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Past Winners
Year:
Winner
Alexandra Frainetti
Western University, Canada
Award Committee
Prof. Dr. Benjamin C. McLellan
Chairman
Kyoto University
Winner
María Carpena Rodríguez
University of Vigo, Spain
Award Committee
Prof. Dr. Benjamin C. McLellan
Chairman
Kyoto University
Prof. Barbara Ruffino
Politecnico di Torino
Prof. Demetrio Antonio Zema
Mediterranean University of Reggio Calabria - Department AGRARIA
Winner
Sally Innis
Mining Engineering, University of British Columbia, Canada
Award Committee
Prof. Damien Giurco
Chairman
University of Technology Sydney
Prof. Dr. Benjamin C. McLellan
Kyoto University
Prof. Eva Pongracz
University of Oulu, Water, Energy and Environmental Engineering Research Unit (WE3)
Winner
Aida Hosseinian
Process and Environmental Engineering, Oulu University, Finland
Award Committee
Prof. Damien Giurco
Chairman
University of Technology Sydney
Prof. Dr. Benjamin C. McLellan
Kyoto University
Dr. Cara Beal
Griffith University
Winner
Ben Lowe
Management School, Sheffield University, UK
Winner
Vivian Giang
Anthropology & Engineering, University of Alberta, Canada
Winner
Zhi Cao
Faculty of Engineering, University of Southern Denmark, Danmark
Winner
Erika D. Johnson
Naval Research Lab, USA
Winner
Melina Kourantidou
Department of Environmental and Business Economics, University of Southern Denmark
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