Travel Award

Thank you for your support. We regret to inform you that the deadline for announcing the winner of the 2025 Travel Award has been postponed to 31 January 2025.

The Editorial Office apologizes for the inconvenience. If you have any questions, please contact us.


Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to announce that Buildings will be granting the Travel Award to two junior scientists. The applications will be assessed by an Evaluation Committee consisting of senior scholars from the Buildings Editorial Board.

This award provides financial support for the winners to attend an international conference in the field of building science, building engineering, and architecture, which will be held in 2025, offering them the opportunity to hold a presentation, present a poster, or both.

The winners (two awardees) will each be awarded CHF 600 and a certificate. 

Please submit your applications for the Buildings 2025 Travel Award online by 30 October 2024. Prizes will be awarded at the end of December 2024 and announced on the Buildings website.

Kind regards,
Buildings Editorial Office

 
Buildings Travel Award
 
Winner announcement: 31 January 2025

Eligibility and Requirements

– Postdoctoral fellows or PhD students.
– Plans to attend an international conference in 2025 (oral presentation or poster).

List of Documents for Application

– Information of the conference the applicant is planning to attend and the abstract that will be submitted.
– Curriculum Vitae and a list of publications.
– Justification letter describing the focus of the research (max. 800 words).
– Letter of recommendation from the supervisor, research director, or department head, which also confirms the applicant’s status as a postdoctoral fellow/PhD student.
 
Past Winners
 
Year: 

Winner

Dadi Zhang
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong
Joana Maia
University of Porto, Portugal

Award Committee

Prof. Dr. David Arditi Chairman
Illinois Institute of Technology
Prof. Elena Lucchi
Prof. Marco Di Ludovico
University of Naplese Federico II - Department of Structures for Engineering and Architecture
Prof. Ricardo Almeida
Polytechnic University of Viseu
Prof. Dr. Adrian Pitts
University of Huddersfield
Prof. Binsheng Zhang

Winner

Yuan Chen
Xi’an Jiaotong University, China
Roberta Arena
University of Catania, Italy

Award Committee

Prof. Dr. David Arditi Chairman
Illinois Institute of Technology
Prof. Dr. Antonio Caggiano
UniGE
Prof. Dr. Bao-Jie He
Chongqing University
Dr. Harry Far

Winner

Danilo D'Angela
University of Naples Federico II, Italy

Award Committee

Prof. Dr. David Arditi Chairman
Illinois Institute of Technology
Dr. Emanuele Brunesi
EUCENTRE, European Centre for Training and Research in Earthquake Engineering
Prof. Dr. Carlos Chastre
Universidade NOVA de Lisboa
Prof. Da Yan
Tsinghua University

Winner

Karthik Panchabikesan
Concordia University, Canada
Xiaolei Yuan
Tongji University, China & Aalto University, Finland

Award Committee

Prof. Dr. David Arditi Chairman
Illinois Institute of Technology
Prof. George Baird
Dr. Cinzia Buratti
University of Perugia
Dr. Xingxing Zhang
Energy, Forest and Built Environments
Dr. Wahidul K. Biswas
Curtin University

Winner

André Furtado
the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto (Portugal)

Winner

Sujith Mangalathu
University of California, Los Angeles

Winner

Eleonora Brembilla
Loughborough University, UK
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