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As the Editor-in-Chief of Water, I am pleased to announce the winners of the Water 2024 Travel Award. The award has been granted to Ms. Paula Catalina Ortiz Blanco, a PhD student at the Department of Civil, Geological and Mining Engineering, Polytechnique Montréal, Canada, who will attend the 3rd International Joint Conference on Water Distribution Systems Analysis & Computing and Control for the Water Industry to be held on 1–4 July 2024 in Italy; Ms. Tamara Leite, a PhD student at the School of Agriculture (ISA), University of Lisbon, Portugal, who will attend the Free Flow Conference 2024 to be held on 15–17 April in The Netherlands; Mr. Bernhard Jonathan Sattler, a PhD student at the Institute for the Protection of Terrestrial Infrastructures, German Aerospace Center, Germany, who will attend the 3rd International Joint Conference on Water Distribution Systems Analysis & Computing and Control for the Water Industry to be held on 1–4 July 2024 in Italy.
As the awardees, they will each receive an honorarium of CHF 800 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.
– Postdoctoral fellows or PhD students. – Plans to attend an international conference in 2025 (oral presentation or poster).
List of Documents for Application
– Information about the conference that 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 that also confirms the applicant’s status.
Past Winners
Year:
Winner
Bernhard Jonathan Sattler
Institute for the Protection of Terrestrial Infrastructures, German Aerospace Center, Germany
Paula Catalina Ortiz Blanco
Department of Civil, Geological and Mining Engineering, Polytechnique Montréal, Canada
Tamara Leite
School of Agriculture (ISA), University of Lisbon, Portugal
Award Committee
Prof. Jean-luc Probst
Chairman
CNRS
Prof. Dr. Sajjad Ahmad
University of Nevada Las Vegas
Dr. Tao Zhang
China Agricultural University
Prof. Juraj Parajka
Winner
Giuseppe Francesco Cesare Lama
Department of Agricultural Sciences, University of Naples “Federico II”, Italy
Details
Binod Rayamajhee
School of Optometry and Vision Science, University of New South Wales, Australia
Details
Solmaz Fathololoumi
School of Environmental Science, University of Guelph, Canada
Details
Award Committee
Dr. Yujue Wang
Chairman
Dr. David Dunkerley
Dr. Bommanna Krishnappan
Prof. Dr. Sajjad Ahmad
University of Nevada Las Vegas
Winner
Sabolc Pap
Environmental Research Institute, NHC, UHI
Xuexiu Jia
Sustainable Process Integration Laboratory (SPIL) Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Brno University of Technology Technická 2896/2, 616 00 Brno, Czech Republic
Angelos Alamanos
National Water Forum of Ireland. Centre for Freshwater and Environmental Studies, Dundalk Institute of Technology, Ireland.
Award Committee
Prof. Jean-luc Probst
Chairman
CNRS
Prof. Maria Filomena Camões
Faculdade de Ciencias Universidade de Lisboa
Dr. Marina Manca
CNR IRSA
Prof. Enedir Ghisi
Federal University of Santa Catarina
Winner
Nnanake-Abasi Okon Offiong
International Centre for Energy and Environmental Sustainability Research, University of Uyo, Uyo, NIGERIA
Tonni Agustiono Kurniawan
Polytechnic of Health (Indonesia)
Shawna Andrea Foo
Arizona State University
Award Committee
Prof. Jean-luc Probst
Chairman
CNRS
Dr. Marina Manca
CNR IRSA
Dr. Kevin Strychar
Prof. Maria Filomena Camões
Faculdade de Ciencias Universidade de Lisboa
Winner
Amen Al-Yaari
Sorbonne university
Alex Chee Yu Yeung
The University of British Columbia
Qianqian Zhang
McMaster University
Award Committee
Prof. Arjen Hoekstra
Chairman
University of Twente
Prof. Adriano A. Bordalo
ICBAS-University of Porto
Prof. Dr. ATHANASIOS LOUKAS
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Prof. YiJun Xu
Louisiana State University
Prof. Enedir Ghisi
Federal University of Santa Catarina
Dr. Steve Pueppke
Michigan State University
Winner
Parisa Hosseinzadehtalaei
Hydraulics Division, Department of Civil Engineering, KU Leuven
Dr. Komali Kantamaneni
Solent University
Ebrahim Ahmadisharaf
Virginia Tech
Winner
Xueming Chen
Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, Technical University of Denmark, Denmark
Details
Yi Yang
Department of Environmental Sciences, The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, USA
R. Iestyn Woolway
Climatology at the Department of Meteorology, University of Reading, UK
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