Ph.D. Thesis Award

Dear Colleagues,

As the Editors-in-Chief of Metals, it is our great pleasure to announce the winner of the Metals 2023 Best PhD Thesis Award. This award is for a current or recently qualified PhD student who has produced a highly anticipated thesis with great academic potential.

The award has been granted to:

“Novel thermo-mechanical treatments on EUROFER97 steel for nuclear fusion application” by Giulia Stornelli, University of Perugia, Italy.

The winner will receive CHF 500, a certificate, and a chance to publish a paper free of charge after peer review in Metals in 2024.

On behalf of the Evaluation Committee, we congratulate the winner on her accomplishments. We would like to take this opportunity to thank all the applicants for submitting their exceptional theses and the Award Committee for voting and helping with this award.

Prof. Dr. Hugo F. Lopez and Prof. Dr. Yong Zhang
Editors-in-Chief, Metals

 
Metals 2023 Ph.D. Thesis Award
 
 
Past Winners
 
Year: 

Winner

Giulia Stornelli
Department of Engineering - University of Perugia. Via G. Duranti 93, 06125 Perugia (PG), Italy

Award Committee

Prof. Yong Zhang Chairman
USTB
Prof. Evangelos Hristoforou
National TU of Athens
Dr. John D. Clayton
Prof. Dr. Matteo Pavese
Politecnico di Torino

Winner

XUFEI LU
CIMNE

Award Committee

Prof. Yong Zhang Chairman
USTB
Prof. Victorino FRANCO
Sevilla University
Prof. Dr. Wei Zhou
School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Prof. Ronald Armstrong

Winner

Navid Sohrabi
Thermomechanical Metallurgy Laboratory, PX Group Chair, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), 2002 Neuchâtel, Switzerland

Award Committee

Prof. Eric D. van Hullebusch Chairman
Institut de physique du globe de Paris
Dr. Belén Díaz
University of Vigo
Prof. Takayoshi Nakano
Osaka University
Prof. Yong Zhang
USTB
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