2010 Emerald Engineering Outstanding Doctoral Research Awards

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Emerald Engineering journals provide practical and theoretical solutions over a number of major engineering disciplines including additive manufacturing, robotics, computational modeling and mathematics, electronic assembly and packaging, aerospace, corrosion, and tribology. The majority of the journals are listed by Thomson Reuters (ISI).

Emerald seeks to celebrate excellence in engineering research by sponsoring the 2010 Emerald Engineering Outstanding Doctoral Research Awards.

Many high-quality submissions were received, however the judges have now completed the difficult task of selecting the most outstanding submissions.

Additive Manufacturing

Category sponsored by Rapid Prototyping Journal
This category concentrates on rapid product development and additive technologies in a manufacturing environment, although applications within other areas, such as medicine or construction, will also be accepted.

Winner

Christopher Williams, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, USA
'Design and Development of a Layer-Based Additive Manufacturing Process for the Realization of Metal Parts of Designed Mesostructure'

Highly Commended

Javier Munguia, Newcastle University, UK
"RMADS: Development of a concurrent Rapid Manufacturing Advice system"

Javier commented: "Since the very beginning of my “still early” career as researcher, getting published in an Emerald journal has opened an amazing range of doors for me, so receiving this Emerald Engineering Outstanding Doctoral Research Award has also a special significance. As PhD candidates we always wonder whether our thesis will have any relevance in the future, so I’m really thrilled to have my thesis assessed by the large “additive manufacturing family” and selected as one of the top ones. Definitely I’m really grateful for this award and being part of this community."

Bogdan Valentan, University of Maribor, Slovenia
"Development of a Part-Complexity Evaluation Model for Application in Additive Fabrication Technologies"

John Obielodan, Ohio Northern University, USA
"Fabrication of Multi-Material Structures Using Ultrasonic Consolidation and Laser-Engineered Net Shaping"

John commented: "I feel greatly honored to have won the “Highly Commended Award” of the 2010 Emerald Engineering Outstanding Doctoral Research Awards in the Additive Manufacturing category. I would like to thank Emerald Group Publishing Limited and Rapid Prototyping Journal for sponsoring this highly motivating award. It is indeed a great encouragement and a call to more commitment to cutting edge research in additive manufacturing."

Numerical Heat Transfer & CFD

Category sponsored by International Journal of Numerical Methods for Heat & Fluid Flow
This category concentrates on the development, refinement and application of methods relating to numerical heat transfer and computational fluid dynamics in a variety of environments and media.

Joint Winners

David Stevens, University of Nottingham, UK
"The LHI method: A Scalable meshless numerical technique for the solution of transport equations"

David commented: "I feel honoured that my doctoral work has been selected as joint-winner of the Emerald Engineering Outstanding Doctoral Research Award in the category of Numerical Heat Transfer & CFD. I would like to thank Emerald for providing recognition and encouragement to young researchers through these prizes. On a personal note, I would like to thank Prof. Henry Power for his support and guidance throughout the doctoral work that led to this award. Receiving this award has further motivated me to continue my research into the development of meshless numerical methods."

Alessandro Mauro, Università degli Studi di Napoli 'Parthenope', Italy
"Development of a Fully Explicit Matrix Inversion Free Finite Element Algorithm for the Simulation of High Temperature Fuel Cells"

Alessandro commented: "I feel extremely privileged to have won this prestigious 2010 Emerald Engineering Outstanding Doctoral Research Award in the Numerical Heat Transfer & CFD category for my research “Development of a Fully Explicit Matrix Inversion Free Finite Element Algorithm for the Simulation of High Temperature Fuel Cells”. Being judged and found eligible by an international commission of prestigious Professors and Researchers is a great gratification for me. This success feeds my passion for research and pushes me towards new objectives with the right enthusiasm. I thank Emerald Group Publishing Limited for
the Award and for promoting high quality research throughout the World."

Highly Commended

Kamel Hooman, The University of Queensland, Australia
"Modeling Variable Viscosity Forced and Free Convection in Porous Media"

Award-winning entries received a cash prize, a certificate and the prospect of an offer of publication in the sponsoring journal.

Contact details

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Nelli Rubante
External Relations Assistant

Emerald Group Publishing Limited
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