Vehicles Best PhD Thesis Award—Winner Announced

Vehicles (ISSN: 2624-8921) is delighted to announce the winner of the Best PhD Thesis Award, which honors outstanding doctoral research in the field of automotive engineering and transportation engineering. This award recognizes early-career researchers whose PhD work demonstrates exceptional scientific quality, innovation, and potential impact.

This year’s award has been granted to the following paper:
“Artificial Drivers for Online Time-Optimal Vehicle Trajectory Planning and Control”
by Dr. Mattia Piccinini (Technical University of Munich, Germany)

As the awardee, Dr. Mattia Piccinini will receive CHF 500, an electronic certificate, and a voucher to waive the article processing charge (APC) of one paper, valid for one year.

With an impressive number of high-quality submissions, the selection process was highly competitive. The Vehicles Editorial Office and Award Evaluation Committee would like to thank all applicants for their excellent contributions, which covered a wide variety of research topics.

On behalf of the Editorial Office, we would like to congratulate Dr. Mattia Piccinini and wish him continued success in his research career.

Vehicles Editorial Office