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Past Winners
Year:
Winner
Zhenyao Wang
University of Technology Sydney, Australia
Award Committee
Prof. Jean-luc Probst
Chairperson
CNRS
Prof. Paolo Viotti
University of Rome "La sapienza"
Prof. Enedir Ghisi
Federal University of Santa Catarina
Dr. Jian Liu
Shandong University
Prof. Dr. Hassimi Abu Hasan
Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
Winner
Ana Cristina Oliveira Afonso
Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto, Portugal
Details
Award Committee
Prof. Jean-luc Probst
Chairperson
CNRS
Prof. Juraj Parajka
Prof. Francesco Napolitano
Prof. John Zhou
University of Technology Sydney
Winner
Eva Florbela Domingues Gomes
Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Sciences and Technology, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
Details
Award Committee
Prof. Jean-luc Probst
Chairperson
CNRS
Prof. Dr. Laura Bulgariu
Technical University Gheorghe Asachi of Iasi
Prof. Dr. Antonio ZUORRO
Sapienza - University of Rome
Prof. Tammo Steenhuis
cornell
Winner
Zijing Liu
Tsinghua University
Award Committee
Dr. Yujue Wang
Chairperson
Dr. Eugene Morozov
Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, Russian Academy of Sciences
Prof. Dr. Laura Bulgariu
Technical University Gheorghe Asachi of Iasi
Prof. Dr. Zhijun Li
State Key Laboratory of Coastal and Offshore Engineering, Dalian University of Technology
Winner
Zhiyao Wang
The University of Queensland
Award Committee
Prof. Dionysios (Dion) Dionysiou
Chairperson
Dr. Achim A. Beylich
Geomorphological Field Laboratory (GFL)
Dr. Maria Mimikou
Dr. Xinchun Cao
Hohai University
Prof. Dr. Antonio Panico
University of Campania L. Vanvitelli - Department of Engineering
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