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Past Winners
Year:
Winner
Rui Tang
University College London, UK
Award Committee
Prof. Dr. David Arditi
Chairman
Illinois Institute of Technology
Prof. Dr. Tengfei Zhang
Dalian University of Technology
Prof. Yong Tan
Tongji University
Prof. Dr. Hongping Yuan
Prof. Dr. Hiroshi Tagawa
Hiroshima University
Prof. Dr. Yung Yau
School of Graduate Studies and Department of Sociology & Social Policy, Lingnan University
Winner
Gerardo Maria Mauro
Università degli Studi del Sannio, Italy
Award Committee
Prof. Dr. David Arditi
Chairman
Illinois Institute of Technology
Prof. Dr. Antonio Caggiano
UniGE
Prof. Dr. Bao-Jie He
Chongqing University
Prof. Binsheng Zhang
Winner
Umberto Berardi
Ryerson University, Canada
Benedetto Nastasi
Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
Award Committee
Prof. Dr. David Arditi
Chairman
Illinois Institute of Technology
Prof. Dr. Tengfei Zhang
Dalian University of Technology
Dr. Michael A. Lacasse
National Research Council Canada
Dr. Rita Bento
Instituto Superior Tecnico, University of Lisbon
Winner
Chiara Bedon
University of Trieste, Italy
Award Committee
Prof. Dr. David Arditi
Chairman
Illinois Institute of Technology
Prof. Dr. Umberto Berardi
University
Prof. Humberto Varum
Prof. Phillip Jones
Cardiff University
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