Awards
We are pleased to announce the winners of our EUROMAT 2017 conference!
We want to send a big thank you to everyone who participated in the conference and helped make it a success and a special congratulations to all winners.
AREA A:
AWARD FOR BEST ORAL PRESENTATION
ASSEMBLY OF SULFIDE-BASED NANOPARTICLES INTO GELS AND AEROGELS
Taisiia Berestok1,2, Dr. Pablo Guardia1,4, Dr. Michaela Meyns1, Javier Blanko2, Lluis Lopez-Conesa2, Dr. Sonia Estrade2, Prof. Stephanie L. Brock3, Prof. Francesca Peiro2, Prof. Andreu Cabot1, 5
1Catalonia Institute For Energy Research, Barcelona, Spain, 2LENS, MIND-IN2 UB, Departament d’Electronica, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, 3Department of Chemistry, Wayne State University, Detroit, USA, 4Centre Tecnologic de la Quimica de Catalunya, Tarragona, Spain, 5Institucio Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avancats – ICREA, Barcelona, Spain
AWARD FOR BEST POSTER PRESENTATION
SURFACTANT EFFECT ON THE MORPHOLOGY OF A NANOCRYSTALLINE HYDROXYAPATITE PREPARED BY HYDROTHERMAL SYNTHESIS FROM INDUSTRIAL WASTE PHOSPHOGYPSUM. ITS APPLICATION IN WASTEWATER TREATMENT
Miss Hiba Bensalah 1,2, Dr Maged Bekheet1, Pr. Dr. Saad Alami Younssi2, Pr.Dr. Mohamed Ouammou2, Pr.Dr. Aleksander Gurlo1
1Technical University Of Berlin, Berlin, Germany, 2University Hassan II of Casablanca, Casablanca, Morocco
AREA B:
AWARD FOR BEST ORAL PRESENTATION
COLLOIDAL PROCESSING AND LIQUID-PHASE ASSISTED FAST SINTERING OF SiC-CNTS NANOCOMPOSITES WITH ENHANCED SLIDING-WEAR RESISTANCE
Dr. Victor M Candelario1, Dr. Angel L Ortiz1, Dr. Rodrigo Moreno2
1Departamento de Ingenierίa Mecάnica, Energetica y de los Materiales, Universidad de Extremadura, Badajoz, Spain, 2Instituto de Cerάmica y Vidrio, CSIC, Madrid, Spain
AWARD FOR BEST POSTER PRESENTATION
PHASE STABILITY AND HIGH TEMPERATURE FRAGILITY OF NOVEL EQUIATOMIC CoCuFeMnNi HIGH-ENTROPY ALLOY
Michal Mroz1, Anna Fraczkiewicz1
1Ecole Des Mines De St Etienne, Saint Etienne, France
AREA C:
AWARD FOR BEST ORAL PRESENTATION
DIFFUSION BONDING OF TiAl TO Ti6Al4V ASSISTED BY NANOLAYERS
Dr Sόnia Simoes1, Dr Filomena Viana1, Dr. Ana Sofia Ramos2, Prof. Teresa Vieira2, Dr. Manuel F. Vieira1
1CEMMPRE, Department Of Materials And Metallurgical Engineering, University Of Porto, Portugal, Porto, Portugal, 2CEMMPRE, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Coimbra, Portugal, Coimbra, Portugal
AWARD FOR BEST POSTER PRESENTATION
ULTRA-HIGH RESOLUTION ELECTROHYDRODYNAMIC AM TECHNIQUE WITH SUPERIOR PRINTING SPEED
MSc Ievgenii Liashenko1,2, Dr. Andreu Cabot1, 3, Dr. Joan Rosell Llompart 2,3
1Institut de Recerca en Energia de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain, 2Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Tarragona, Spain, 3ICREA - the Catalan Institution for Research and Advanced Studies, Barcelona, Spain
AREA D:
AWARD FOR BEST ORAL PRESENTATION
A DENSITY-FUNCTIONAL THEORY INVESTIGATION OF γ-Fe4N, α’’-Fe16N2 AND ε-FE3N1+y PRECIPITATES IN AN Fe-N SOLID SOLUTION
Sam De Waele1,2, Kurt Lejaeghere1, Lode Duprez3, Roger Hubert3, Elke Leunis3, Stefaan Cottenier1,2
1Center for Molecular Modeling, Ghent University, 9052 Zwijnaarde, Belgium, 2Department of Electrical Energy, Metals, Mechanical Construction and Systems, Ghent University, 9052 Zwijnaarde, Belgium, 3Ocas NV, 9060 Zelzate, Belgium
AWARD FOR BEST POSTER PRESENTATION
X-RAY PEAK BROADENING ANALYSIS AND CHARACTERIZATION OF SUB-MICRON Y2O3 PARTICLES SYNTHESIZED BY ULTRASONIC SPRAY PYROLYSIS METHOD
Elif Emil 1,2, Sebahattin Gurmen1
1Istanbul Technical University, Department of Metallurgical & Materials Eng., Istanbul, Turkey, 2Turkish - German University, Department of Materials Science & Tech., Istanbul, Turkey
AREA E:
AWARD FOR BEST ORAL PRESENTATION
MANUFACTURE OF O2-/H+ CERAMIC-BASED CELLS: IMPROVEMENT THROUGH WET CHEMICAL ROUTES AND INFILTRATION
