials before 1 October 2024 after peer review
Current Trends in Automotive Lightweighting Strategies and Materials
By Frank Czerwinski
Materials 2021, 14(21), 6631; doi:10.3390/ma14216631
The Second Prize: CHF 300, a certificate plus a paper free of charge in Materials before 1 October 2024 after peer review
Antioxidants: Classification, Natural Sources, Activity/Capacity Measurements, and Usefulness for the Synthesis of Nanoparticles
By Jolanta Flieger, Wojciech Flieger, Jacek Baj and Ryszard Maciejewski
Materials 2021, 14(15), 4135; doi:10.3390/ma14154135
The Third Prize: CHF 200, a certificate plus a paper free of charge in Materials before 1 October 2024 after peer review
Charge Carrier Processes and Optical Properties in TiO2 and TiO2-Based Heterojunction Photocatalysts: A Review
By Stefano Lettieri, Michele Pavone, Ambra Fioravanti, Luigi Santamaria Amato and Pasqualino Maddalena
Materials 2021, 14(7), 1645; doi:10.3390/ma14071645
Please join us in congratulating the winners of the Materials 2023 Best Paper Award. We would also like to take this opportunity to thank all of our authors for your continued support of Materials.
Kind regards,
Materials Editorial Office
Materials 2023 Young Investigator Award
Dear Colleagues,
We are pleased to announce that the winner of the Materials 2023 Young Investigator Award is Dr. Bharat Gwalani.
Dr. Bharat Gwalani was born and raised in Rajasthan, India. He is a materials scientist by training and is currently a professor at North Carolina State University. He obtained a Ph.D. degree in Materials Science and Engineering in 2017 from the University of North Texas, Denton, USA. His current research focuses on developing alloys for structural and functional applications in extreme environments. He uses deformation processing-based techniques and multi-length-scale materials characterization tools to understand material behavior from the atomic to micrometer scales. In particular, his contribution to the field of high entropy alloy (HEA) development is noteworthy.
His research in material degradation, phase transformations, and microstructural-mechanical/magnetic property relationships have implications for improving materials’ performance and durability.
Dr. Gwalani's research interests also include solid-state processing of materials, additive manufacturing, and characterization of battery materials, demonstrating the breadth of his expertise and potential applications of his work. During his tenure at Pacific Northwest National Lab (PNNL), he led projects on understanding mass transport during shear processing, developing cold spray coatings, high-temperature electrical conductors, and high-temperature engine alloys for various DOE sectors, resulting in program development and growth.
In addition to his research, Dr. Gwalani is committed to promoting diversity and inclusion in STEM fields. He participates in outreach activities at individual and community levels to inspire and uplift the next generation of students from all communities and backgrounds. Please join us in congratulating Dr. Gwalani for his outstanding achievements.
As the awardee, Dr. Bharat Gwalani will receive an honorarium of CHF 2000, an offer to publish a paper free of charge before the end of 2023 in Materials after peer-review, and an electronic certificate.
We would like to thank all the nominators from various fields of study for their participation and all the Award Committee Members for their evaluation of the many excellent nominations.
Prof. Dr. Maryam Tabrizian
Editor-in-Chief, Materials
Materials 2023 Travel Award
Dear Colleagues,
As Editor-in-Chief of Materials, I am pleased to announce the winners of the Materials 2023 Travel Award. The award has been granted to Ms. Farah Daou, a PhD student at Università del Piemonte Orientale—Centro di Ricerca Traslazionale sulle Malattie Autoimmuni e Allergiche (UPO-CAAD), Italy, and Dr. Barbara Tomadoni, a postdoctoral researcher in the Group of Technology and Design of Multicomponent Products, Universidad de Sevilla, Spain.
The awardees will each receive an honorarium of CHF 800 and an electronic certificate.
With so many high-quality applicants, the evaluation process and final decision were incredibly challenging. We would like to thank all the applicants for submitting their diverse and fascinating range of research topics. On behalf of the assessment committee, I would also like to congratulate the winners on their accomplishments.
Prof. Dr. Maryam Tabrizian
Editor-in-Chief, Materials
Materials 2022 Outstanding Reviewer Award
Dear Colleagues,
We are pleased to announce the winners of the Materials 2022 Outstanding Reviewer Award. The Materials Editorial Board and Editorial Team would like to gratefully acknowledge the time and energy dedicated by reviewers in checking the manuscripts submitted to Materials. It is due to their efforts that the high quality of the journal and quick turnaround are maintained.
