Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to announce the “Sensors 2024 Best Paper Award” for research and review articles published in Sensors in 2022. Two review and two research articles will each receive an award. The papers will be selected after thorough evaluation by the journal’s Award Committee led by the Editor-in-Chief, Prof. Dr. Vittorio Passaro.

Eligibility for the awards:

– Papers published in Sensors in 2022;
– Open to all career levels;
– Both regular and Special Issue submissions will be considered.

Selection Criteria:

The papers will be selected by the journal’s Award Committee according to the following criteria:
– Scientific merit and broad impact;
– Originality of the research objectives and/or the ideas presented;
– Creativity of the study design or uniqueness of the approaches and concepts;
– Clarity of presentation;
– Number of citations and downloads.

The Prizes:

– Two review awards: CHF 500 and a chance to publish a paper free of charge in Sensors in 2024 after peer review;
– Two research article awards: CHF 500 and a chance to publish a paper free of charge in Sensors in 2024 after peer review;
– Each winner will also receive an electronic certificate.

The winners will be announced on the journal website on 31 May 2024.

Kind regards,
Sensors Editorial Office

Dear Colleagues,

On behalf of the Editor-in-Chief, Prof. Dr. Vittorio Passaro, we wish to acknowledge our reviewers who so generously offer their time to review the papers submitted to Sensors by presenting an award to the reviewers who have demonstrated their dedication, professionalism, and timeliness in reviewing manuscripts for Sensors.

What are the pre-requisites to be eligible for this award?
– All of the reviewers for Sensors in 2023 will be automatically included.

Selection Criteria:
– Number of review reports;
– The quality and timeliness of review reports.

What will the winners receive?
There will be five winners this year, and each will receive the following:
– CHF 500;
– An opportunity to publish a paper free of charge in Sensors in 2024 after peer review;
– An electronic certificate.

When will the winners be announced?
– The winners will be announced at the end of February 2024 on the journal website.

How can I make myself eligible?
– If you have not yet reviewed papers for Sensors but would like to do so, you can register as a reviewer at the following link: https://susy.mdpi.com/volunteer/profile/edit.

Kind regards,
Sensors Editorial Office

Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to announce that Sensors will be granting the Travel Award to five junior scientists. The applications will be assessed by an Evaluation Committee consisting of senior scholars from the Sensors Editorial Board. This award provides financial support for the winners to attend an international conference to be held in 2024 in the science and technology fields of sensors and to hold a presentation, present a poster, or both.

Candidate Requirements:
– Postdoctoral fellows or PhD students.
– Plans to attend an international conference in 2024 (oral presentation or poster).

Required Application Documents:
– Information of the conference the applicant is planning to attend and the abstract that will be submitted.
– Curriculum vitae and list of publications.
– Justification letter describing the focus of the research (max. 800 words).
– Letter of recommendation from the supervisor, research director, or department head, which also confirms the applicant’s status as a postdoctoral fellow/PhD student.

The winners (five awardees) will each be awarded CHF 600 and an electronic certificate.

Please submit your applications for the Sensors 2024 Travel Award online by 31 October 2023. The prizes will be awarded at the end of December 2023 and announced on the Sensors website.

Kind regards,
Sensors Editorial Office

Note on Winner Announcement Date

Thank you for your continuous support. We regret to inform you that the deadline for announcing the winner of the 2023 Young Investigator Award has been postponed to 10 December 2023.

The editorial office would like to apologize for any inconvenience caused. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us.

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Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to announce that Sensors is now inviting nominations for the 2023 Young Investigator Award. This prize will be awarded to one young investigator in recognition of their excellence in the field of sensors and sensing-related research. All nominations will be assessed by an award evaluation committee led by Editor-in-Chief Prof. Dr. Vittorio M.N. Passaro.

The Prize
− CHF 2000;
− An electronic certificate.

Eligibility and Requirements
− Candidates must have received their PhD no more than 10 years prior to 31 December 2023;
− Candidates must have produced ground-breaking research and made a significant contribution to the advancement of sensors and sensing-related research;
− Candidates must be nominated by senior scientists.

List of Documents Needed for Nomination
– Detailed curriculum vitae, including an updated publication list and a list of the researcher’s own research grants;
− Scanned copy of doctorate certificate;
− Signed nomination letters from two established senior scientists.

Schedule
− Open for nomination: 1 February 2023.
− Nomination deadline: 25 September 2023.
− Winner announcement: 10 December 2023.

The Submission Process
All nominations must be submitted online.

Contact
Ms. Davina Zhao
Marketing Specialist
Email: [email protected]

Sensors Editorial Office

Dear Colleagues,

As the Editor-in-Chief of Sensors, it is my great pleasure to announce the winner of the Sensors 2023 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 the following thesis:

“Printed Organic Electronics for Plant and Environmental Monitoring”
By Elliot Strand, University of Colorado Boulder, USA

The winner will receive CHF 1000 and an electronic certificate.

On behalf of the Evaluation Committee, I congratulate the winner on their accomplishments. We would like to take this opportunity to thank all of the applicants for submitting their exceptional theses and thank the Award Committee for voting and helping with this award.

Kind regards,
Sensors Editorial Office

Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to announce the winners of the Sensors 2023 Best Paper Award. All papers published in Sensors in 2021 were considered for the award. After a thorough evaluation of the originality and significance of the papers, citations, and downloads, four winners were selected.

