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Excellent Young Wind Doctor Award

EAWE awards every year the EAWE Excellent Young Doctor Award’ to a graduate Doctor in wind energy.

Celebrating Emerging Excellence in Wind Energy

The EAWE Excellent Young Wind Doctor Award recognizes exceptional doctoral dissertations in wind energy.

This award highlights the innovative research and significant contributions of young scientists in the field.

It is given to those who have defended a thesis of great relevance to the advancement of wind power, demonstrating a clear impact on future development and/or implementation of wind power technologies.

Eligibility Criteria

Who Can Be Nominated?

This award is open to PhD graduates who have completed their dissertations in the field of wind energy. Nominees must demonstrate exceptional quality and innovation in their research.

Eligibility

Thesis should have been defended in the calendar year before the award (e.g. in 2023 for prize in 2024).
A thesis can only be considered for evaluation once.

Quality

The PhD thesis should be of significant relevance for the further development of wind power and should demonstrate impact on future development and/or impact on the implementation of wind power.

Language

The PhD thesis should preferably be written in English. If thesis is not in English because of institutional regulations, a number of journal publications written in English language should be submitted that should represent the work of the thesis.

Nomination Process

How to Nominate a Candidate

Nominations for the Excellent Young Wind Doctor Award can be submitted by EAWE members. The process involves completing an online nomination form and providing supporting documents such as a CV and a summary of the nominee’s contributions.

Submission Guidelines

The nomination should be supported with a motivation of the PhD supervisor and a motivation by a recognised senior wind energy expert from a different institution who has not been involved in the supervision of the project.

Selection Committee

The selection committee consists of experts in the field of wind energy.

Evaluation Process

Nominations will be evaluated based on criteria such as research impact and innovation.

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The winners will be announced at our annual conference.

Honoring Past Awardees

Explore the list of previous recipients of the Excellent Young Wind Doctor Award.

2024 Luca Lanzilao, KU Leuven, Belgium
2023 Nikhar Abbas, University of Colorado Boulder, USA
2022 Dr. Konstantinos Tatsis, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
2021 Bart Doekemeijer, TU Delft, The Netherlands
2020 Dr. Clemens Janek Hübler, University of Hannover, Germany
2019 Dr. Frank Lemmer, University of Stuttgart, Germany
2018 Dr. René Bos, Delft University of Technology, Netherlands
2017 Dr. Jayachandra Sakamuri, DTU VINDENERGI, Denmark
2016 Dr. David Schlipf, University of Stuttgart, Germany
2015 Dr. Emmanuel Simon Pierre Branlard, DTU VINDENERGI, Denmark
2014 Dr. Ke Ma, Aalborg University, Denmark
2013 Dr. Leonardo Bergami, DTU VINDENERGI, Denmark
2012 Dr. Dimitris Chortis, University of Patras
2011 Laith Rashid, University of Manchester
2010 Carlos Simao Ferreira, Technical University-Delft
2009 Julia Gottschall, University of Oldenburg
2008 Tonio Sant, Technical University-Delft / University of Malta
2007 Jason Jonkman, University of Colorado

Explore More EAWE Awards

Discover other prestigious awards offered by EAWE, including the EAWE Scientific Awards and the EAWE Honorary Membership, which recognize exceptional contributions to wind energy research and development.

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