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Year:
Winner
Jiasheng Wang
University of Science and Technology Beijing, China
Rui F.V. Sampaio
Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
Award Committee
Prof. Dr. Jian-Qiang Wang
Chairperson
Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Prof. Dr. José-María Cabrera
Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya, Spain
Prof. Dr. Di Zhang
Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China
Dr. John D. Clayton
DEVCOM Army Research Laboratory, USA
Winner
Adriana Eres-Castellanos
Spanish National Center for Metallurgical Research
Pavel Shurkin
National University of Science and Technology "MISIS"
Award Committee
Prof. Hugo Lopez
Chairperson
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Dr. Carlos Garcia-Mateo
National Center for Metallurgical Research CENIM-CSIC
Prof. Dr. Ian Baker
Prof. Filippo Berto
NTNU
Winner
Michele Dallago
University of Trento
Jae-Kyung Han
School of Mechanical, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Oregon State University, USA
Award Committee
Prof. Hugo Lopez
Chairperson
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Prof. Filippo Berto
NTNU
Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Blum
Prof. Mohammad Jahazi
Winner
Martin Diehl
Max-Planck-Institut für Eisenforschung GmbH
Daria Zhemchuzhnikova
Université de Lorraine
Winner
Ahmad Talaat
Física de Materiales, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU) , Spain
Award Committee
Prof. Hugo Lopez
Chairperson
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Ms. Maggie Guo
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