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Year:
Winner
Manuel Reis Carneiro
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal & Carnegie Mellon University, USA
Award Committee
Prof. Dr. Gianrico Spagnuolo
Chairperson
University of Naples Federico II, Italy
Dr. Andrei Sarbu
National Institute for Research & Development in Chemistry and Petrochemistry ICECHIM, Romania
Dr. Cosimo Nardi
University of Florence, Italy
Prof. Dr. Michalis Konsolakis
Technical University of Crete, Greece
Winner
Ana Esteves
University of Porto, Portugal
Award Committee
Prof. Nicholas Sarlis
Chairperson
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
Chairperson
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
Chairperson
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
Chairperson
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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