Dear Colleagues,

As Editor-in-Chief of Machines, I am pleased to announce the two winners of the 2020 Travel Awards sponsored by Machines. The awards were granted to Dr. Tommaso Lisini Baldi, Postdoctoral Fellow of University of Siena, and Ms. Natalia Fernanda Espinoza Sepulveda, Phd Student of The University of Manchester. The awards consist of 400 Swiss Francs each to support attendance at the academic conference related to Machines and sensing topics in 2020.

Dr. Tommaso Lisini Baldi’s focus is on “Robotics, Human–Robot Interactions, Haptics, and Assistive Robotics”.

Ms. Natalia Fernanda Espinoza Sepulveda’s focus is “Development of Generic Vibration-Based Fault Diagnosis for Rotating Machines”.

I would like to congratulate the winners and thank the selection committee for their excellent work in the hard task of selecting the winners from such a large number of excellent candidate profiles.

Prof. Dr. Hamid Reza Karimi
Machines Editorial Office

Dear Colleagues,

As Editor-in-Chief of Machines, I am pleased to announce the winner of the 2019 Travel Award sponsored by Machines. The award was granted to Mr. Matteo Perini, Ph.D. student of University of Trento. He will be supported with 800 Swiss Francs to cover travel expenses of AIV XXIV Conference was held in Giardini Naxos, Italy. 

Mr. Matteo Perini’s current research focuses on robotics, the latest technologies, programming, CNC machines, artificial intelligence, automation, electronics, climbing, paragliding, and open-source practices. He currently is a researcher in the hybrid repair process with additive technologies, an additive manufacturing expert, a programmer, and an R&D manager.

Machines is proud to support this young researcher working in the field of machinery and engineering and wishes him further success in his career. We are grateful to all who submitted applications—thank you for letting us get to know you and your work. We hope all of you continue to pay attention to Machines in the future.

I would like to congratulate the winner and thank the selection committee for their excellent work in selecting the winner from such a large number of outstanding candidate profiles.

Prof. Dr. Hamid Reza Karimi
Machines Editorial Office
Editor-in-Chief

Dear Colleagues,

As Editor-in-Chief of Machines, I am pleased to announce the winner of the 2018 Travel Award sponsored by Machines:

The Evaluation Committee were very impressed with the high level of work presented. After careful consideration, the Travel Award has been granted to Mr. Shuai Yuan, a Ph.D candidate of the Department of Delft Center for Systems and Control, Delft University of Technology, working on the field of adaptive control of uncertain switched systems.

The award consisted of 800 Swiss Francs, and is available for the winner to use for attendance and participation in any academic conferences in 2018.

We would also like to deliver our great thanks to the Evaluation Committee members for their comprehensive evaluation of candidates.

Prof. Dr. Hamid Reza Karimi
Editor-in-Chief

Dear Colleagues,
As Editor-in-Chief of Machines, I am pleased to announce the winner of the 2017 Travel Award sponsored by Machines:
The Evaluation Committee were very impressed with the high level of work presented. After careful consideration, the Travel Award has been granted to Dr. Oleksandr Dobzhanskyi, a postdoctoral research fellow of the Department of Electrical, Electronic and Computer Engineering, North-West University, working on the field of Transverse-Flux (TF) Machines.
The award consisted of 800 Swiss Francs, and is available for the winner to use for attendance and participation in any academic conferences in 2017.
We would also like to deliver our great thanks to the Evaluation Committee members, Drs. Dan Zhang, Hongrui Cao, Giuseppe Carbone, Yaguo Lei and Stefano Mariani, for their comprehensive evaluation of candidates.
Sincerely,
Steven L. Liang, Ph.D.
Editor-in-Chief