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Winner announcement: 31 March 2026
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Past Winners
Year:
Winner
Giuliano Fabris
Polytechnic Department of Engineering and Architecture, University of Udine, Italy
Award Committee
Prof. Marco Ceccarelli
Chairman
University of Rome Tor Vergata
Prof. Dr. Kean Aw
University of Auckland
Prof. Ian Walker
Clemson University
Prof. Beno Benhabib
Winner
Inho Kim
California Institute of Technology, USA
Award Committee
Prof. Marco Ceccarelli
Chairman
University of Rome Tor Vergata
Prof. Dr. Kean Aw
University of Auckland
Dr. David Portugal
Winner
Nicole D'Aurizio
University of Siena, Italy
Award Committee
Prof. Marco Ceccarelli
Chairman
University of Rome Tor Vergata
Prof. Huosheng Hu
University of Essex
Prof. Giuseppe Carbone
University of Calabria
Prof. Xinjun Liu
Tsinghua University
Winner
Wenzhong Yan
University of California, Los Angeles, USA
Riddhiman Laha
Technical University of Munich, Germany
Award Committee
Prof. Marco Ceccarelli
Chairman
University of Rome Tor Vergata
Prof. Gursel Alici
University of Wollongong
Prof. Xinjun Liu
Tsinghua University
Winner
Gabriele Costante
University of Perugia, Italy
Winner
Lawrence Kim
Stanford University, CA, USA
Winner
Martin Garrad
University of Bristol, UK; University of the West of England, UK
Winner
Piyamate Wisanuvej
Imperial College London, UK
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