Two Articles:

Proof of Concept for a Quick and Highly Sensitive On-Site Detection of SARSCoV-2 by Plasmonic Optical Fibers and Molecularly Imprinted Polymers
By Nunzio Cennamo, Girolamo D’Agostino, Chiara Perri, Francesco Arcadio, Guido Chiaretti, Eva Maria Parisio, Giulio Camarlinghi, Chiara Vettori, Francesco Di Marzo, Rosario Cennamo, Giovanni Porto and Luigi Zeni
Sensors 2021, 21(5), 1681; doi:10.3390/s21051681

WSN-SLAP: Secure and Lightweight Mutual Authentication Protocol for Wireless Sensor Networks
By Deok Kyu Kwon, Sung Jin Yu, Joon Young Lee, Seung Hwan Son and Young Ho Park
Sensors 2021, 21(3), 936; doi:10.3390/s21030936

Two Reviews:

A Review on Biosensors and Recent Development of Nanostructured Materials-Enabled Biosensors
By Varnakavi. Naresh and Nohyun Lee
Sensors 2021, 21(4), 1109; doi:10.3390/s21041109

Sensor and Sensor Fusion Technology in Autonomous Vehicles: A Review
By De Jong Yeong, Gustavo Velasco-Hernandez, John Barry and Joseph Walsh
Sensors 2021, 21(6), 2140; doi:10.3390/s21062140

Each winner will receive CHF 500, an electronic certificate and a chance to publish a paper free of charge in Sensors in 2023 after peer review.

Please join us in congratulating the winners of the Sensors 2023 Best Paper Award. We would also like to take this opportunity to thank all of our authors for your continued support.

Kind regards,
Sensors Editorial Office

Dear Colleagues,

As Editor-in-Chief of Sensors, I am pleased to announce the winners of the Sensors 2023 Travel Award. The award has been granted to:

Kian Kadan-Jamal
Tel Aviv University, Israel

Abbas Panahi
York University, Canada

Celia Toyos Rodríguez
University of Oviedo, Spain

Alessandra Angelucci
Politecnico di Milano, Italy

Ana Batista
University of Coimbra, Portugal

As the awardees, they will each receive an honorarium of CHF 600 and an electronic certificate.

With so many high-quality applicants, the evaluation process and final decision were challenging. We would like to thank all the applicants for submitting their diverse and fascinating range of research topics. On behalf of the assessment committee, I congratulate the winners on their accomplishments.

Prof. Dr. Vittorio Passaro
Editor-in-Chief, Sensors

Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to announce the winners of the Sensors 2022 Outstanding Reviewer Award. The Sensors Editorial Board and Editorial Team would like to gratefully acknowledge the time and energy dedicated by reviewers to checking the manuscripts submitted to Sensors. It is due to their efforts that the high quality and quick turnaround of the journal are maintained.

Sebastian Głowiński
Koszalin Technical University, Poland.
Research interests: IMU; exoskeletons; sensors; kinematic; dynamic; human gait.

Chiachung Chen
National Chung Hsing University, Taiwan.
Research interests: sensors; instrumentation; measurement uncertainty; biomedical equipment; calibration; analytical instrumentation; method development; process control.

Jae-Myung Ryu
Kumoh National Institute of Technology, Republic of Korea.
Research interests: optical design; imaging optics; non-imaging optics; geometrical optics; ultrasound systems; photoacoustic systems; ultrasonic transducers; integrated circuits; hardware; AI; deep learning.

Agustin L. Herrera-May
Universidad Veracruzana, Mexico.
Research interests: microelectromechanical systems (MEMS); nanoelectromechanical systems (NEMS); microfluidics; mechanical design; microgripper; energy harvesting; magnetic field sensors; resonators; finite element method; mirrors.

Wei Zhou
University of Waterloo, Canada.
Research interests: image and video processing; multimedia computing; computational vision.

The Prize for Each Winner:
– CHF 500;
– An opportunity to publish a paper free of charge in Sensors in 2023 after peer review;
– An electronic certificate.

Kind regards,
Sensors Editorial Office

Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to announce the winner of the “Sensors 2022 Best Cover Award”. The winner will receive CHF 500 and an offer to publish a paper free of charge after peer review in Sensors in 2023.

The winner is:

– Issue 14 (July 2, 2022)

A Bio-Inspired Endogenous Attention-Based Architecture for a Social Robot (doi: 10.3390/s22145248)

Congratulations to the authors for their excellent research!

We selected 10 participants, who will each receive a CHF 50 voucher:

Boyu Kuang, Kavin Sivaneri, Ji Soo, Giada Marchi, Somayeh Komeylian, Juan Ivan Nieto Hipolito, João Ribeiro, Jose Antonio Rodriguez Manfredi, Daniel Toledo and Stefan Achtsnicht.

We thank everyone for their participation.

Kind regards,
Sensors Editorial Office

Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to announce that the winner of the Sensors 2022 Young Investigator Award is Dr. Wenzhuo Wu.

Dr. Wenzhuo Wu is an Associate Professor of the School of Industrial Engineering, Purdue University. Dr. Wu’s research interests are in nanomanufacturing, self-powered nanosystems, renewable energy, humanintegrated technologies, smart sensors, and electronics. Dr. Wu received his PhD in 2013 and has an outstanding publication record, comprising over one hundred publications in peer-reviewed international journals in addition to eleven issued patents. His Hirsch index is 52. He is clearly a rising star in the field of nanotechnology-enabled sensors. Please join us in congratulating Dr. Wu for his outstanding achievements.

As the awardee, Dr. Wu will receive an honorarium of CHF 2000 and an electronic certificate.

We would like to thank all of the nominators from various fields of study for their participation and all of the Award Committee Members for their evaluation of the many excellent nominations.

Kind regards,
Sensors 2022 Young Investigator Evaluation Committee

Dear Colleagues,

As the Editor-in-Chief of Sensors, it is my great pleasure to announce the winner of the 2022 Best PhD Thesis Award. This award is for a recently qualified PhD who has produced a highly anticipated thesis with great academic potential.