Dr. Alexander Sobolev
Department of Chemical Engineering, Ariel University, Ariel, Israel
Dr. Anca Mazare
1. Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Friedrich Alexander University of Erlangen Nurnberg, Erlangen, Germany
2. Advanced Institute for Materials Research (AIMR), National University Corporation Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
Dr. László Almásy
Institute of Energy Security and Environmental Safety, Centre for Energy Research, Budapest, Hungary
Dr. Valerio Belardi
Department of Enterprise Engineering, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy
Dr. Wenbin Zhou
Faculty of Engineering, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Imperial College London, London, UK
Prof. Dr. Piotr A. Gauden
Adsorption and Catalysis Carbon Materials Application in Electrochemistry and Environmental Protection Reserch Group, Nicholas Copernicus University, Torun, Poland
The Prize for Each Winner:
- CHF 500;
- An opportunity to publish a paper free of charge in Materials in 2023 after peer review;
- A certificate.
Kind regards,
Materials Editorial Office
Materials 2022 Best Ph.D. Thesis Award
Dear Colleagues,
As the Editor-in-Chief of Materials, it is my great pleasure to announce the winner of the Materials 2022 Best PhD Thesis Award. This award is for a PhD student or recently qualified PhD who has produced a highly anticipated thesis with great academic potential.
The award has been granted to:
“Ultrafast Processes in Perylene and Rubrene Systems: Singlet Fission, Excimer Formation and Charge Transfer” by Wenjun Ni, Dalian University of Technology, China
The winner will receive CHF 800, a certificate and a chance to publish a paper free of charge after peer review in Materials in 2023.
On behalf of the evaluation committee, I congratulate the winner on their accomplishments. We would like to take this opportunity to thank all the applicants for submitting their exceptional theses and thank the Award Committee for voting and helping with this award.
Prof. Dr. Maryam Tabrizian
Editor-in-Chief, Materials
Materials 2022 Guest Editor Award
Dear Colleagues,
As the Editor-in-Chief of Materials, I am pleased to announce the two winners of the 2022 Materials Guest Editor Award.
Dr. Grzegorz Chladek is the Guest Editor of the Special Issue “Composite and Polymeric Materials for Dentistry: Enhancing Antimicrobial and Mechanical Properties”, and he is a professor at Silesian University of Technology. He obtained his DSc, PhD and MSc degrees from the Silesian University of Technology. Dr. Grzegorz’s research interests focus on the engineering of materials, biomaterials, dental materials, composites and polymers, mechanical and performance properties.
Dr. Hyeon-Cheol Kim is the Guest Editor of the Special Issue “Contemporary Endodontic Materials”. He obtained his DDS, MSD and PhD from Pusan National University. Dr. Kim is an active member of the international endodontic society and is now the President at the APEC (Asian Pacific Endodontic Confederation). He has been actively lecturing on contemporary clinical Endodontics and materials based on his research evidence in many countries that hold global dental societies.
With so many high-quality applicants, the evaluation process and achieving a final decision were challenging. We would like to thank all applicants for submitting their diverse and fascinating range of research topics. On behalf of the Award Committee, I congratulate the winners on their accomplishments.
Prof. Dr. Maryam Tabrizian
Editor-in-Chief, Materials
Materials 2022 Best Paper Award
Dear Colleagues,
The editorial team would like to congratulate the winners of the Materials 2022 Best Paper Award, who were chosen by a selection committee, chaired by the Editor-in-Chief Prof. Dr. Maryam Tabrizian. Following a review process by the award committee, the following six winners were selected:
Article:
First Prize: A Broadband Tunable Terahertz Metamaterial Absorber Based on Single-Layer Complementary Gammadion-Shaped Graphene (doi:10.3390/ma13040860)
By Fu Chen et al.
Second Prize: 3-D Printed Protective Equipment during COVID-19 Pandemic (doi:10.3390/ma13081997)
By Christian Wesemann et al.
Third Prize: On the Vibrations and Stability of Moving Viscoelastic Axially Functionally Graded Nanobeams (doi:10.3390/ma13071707)
By Ali Shariati et al.
Review:
First Prize: Brief History of Early Lithium Battery Development (doi:10.3390/ma13081884)
By Mogalahalli V. Reddy et al.
Second Prize: Face Masks and Respirators in the Fight Against the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Review of Current Materials, Advances and Future Perspectives (doi:10.3390/ma13153363)
By Kris O’Dowd et al.
