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Application deadline: 31 January 2026
Winner announcement: 31 March 2026
– Postdoctoral fellows or PhD students; – Plans to attend an international conference in 2026 (oral presentation or poster).
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Past Winners
Year:
Winner
Jonathan Melchiorre
Politecnico di Torino
Award Committee
Dr. Pedro Arias-Sánchez
Chairperson
University of Vigo
Dr. Vistasp M. Karbhari
University of Texas Arlington
Prof. Alessandro Zona
University of Camerino
Winner
André Filipe Castanheira Alves Furtado
CONSTRUCT-LESE, Faculty of Engineering of University of Porto (Portugal)
Angelo Aloisio
University of L'Aquila
Winner
Srijith Balakrishnan
The University of Texas at Austin
Iván
Applied Geotechnologies Research Group, Mining & Energy Engineering School, University of Vigo, Rúa Maxwell s/n, 36310 Vigo, Spain
Award Committee
Dr. Pedro Arias-Sánchez
Chairperson
University of Vigo
Dr. Kourosh Khoshelham
Prof. Isam Shahrour
Lille University
Dr. Susana Lagüela
Universidad de Salamanca
Prof. Dr. Stefano Sfarra
University of L’Aquila
Dr. William D. Shuster
Wayne State University
Dr. Boulent Imam
Winner
Sujith Mangalathu
University of California, Los Angeles
Cao Wang
The University of Sydney
Award Committee
Dr. Pedro Arias-Sánchez
Chairperson
University of Vigo
Dr. Susana Lagüela
Universidad de Salamanca
Prof. Isam Shahrour
Lille University
Dr. Hosin Lee
The University of Iowa
Prof. Georgios E. Stavroulakis
Technical University of Crete
Dr. Kourosh Khoshelham
Dr. Daniel Oliveira
University of Minho
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