Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to announce that Machines is now inviting nominations for the Machines 2022 Young Investigator Award. This prize will be given to three young investigators in recognition of their excellence in the field of machinery and engineering. All nominations will be assessed by an Evaluation Committee led by the Editor-in-Chief, Prof. Dr. Antonio J. Marques Cardoso.

The prize:
– 1000 CHF (Swiss Francs);
– Option to publish one paper free of charge in Machines after peer review before the end of August 2023;
– An engraved plaque.

Eligibility and Requirements:
– Must have received their PhD degree no more than 10 years prior to 25 December 2022;
– Must have produced ground-breaking research and made a significant contribution to the advancement of machinery and engineering;
– Must be nominated by senior scientists.

 List of Documents for Nomination
– Detailed curriculum vitae, including an updated publication list and a list of the researcher’s own research grants;
– Birth certificate or other proof of age;
– Scanned copy of doctorate certificate;
– Signed nomination letters from two established senior scientists.

 Schedule
– Nomination deadline: 31 October 2022
– Winner announcement: 25 December 2022

How to submit nominations
The nominations must be submitted online.

Contact
Ms. Nora Zhang
Marketing Specialist
Email: [email protected]

Dear Colleagues,

The journal Machines is inviting applications for the 2022 PhD Thesis Award. This prize will be awarded to a Ph.D. student or doctor who has produced a highly anticipated academic potential thesis. The applications will be assessed by an evaluation committee led by Editor-in-Chief, Prof. Dr. Antonio J. Marques Cardoso.

Eligibility Requirements:

• The candidate must be a Ph.D. student or a doctor who has produced highly anticipated academic potential thesis.
• The Ph.D. thesis must be their original work.
• The Ph.D. thesis must be defended in 2022.
• Applicants are required to submit the following documents:
• An executive summary of the Ph.D. thesis in English of around 3000 words;
  
  1. A letter from the Ph.D. supervisor recommending the candidate for consideration for this award;
  2. The candidate’s CV, including a list of publications connected with the thesis;
  3. An electronic copy of the PhD thesis;
  4. A scanned copy of the PhD diploma (or certificate of studying at a school or research institute as a Ph.D. student going to graduate or participate in graduation thesis defenses).

Selection Criteria:

• Quality of resume and publications;
• Relevance of the candidate and research description;
• Novelty of the candidate’s Ph.D. thesis;
• Strength of the recommendation letter;
• Anticipated academic potential;
• Originality and impact of the research.

Prizes

• Bonus (CHF 500);
• Certificate;
• Offer to publish a featured paper in Machines with the article processing charge (APC) waived before the end of September, 2023.

The application deadline is 30 September 2022. The winner will be announced on the Machines website by the end of November 2022.

 

Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to announce the “Machines 2021 Best Paper Awards” for research and review papers published in Machines from in 2021. The papers will be selected after a thorough evaluation by the journal Award Committee led by the EiC, Prof. Dr. Antonio J. Marques Cardoso.

Eligibility Requirements:
– Papers published in Journal from 01 January 2021 to 31 December 2021;
– Open to all career levels;
– Both regular and Special Issue submissions will be considered.

Selection Criteria:
The papers will be selected by the journal Award Committee according to the following criteria (data source: Web of Science (Clarivate Analytics)):
– Scientific merit and broad impact;
– Originality of the research objectives and/or the ideas presented;
– Creativity of the study design or uniqueness of the approaches and concepts;
– Clarity of presentation;
– Citation and download rates in 2022.

Prizes:
One review and one research article will each receive an award.
– CHF 500;
– A chance to o publish a waived paper in Machines in 2023;
– A certificate.

The winners will be announced on the Machines website by March 2023.

Kind regards,
Machines Editorial Office

Dear colleagues,

We are pleased to announce the winners of the Machines 2021 Outstanding Reviewer Award. The Machines Editorial Board and Editorial Team would like to gratefully acknowledge the time and energy dedicated by reviewers in checking manuscripts submitted to Machines. It is due to their efforts that the high quality of the journal and quick turnaround are maintained.