Third Prize: Recent Trends in the Use of Pectin from Agro-Waste Residues as a Natural-Based Biopolymer for Food Packaging Applications (doi:10.3390/ma13030673)
By Cristina Mellinas et al.
Please join us in congratulating the winners of the Materials 2022 Best Paper Award. We would also like to take this opportunity to thank all of our authors for the continued support of Materials.
Materials Editorial Office
Materials 2022 Travel Award
Dear Colleagues,
As Editor-in-Chief of Materials, I am pleased to announce the winners of the Materials 2022 Travel Award.
The award has been granted to Dr. Danila Merino, a postdoctoral researcher in the Smart Materials Group of the Italian Institute of Technology, and Ms. Elena Blundo, a PhD student at the Optical Spectroscopy of Nanostructured Materials Laboratory, Sapienza, University of Rome. Each of the winners will receive CHF 800 and a certificate.
With so many high-quality applications, the evaluation process and final decision were challenging. We would like to thank all the applicants for submitting such a diverse and fascinating range of research topics. On behalf of the assessment committee, I congratulate the winners on their accomplishments.
Prof. Dr. Maryam Tabrizian
Editor-in-Chief, Materials
Materials 2021 Outstanding Reviewer Award
Dear Colleagues,
We are pleased to announce the winners of the Materials 2021 Outstanding Reviewer Award. The Materials Editorial Board and Editorial Team would like to gratefully acknowledge the time and energy dedicated by reviewers in checking the manuscripts submitted to Materials. It is due to their efforts that the high quality of the journal and quick turnaround are maintained.
Dr. Khaled Giasin
School of Mechanical and Design Engineering, University of Portsmouth, Portsmouth, UK
Dr. Oldrich Sucharda
Department of Building Materials and Diagnostics of Structures, Faculty of Civil Engineering, VSB-Technical University of Ostrava, Ostrava, Czech Republic
Dr. Danil Pimenov
Department of Automated Mechanical Engineering, South Ural State University, Chelyabinsk, Russia
Prof. Dr. Marián Palcut
Faculty of Materials Science and Technology in Trnava, Institute of Materials Science, Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava, Trnava, Slovakia
Kind regards,
Prof. Dr. Maryam Tabrizian
Editor-in-Chief, Materials
Materials 2021 Best Ph.D. Thesis Award
Dear Colleagues,
As Editor-in-Chief of Materials, I am pleased to announce the winner of the Matertials 2021 Best Ph.D. Thesis Award in recognition of a Ph.D. student who has produced a highly anticipated academic potential thesis.
The award has been granted to the following thesis and its author:
“Electrocatalysis of oxygen reduction on non-precious metal catalysts” by Mr. Sander Ratso, University of Tartu, Estonia.
The winner will receive CHF 800, a certificate, and the opportunity to publish a paper free of charge in Materials before the end of 2023.
On behalf of the evaluation committee, I congratulate the winner on accomplishment. I would also like to take this opportunity to thank all the nominated researchers for their contributions to Materials and the Award
Committee for their work in the evaluation and decision processes.
Prof. Dr. Maryam Tabrizian
Editor-in-Chief, Materials
Materials 2021 Guest Editor Award
Dear Colleagues,
As the Editor-in-Chief of Materials, I am pleased to announce the two awardees for the 2021 Materials Guest Editor Awards.
Dr. Bora Gencturk is the Guest Editor of the Special Issue “Advances in Construction and Building Materials”, and is an Associate Professor in the Sonny Astani Civil and Environmental Engineering Department at the University of Southern California (USC). He obtained his PhD and MSc degrees from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and his BSc degree from Bogazici University. Dr. Gencturk’s research focuses on the durability and extreme event resilience of reinforced concrete structures, with an emphasis on the application of high-performance materials. He specifically studies the degradation of cementitious materials due to environmental aging and investigates the application of higher-performance materials to mitigate these issues.
Dr. Eva María Rubio and Dr. Ana María Camacho are the Guest Editors of the Special Issue “Manufacturing Engineering Society-2020 (SIMES-2020)”, which aimed to explore the evolution of traditional manufacturing models toward the new requirements of Industry 4.0 and how manufacturing professionals should face the resulting competitive challenges. Dr. Eva María Rubio is also a Full Professor of Manufacturing Engineering at the Department of Construction and Manufacturing Engineering of the E.T.S. of Industrial Engineers of the Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia. She received her MSc in Aeronautic Engineering from the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid in 1997 and her PhD in Industrial Engineering from the UNED in 2002. Her scientific career has focused on the following research areas: analysis of machining and metal-forming processes, additive manufacturing, industrial metrology, and teaching and innovation in engineering. Dr. Ana María Camacho studies manufacturing engineering as her main research field, focusing on the analysis of metal-forming and additive manufacturing processes through computeraided engineering tools, analytical methods, and experimental testing in particular. She belongs to the “Industrial Production and Manufacturing Engineering-(IPME)” Research Group of the UNED.