The award has been granted to:

“Studying Protein Function with Fluorescent Nanoantennas” By Scott G. Harroun, Université de Montréal, Canada.

The winner will receive CHF 1000 and a certificate.

On behalf of the evaluation committee, I congratulate the winner on their accomplishments. We would like to take this opportunity to thank all the applicants for submitting their exceptional theses and thank the Award Committee for voting and helping with this award.

Prof. Dr. Mehmet Yuce
Editor-in-Chief, Sensors

Dear Colleagues,

The Editorial Team would like to congratulate the winners of the Sensors 2022 Best Paper Award, who were chosen by a selection committee chaired by the Editor-in-Chief, Prof. Dr. Vittorio M.N. Passaro. Following a review process undertaken by the Award Committee, three winners were selected. The recipients are as follows:

Article:

YOLO-Tomato: A Robust Algorithm for Tomato Detection Based on YOLOv3 (doi:10.3390/s20072145)
By Guoxu Liu, Joseph Christian Nouaze, Philippe Lyonel Touko Mbouembe and Jae Ho Kim

Reviews:

Piezoelectric Energy Harvesting Solutions: A Review (doi:10.3390/s20123512)
By Corina Covaci and Aurel Gontean

Applications of Graphene Quantum Dots in Biomedical Sensors (doi:10.3390/s20041072)
By Bhargav D. Mansuriya and Zeynep Altintas

Each winner (corresponding author) will receive CHF 500 and a certificate.

On behalf of the Assessment Committee, I congratulate the winners on their fantastic accomplishments. We would like to take this opportunity to thank all the nominated research groups of the above exceptional papers for their contributions to Sensors, and thank the Award Committee for voting and helping with this award.

Kind regards,
Sensors Editorial Office

Dear Colleagues,

On behalf of the award committee, we are pleased to announce the winner of the Sensors 2022 Travel Award in Biosensors and Chemical Sensors.

The award has been granted to Dr. Pritam Khan, a postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Physics, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland. His research interests involve the use of multidisciplinary linear and non-linear optical imaging instrumentation for photonics and biomedical applications.

As there were numerous high-quality applicants, the evaluation process and final decision were challenging. We would like to thank all the applicants for submitting their diverse and fascinating range of research topics. On behalf of the assessment committee, we congratulate the winner on his accomplishments.

Kind regards,
Sensors Editorial Office

Dear Colleagues,

On behalf of the award committee I am pleased to announce the winner of the Sensors 2022 Travel Award in Intelligent Sensors and Smart Sensing.

The award has been granted to Ms. Ana Catarina Pelicano, a Ph.D. student at the Faculty of Science, University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal. She will be awarded CHF 600 to attend the 16th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP) 2022, to be held in Spain.

With so many high-quality applicants the evaluation process and final decision were challenging. We would like to thank all the applicants for submitting their diverse and fascinating range of research topics. On behalf of the assessment committee, we congratulate the winner on her accomplishments.

Kind regards,
Sensors Editorial Office

Dear Colleagues,

On behalf of the award committee, we are pleased to announce the winner of the Sensors 2022 Travel Award in “Internet of Things and Sensor Networks”.

The award has been granted to Mr. Muhammad Sarmad Shahab Mir, a Ph.D. student at University Carlos III de Madrid and Marie-Curie early-stage researcher at IMDEA Networks, Madrid, Spain. His research interests focus on visible light communication (VLC), radio frequency (RF) backscatter communication and battery-less IoT design.

With so many high-quality applicants, the evaluation process and final decision were challenging. We would like to thank all the applicants for submitting their diverse and fascinating range of research topics. On behalf of the assessment committee, we would like to congratulate the winner on his accomplishments.

Kind regards,
Sensors Editorial Office

Dear Colleagues,

On behalf of the award committee, we are pleased to announce the winner of the Sensors 2022 Travel Award in Optical Sensors and Image Sensors.

The award has been granted to Dr. Xuezhi Zheng, a postdoctoral researcher in the WaveCore Division, Department of Electrical Engineering, KU Leuven, Belgium. Dr. Zheng will be given 600 CHF to attend the 16th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EuCap 2022).

With so many high-quality applicants, the evaluation process and final decision were challenging. We would like to thank all the applicants for submitting such a diverse and fascinating range of research topics. We congratulate the winner on his accomplishments.

Kind regards,
Sensors Editorial Office

Dear Colleagues,

On behalf of the Award Committee, we are pleased to announce the winner of the Sensors 2022 Travel Award in Physical Sensors and MEMS.

The award has been granted to Dr. Gerlinde Lefever, a postdoctoral researcher at the department of Mechanics of Materials and Constructions (MeMC), Free University of Brussels, Belgium. She will be awarded CHF 600 to attend the 76th RILEM Annual week and International Conference on Regeneration and Conservation of Structures (ICRCS 2022) to be held in Japan.

With so many high-quality applicants, the evaluation process and final decision were challenging. We would like to thank all the applicants for submitting their diverse and fascinating range of research topics. On behalf of the Assessment Committee, we congratulate the winner on their accomplishments.

Kind regards,
Sensors Editorial Office

Dear Colleagues,

On behalf of the award committee, we are pleased to announce the winner of the Sensors 2022 Travel Award in Remote Sensors and Radar Sensors. The award has been granted to Mr. Karol Abratkiewicz, a Ph.D. student from the Faculty of Electronics and Information Technology, Warsaw University of Technology. His research focuses on radar, signal processing, and timefrequency analysis, and he has published many significant and highly regarded papers in this field.

With so many high-quality applicants, the evaluation process and final decision were challenging. We would like to thank all the applicants for submitting such a diverse and fascinating range of research topics. On behalf of the assessment committee, we congratulate the winner on his accomplishments.

