Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to announce the “Technologies 2023 Best Paper Award” for research and review articles published in Technologies, which will be presented to the best paper published between 1 January 2021 and 31 December 2021. The award will be granted to one paper. This paper will be selected after a thorough evaluation by the journal Award Committee led by the EiC, Prof. Dr. Manoj Gupta, and the winner will be announced in March 2023.

Eligibility for the Award:

– Papers published in Technologies between 1 January 2021 and 31 December

2021;

– Open to all career levels;

– Both regular and Special Issue submissions will be considered.

Selection Criteria:

The paper will be selected by the Technologies Award Committee after being evaluated for the following criteria (data source: Web of Science (Clarivate Analytics)):

– 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;

– Citation and download rates in 2022.

Prizes:

– One award: 500 CHF and a chance to publish a free paper in Technologies in 2023;

– A certificate.

The winner will be announced on the Technologies website in March 2023.

Kind regards,
Technologies Editorial Office

Dear Colleagues,

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

What are the pre-requisites to be eligible for this award?

• All of the reviewers for Technologies in 2022 will be automatically included.

Select Criteria:

• Number of review reports (only first review reports are considered)
• Review quality based on the rating given in SuSy
• Review speed

What will the winner receive?

There will be one winner this year, who will receive the following:

• An opportunity to publish a paper free of charge in 2023;
• A certificate.

When will the winner be announced?

• The winner will be announced in February 2023 on the journal website.

How can I make myself eligible?

• If you have not yet reviewed papers for Technologies , but would like to do so, you can register as a reviewer at the following link: https://susy.mdpi.com/volunteer/profile/edit.

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

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

Naoki Fujieda
Aichi Institute of Technology, Japan

Markku Laatikainen
Lappeenranta University of Technology, Finland

George Vekinis
Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Greece

Rafael Pastor Vargas
National University of Distance Education (UNED), Spain

Christian Wiraja
Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

Assoc. Prof. Manoj Gupta
Editor-in-Chief of Technologies
National University of Singapore

Dear Colleagues,

As Editor-in-Chief of Technologies, I am pleased to announce the winners of the 2019 Technologies Travel Award on behalf of the Evaluation Committee:

Aishwarya Natarajan is a PhD student at the Georgia Institute of Technology whose research is in the field of reconfigurable analog and mixed-signal circuits and systems for bio-inspired ultra-low-power neuromorphic applications. She is planning to orally present her work “Implementation of Synapses with Hodgkin Huxley Neurons on the FPAA” at the IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS) (26–29 May 2019, Hokkaido, Japan). The award consists of 500 Swiss Francs towards attending this conference.

J.M. Purushothama is a PhD student at Université Grenoble Alpes, France whose research is on RFID, microwave-based bio-sensors, implantable antennas, frequency-selective surfaces, metamaterials, RCS studies, dielectric characterization, etc. He is planning to present his work “Electronically Re-Writable Chipless RFID Tag Using Solid State Metal-Insulator-Metal Switches on Paper Substrate” at the IEEE MTT International Microwave Symposium (IMS), 2–7 June 2019, Boston, MA, USA. The award consists of 500 Swiss Francs towards attending this conference.

It was a difficult decision with such high-quality applications for the award, and we thank all applicants. We wish to congratulate Ms. Aishwarya Natarajan and Mr. J.M. Purushothama for their accomplishments.

A/Prof. Manoj Gupta,
Editor-in-Chief

Technologies (ISSN 2227-7080) is an international open access journal singularly focusing on emerging scientific and technological trends, and is published quarterly online by MDPI with an average publishing time of 43 days from submission to publication in 2018. It is now covered by Inspec (IET) and the Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI–Web of Science). Please find more information on Technologies here: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/technologies.

As Editor-in-Chief of Technologies, I am pleased to announce the winners of the 2018 Technologies Travel Award on behalf of the Evaluation Committee:

David Reber, PhD student at EMPA (Materials for Energy Conversion), whose research is on aqueous electrolytes for highvoltage aqueous batteries and supercapacitors in the materials for energy. He is planning to orally present his work “A HighVoltage Aqueous Electrolyte for Sodium-Ion Batteries” and post his other work “High-voltage Aqueous Supercapacitors Based on NaTFSI” at the 233rd Electrochemical Society Meeting (13–17 May 2018, Seattle, WA, USA). The award consists of 500 Swiss Francs towards attending this conference.

Maher Abujelala, PhD student at University of Texas at Arlington, whose main research is in the field of human-computer interaction. He is planning to orally present his work “User Skill Assessment Using Informative Interfaces and DynamicUser Modeling for Personalized Robot Assisted Training” at the 20th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (15–20 July 2018, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA). The award consists of 500 Swiss Francs towards attending this conference.

It was a difficult decision with such high quality applications for the award and we thank all applicants. We wish to congratulate Mr. David Reber and Mr. Maher Abujelala for their accomplishments.

A/Prof. Manoj Gupta,
Editor-in-Chief