With so many high-quality applicants the evaluation process and final decision were challenging. We would like to thank all applicants for submitting their diverse and fascinating range of research topics. On behalf of the Award Committee, I congratulate the winners on their accomplishments.
Prof. Dr. Maryam Tabrizian
Editor-in-Chief, Materials
Materials 2021 Travel Award
Dear Colleagues,
As Editor-in-Chief of Materials, I am pleased to announce the winners of the Materials Travel Awards for 2021. The awards have been granted to: Dr. Giulia Fredi and Dr. Mattia Biesuz.
Dr. Giulia Fredi is a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Trento (Italy). Her main research interests involve (i) multifunctional polymer composites for thermal energy storage and management and (ii) renewable blends and nanocomposites based on bioderived poly(alkylene furanoate)s for packaging and textile applications. She will attend the 23rd International Conference on Composite Materials (ICCM23), held on 1–6 August 2021, in Belfast, UK.
Dr. Mattia Biesuz is currently a postdoctoral fellow at the Czech Academy of Science (Czech Republic). His research interests include electric field-assisted processing of glasses and ceramics with a specific focus on flash sintering. Other research activities include: polymer-derived ceramics, ceramics joining, ion exchange technologies, cold sintering, high-entropy compounds, and porous ceramics for thermal energy storage. He will attend the “XVII European Ceramic Society (ECerS) Conference”, held on 29 August–2 September 2021, in Dresden, Germany.
With so many high-quality applicants, the evaluation process and final decision were challenging. We would like to thank all applicants for submitting their diverse and fascinating range of research topics. On behalf of the assessment committee, I congratulate the winners on their accomplishments.
Prof. Dr. Maryam Tabrizian
Editor-in-Chief, Materials
Materials 2021 Young Investigator Award
Dear Colleagues,
I am pleased to announce that Dr. Edoardo Baldini is the winner of the Materials 2021 Young Investigator Award. The award consists of a certificate, 2000 CHF, and a rapid open access publication free of charge in Materials. Dr. Edoardo Baldini’s track record of achievements is impressive for a young investigator at this stage of his career. To date, he has published over 30 papers and has delivered over 20 invited presentations.
Dr. Edoardo Baldini was born and raised in Pavia, Italy. He specialized in the field of the ultrafast spectroscopy of condensed matter at the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, from which he obtained a Ph.D. degree in Physics in 2017. During his Ph.D. in the groups of Prof. Majed Chergui and Prof. Fabrizio Carbone, he successfully implemented novel femtosecond laser spectroscopy techniques to unravel the dynamics of collective excitations (e.g., excitons, phonons, plasmons...) in different classes of quantum materials. Later, his thesis was published as a book by Springer Nature. Since 2017, Dr. Edoardo Baldini has been a postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Physics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he is exploring advanced laser schemes for the ultrafast manipulation of quantum materials together with Prof. Nuh Gedik. His current research interests include the non-equilibrium dynamics of cooperative systems, light-induced phase transitions, and the coherent control of collective modes. Apart from science, his passions include playing classical piano and exploring black and white photography.
I would like to take this opportunity to express my gratitude to all applicants for their interest in this competition, as well as to the members of the multidisciplinary selection committee for their dedication and hard work which made this possible. We received very high-quality applications and it was a very difficult decision to determine our final winner.
On behalf of the editorial office, please join us in congratulating Dr. Edoardo Baldini for his achievements. We are very proud to support young scientists and wish them further success in their careers.
Editor-in-Chief of Materials
Prof. Dr. Maryam Tabrizian
Department of Biomedical Engineering and Faculty of Dentistry McGill University
Materials 2020 Outstanding Reviewer Award
Dear Colleagues,
We are pleased to announce that the following reviewers (in alphabetical order by surname) have been selected as the winners of the Materials 2020 Outstanding Reviewer Awards in appreciation of the high number, timeliness, and quality of their reviews in 2020. Each winner will receive a certificate, CHF 500 and a CHF 1000 voucher for one paper published in Materials within one year.
Fábio Fernandes, University of Aveiro, Portugal.
