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Year:
Winner
Mohamed Mohamed
School of Agriculture, Food and Ecosystem Sciences (SAFES), Faculty of Science, The University of Melbourne, Creswick, Victoria, Australia
Award Committee
Dr. Grant Williamson
Chairman
University of Tasmania
Dr. Chen Tao
Tsinghua University
Dr. Hugo Rodrigues
Risco, Civil Engineering Department, University of Aveiro
Dr. Edivaldo L. Thomaz
UNICENTRO
Winner
Amirouche Sadaoui
Université Laval, Canada
Award Committee
Dr. Grant Williamson
Chairman
University of Tasmania
Dr. Vytenis Babrauskas
Fire Science and Technology Inc.
Dr. Chen Tao
Tsinghua University
Winner
Stephen Fillmore
University of Idaho, ID, USA
Award Committee
Dr. Grant Williamson
Chairman
University of Tasmania
Dr. Natasha Ribeiro
University of Virginia
Prof. Jai Garg
GGS Indraprastha University
Prof. Ali Cemal Benim
Duesseldorf University of Applied Sciences
Prof. Chuangang Fan
School of Civil Engineering, Central South University
Dr. Kevin Tansey
University of Leicester
Winner
Ana Novo
Universitario de Vigo, Spain
Award Committee
Prof. Dr. Alistair Smith
Chairman
IFIRE
Dr. Martin Alexander
Dr. Natasha Ribeiro
University of Virginia
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