Kind regards,
Sensors Editorial Office

Dear Colleagues,

On behalf of the award committee, we are pleased to announce the winner of the Sensors 2022 Travel Award in Vehicular Sensing.

The award has been granted to Dr. Kai Wu, a postdoctoral fellow in the Global Big Data Technologies Centre (GBDTC) at the University of Technology Sydney (UTS). Dr Wu is a promising early-career researcher who has made significant contributions to advanced joint wireless communication and vehicular sensing, one of the most important technologies for the future, for 6G networks in particular.

With so many high-quality applicants, the evaluation process and final decision were particularly challenging. We would like to thank all the applicants for submitting their diverse and fascinating range of research topics. On behalf of the assessment committee, we congratulate the winner on his accomplishments.

Kind regards,
Sensors Editorial Office

Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to announce the winners of the Sensors 2021 Outstanding Reviewer Awards (in alphabetical order):

Hojong Choi
Department of Medical IT Convergence Engineering, Kumoh National Institute of Technology, Korea

Li Fu
College of Materials and Environmental Engineering, Hangzhou Dianzi University, China

Leonardo De Mello Honorio
Federal University of Juiz De Fora Juiz De Fora, Brasil

Mario Versaci
Mediterranea University, DICEAM Department, Reggio Calabria, Italy

Robertas Damasevicius
Kaunas University of Technology, Department of Software Engineering, Kaunas, Lithuania

Each winner will receive 500 Swiss Francs, a certificate, and an opportunity to publish a paper in Sensors free of charge in 2022.

The Sensors Editorial Board and Editorial Team would like to gratefully acknowledge the time and energy dedicated by reviewers in checking the manuscripts submitted to Sensors. It is due to their efforts that the high quality of the journal and quick turnaround are maintained.

Kind regards,
Prof. Dr. Vittorio M.N. Passaro
Editor-in-Chief, Sensors

Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to announce the winning cover of the “Sensors 2021 Best Cover Award”. The award will be granted to the following paper, and the winner (corresponding author) will receive 500 CHF.

Issue 17 (September-1 2021)
Emerging Optical Materials in Sensing and Discovery of Bioactive Compounds
By Raquel Vaz, Beatriz Valpradinhos, Manuela F. Frasco and Maria Goreti F. Sales
(doi: 10.3390/s21175784)

We would like to extend our warmest congratulations to the authors for their achievement. A bit thank you also goes out to everyone who participated in the survey.

Kind regards,

Sensors Editorial Office

Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to announce that the winners of the Sensors 2021 Young Investigator Award are Reader Qammer H. Abbasi and Professor Chi Hwan Lee.

Qammer H. Abbasi is an academic with more than 9 years of research and teaching experience in prestigious institutes, including Queen Mary University of London, the University of Engineering and Technology Lahore, Texas A & M University and the University of Glasgow. His research interests include antennas, bio-electromagnetics, nano communication, terahertz sensing, the Internet of Things, biomedical applications of millimeter and terahertz communication, etc. He received his Ph.D. degree in Electronic and Electrical engineering from Queen Mary University of London (QMUL), U.K., in 2012 and has an outstanding publication record, comprising more than 350 leading international technical journals and peer-reviewed conference papers and 10 books, and has received widespread recognition for his research.

Chi Hwan Lee is Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering, and by courtesy, of Materials Engineering and Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences at Purdue University. His research interests focus on flexible and stretchable sensors for human body-integrated healthcare systems. He received his Ph.D. degree in Mechanical Engineering from Stanford University in 2013. Prof. Lee has won numerous awards, published over 60 high-impact journal articles and holds over 20 patents.

Please join us in congratulating Prof. Abbasi and Prof. Lee for their outstanding achievements.

As the awardees, they will receive an honorarium of 2000 CHF, an offer to publish a paper free of charge before 30 June 2022 in Sensors after peer-review, and an engraved plaque.

We would like to thank all those who nominated a candidate from various fields of study for their participation and all the Award Committee Members for their evaluation of the many excellent nominees.

Kind regards,
Sensors Editorial Office

Dear Colleagues,

We would like to announce the winner of the Sensors 2021 Best Ph.D. Thesis Award, which recognises the most highly anticipated academic potential thesis among Ph.D. students and doctors.

The award has been granted to Daniela Lo Presti, Università Campus Bio-Medico di Roma, Italy. She will receive CHF 1000 and a certificate.

On behalf of the evaluation committee, I congratulate the winner on her accomplishments. We would like to thank all the applicants for submitting their diverse and fascinating range of research topics, as well as the Award Committee for voting and helping with this award.

Prof. Dr. Mehmet Rasit Yuce
Editor-in-Chief, Sensors

Dear colleagues,

The editorial team would like to congratulate the winners of the Sensors 2021 Best Paper Awards, who were chosen by a selection committee chaired by the Editor-in-Chief, Dr. Vittorio M.N. Passaro. Following a review process by the Evaluation Committee, three winners were selected. The recipients of the “Sensors 2021 Best Paper Awards” are as follows:

Article:

A Decentralized Privacy-Preserving Healthcare Blockchain for IoT (doi:10.3390/s19020326).

Review:

The Progress of Glucose Monitoring—A Review of Invasive to Minimally and Non-Invasive Techniques, Devices and Sensors (doi: 10.3390/s19040800).

Contact-Based Methods for Measuring Respiratory Rate (doi: 10.3390/s19040908).

Each winner will receive 500 CHF and a certificate.

Please join us in congratulating the winners of Sensors 2021 Best Paper Awards. We would also like to take this opportunity to thank all of our authors for your continued support of Sensors.

Kind regards,
Sensors Editorial Office

Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to announce the winner of the Sensors 2021 Travel Award in Physical Sensors.