Mohannad Z. Naser, Clemson University, USA.
Miguel Ángel Sanjuán, Technical University of Madrid, Spain.
Miroslaw Szala, Lublin University of Technology, Poland.
Congratulations to all of the winners for their excellent reviews. The Materials Editorial Board and Editorial Team would like to acknowledge all reviewers who have generously dedicated their time and efforts toward reviewing manuscripts submitted to Materials. Due to their outstanding contributions, the high scientific quality of the journal and fast article processing are constantly maintained.
Kind regards,
Materials Editorial Office
[email protected]
https://www.mdpi.com/journal/materials
Materials 2020 Travel Award
Dear Colleagues,
On behalf of the Materials Award Committee, I am pleased to announce the winner of the Materials Travel Award 2020. This year’s Travel Award has been granted to an excellent PhD student, MS. Ana Carolina Constâncio Trindade. Please join us in congratulating her.
MS. Ana Carolina Constâncio Trindade is from the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio/Brazil). She will attend the BEFIB 2020, which will be held on 21–23 September 2020, in Valencia, Spain.
I would like to take this opportunity to express my gratitude to all applicants for their interest in this competition, as well as to our Selection Committees for their incredible involvement in this difficult task.
Materials is very proud to support young scientists and will keep supporting them by continuing a variety of award projects.
Editor-in-Chief of Materials
Prof. Dr. Maryam Tabrizian
Department of Biomedical Engineering and Faculty of Dentistry McGill University
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Materials 2019 Travel Award
Dear Colleagues,
On behalf of the Materials Award Committee, I am pleased to announce the winners of the Materials 2019 Travel Awards. With the aim of supporting junior scientists to attend international scientific conferences, this year Travel Awards have been granted to an exceptional PhD student, Ms. Barbora Balonova and an outstanding postdoctoral fellow, Dr. Katerina Christofidou.
Ms. Barbora Balonova, a PhD Student from University of New Brunswick, Canada. Her PhD project is focused on synthesis and color tuning of iridium complexes for OLED applications. She will attend the 257th ACS National Spring Meeting, held on 31 March–4 April 2019, in Orlando, FL, USA.
Dr. Katerina Christofidou, a post-doctoral fellow from the University of Cambridge, UK. Her research focuses on the physical metallurgy of Ni-based and Co-based superalloys and their manufacturing through powder methods, as well as understanding the underlying metallurgy and thermodynamics of transition metal high entropy alloys. She will attend the TMS 2019 Annual Meeting and Exhibition, held on 10–14 March 2019, in San Antonio, TX, USA.
With many high-quality applications for the awards, to make the final decision was extremely difficult. I highly appreciate the effort of all applicants for submitting their diverse and fascinating range of research topics. On behalf of Materials members, I congratulate the winners for their accomplishments, and wish them further success in their career.
Prof. Maryam TabrizianEditor-in-Chief of Materials
Biomedical Engineering Department of and Faculty of Dentistry
McGill University
Materials 2019 Young Investigator Award
Dear Colleagues,
I am pleased to announce Dr. Mathieu Bauchy as the winner of Materials Young Investigator Award 2019. The award consists of a framed certificate, 2000 CHF, and a rapid open access publilication free of charge in Materials. Dr. Mathieu Bauchy’s track record of achivements is impressive for a young invetigator at this stage of his career. So far, he has published more than 100 papers and has delivered over 60 invited presentations.
Dr. Bauchy received his undergraduate degree in physics from Ecole Normale Supérieure (Paris, France) and then pursued a Ph.D. in condensed matter at Université Pierre et Marie Curie (Paris). After completion of his PhD, he joined the Massachusetts Institute of Technology as a postdoctoral fellow. Since 2014, Dr. Bauchy has been an Assistant Professor in the Civil & Environmental Engineering Department at the University of California, Los Angeles, where he directs the Physics of AmoRphous and Inorganic Solids Laboratory (PARISlab). Dr. Bauchy’s research focuses on revealing the physics governing the behavior of disordered materials—with a focus on deciphering the linkages between materials’ composition, structure, and properties. To this end, Mathieu Bauchy’s group relies on multi-scale simulations, topological modeling, and machine learning.
I would also like to aknowledge the other three candidates on our short list, namely Dr. Run Zhang from The University of Queensland, Australia; Dr. Qi Li from Tsinghua University, China; and Dr. Arghya Paul from The University of Kansas, USA, for their impressive track records.
