Distinctions-Awards

This section presents distinctions and awards received by the members of FORTH/ICE-HT during the last ten years and, specifically, it includes distinctions of papers in scientific journals or conferences, awards in scientific competitions, distinctions or awards of scientific organization/association, honorary positions and honorary fellowships.

2012

• SCImago Research Group released SCImago Institutions Rankings (SIR) World Report 2011, the world broadest coverage ranking showing the research activity of 3042 universities and research-focused institutions worldwide. The report is based on quantitative data of citation and publication using Elsevier's database Scopus and shows bibliometric indicators that unveil some of the main dimensions of research performance of worldwide research-devoted institutions.
  SIR World Report 2011 includes a global table arranged by Normalized Impact, and shows international, regional and national ranks on this variable for every institution. According to this rank FORTH/ICE-HT is at the 915th position worldwide (out of 3042 organizations, that is, at 30% and, hence, above the world average) and at national level FORTH/ICE-HT is at the 3rd position (after IESL, which is at the 1st position, and FORTH, as a whole, which is at the 2nd position).

2011

• The recently published work by Prof. G. N. Papatheodorou, Distinguished Member of FORTH, and his coworkers, entitled:
  "Silicate Glasses at the Ionic Limit: Alkaline-Earth Sub-Orthosilicates"
  by N. K. Nasikas, A. Chrissanthopoulos, N. Bouropoulos, S. Sen, and G. N. Papatheodorou,
  Chem. Mater., 23 (16), pp. 3692-3697, 2011;
  DOI: 10.1021/cm2012582; Publication Date (Web): July 26, 2011
  was voted at the site ChemFeeds (http://www.chemfeeds.com/hot.php?time=quarter) as the hottest scientific article during the first quarter of its publication.
• FORTH was ranked in the 12th position in the list of the 20 European research organizations with the highest numbers of participations in FP7 signed grant agreements during the period 2007-2010 according to the "FP7 Monitoring Report 2010, European Commission" (page 17). In her congratulatory letter to Professor Fotakis, Chairman of the Board of Directors of FORTH, the Minister of Education, Lifelong Learning and Religious Affairs, Mrs. Diamantopoulou highlights "... This success demonstrates the successful model that characterizes FORTH for the optimal utilization of research infrastructure and human resources available ...".
• The John S. Latsis Public Benefit Foundation has announced that the project of FORTH/ICE-HT entitled "Mechanical behaviour of two-dimensional crystals: The case of graphene" has been selected for sponsorship for the year 2011. The project team consists of Prof. Costas Galiotis (Coordinator, FORTH/ICE-HT & University of Patras), Prof. Konstantin Novoselov (University of Manchester), Ass. Prof. Konstantinos Papagelis (FORTH/ICE-HT & University of Patras), Dr. John Parthenios (FORTH/ICE-HT) and Dr. Dimitrios Tassis (University of Patras).

2008

• Dr. Katerina Andreopoulou, post-doctoral researcher of the Department of Chemistry, University of Patras and of FORTH/ICE-HT, as well as collaborating member of the research group of polymers, was awarded by the Greek prize "L'OREAL - UNESCO 2008 for Women in Science" for her research activities in the field of Material Science.
• Dr. George Dassios, Professor of the Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Patras and Collaborating Faculty Member of FORTH/ICE-HT, was elected by the European Commission in the position of the Vice-chair for the evaluations of the program PEOPLE (ERG & IRG) for the year 2008.
• Dr. Spyros Pandis, Professor of the Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Patras and Collaborating Faculty Member of FORTH/ICE-HT, was elected President of the American Association for Aerosol Research.
• Dr. Demosthenes Polyzos, Professor of the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Aeronautics, University of Patras and Collaborating Faculty Member of FORTH/ICE-HT, was awarded by the "S. N. Atluri Medal" of ICCES (International Conference on Computational & Experimental Engineering and Sciences) in recognition of "outstanding contributions to boundary element method, and the dedicated service to the Journal Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences".
• Dr. Georgia Tsolou, post-doctoral fellow of FORTH/ICE-HT shared the Best Post Award during the 7th Hellenic Polymer Conference, Ioannina, Greece, September 2008, for her work entitled "Atomistic simulation of the solubility of small gases in polyisobutelene" (by G. Tsolou, V. Mavrantzas, Z. Makrodimitri, I. Economou, R. Gani).

