Energies Awards

Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to announce the Energies 2019 Travel Awards for postdoctoral fellows and PhD students. These awards will help support travel for one postdoctoral fellow and one PhD student to present their data, in poster or oral presentation formats, at a scientific conference in 2019. The nominations and applications will be assessed by an Evaluation Committee presided by the Editor-in-Chief, Prof. Dr. Enrico Sciubba.

Candidates’ Requirements:

1. Postdoctoral Fellows (within three years of receiving their PhD) or PhD students undertaking energies’ materials and technology
2. Will present their own, original work as a poster or an oral presentation at the conference in 2019 for which the travel award application is being

Required Application Documents:

1. Outline of current and future work (500 words).
2. Curriculum vitae, including a complete list of
3. The conference to be attended, a copy of the abstract and acceptance letter or anticipated date of
4. Current grant funding and travel budget, if any, and why the applicant wishes the support of Energies.
5. A letter of recommendation from the supervisor, research director, or department

The awards will consist of 800 CHF each and a certificate.

Please send your nominations and applications for these awards to the Energies Editorial Office, energies@mdpi.com, by 30 October 2018. The winners will then be announced by 30 December 2018.

Since its foundation in 2008, Energies enters its first decade of publication in 2018. This year Energies is celebrating its 10th anniversary. To celebrate the occasion of Energies 10th anniversary, we are dedicating the Energies Outstanding Reviewer Awards to those reviewers who have exhibited dedication, professionalism, and timeliness when reviewing manuscripts, to acknowledge all those who have generously dedicated their time and effort to review manuscripts submitted to Energies.

The Energies Editorial Office is extremely grateful to reviewers for the time and energy that they have dedicated to peer reviews. We would like to recognize that effort by offering the Reviewer Awards for those who have made review contributions to Energies publications.

What are the eligibility requirements for the “2018 Energies Outstanding Reviewer Awards”?

All Energies reviewers from 2017 will be considered automatically.

What are the evaluation standards?

The quality of the reviews will be taken into consideration.

What will the winners receive?

There are two kinds of award:

1. There will be three awardees for 2017 and each will receive:

– A paper certificate
– 500 Swiss Francs (CHF)

2. If the 2017 reviews meet the quality and time standards of Energies, there are a series of awards:

When will the winners be announced?

The winners will be announced in early August, 2018.

PS. We will also launch the “2019 Energies Outstanding Reviewer Awards” in September 2018, the winners will be announced in 2019. All 2018 reviewers will be considered. For those of you who are experts, and have not yet reviewed papers for Energies but would like to do so, you can easily register as a reviewer at: https://susy.mdpi.com/volunteer/ profile/edit or send your profiles to the Energies editorial office (energies@ mdpi.com).

This year, 2018, we will celebrate the 10th anniversary of Energies. To acknowledge authors’ continued support, we are pleased to announce the “10th Anniversary Best Paper Awards”. The winners were selected based on the total number of cites from web of science until 1 January 2018. The author(s) of the awarded papers will be recognized with a certificate and an offer to publish a paper free of charge in Energies.

Congratulations to all of them on their excellent work and well-earned awards!

Energies Editorial Office
St. Alban-Anlage 66
CH-4052, Basel, Switzerland
energies@mdpi.com
www.mdpi.com/journal/energies

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Dear Colleagues,

As Editor-in-Chief of Energies, I am pleased to announce the winners of the Energies Travel Awards for 2018:

Travel Awards were granted to Ms. Lihui Gao, PhD student in the Chemical Engineering department of the China University of Mining and Technology and visiting scholar at the Energy Engineering Department of Pennsylvania State University; and to Dr. Joonho Jeon, post-doctoral researcher at the Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Minnesota. Ms. Gao focuses on the research of sustainable fuels and materials for environmental applications. Dr Jeon’s research focuses on the characterization of nanoparticle distributions in direct injection gasoline engines. Each Awardee will receive 800 Swiss Francs to attend an international conference in 2018:

Ms. Lihui Gao will present her work entitled “In Situ Upgrading of Pyrolysis Biofuels and Heterogeneous Biochars by Mineral Incorporation into Biomass: Chemical vs. Mechanical Catalyst Mechanisms” at the “Fall 2018 National American Chemical Society Meeting”, which will be held on 19 August 2018 in Boston, MA, USA.

Dr. Joonho Jeon will present his work entitled “Characterization of Nanoparticle Distributions with in-Cylinder Flame Behaviors in a Gasoline Direct Injection Engine” at the “37th International Symposium on Combustion” which will be held on 29 July 2018 in Dublin, Ireland.

It was a very difficult decision with such high-quality applications for the awards, and we would like to thank all the applicants in various fields of study for their participation and all the Award Committee members for their evaluation of the abundant excellent applications. On behalf of the assessment committee, I congratulate the winners for their accomplishments.

Prof. Dr. Enrico Sciubba
Editor-in-Chief of Energies

This year, 2018, we will celebrate the 10th anniversary of Energies. To acknowledge authors’ continued support, we are pleased to announce the commencement of a Best Paper Award for research and review articles published between 1 January and 31 December 2017. After a thorough evaluation by the journal award committee, three review papers and five research papers will receive an award.

Selection criteria:
The articles will be selected by the journal award committee according to the following criteria:
1. Originality and significance;
2. Citation and download rates in 2018;
3. Data Source: Web of Science (Clarivate Analytics).

Prizes:
Winners (corresponding author) will receive a certificate and an offer to publish a paper free of charge in Energies, after the normal peer-review procedure. Each winner will additionally receive a bonus based on the award class:
1. First Award (one for a review paper and one for a research paper): 800 CHF each；
2. Second Award (one for a review paper and two for research papers): 500 CHF each；
3. Third Award (one for a review paper and two for research papers): 300 CHF each.

The winners will be announced early in March, 2019.

Dear readers of Energies,
We are pleased to announce that the winner of 2017 Energies Young Investigator Award is Dr. Praveen Linga. Dr. Praveen Linga is an Associate Professor in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at the National University of Singapore. Dr. Linga’s works on both fundamental and applied aspects of research on clathrate hydrates. In a short span of 6+ years of independent research, he has built and developed state-of-the-art research facilities for macro, micro and molecular level investigations pertaining to his research programme on gas (clathrate) hydrates. Please join us in congratulating Dr. Praveen Linga for a well-deserved prize.
As the awardee, Dr. Linga will receive an honorarium of 2000 CHF, an offer to publish a paper free of charge without a fixed deadline in Energies, and an engraved plaque. We would like to thank all the Award Committee members for their assiduous evaluation of the candidates and all the applicants for submitting their fascinating and diverse range of research topics.

Professor Enrico Sciubba
Editor-in-Chief

Dear Authors,

This year, 2018, we will celebrate the 10th anniversary of Energies. To acknowledge authors’ continued support, we are pleased to announce the commencement of a Best Paper Award for research and review articles published between 1 January and 31 December 2016. After a thorough evaluation by the journal award committee, three review papers and five research papers will receive an award.

Selection criteria:

The articles will be selected by the journal award committee according to the following criteria:

1. Originality and significance;
2. Citation and download rates in 2018;
3. Data Source: Web of Science (Clarivate Analytics).

Prizes:

Winners (corresponding author) will receive a certificate and an offer to publish a paperfree of charge in Energies, afterthe normal peer-review procedure. Each winner will additionally receive a bonus based on the award class:

1. First Award (one for a review paper and one for a research paper): 800 CHF each;
2. Second Award (one for a review paper and two for research papers): 500 CHF each;
3. Third Award (one for a review paper and two for research papers): 300 CHF each.