Dr. Julian Dailly1, Dr. Mathieu Marrony1
1European Institute For Energy Research, Karlsruhe, Germany
AWARD FOR BEST POSTER PRESENTATION
STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS OF HYBRID PEROVSKITE CH3NH3PbI3-xBrx SOLID SOLUTION
Frederike Lehmann1, Dr. Alexandra Franz1, Dr. Daniel M. Tobbens1, Prof. Dr. Susan Schorr1,3
1Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin fur Materialien und Energie, Berlin, Germany, 2Universitat Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany, 3Freie Universitat Berlin, Berlin, Germany
AREA F:
AWARD FOR BEST ORAL PRESENTATION
COMPARISON OF PLASMA-SPRAYED BIOACTIVE COATINGS DEPOSITED FROM DIFFERENT FEEDSTOCKS
Mr. Eugeni Canas1, Dr. Mόnica Vicent1, Dr. Maria Jose Orts1, Dr. Aldo R. Boccaccini2, Dr. Enrique Sanchez1
1Instituto de Tecnologia Ceramica (ITC), Asociaciόn de Investigaciόn de las Industrias Ceramicas (AICE), Universitat Jaume I (UJI), Av. Sos Baynat s/n, 12006, Castellόn, Spain, 2Institute of Biomaterials, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg (FAU), Cauerstrasse 6, 91058, Erlangen, Germany
AWARD FOR BEST POSTER PRESENTATION
CHARACTERIZATION OF TERNARY TITANIUM BASED ALLOYS FOR ADVANCE BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS
Mr. Ahmet Burcin Bat?bay1, Dr. Hasan Kotan1, Dr. Atilla Evcin2
1Konya Necmettin Erbakan University, Konya, Turkey, 2Afyon Kocatepe University, Afyon, Turkey
AREA H:
AWARD FOR BEST ORAL PRESENTATION
ALTERNATIVE BINDER FORMATION AND IRON EXTRACTION FROM CHEMICALLY AND THERMALLY MODIFIED BAUXITE RESIDUE
Tobias Hertel1, Prof. Dr. Bart Blanpain1, Prof. Dr. Yiannis Pontikes1
1MEAB Chemie Technik Gmbh, Aachen, Germany, 2 RWTH Aachen, Aachen, Germany
AWARD FOR BEST POSTER PRESENTATION
LITHIUM CARBONATE RECYCLING FROM CATHODE SCRAP OF SPENT LITHIUM-ION BATTERY
Zhi Sun1, Xiao Lin1, Hongbin Cao1, Yi Zhang1
1Institute Of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy Of Sciences, Beijing, China
Best Oral-Award of Symposium D2
HE TEMPERATURE-DEPENDENCY OF THE ZnO BAND GAP STUDIED BY STEM-EELS
Cecilie Granerod1, Lasse Vines1, Klaus Magnus Johansen1, Oystein Prytz1
1University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
Best Poster-Award of Symposium D2
LATERAL FORCE CALIBRATION IN ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPE USING MEMS MICROFORCE SENSOR
Msc Wojciech Dera1, Msc Cezary Dziekonski1, Phd Dariusz Jarzabek1
1Institute Of Fundamental Technological Research, Warsaw, Poland
NUMERICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL ELASTIC STRAIN PROFILING IN III-V SEMICONDUCTOR NANOSTRUCTURES
Ms Nikoletta Florini 1, Dr. George P. Dimitrakopulos1, Dr. Joseph Kioseoglou1, Dr. Nikolaos T. Pelekanos 2,3, Dr. Thomas Kehagias1
1Physics Department, Aristotle University Of Thessaloniki, GR-54124, Thessaloniki, Greece, 2Department of Materials Science and Technology, University of Crete, P.O. Box 2208, 70013 Heraklion, Greece, 3Microelectronics Research Group, IESL-FORTH, P.O. Box 1385, 70013 Heraklion, Greece
Best Poster-Award of Symposium B1 sponsored by Ovako 
VISUALIZATION OF HYDROGEN DISTRIBUTION IN STEELS BY UTILIZING IN-SITU SILVER DECORATION TECHNIQUE
Daisuke Yamasaki1, Motomichi Koyama1 , Kaneaki Tsuzaki1
1Kyushu University, Fukuoka city, Japan
Best Oral-Award of Symposium B2 sponsored by Metals MDPI 
AN INTEGRATED CRYSTAL PLASTICITY AND PHASE FIELD MODEL TO SIMULATE TWINNING BEHAVIOR IN MAGNESIUM
Chuanlai Liu1,2, Martin Diehl2, Pratheek Shanthraj2 , Franz Roters2, Dierk Raabe2, Stefanie Sandlobes3, Jie Dong1
1National Engineering Research Center of Light Alloy Net Forming, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China, 2Max-Planck-Institut fur Eisenforschung, Dusseldorf, Germany, 3Institute of Physical Metallurgy and Metal Physics, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany