Best PhD Thesis Award

Launched in 2021, the Electronics Best PhD Thesis Award is presented annually to recognize young scholars who are judged to have completed the most outstanding PhD thesis in the field of electronics, and to encourage the continuation of their outstanding work and further contribution to their field. The application process for this award is open from May to January every year, and winners are announced in March.

The Prize:
– Bonus (CHF 200);
– A certificate;
– A free voucher for article processing fees valid for one year.

Number of Winners: 10

 
Electronics Best PhD Thesis Award
 
Application deadline: 31 January 2026
Winner announcement: 31 March 2026

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 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

Jesús Ruiz-Santaquiteria Alegre
University of Castilla-La Mancha, Spain
Jiakang Zheng
Beijing Jiaotong University, China

Award Committee

Prof. Dr. Flavio Canavero Chairman
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 Chairman
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 Chairman
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 Chairman
Politecnico di Torino
Prof. Leonardo Pantoli
University of L'Aquila
Prof. Dr. Olivier Sename
GRENOBLE INP / GIPSA-lab
Prof. Rashid Mehmood
King Abdulaziz University
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