List of Symposium Winners

FPNI – PhD Symposium Winners
  • 2000 - Hamburg, Germany:
    • Marius Gutes, Technical University of Catalonia, Terrassa, Spain, "Journal Bearing Performance in Gear Pumps"
    • Rolf Lasaar, Technical University of Hamburg-Harburg, Germany, "The Influence of the Microscopic and Macroscopic Gap Geometry on the Energy Dissipation in the Lubricating Gaps the Displacement Machines"
  • 2002 - Modena, Italy:
    • Carsten Greissner, Technical University of Hamburg-Harburg, Germany, "Hybrid Pressure Control Concept for a Speed Variable AC Motor Pump in Aerospace Application"

  • 2004 - Terassa, Spain:
    • Bernd Winkler, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria, "Development of a Fast Low-cost Switching Valve for Big Flow Rates"
    • Recognized papers:
      • Michal Banas, Wroclaw University of Technology, Wroclaw, Poland
      • Giuseppe Del Vescovo, Politecnico di BARI, Bari, Italy
      • Gianpietro Di Rito, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
      • Francesco Durante, Università di L’Aquila, Roio Poggio, L’Aquila, Italy
      • Francesca Furno, Politecnico di Torino, Torino, Italy
      • David Huguet, Technical University of Catalonia, Terrassa, Spain
  • 2006 - Sarasota, Florida, USA:
    • Changchun Huang, Purdue University, USA, "An Advanced Gap Flow Model Considering Piston Micro Motion and Elasto-hydrodynamic Effects"
    • Recognized papers:
      • Kim Heybroek, Linköping University, Sweden
      • Shu Wang, Saskatchewan University, Canada
      • Julia Leichnitz, Technical University of Braunschweig, Germany
      • Andreas Schumacher, Technical University of Braunschweig, Germany
  • 2008 - Cracow, Poland:
    • Jonathan Baker, Purdue University, USA, "Investigation of Power Losses in the Lubricating Gap between the Cylinder Block and Valve Plate of Axial Piston Machines"
    • Recognized papers:
      • Claus Enekes, RWTH Aachen, Germany
      • Federica Franzoni, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy
      • Najoua Jouini, Purdue University, USA
      • Richard Klop, Purdue University, USA
      • Barbara Zardin, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy

  • 2010 - West Lafayette, Indiana, USA:
    • Federica Franzoni, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy, "Analysis of Multiphase Multicomponents Internal Flow Fields"
    • Recognized papers:
      • Jonathan Meyer, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA
      • Aaron Enes, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, USA
      • Andreas Schuhmacher , Technical University of Braunschweig, Germany
      • Richard Klop, Purdue University, West Lafayette, USA
      • Markus Resch, Johannes Kepler University, Linz, Austria
      • Christopher Williamson, Purdue University, West Lafayette, USA
      • Joshua Zimmerman, Purdue University, West Lafayette, USA 
  • 2012 - Reggio Emilia, Italy:
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