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As the Editors-in-Chief of Applied Sciences, it is our great pleasure to announce the winner of the Applied Sciences 2021 Best PhD Thesis Award. This prize will be awarded to a PhD student who is about to graduate or participate in the graduation thesis.
The award has been granted to:
“Plasma Instabilities in the Plume of High Current Hollow Cathodes” by Dr. Giulia Becatti, University of Pisa, Italy.
The winner will receive CHF 800, a certificate, and a chance to publish a featured paper in Applied Sciences with the article processing charge (APC) waived before the end of 2022.
On behalf of the Evaluation Committee, I would like to congratulate the winner on her accomplishment. We would also like to take this opportunity to thank all of the nominated research groups of the above exceptional thesis for their contributions to Applied Sciences and the Award Committee for voting and helping with this award.
Prof. Dr. Takayoshi Kobayashi Editors-in-Chief, Applied Sciences
Applied Sciences 2021 Best PhD Thesis Award
Past Winners
Year:
Winner
Ana Esteves
University of Porto, Portugal
Award Committee
Prof. Nicholas Sarlis
Chairman
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Prof. Luis Picado-Santos
Universidade de Lisboa
Prof. Junhong Park
Hanyang University
Prof. Christos Bouras
Winner
Elena Blundo
Dipartimento di Fisica, Sapienza Università di Roma, Piazzale Aldo Moro 2, 00185 Rome, Italy
Award Committee
Dr. Roger J. Narayan
Chairman
UNC/NCSU Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering
Prof. Dr. Atsushi Mase
Kyushu University
Prof. Dr. Alexander N. Pisarchik
Universidad Politécnica de Madrid
Winner
Roi Peretz
School of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 6997801, Israel
Award Committee
Prof. Takayoshi Kobayashi
Chairman
The University of Electro-Communications
Prof. Chiara Bedon
Department of Engineering and Architecture, University of Trieste
Prof. Dr. Wojciech Kolanowski
Medicla University of Lublin
Dr. Roger J. Narayan
UNC/NCSU Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering
Winner
Giulia Becatti
Università di Pisa, Pisa, Italy
Award Committee
Prof. Takayoshi Kobayashi
Chairman
The University of Electro-Communications
Prof. Mohamed Benbouzid
University of Brest/UMR CNRS 6027 IRDL
Prof. Andrea Prati
University of Parma
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