SVMT Doctoral Student Prize 2023
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Dr. Luciano Borasi
Bringing casting to microfabrication: processing and deformation of microcastings
2023 Materials Science Award (ex-Wasserman)
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Dr. Alvaro Charlet
Mechanical Reinforcement of Hydrogels through Physical Crosslinks and Double Network Granular Architecture
2023 EDMX Thesis Distinction 8%
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Dr. Irene Ferretto
Laser powder bed fusion of Fe-based shape memory alloys for novel structural metamaterials and “smart” structures – (on picture with her thesis director Prof. Christian Leinenbach)
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Dr. Robin Girod
Multidimensional Electron Imaging of Catalyst Layer Materials
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Dr. Matteo Hirsch
Controlling the Microstructure and Composition of 3D Printed Soft Load-Bearing Hydrogels
2022 EDMX Thesis Distinction 8%
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Dr. Kewen Lei
Mechanical Immunoengineering of T Cells for Enhanced Cancer Immunotherapy
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Dr. Tzu-Hsien Shen
Electron probing of oxygen-evolving oxide catalysts
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Dr. Sina Abdolhosseinzadeh
2D Material Based Inks For Room Temperature Printed Electronics
2022 EPFL Doctorate Award
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Dr. Simoncelli Michele
Thermal transport beyond Fourier, and beyond Boltzmann
2022 Wasserman Award
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Dr. Richard Inès
Ultimate feature sizes in thermally drawn fibers: from fundamental analysis to functional fibers
2021 EDMX Thesis Distinction 8%
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Korbinian Baumgärtl
Magnonic crystals with reconfigurable magnetic defects for spin-based microwave electronics
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Andreas Leber
Soft functional fibers for mechanical sensing and actuation
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Jian Wang
Functional and Responsive Polymers via Controlled Radical Polymerization
2021 Dimitris N. Chorafas Foundation Award
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Dr. Andreas Leber
Soft functional fibers for mechanical sensing and actuation
2021 Wasserman Award
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Dr. Antimo Marrazzo
Electronic Structure and Topology of Novel Materials
2021 IBM Research Award
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Dr. Pablo Miguel Piaggi
Entropy as a tool for crystal discovery
2020 EDMX Thesis Distinction 8%
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Martin Friedl
Scalable Nanowire Networks: Growth and Functionality
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Antimo Marrazzo
Electronic Structure and Topology of Novel Materials
2020 Wasserman Award
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Dr Filip Mateusz Podjaski
Investigations into Nanostructured Materials for Water Splitting and Direct Solar Energy Harvesting
2019 Wasserman Award
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Dr Yan Wei
Microstructure Engineering in Multi-material Fibers
2019 EDMX Thesis Distinction 8%
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Annick Pauline Baur
Variant selection in martensitic steels
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Bingqing Cheng
Predicting homogeneous nucleation rate from atomistic simulations
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Pablo Miguel Piaggi
Entropy as a tool for crystal discovery
2018 EDMX Thesis Distinction 8%
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Zhi Luo
Advanced characterization methods for self-assembled organization on nanoparticles
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Suzanne Godelieve Alphonsine Verheyden
Thermal Activation, Intermittency and Size Effects in the Plastic Deformation of Cast Aluminium Microwires
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Jérémie Werner
Perovskite/Silicon Tandem Solar Cells: Toward Affordable Ultra-High Efficiency Photovoltaics ?