Machines Awards

Dear Colleagues,

We are inviting applications for one Travel Award for postdoctoral fellows and PhD students to attend an international conference of their choice in 2019. The Award will consist of 800 Swiss Francs. The applications will be assessed by an Evaluation Committee presided over by the Editor-in-Chief, Prof. Dr. Hamid Reza Karimi.

Candidate Requirements:

• An abstract of their work;
• A Curriculum Vitae, including a complete list of publications;
• A justification letter;
• A proof of PhD student or Postdoctoral status;
• A letter of support from their mentor;
• A letter of acceptance from the conference organizers;
• A proof of the conference registration.

General requirements are that all candidates should be:

• PhD students or postdoctoral fellows whose PhD degree was obtained within the past 2 years;
• They must present their own original work as an oral presentation (or poster) at the conference for which the travel award application is being made.

Please send your applications at the link by 31 March 2019. The winners will be announced by the end of May 2019.

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