[ESIS TC12]_Robert_Moskovic_2022_&_2023_Awards_ESIS-TC12

[José António Correia]

Dear colleagues,

We hope you are going well.

It is a pleasure to announce to all of you the winners of the Robert Moskovic 2022 & 2023 Awards.

In 2017, the TC12/ESIS technical committee (European Structural Integrity Society) decided to create three awards: Robert Moskovic Award; Award of Merit TC12; and ESIS/TC12 Young Scientist Award. The winners will be announced at the scientific and technical events organized by TC12/ESIS.

The Robert Moskovic Award was created to distinguish personalities with scientific and academic careers perfectly established with recognition by their peers worldwide. The designation of the prize was attributed as a tribute to the founder of the TC12/ESIS technical committee.

So far, the Robert Moskovic Award was attributed to the following researchers in recognition of their outstanding contributions:

2019

- Prof. Hojjat Adeli, University of Ohio, USA, for contributions in the Computational Intelligence and Smart Structures field.

- Prof. Alfonso Carlos Fernández-Canteli, University of Oviedo, Spain, for contributions in the Unified Probabilistic Fatigue Methodology field.

- Prof. Aleksandar Sedmak, University of Belgrade, Serbia, for contributions in the Structural Integrity and Failure Analysis field.

2020

- Prof. Neil James, Plymouth University, UK, for contributions in the Fatigue and Fracture of Structural Alloys and Materials field;

- Prof. Rui Calçada, University of Porto, Portugal, for contributions in the Integrity of Railway Structures and Infrastructures field; and,

- Prof. Vladimir Moskvichev, Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia, for contributions in the Risk Analysis and Safety of Technical Systems field.

2021

- Prof. Filippo Berto, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway, for contributions in the Local Approaches for Fracture and Fatigue Assessment field;

- Prof. Milan Veljkovic, Delft University of Technology, Netherlands, for contributions in the Integrity of Steel Structures field; and,

- Prof. Maria Feng, Columbia University, USA, for contributions in the Safety and Sustainability of Civil Infrastructure Systems field.

In 2022, the Robert Moskovic Award is attributed to the following researchers in recognition of their outstanding contributions:

- Prof. Doctor Hryhoriy Nykyforchyn, Karpenko Physico-Mechanical Institute, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Ukraine, for contributions in the Corrosion-Hydrogen Degradation and Materials Protection field;

- Doctor John Michopoulos, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington DC, USA, for contributions in the Computational, Theoretical and Experimental Multiphysics field; and,

- Prof. Doctor Grzegorz Lesiuk, Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, Poland, for contributions in the Fatigue Crack Growth Analysis field.

In 2023, the Robert Moskovic Award is attributed to the following researchers in recognition of their outstanding contributions:

- Prof. Doctor Aleksandar Grbovic, University of Belgrade, Serbia, for contributions in the Fatigue Crack Growth Simulation field;

- Prof. Doctor Marc André Meyers, University of California San Diego, USA, for contributions in the Dynamic Behavior of Materials and Characterization of New Materials field; and,

- Doctor Motomichi Koyama, Institute for Materials Research, Tohoku University, Japan, for contributions in the Material Resistance to Hydrogen Cracking field.

Best regards,

Co-chairs of ESIS TC12 

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