Best PhD Thesis Award
Dear Colleagues,
The journal Electronics is inviting applications for the 2024 Best PhD Thesis Award. This prize will be awarded to two PhD students or recently qualified PhD fellows who have produced a highly anticipated thesis with great academic potential. The applications will be assessed by an evaluation committee led by the Editor-in-Chief, Prof. Dr. Flavio Canavero.
Selection Criteria
- Quality of resume and publications;
- Relevance of the candidate and research description;
- Novelty of the candidate’s PhD thesis;
- Strength of the recommendation letter;
- Anticipated academic potential;
- Originality and impact of the research.
Prizes
- Bonus (CHF 800);
- Certificate;
- Offer to publish one paper free of charge in Electronics after peer review before the end of 2025
The application deadline is 31 January 2025. The winners will be announced on the Electronics website by the end of March 2025.
Kind regards,
Electronics Editorial Office.
Electronics Best PhD Thesis Award
Eligibility and Requirements
- The candidate must be a PhD student or recently qualified PhD fellow 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 of around 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
Year:
Winner
Marina Lotti
Fondazione Ugo Bordoni
Vincenzo Barba
Politecnico di Torino
Yao Lai
The University of Hong Kong
Guang Yang
Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Anna Mikhailovskaya
Tel Aviv University
Max Ghelman
Ben-Gurion University, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Israel
Xingjun Li
The University of Texas at Austin(PostDoc); Aalborg University(Ph.D.)
Michele Marchetti
Università Politecnica delle Marche
Yuwei Wang
Xi'an Jiaotong University
Dmytro Vovchuk
Tel Aviv University
Award Committee
Prof. Dr. Flavio Canavero
Chairperson
Politecnico di Torino
Dr. János Botzheim
Eötvös Loránd University Faculty of Informatics
Dr. Xianzhi Wang
University of Technology Sydney
Dr. Jinjun Feng
Beijing Vacuum Electronics Research Institute
Prof. Slawomir Sujecki
Wroclaw University of Science and Technology
Winner
Jesús Ruiz-Santaquiteria Alegre
University of Castilla-La Mancha, Spain
Jiakang Zheng
Beijing Jiaotong University, China
Award Committee
Prof. Dr. Flavio Canavero
Chairperson
Politecnico di Torino
Prof. Dr. Olivier Sename
GRENOBLE INP / GIPSA-lab
Dr. Felipe Jimenez
Technical University of Madrid
Prof. Dr. James Lam
University of Hong Kong
Dr. Xiongfeng Ma
Tsinghua Unviersity
Dr. Jinjun Feng
Beijing Vacuum Electronics Research Institute
Prof. Manuel Arrebola
Universidad Politécnica de Madrid
Dr. Yuankai Qi
Macquarie University
Prof. Dr. Bo Ai
Beijing Jiaotong Uviversity
Winner
Haotong Qin
Beihang University, China
Riccardo Mandrioli
University of Bologna, Italy
Award Committee
Prof. Dr. Flavio Canavero
Chairperson
Politecnico di Torino
Prof. Dr. George A Tsihrintzis
University of Piraeus
Prof. Francisco Falcone
UPNA // ISC // TEC Monterrey
Dr. Xiongfeng Ma
Tsinghua Unviersity
Prof. Dr. Giulio Antonini
University of L´Aquila
Winner
Gabriele Patrizi
University of Florence, Italy
Award Committee
Prof. Dr. Flavio Canavero
Chairperson
Politecnico di Torino
Prof. Ke Guan
Beijing Jiaotong University
Dr. Joao Soares
GECAD, Polytechnic of Porto
Prof. Dr. Valeri Mladenov
Technical University of Sofia
Dr. Stefanos Kollias
Prof. Amir H Gandomi
Faculty of Engineering & Information Technology, University of Technology Sydney, Ultimo NSW 2007, Australia
Prof. Dr. George A Tsihrintzis
University of Piraeus
Dr. Martin Reisslein
Winner
Felix Utama Kosasih
University of Cambridge, UK
Award Committee
Prof. Dr. Flavio Canavero
Chairperson
Politecnico di Torino
Prof. Leonardo Pantoli
University of L'Aquila
Prof. Dr. Olivier Sename
GRENOBLE INP / GIPSA-lab
Prof. Rashid Mehmood
King Abdulaziz University