The Evaluation Committee was very impressed with the high quality of work presented for consideration. After careful evaluation, we can now announce that the award has been granted to Dr. Eleonora Macchia, a PostDoctoral Researcher at Faculty of Science and Engineering, Åbo Akademi University –Turku (Finland). Her research focuses on organic bioelectronics; electrolytegated thin-film transistors; single-molecule detection with a transistor (SiMoT); proteomic biomarkers; genomic biomarkers; organic semiconductors.

Dr. Eleonora Macchia will receive 500 Swiss Francs, which she can put forth to attend academic conferences in 2021.

We would like to thank all the applicants for submitting their diverse and fascinating range of research topics. On behalf of the Assessment Committee, we congratulate the winner on her outstanding accomplishments.

Kind regards,
Sensors Editorial Office

Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to announce the winner of the Sensors 2021 Travel Award in Intelligent Sensors.

After careful evaluation, the award has been granted to: Dr. Alfonso Gonzalez Briones, the Post-Doctoral Fellow from Department of Computer Science and Automation Control, University of Salamanca, Spain. His research focuses on artificial intelligence; machine learning; IoT; smart cities; blockchain. As the winner, he will receive CHF 500 and a certificate.

With so many high-quality applicants, the evaluation process and final decision were challenging. We would like to thank all the applicants for submitting their diverse and fascinating range of research topics. On behalf of the Assessment Committee, we congratulate the winner on his accomplishments.

Kind regards,
Sensors Editorial Office

Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to announce the winner of the Sensors 2021 Travel Award in Chemical Sensors.

After careful evaluation, the award has been granted to: Dr. Saúl Vallejos Calzada, the Post-Doctoral Fellow from University of Burgos, Spain. His research focuses on polymers; polymer sensors; high performance polymers; polymers for advanced applications. As the winner, he will receive CHF 500 and a certificate.

With so many high-quality applicants, the evaluation process and final decision were challenging. We would like to thank all the applicants for submitting their diverse and fascinating range of research topics. On behalf of the Assessment Committee, we congratulate the winner on his accomplishments.

Kind regards,
Sensors Editorial Office

Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to announce the winner of the Sensors 2021 Travel Award in Remote Sensors.

The Evaluation Committee was very impressed with the high quality of work presented for consideration. After careful evaluation, we can now announce that the award has been granted to Ms. Ana Novo, a Ph.D. student from the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Engineering, School of Mining Engineering, University of Vigo. Her research focuses on Computing in Mathematics, Natural Science, Engineering and Algorithms.

Ms. Ana Novo will receive 500 Swiss Francs, which she can put forth to attend academic conferences in 2021.

We would like to thank all the applicants for submitting their diverse and fascinating range of research topics. On behalf of the Assessment Committee, I congratulate the winner on her outstanding accomplishments.

Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to announce the winner of the Sensors 2021 Travel Award in Sensor Networks.

The Evaluation Committee was very impressed with the high quality of work presented for consideration. After careful evaluation, we can now announce that the award has been granted to Ms. Yalin Liu, a Ph.D. student from Macau University of Science and Technology. Her research interests include Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Communications, Internet of Things, Space-Air-Terrestrial Networks, Optimal Resource Allocation, and Stochastic Geometry based Performance Analysis.

We would like to thank all the applicants for submitting their diverse and fascinating range of research topics. On behalf of the Assessment Committee, we congratulate the winner on her outstanding accomplishments.

Kind regards,
Sensors Editorial Office

Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to announce the winner of the Sensors 2021 Travel Award for Women.

The Evaluation Committee was especially impressed with the high quality of work presented for consideration. After careful evaluation, we can now announce that the award has been granted to Dr. Marilena Giglio, a postdoctoral fellow at Politecnico of Bari, Italy. Her research is focused on the development of gas sensors based on quartz-enhanced photoacoustic spectroscopy and on the optical coupling of hollow-core waveguides with interband- and quantum-cascade lasers. Dr. Marilena Giglio will receive 500 Swiss francs which she can use toward attending an academic conference in 2021.

We would like to thank all the applicants for submitting details of what was, collectively, a diverse and fascinating range of research topics. On behalf of the Assessment Committee, we congratulate the winner on her outstanding accomplishments.

Kind regards,
Sensors Editorial Office

Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to announce the winner of the Sensors 2021 Travel Award in Biosensors.

After careful evaluation, the award has been granted to: Dr. Yuzhi Shi, the Research fellow in School of Electric and Electronic Engineering, Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore. His research focuses on developing optofluidic digital chips for the manipulation and sensing of viruses, such as sorting, trappingand detection. As the winner, he will receive CHF 500 and a certificate.

With so many high-quality applicants, the evaluation process and final decision were challenging. We would like to thank all the applicants for submitting their diverse and fascinating range of research topics. On behalf of the Assessment Committee, we congratulate the winner on his accomplishments.

Kind regards,
Sensors Editorial Office

Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to announce the winning cover of the “Sensors 2020 Best Cover Award”. The “Sensors 2020 Best Cover Award” will be granted to the following paper and the winner (corresponding author) will receive 500 CHF.

Issue 16 (August-2, 2020)
Transduction Mechanisms, Micro-Structuring Techniques, and Applications of Electronic Skin Pressure Sensors: A Review of Recent Advances
By Andreia dos Santos, Elvira Fortunato, Rodrigo Martins, Hugo Águas and Rui Igreja
(doi: 10.3390/s20164407)

Congratulations to the authors for their excellent research!

We would also like to thank everyone for participating in the survey.

Kind regards,
Sensors Editorial Office

Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to announce the winners of the Sensors 2020 Outstanding Reviewer Awards. The Sensors Editorial Board and Editorial Team would like to gratefully acknowledge the time and energy reviewers have dedicated to checking the manuscripts submitted to Sensors. It is due to their efforts that the high quality of the journal and quick turnaround is maintained. Each of winners will receive 500 Swiss Francs, a certificate, and an opportunity to publish a paper free of charge in 2021.

