Operated on a yearly basis (biennially prior to 2016), the EPMA PM Thesis Competition is designed to stimulate and encourage young researchers in PM. It is open to any students studying within the EU in two categories – PhD and Masters.
The aim of the competition is to develop interest in and promote powder metallurgy among young scientists at European academic establishments, and to encourage research at under-graduate and post-graduate levels.
It offers financial prizes (sponsored by 
) to the winners who also have the opportunity to present their work to the EPMA conference and receive a plaque from the EPMA President.
For more information and to sumbit an entry to this year’s Thesis Competition, please visit the Thesis Competition website
Previous winners can be seen below:
2024
PhD category winner
Dr Bruno Guimarães (University of Minho)
for his thesis on ” Multi-Functional WC-Co cutting tool – a Multi-Material Engineering Design”
Master category winner
Mr Alessandro De Nardi (Politecnico di Torino)
for his work on “Development of CoNi-based High Entropy Superalloys”
2023
PhD category winner
Dr. Jiahui Dong
“Mg” Bone: ink extrusion-based additive manufacturing of Mg implants
Master category winner
Dipl-Ing Florian Häslich
Additive Manufacturing of Pure Copper: Microstructure and Selected Properties
2022
PhD category winner
Dr. techn. Lukas Kaserer, BSc. MSc
Laser Powder Bed Fusion of the Refractory Metal Molybdenum Material and Process Development
2021
PhD category winner
Dr Felicity Freeman
Structuring Difference: The Additive Manufacture of Spatially and Functionally Differentiated Microstructures
Master category winner
Ing Gerald Wilhelm
Development of a hybrid preheating concept for the additive manufacturing of brittle multi material components
2020
PhD category winner
Dr Miguel de Dios
Synthesis, Processing and Mechanical Characterization of Titanium Carbonitride based cermet through the combination of Colloidal and Powder Metallurgy techniques.
Master category winner
Mr Juan Alfonso Naranjo Simarro
Rapid Prototyping Of Metal Parts Based On Fused Filament Fabrication Technology
2019
PhD category winner
Dr Chu Lun Alex Leung
The winner in the Doctorate category was Dr Chu Lun Alex Leung of The University of Manchester, United Kingdom, for his thesis “X-ray Imaging of Powder Consolidation During Laser Additive Manufacturing”.
2018
PhD category winner
Dr Thomas Lapauw
Mn+1 AXn Phase-Structured Carbides for Nuclear Applications
Master category winner
Dipl-Ing Kevin Ouda
Determination of Retained Austenite in Differently Alloyed Steels by Magnetic Measurements
2017
PhD category winner
Dr Bey Vrancken
Study of Residual Stresses in Selective Laser Melting
Master category winner
Dipl-Ing Silvia Baselli
Shrinkage Kinetics Model of Uniaxial Cold Compacted Green Iron
2016
PhD category winner
Dr Elena Bernardo Quejido
Optimization of Liquid Phases for Sintering Low Alloy Steels: Effect on Microstructure and Dimensional Control
Master category winner
Mr Uriel Tradowsky
Selective Laser Melting of AlSi10Mg: Influence of Post-Processing on the Microstructure and Mechanical Properties
2014
PhD category winner
Dr Annabel Braem
The Development of bio-functional porous coatings for bone implants
Master category winner
Mr David Lang
Characterization of the precipitation mechanism in the molybdenum based alloy MHC.
2012
PhD category winner
Dr Catalina Elena Jiménez
Characterisation and modification of powders used to make Al-based metal foams
Master category winner
Bruno José Jordão Marques
Stainless Steel as an alternative binder in WC based composites
2010
PhD category winner
Dr Claas Bierwisch
Numerical Simulations of Granular Flow and Filling
Master category winner
Miss Ilaria Forno
Influence on atmosphere and cooling rate on properties of sinter-hardened steels