I take the opportunity to express my gratitude to all applicants for their interest in this competition, as well as to the members of the multidisciplinary selection committee for their dedication and hard work to make this possible. We have received very high quality applications and it was a very difficult decision to determine our final winner.
On behalf of editorial office, please join us in congratulating Dr. Mathieu Bauchy for his achievements. We are very proud to support young scientists and wish them further success in their careers.
Editor-in-Chief of MaterialsProf. Dr. Maryam Tabrizian
Department of Biomedical Engineering and Fcaulty of Dentistry McGill University
Materials 2018 Outstanding Reviewer Award
The Materials Editorial Office would like to gratefully acknowledge the time and energy given by reviewers in evaluating manuscripts submitted to the journal. It is thanks to their efforts that the high quality of the journal and quick submission-to-publication process are maintained.
The following referees have been selected to receive Materials Outstanding Reviewer Awards 2018 for the quantity, timeliness, and quality of their reviews in 2018. Each of them will receive 500 CHF, a 1000 CHF voucher for one paper published in Materials, and a certificate for their outstanding review work:
Dr. Durejko Tomasz
Military University of Technology, Poland
Dr. Maciej Szeląg
Lublin University of Technology, Poland
Professor Jan Jezierski
Silesian University of Technology, Poland
Dr. Shima Ehtemam Haghighi
University of the Sunshine Coast, Australia
Dr. Abdollah Saboori
Politecnico di Torino, Italy
Materials 2018 Travel Award
Dear Colleagues, Fellows and Trainees:
As Editor-in-Chief of Materials, it is my immense pleasure to announce the winners of the 2018 Travel Awards sponsored by Materials.
I take the opportunity to express my gratitude to all applicants for their interest in this competition as well as to our Selection Committees for their incredible involvement in this difficult task. We had many impressive dossiers for this award from all over the world and selecting two Follows among them was a very difficult task.
Mr Ankit Gupta, a Ph.D. student at the Max-Planck Institut für Eisenforschung, Germany and Dr. Carlo Massaroni, a postdoctoral researcher at the Università Campus Bio-Medico di Roma, Italy are the Materials 2018 Travel Awards winners. Please join me to congratulate them for their achievements. Each Awardee will receive 800 Swiss Francs towards the participation in an international conference:
- Mr Ankit Gupta will present his work entitled “First-principles investigation of thermodynamics and precipitation kinetics in Al-Sc alloys” at the “TMS 2018 Annual Meeting and Exhibition” which will be held on March 11th, 2018 in Phoenix, AZ, USA.
- Dr. Carlo Massaroni will present his work entitled “Multi-sensitive FBG-based needle for both relative humidity and breathing rate monitoring” at the “13th Annual IEEE International Symposium on Medical Measurements and Applications (MeMeA 2018)” which will be held on June 11th, 2018 in Rome, Italy.
Materials is very proud to support young scientists and looks forward to receive more applications for 2019 Travel Awards including those that could not be awarded this time.
Editor-in-Chief of Materials
Prof. Dr. Maryam Tabrizian
Department of Biomedical Engineering and Fcaulty of Dentistry McGill University
Materials 2017 Young Investigator Award
Dear readers of Materials,
After an extensive voting period, we are proud to announce Dr. Andrea Alù as the first winner of the Materials Young Investigator Award who is a Full Professor and the Temple Foundation Endowed Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, at the University of Texas, Austin, USA. He was the outstanding candidate, as voted for by the evaluation committee of the Materials Investigator Award, out of 36 candidates who were each proposed by at least two other colleagues from the broad field of materials science.
Dr. Alù received his Ph.D. with Professor Lucio Vegni and Professor Nader Engheta at the University of Roma Tre in 2007 and did postdoctoral training at the University of Pennsylvania under the supervision of Professor Nader Engheta. At the age of 37, Dr. Alù has already achieved an extraordinary standing in the materials community. Dr. Alù’s scientific work over the past few years has been focused on the conception, modeling and application of nanostructured artificial materials and metamaterials to mold electromagnetic waves, light and sound in exotic ways, going beyond the limits and challenges associated with the use of natural materials. To date, he has co-authored over 345 journal papers, edited one book, 28 book chapters, and 552 conference papers. His work has not only led to prime level basic research, but has also shown to be highly relevant for engineering, achieving significant impact in materials science and beyond.
On behalf of the Materials Editorial office staff and editorial board members, I wish to congratulate Dr. Andrea Alù for his excellent performance and wish him all the best for his future career.
Maryam Tabrizian,
Editor-in-Chief, Materials