Kwok Tai Chui
School of Science and Technology, The Open University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
Research Interest: bioinformatics; pattern recognition; optimization; healthcare; advanced metering infrastructure; wireless communication; machine learning algorithms; load signature

Arnaldo Leal-Junior
Mechanical Engineering Department, Federal University of EspĂrito Santo, Fernando Ferrari avenue, Brazil
Research Interest: optical fiber sensors; actuators; robotic systems; polymer optical fibers

Magna Gabriele
Department of Electronics Engineering, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Roma, Italy
Research Interest: chemical sensor arrays; nanostructured materials; hybrid materials; ZnO nanostructures; multivariate data analysis; classification algorithms; pattern recognition

Hugo F. Posada-Quintero
Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA
Research Interest: electrodermal activity; Heart rate variability; elecromyography; electrocardiography; autonomic nervous system; dry electrodes; spectral analysis; machine learning; Biomedical Signal Processing; wearable devices

Irena Jekova
Institute of Biophysics and Biomedical Engineering, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria
Research interest: biomedical signal processing; biometrics; human verification and identification; ECG arrhythmia analysis and detection; ventricular fibrillation; respiration detection

Vittorio MN Passaro
Editor-in-Chief, Sensors 

Dear Colleagues,

As Editor-in-Chief of Sensors, I am pleased to announce the winner of the Sensors PhD Thesis Award for 2020.

The award has been granted to Mr. Martin Halicek, who is a Post-Doctoral Fellow of Georgia Institute of Technology, Emory University, and University of Texas Dallas, USA.

With so many high-quality applicants, the evaluation process and final decision were challenging. We would like to thank all the applicants for submitting their diverse and fascinating range of research topics. On behalf of the assessment committee, I congratulate the winner on his accomplishments.

Prof. Mehmet R. Yuce
Editor-in-Chief, Sensors

Dear Authors,

We are pleased to announce the winning papers of Sensors 2020 Best Paper Awards. Nominations were chosen from all papers published between 1 January and 31 December 2018. The Selection Committee examined each paper and expressed their preferences, releasing the ranking of the Sensors 2020 Best Paper Awards. Following the review by the Editorial Board, the following top-voted research articles and review papers, in no particular order, have won the Sensors 2020 Best Paper Awards.

1. Original Research Article Award

A Non-Destructive System Based on Electrical Tomography and Machine Learning to Analyze the Moisture of Buildings

by Tomasz Rymarczyk, Grzegorz Kłosowski and Edward Kozłowski

Sensors 2018, 18, 2285, doi:10.3390/s18072285

2. Review Paper Award-1

Recent Advances in Active Infrared Thermography for Non-Destructive Testing of Aerospace Components

by Francesco Ciampa, Pooya Mahmoodi, Fulvio Pinto and Michele Meo

Sensors 2018, 18, 609; doi:10.3390/s18020609

3. Review Paper Award-2

Trends Supporting the In-Field Use of Wearable Inertial Sensors for Sport Performance Evaluation: A Systematic Review

by Valentina Camomilla, Elena Bergamini, Silvia Fantozzi and Giuseppe Vannozzi

Sensors 2018, 18, 873; doi:10.3390/s18030873

These three outstanding papers are valuable contributions to Sensors. On behalf of the Editorial Board, we would like to congratulate these three teams for their excellent work. In recognition of their accomplishments, each team will receive a certificate and 500 CHF. We would like to take this opportunity to thank all the nominated research groups of the above exceptional papers for their contributions to Sensors, and thank the Sensors Editorial Board for voting and helping with these awards.

Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to announce that the winner of the Sensors 2020 Young Investigator Award is Dr. Woon-Hong Yeo.

Dr. Woon-Hong Yeo is an Assistant Professor in the George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering and Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering, at Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA. During his early career, he conducted groundbreaking research in nanomembrane sensors, stretchable electronics, and human–machine interfaces to advance the research field of sensors

Overall, his research solves the existing fundamental problems in rigid sensors and electronics via the study of soft hybrid materials, flexible mechanics, and nanomanufacturing.

Dr. Woon-Hong Yeo received his PhD in 2011 and has an outstanding publication record, comprising over 70 publications in peer-reviewed international journals, 5 issued patents, and over 60 invited talks through venues such as university seminars, professional conferences, and workshops. Dr. Woon-Hong Yeo’s Scopus Scientific Citations number 3362, and his Hirsch index is 22. He is clearly a rising star in the field of sensors science and technology. Dr. Yeo’s career goal is to advance human healthcare and wellness through new wearable and implantable engineering solutions.

As a single applicant, Dr. Yeo has received multiple grants from diverse funding sources, including government, state, non-profit foundations, and corporations. This is an outstanding achievement in today’s competitive environment. Please join us in congratulating Dr. Yeo for his outstanding achievements.

As the awardee, Dr. Yeo will receive an honorarium of 2000 CHF, an offer to publish a paper free of charge without a fixed deadline in Sensors after peer review, and an engraved plaque.

We would like to thank all the nominators from various fields of study for their participation, and all the Award Committee Members for their evaluation of the abundant excellent nominations.

Sensors Editorial Office
https://www.mdpi.com/journal/sensors

Dear Colleagues,

As Editor-in-Chief of Sensors, I am pleased to announce the four winners of the 2020 Travel Awards sponsored by Sensors. The awards were granted to Dr. Amir Hatami, Postdoctoral fellow at the University of Gothenburg; Dr. Carlo Massaroni, Postdoctoral fellow at the Università Campus Bio-Medico di Roma; Dr. Paolo Bollella, Postdoctoral fellow at Clarkson University; and Dr. Wei Lin, Postdoctoral fellow at the University of Technology Sydney. The awards consist of 800 Swiss Francs each to support attendance at the academic conference related to sensors and sensing topics in 2020.

