Best PhD Thesis Award
Dear Colleagues,
As the Editor-in-Chief of Machines, it is my great pleasure to announce the winner of the Machines 2022 PhD Thesis Award. This award is for a PhD student or recently qualified PhD who has produced a highly anticipated thesis with great academic potential.
The award has been granted to:
“Experimental Characterization of Frictional Hysteresis for Nonlinear Dynamic Analysis of Jointed Structures” By Alfredo Fantetti, Imperial College London, UK
The winner will receive CHF 500, a certificate and a chance to publish a paper free of charge after peer review in Machines before the end of September 2023.
On behalf of the evaluation committee, I would like to congratulate the winner on his accomplishment. We would also like to take this opportunity to thank all the applicants for submitting their exceptional theses and the Award Committee for voting and helping with this award.
Prof. Dr. Antonio J. Marques Cardoso
Editor-in-Chief, Machines