Prof. Dr. Piotr Gierlak
Department of Applied Mechanics and Robotics, Rzeszow University of Technology, Poland
Research Interests: robot modeling and control; artificial intelligence in robotics; VR in robotics; mechanical vibration and vibrodiagnostics

Dr. Sebastian A. Nugroho
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Michigan, USA
Research Interests: control theory; optimization; state estimation; power systems; transportation systems

Dr. Viorel Paleu
Gheorghe Asachi Technical University of Iasi, Romania Mechanical Engineering Faculty Mechanical Engineering, Mechatronics and Robotics Department, Romania
Research Interests: tribology; friction; wear; machine parts; signal processing; data acquisition; automotive; mechanical transmissions; mechanical engineering; lubrication; lubricants; coatings; materials; rolling bearings; diagnosis

Each of the winners will receive the following:
– 100 Swiss francs;
– 50% discount on the APC for their next publication in Machines;
– A certificate of appreciation.

Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to announce the winner of the “Machines 2021 Best Cover Paper Award”, who submitted the following paper, and will be granted CHF 100:

– Vol. 9, Issue 1 (January, 2021)
Functional Design of a Hybrid Leg–Wheel–Track Ground Mobile Robot
(doi: 10.3390/machines9010010)

Congratulations to the winner for their excellent research!

Thank you to all those who submitted their outstanding work.

Machines Editorial Office

Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to announce that the winners of the Machines 2021 Young Investigator Award are Dr. Chen Lv, Dr. Ignacio Gonzalez-Prieto, and Dr. Ning Sun.

Dr. Chen Lv is an Associate Professor at the School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, and the Cluster Director in Future Mobility Solutions, Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore. Chen Lv’s research focuses on human-centric design, optimization and control for advanced mechatronics with particular applications in vehicle intelligence and electrification. He has published 2 books, over 120 papers (6 ESI highly cited papers, 2 hot papers, citation>3700, h-index: 33, i10-index: 70), obtained 12 granted patents, received numerous awards, and realized several real-world applications.

Dr. Ignacio Gonzalez-Prieto is currently a Juan de la Cierva Incorporacion researcher at the Department of Electrical Engineering in the University of Malaga (UMA), Spain. Dr. Ignacio Gonzalez-Prieto’s research interests include multiphase machines, wind energy systems, and electrical vehicles. He has been a research member with active participation in the research group ACE-TI (recognized by Junta de Andalucía with the denomination TIC 201) since September 2013. During his collaboration with ACE-TI, he obtained 38 JCR journal papers, with 27 of them located in the first quartile (Q1) according to the JCR index. Regarding the quality of his publications, a significant number of them (20) have been published in first decile journals. A high impact on the area of multiphase electric drives has been generated as a consequence of his research activity (1387 citations, h-index=18 Google Scholar, h-index=16 WoS).

Dr. Ning Sun is currently a Full Professor at the Institute of Robotics and Automatic Information Systems, College of Artificial Intelligence, Nankai University, China. His research interests include dynamics analysis and advanced control of mechatronic/robotic/mechanical systems with applications in industrial systems, etc. He has published more than 50 papers in prestigious journals and has had 18 Chinese invention patents granted. Moreover, he has been granted more than 10 research projects, including the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC)-Key Program and the National Key Research and Development Program of China. He has received several important awards, including the 2021 IEEE Outstanding Paper Award for the IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics.

As the awardees, each of them will receive an honorarium of 1000 CHF, an offer to publish a paper free of charge before the end of August 2022 in Machines after peer-review, and an engraved plaque.

We would like to thank all the nominees from various fields of study for their participation and all the Award Committee Members for their evaluation of the many excellent nominations.

Machines 2021 Young Investigator Evaluation Committee

Dear Colleagues,

As Editor-in-Chief of Machines, I am pleased to announce the winners of the Machines Travel Awards for 2021.

The awards have been granted to Mr. Muhammad Jamil, Ph.D. student in the Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics (NUAA), China; and Ms. Mariagrazia Tristano, a Ph.D. student in the Sheffield Hallam University, UK.

We would like to thank all the applicants for submitting their diverse and fascinating range of research topics. All of your submissions were of notably high quality, making this evaluation process and final decision incredibly challenging. On behalf of the evaluation committee, I would like to congratulate the winners on their accomplishment.

Prof. Dr. Antonio J. Marques Cardoso
Editor-in-Chief, Machines

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