Dr. Amir Hatami focus on nano-microscale electrodes and single cell analysis.

Dr. Carlo Massaroni’s main research interests are fiber-optic-based sensors for biomedical applications area and measurement systems for respiratory diagnosis, control, and monitoring.

Dr. Paolo Bollella’s research topics include signal-switchable bioelectronics and ezymatic Boolean logic gates.

Dr. Wei Lin’s research focus includes rectennas for far-field wireless power transfer (WPT); electrically small, CP, satellite; reconfigurable, and HF antennas.

I would like to congratulate the winners and thank the selection committee for their excellent work in the hard task of selecting the winners from such a large number of excellent candidate profiles.

Prof. Vittorio M.N. Passaro

Dear Colleagues,

The Sensors Editorial Board and Editorial Team would like to gratefully acknowledge the time and energy of the reviewers in checking manuscripts submitted to Sensors. Due to their efforts, the high quality of the journal and quick turnaround are maintained.

The following referees have been selected to receive Sensors 2019 Outstanding Reviewer Awards for the quantity, timeliness, and quality of their reviews in 2019 (in alphabetical order by surname):

Curiac, Daniel-Ioan, Politehnica University of Timisoara, Romania

Herrera-May, Agustin L., Universidad Veracruzana, Mexico

Moh, Sangman, Chosun University, Korea

Esposito, Flavio, University of Naples “Parthenope”, Italy

Tsiropoulou, Eirini Eleni, University of New Mexico, USA

Prof. Dr. Vittorio M.N. Passaro
Editor-in-Chief, Sensors

Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to announce that the winner of the 2019 Sensors Young Investigator Award is Dr. Gaston A. Crespo.

Dr. Gaston A. Crespo is an Associate Professor of the Department of Chemistry in CBH, KTH, Sweden. Crespo’s research interests are in electroanalytical chemistry, membrane transport, new materials, development of electrochemical techniques, electrochemiluminescence and optical sensors for environmental and biomedical applications (POC and wearable sensors), photo-triggered devices, and synchrotron characterization Dr. Crespo received his Ph.D. degree in 2010 and has an outstanding publication record, comprising 88 publications in peer-reviewed international journals and 2 international patents. Gaston’s Scopus Scientific Citations is 2,034 and his Hirsch index is 25., and he is clearly a rising star in the field of electrochemical sensors. As a single applicant, Dr. Crespo has secured funding of more than 2 million EUR since 2017. This is an outstanding achievement in today’s competitive environment. Please join us in congratulating Dr. Crespo for his outstanding achievements.

As the awardee, Dr. Crespo will receive an honorarium of 2000 CHF, an offer to publish a paper free of charge without a fixed deadline in Sensors, and an engraved plaque.

We would like to thank all the applicants from various fields of study for their participation and all the Award Committee members for their evaluation of the abundant excellent applications.

Prof. Dr. Vittorio M.N. Passaro
Editor-in-Chief, Sensors

Dear Colleagues,

As Editor-in-Chief of Sensors, I am pleased to announce the four winners of the 2019 Travel Awards sponsored by Sensors. The awards were granted to Dr. Leonardo Scarabelli, postdoctoral fellow of the University of California, Dr. Maria Cuartero, postdoctoral fellow of the KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Dr. Filiz Yesilkoy, postdoctoral fellow of the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) and Dr. Itthipon Jeerapan, Ph.D. student of the University of California, San Diego. The award recipients will receive 800 Swiss Francs each to support attendance at any academic conference related to sensors
and sensing topics in 2019.

The research interests of the awardees are presented below:

• Dr. Leonardo Scarabelli: nanotechnology; neurochemistry; field-effect transistors; aptamers; neurotransmitters; neuromorphic; nanomaterials; nanobiotechnology, plasmonics, strong-coupling; rabi splitting; nanoelectronics; nanoscale technologies and materials science.
• Dr. Maria Cuartero: development of voltammetry (nano)sensors, light-driven smart sensors and submersible probes to monitor agricultural catchments.
• Dr. Filiz Yesilkoy: experimental and theoretical research on bionanophotonic devices for imaging-based sensing and spectroscopy; micro/nanoscale engineering for the development of miniaturized optical biosensors; novel nanofabrication and materials research for scalable, low-cost and high-throughput; manufacturing for biomedical applications; hyperspectral imaging optics.
• Dr. Itthipon Jeerapan: analytical chemistry; electrochemical sensors; spectrophotometric sensors; chemically modified field-effect transistors; electrocatalysts; porous materials; advanced materials for sensors and energy applications. Dr. Jeerapan’s current research focuses on wearable electrochemical sensors and advanced materials for energy (such as biofuel cells and supercapacitors), environmental, medical and electrochemical applications.

I would like to congratulate the winners and thank the selection committee for their excellent work in selecting the winners from such a large number of excellent candidate profiles.

Prof. Vittorio M.N.Passaro
Sensors Editorial Office
Editor-in-Chief

Dear Colleagues,

The Sensors Editorial Board and Editorial Team would like to gratefully acknowledge the time and energy given by reviewers in checking manuscripts submitted to Sensors. It is due to their efforts that the high quality of the journal and quick turnaround is maintained.

