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Best PhD Thesis Award

Thank you for your continuous support. We regret to inform you that the deadline for announcing the winner of the Best PhD Thesis Award has been postponed to 31 October 2025.

The editorial office would like to apologize for any inconvenience caused. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us.

Launched in 2023, the ASI Best PhD Thesis Award is presented annually to recognize young scholars who have been judged as completing the most outstanding PhD thesis in the field of integrated engineering and technology, encouraging the continuation of their outstanding work and further contributions to their field. The application process for this award is open from December to July every year and winners are announced in September.

The Prize:

– Bonus (CHF 500);
– A certificate;
– A free voucher for article processing fees (valid for one year).

Number of Winners: 1

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Applied System Innovation Best PhD Thesis Award

Winners announced

Eligibility and Requirements

– The candidate must be a PhD student or recently qualified PhD who has produced a highly anticipated thesis with great academic potential;
– The PhD thesis must be their original work;
– The PhD thesis must be defended in 2024.

List of Documents for Application

– An executive summary of the PhD thesis in English (no more than 3000 words);
– A letter from the PhD supervisor recommending the candidate for consideration for this award;
– The candidate’s CV, including a list of publications connected with the thesis;
– An electronic copy of the PhD thesis;
– A scanned copy of the PhD diploma (or certificate of studying at a school or research institute as a PhD student going to graduate or participate in graduation thesis defenses).

Past Winners

Winner
  • GBGianluca Bonifazi
    Gianluca Bonifazi
    Polytechnic University of Marche, Italy
Award Committee
  • Christos Douligeris
    Christos Douligeris
    Chairman
    University of Piraeus
  • Teen-Hang Meen
    Teen-Hang Meen
    National Formosa University
  • Friedhelm Schwenker
    Friedhelm Schwenker
    Ulm University
  • LMLuca Mainetti
    Luca Mainetti
    University of Salento
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