2007

• Dr. Demosthenes Polyzos, Professor of the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Aeronautics, University of Patras and Collaborating Faculty Member of FORTH/ICE-HT, as a member of a research group which included also Mr. G. Karlis, graduate student at the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Aeronautics, University of Patras and Dr. D. Beskos, Professor of the Department of Civil Engineering, University of Patras, was honored by the "P. Theocaris Award" of the Academy of Athens for the best publication in Theoretical and Applied Mechanics in international journals, which is the following: G. F. Karlis, S. V. Tsinopoulos, D. Polyzos and D. E. Beskos "Boundary element analysis of mode I and mixed mode (I & II) crack problems of 2-D gradient elasticity", Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, Vol. 196, pp. 5092-5103, 2007.

2006

• Dr. Maria Klapa, Associate Researcher of FORTH/ICE-HT, and Mr. Η. Η. Kanani, graduate student (under the supervision of Dr. Klapa) at University of Mayland, USA, were honored by the Best Poster Award in the Metabolic Engineering and Systems Biology Category during the AIChE Annual Meeting, November 15, 2006.
• Dr. Spyros Pandis, Professor of the Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Patras and Collaborating Faculty Member of FORTH/ICE-HT, was honored by the "ASLI Choice Award on Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics" of Atmospheric Science Librarians International.

2005

• Dr. George Dassios, Professor of the Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Patras and Collaborating Faculty Member of FORTH/ICE-HT, received a Marie Curie Chair of Excellence at the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics at Cambridge University. This appointment is for three years (2005-2008) and from the point of research it is connected to the electromagnetic activity of the Brain as well as to the theory of generalized transforms as it was initiated by A. Fokas and I. Gelfand.
• Dr. Theophilos Ioannides, Principal Researcher of FORTH/ICE-HT, was honored by the "Global 100 Eco-Tech Award" during the EXPO-2005 in Japan for his work in aerogels.
• Dr. Petros Koutsoukos, Professor of the Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Patras and Collaborating Faculty Member of FORTH/ICE-HT, was honored by the 1^st Paper Award during the XXIII Annual Congress of the European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons (ESCRS), Lisbon, Portugal, 10-14 September 2005.
• Dr. Christos Tsakiroglou, Principal Researcher of FORTH/ICE-HT, was honored by the Best Poster Award during the International Symposium of the Society of Core Analysts, August 21-25, 2005, Toronto, Canada.

2004

• Dr. Costas Galiotis, Professor of the Department of Material Science, University of Patras and Collaborating Faculty Member of FORTH/ICE-HT, was elected President of the European Society of Composite Materials (ESCM) for the period 2004-2006. Dr. Galiotis was also Elected Member of the Executive Council of the European Society of Composite Materials for the period 1998-2002.
• Dr. George Dassios, Professor of the Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Patras and Collaborating Faculty Member of FORTH/ICE-HT, along with Dr. Fotini Kariotou (who obtained her PhD from the aforementioned Department with Dr. Dassios as academic supervisor, supported by a FORTH/ICE-HT Research Assistantship) were honored with the "Ar. Pallas Award" of the Academy of Athens, for the following scientific publication: George Dassios and Fotini Kariotou, "Magnetoencephalography in ellipsoidal geometry", J. Math. Physics, 44, No.1, 220-241, 2003.
• Dr. Vlasis Mavrantzas, Associate Professor of the Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Patras and Collaborating Faculty Member of FORTH/ICE-HT, was elected President of the Hellenic Society of Rheology (HSR) for the period October 2004 - September 2006.

2002

• Dr. George Papatheodorou, Professor of the Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Patras and Collaborating Faculty Member of FORTH/ICE-HT, was awarded by Max Bredig Prize of Electrochemical Society.

2001

• Dr. Vasilis Gregoriou, Principal Researcher of FORTH/ICE-HT, was elected President of the Society for Applied Spectroscopy (SAS).
• Mrs. E. Stefanidaki, graduate student of the Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Patras and FORTH/ICE-HT, Dr. T. Ostvold, Professor of NTNU and Honorary Fellow of FORTH/ICE-HT and Dr. C. Kontoyannis, Assistant Professor of the Department of Parmacy, University of Patras and Collaborating Faculty Member of FORTH/ICE-HT were honored by the 3rd Poster Award during the NATO Advanced Study Institute Meeting on "Molten Salts: From Fundamentals to Application" held in Kas, Turkey, May 3-14, 2001.