PhD Thesis/Dissertation Award

IAWS wishes to provide recognition to outstanding thesis/dissertation research at the PhD level by students throughout the world.
The competition is limited to students receiving their degrees in other than their native country.

• The purpose is to foster and recognize cross-national interaction.
• The submission shall be no more than 2 pages of an extended abstract (in English)
  of the thesis/dissertation and a one-page CV of the student.
• The submission can be by the student and/or the student's advisor.
• The thesis/dissertation must have been completed within one year prior to the yearly announcement.
• The documentation shall be sent by email to the Chair of the IAWS Board:
  Prof. Dr. Siqun WANG
  email: swang@utk.edu

 

 

Hatem Abushammala - PhD Award 2016

Novel Ionic Liquid- Mediated Technologies for the Extraction of Nanocellulose Directly from Wood

 

Wim Willems - PhD Award 2016

Lecture presented at the 2017 IAWS Plenary Meeting in Bali/Indonesia (26-29 September)

Physical modeling of moisture content and fungal resistance properties of thermally modified timber

 

Michaela Zauner - PhD Award 2015

Lecture presented at the 2016 IAWS Plenary Meeting in Paris/France

In- sito synchrotron based tomographic microscopy of uniaxially loaded wood: In- situ testing device, procedures and experimental investigations

 

Muhammad Shabir (Mahr) - PhD Award 2015

Wood modification with titania- and silica- based precursors:
      A novel approach to prepare multifunctional sol- gel derived Tio_²/ Sio_² wood- inorganic coposites

 

Shuai Li - PhD Award 2014

Transforming Lignocelluloses to sugars and liquid fuels

 

Sergio José Sanabria Martín- PhD Award 2013

Lecture presented at the 2013 IAWS Plenary Meeting in Nanjing/China

Air-coupled ultrasound propagation and novel non-destructive bonding quality assessment of timber composites

 

Houssine Sehaqui - PhD Award 2012

Lecture presented at the 2012 IAWS Plenary Meeting in Zvolen/Slovakia

Material processing based on wood nanofibrillated cellulose

 

Katherina Beck - PhD Award 2011

Lecture presented at the 2011 IAWS Plenary Meeting in Stockholm/Sweden

Development of a new engineered wood product for structural applications made from trembling aspen and paper birch