The following referees have been selected to receive “Sensors 2018 Outstanding Reviewer Awards” for the quantity, timeliness and quality of their reviews in 2018 (in alphabetical order by surname):

–– Angelos Antonopoulos, Centre Tecnologic de Telecomunicacions de Catalunya (CTTC), Spain
–– Naima Kaabouch, University of North Dakota, USA
–– Tomasz Kapuscinski, Rzeszow University of Technology, Poland
–– Ryo Natsuaki, The University of Tokyo, Japan
–– Roberto Opromolla, University of Naples “Federico II”, Italy

Prof. Dr. Eduard Llobet
Section Editor-in-Chief
Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Spain

Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to announce that the winner of the 2018 Sensors Young Investigator Award is Dr. Wei Gao.

Dr. Wei Gao is an Assistant Professor of Medical Engineering in Division of Engineering and Applied Science at California Institute of Technology, USA. His work focuses on developing wearable biosensors and micro/nanomachines for medical applications. Dr. Gao received his Ph.D. degree in 2014 and has published over 70 high-quality research papers in leading international journals with over 5000 citations. Due to Dr. Gao’s significant contributions in wearable sweat biosensors, he was chosen as one of MIT Technology Review Top 35 Innovators Under 35 (TR35) in 2016. Please join us in congratulating Dr. Gao for his outstanding achievements.

As the awardee, Dr. Gao will receive an honorarium of 2000 CHF, an offer to publish a paper free of charge without a fixed deadline in Sensors, and an engraved plaque.

We would like to thank all the applicants in various fields of study for their participation and all the Award Committee members for their evaluation of the abundant excellent applications.

Prof. Dr. Leonhard M. Reindl
Editor-in-Chief, Sensors

Dear Colleagues,

As Editor-in-Chief of Sensors, I am pleased to announce the two winners of the 2018 Travel Awards sponsored by Sensors.

The awards were granted to Dr. Siu Chun Michael Ho, Postdoctoral fellow of the University of Houston, and Dr. Md Shaad Mahmud, Ph.D. student of UMass Dartmouth. The awards consist of 800 Swiss Francs each to support attendance at any academic conference in 2018.

Dr. Siu Chun Michael Ho's research specializes in fiber optic sensors for structural health monitoring and medical devices, especially in corrosion monitoring using fiber optic sensors.

Dr. Md Shaad Mahmud focuses on the research of bioengineering, signal processing, machine learning, IoT, wearables, signal detection and estimation theory, and cloud computing.

I would like to congratulate the winners and thank the selection committee for their excellent work in the hard task of selecting the winners from such a large number of excellent candidate profiles.

Vittorio M.N. Passaro
Editor-in-Chief

Dear Colleagues,

The Sensors Editorial Board and Editorial Team would like to gratefully acknowledge the time and energy given by reviewers in checking manuscripts submitted to Sensors. It is due to their efforts that the high quality of the journal and quick turnaround is maintained.

The following referees have been selected to receive “Sensors 2017 Outstanding Reviewer Awards” for the quantity, timeliness and quality of their reviews in 2017 (in alphabetical order by surname):

• Domenico Ciuonzo, University of Naples, “Federico II”, Italy
• Raffaele Gravina, University of Calabria, Italy
• Carlos A. F. Marques, Institute of Telecommunications, Portugal
• Bobak Mortazavi, Texas A&M University; USA
• Mohammad Shojafar, University Sapienza of Rome, Italy

Prof. Dr. Nicole Jaffrezic-Renault
Associate Editor-in-Chief of Sensors
Institute of Analytical Sciences, France

Dear Colleagues,

As Editor-in-Chief of Sensors, I am pleased to announce the two winners of the 2017 Travel Awards sponsored by Sensors:

Travel Awards were granted to Dr. Darren Turner, Postdoctoral Research Fellow of University of Tasmania, and Dr. Joana Rafaela Lara Guerreiro, Postdoctoral Research Fellow of International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory. The awards consist of 800 Swiss Francs each to attend any academic conference during 2017.

Dr. Darren Turner’s research has made significant contributions to the discipline of remote sensing through innovative the use of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) for mapping the environment in unprecedented detail. He developed image processing techniques to mosaic hundreds of overlapping UAS images into a single orthomosaic at high resolution and accuracy.

Dr. Joana Rafaela Lara Guerreiro is an expert on synthesis, characterization and functionalization of nanomaterials. Her research involves the innovative autonomous electrical biosensor, synergistically assembled inside a passive direct methanol fuel cell for screening cancer biomarkers.

W. Rudolf Seitz
Editor-in-Chief

Dear Colleagues,

As Editor-in-Chief of Sensors, I am pleased to announce the four winners of the 2016 Travel Awards sponsored by Sensors:

Travel Awards were granted to Saira Bakshi, PhD student at Clarkson University, Ivan Trujllo-Priego, PhD student at the University of Southern California, Brunah A. Otieno, PhD student at University of Connecticut, and to Dr. Wei Gao, post-doctoral researcher at UC Berkeley. The awards consist of 800 Swiss Francs each to attend any academic conference during 2016.

Saira Bakshi’s research involves biomolecular computing and biosensing based on logic processing of biomolecular signals. She is planning to present her work on the analysis of cancer biomarkers ex vivo in cultured mammalian cells at the 5th International Symposium on Sensor Science (I3S 2016), Durham, 17–22 July 2016. Ivan Trujllo-Priego’s research focuses on creating algorithms for identifying infant-produced limb movements from full-day, natural environment wearable sensor data. Brunah A. Otieno’s work focuses on low-cost electrochemical microfluidic immunosensors for cancer diagnostics and she is also planning to give a presentation at the I3S 2016. Dr. Wei Gao is currently a postdoctoral scholar at Berkeley Sensor and Actuator Center of UC Berkeley. He has developed a fully-integrated wearable sensor array for multiplexed in-situ perspiration analysis, described in an upcoming publication in Nature.

Alexander Star
Editor-in-Chief