Travel Award

The Designs Travel Award was launched in 2018, and it is presented every year to encourage junior scientists to present their latest research at academic conferences in the field of engineering designs of disciplines and industrial applications, which helps to grow their profile. The application process is open from April to December every year, and winners are announced by the end of February.

The Prize:
–CHF 800;
–An electronic certificate.

Number of Winners: one

 
Designs Travel Award
 
Application deadline: 31 December 2025
Winner announcement: 28 February 2026

Eligibility and Requirements

–Postdoctoral fellows or PhD students;
–Plans to attend an international conference in 2026 (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 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.

 
Past Winners
 
Year: 

Winner

Fares Mzoughi
University of Victoria (UVic), Canada

Award Committee

Prof. Dr. Joshua Pearce Chairman
Western University, Canada
Prof. Dr. Elisabetta Sieni
University of Insubria, Italy
Prof. Dr. Wenbin Yu
Shandong University, China
Prof. Dr. Lorand Szabo
Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Dr. Mohammad Hassan Khooban
Aarhus University, Denmark

Winner

Miel Sharf
Technion - Israel Institute of Technology
Leo de Waal
University of Oxford, Oxford, UK

Award Committee

Prof. Hamid Reza Karimi Chairman
Politecnico di Milano

Winner

David Schmelzeisen
WTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
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