Awards
Taking the opportunity to share some of the achievements of our team members
Our achievements have been widely recognised by our colleagues both at UNSW and around the world. Our group members have won the Best Student Awards in leading international photovoltaic conferences for six years in a row!
2024
Gaia Maria Javier
PGC Research Student Award
Arc, UNSW
2023
Yan Zhu
Early Career Academic Innovation and Engagement Award
Faculty of Engineering, UNSW
2023
Gaia Maria Javier
Best Student Paper Award
Asia-Pacific Solar Research Conference
2023
ACDC Research Group
Excellence Award in Industry Engagement and Research Translation
Faculty of Engineering, UNSW
2023
Yoann Buratti
Dean’s Award for Outstanding PhD Thesis
Faculty of Engineering, UNSW
2023
Soma Zandi
Best Student Award
40th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference
2022
ACDC Research Group
Staff Excellence Award in Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion
Faculty of Engineering, UNSW
2022
Yoann Buratti
PGC Research Student Award
Arc, UNSW
2022
Shuai Nie
Best Student Award
8th World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion
2022
Zubair Abdullah-Vetter
Best Poster Award
49th IEEE Photovoltaics Specialists Conference
2021
Anh Huy Tuan Le
Overall Best Paper Award
Asia-Pacific Solar Research Conference
2021
Ziv Hameiri
Vice-Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Higher Degree Research Supervision
University of New South Wales
2021
Yoann Buratti
Best Student Award
48th IEEE Photovoltaics Specialists Conference
2021
Zubair Abdullah-Vetter
Best Thesis Award for 4th Year Project
School of Photovoltaic and Renewable Energy Engineering, UNSW
2020
Ziv Hameiri
Higher Degree Research Supervision Award
Faculty of Engineering, UNSW
2020
Raghavi Bhoopathy
PGC Research Student Award
Arc, UNSW
2020
Yan Zhu
Dean’s Award for Outstanding PhD Thesis
Faculty of Engineering, UNSW
2020
Saman Jafari
Best Student Award
47th IEEE Photovoltaics Specialists Conference
2020
Shuai Nie
Best Student Award
47th IEEE Photovoltaics Specialists Conference
2019
ACDC Research Group
Staff Excellence Award in Research Excellence
Faculty of Engineering, UNSW
2019
Shuai Nie
Best Student Award
46th IEEE Photovoltaics Specialists Conference
2018
Ziv Hameiri
Staff Excellence Award in Research Excellence
Faculty of Engineering, UNSW
2018
Ziv Hameiri
IAAM Scientist Medal
International Association of Advanced Materials
2018
Yan Zhu
Best Student Award
7th World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion
2018
Raghavi Bhoopathy
Best Poster Award
7th World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion