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Best Engineering Thesis Award

The doctoral thesis is a proof of the ability of the PhD candidate to perform independent scientific research. Yearly the Groningen Engineering Center gives an award to the most outstanding engineering thesis at the University of Groningen. A jury evaluates the nominated theses based on the following criteria:

  • scientific quality and impact
  • long term societal impact
  • interdisciplinary connections

The winner of the Best Engineering Thesis of 2022 was warded to ZIAM graduate Chongnan Ye for his thesis "Design of sustainable polymer networks for advanced applications based on dynamic covalent bonds". Chongnan’s research focused on environmentally sustainable materials. By designing and synthesizing materials from base chemicals, he explored applications such as sensors, membranes, and energy-harvesting materials.

Previous winners

Year

Winner

Promotor

Title of thesis

2022
Chongnan Ye
Katja Loos (ZIAM)
Design of sustainable polymer networks for advanced applications based on dynamic covalent bonds
2021
Charissa Roosien
G.J. Verkerke (UMCG)

Sensors@Work: Towards monitoring of physical workload for sustainable employability

2020
Godliver Owomugisha
M. Biehl (Bernoulli)

Computational intelligence & modeling of crop disease data in Africa

2019

Artem Shulga

M. Loi (Zernike)

Colloidal Quantum Dot Field-Effect Transistors

2018

Xiaodong Cheng

J.M.A. Scherpen (ENTEG)

Model Reduction of Network Systems with Structure Preservation

2017

Laurens Polgar

F. Picchioni (ENTEG)

Thermoreversible cross-linking of rubber

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