Aerospace 2023, 10(2), 179; https://doi.org/10.3390/aerospace10020179 - 14 Feb 2023
Best Paper Award
The Aerospace Best Paper Award is granted annually to highlight publications of high quality, scientific significance, and extensive influence. The Evaluation Committee Members choose 3 articles of exceptional quality that were published in the journal the year before the previous year and announce them online by the end of April.
The Prize:
– Three articles will be selected.
– Each winner will receive CHF 400, a certificate, and a free voucher for article processing fees (valid for one year).
Aerospace Best Paper Award
Winner announcement: 30 April 2026
Eligibility and Requirements
– Papers published in Aerospace from 1 January 2024 to 31 December 2024 (both regular and Special Issue submissions).
The Selection Criteria
– Scientific merit and broad impact of the candidate’s research;
– Originality of the research objectives and/or the ideas presented;
– Creativity of the study design or uniqueness of the approaches and concepts;
– Clarity of presentation;
– The number of citations and downloads.
Past Winners
Year:
Winner
Design Exploration for Sustainable Regional Hybrid-Electric Aircraft: A Study Based on Technology Forecasts
Aerospace 2023, 10(2), 165; https://doi.org/10.3390/aerospace10020165 - 10 Feb 2023
Award Committee
Prof. Konstantinos Kontis
Chairman
University of Glasgow
Prof. Dr. Fanghua Jiang
School of Aerospace Engineering, Tsinghua University
Dr. Sergey B. Leonov
University of Notre Dame
Dr. Sybert Stroeve
Netherlands Aerospace Centre NLR
Dr. Andrea Lani
Prof. Gang Zhang
Harbin Institute of Technology
Winner
A Comprehensive Survey on Climate Optimal Aircraft Trajectory Planning
Aerospace 2022, 9(3), 146; https://doi.org/10.3390/aerospace9030146 - 7 Mar 2022
Advanced Sizing Methodology for a Multi-Mode eVTOL UAV Powered by a Hydrogen Fuel Cell and Battery
Aerospace 2022, 9(2), 71; https://doi.org/10.3390/aerospace9020071 - 27 Jan 2022
Award Committee
Prof. Konstantinos Kontis
Chairman
University of Glasgow
Prof. Dr. Paolo Tortora
Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna
Dr. Sergey B. Leonov
University of Notre Dame
Prof. Dr. Michael Schultz
University of the Bundeswehr Munich
Winner
Kyriakos I. Kourousis
School of Engineering, University of Limerick, V94 T9PX Limerick, Ireland
Dr. Xavier Olive
ONERA DTIS, Université de Toulouse, Toulouse, France
Winner
Thien Nguyen
Thermal-Hydraulic Research Laboratory, Texas A&M University, College Station, USA
Sebastiano Fichera
School of Engineering, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, L69 3GH, United Kingdom
Manuel Pusch
Institute of System Dynamics and Control, German Aerospace Center (DLR), 82234 Weßling, Germany
Winner
Arvin Ebrahimkhanlou
Department of Civil, Environmental and Architecture, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, USA
Michael Schultz
Chair of Air Transport Technology and Logistics, Institute of Logistics and Aviation, TU Dresden, 01062 Dresden, Germany
Jichun Zhang
School of Aerospace Engineering and Applied Mechanics, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China
Winner
Rachel N. Hernandez
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of Alabama in Huntsville, OKT N274, 301 Sparkman Drive, Huntsville, AL 35899, USA
Babak Salamat
Institute of Networked and Embedded Systems, Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt, Klagenfurt, Austria
Dean Ninian
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