Awards

2022 – Minchio, F., Benetti, M., Gobbato P., & Rech, S.

Recommendation of the Judging Committee of the AiCARR (Italian Association of Air Conditioning Heating and Refrigeration) Award “Roberto Sanguineti 2020-2022” for the paper “Tecniche il recupero termico nell’industria (Techniques the thermal recovery in industry)”

2020 – Pasquali D.

Best Master Thesis of the Department of Mechanical Engineering of the University of Padova, for the thesis “Potential in smart renewable hubs with Gridsol technology in Europe”. Supervisor: Lazzaretto A.

2019 – Gavagnin, G., Rech, S., Sánchez, D., & Lazzaretto, A.

Best Scientific Article in the October-December 2018 quarter from Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingeniería de Sevilla (ETSI) for the paper “Optimum design and performance of a solar dish microturbine using tailored component characteristics” (doi: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2018.09.140) published in the international journal Applied Energy

2019 – Pivetta D.

Best Master Thesis of the Department of Mechanical Engineering of the University of Padova, for the thesis “Valutazione energetica, economica e ambientale dei consumi energetici di una cantina di vino”. Supervisor: Lazzaretto, A., Co-Supervisor: Rech, S.

2018 – Toffolo, A., Rech, S., & Lazzaretto, A.

Edward F. Obert Best Paper Award 2018 of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), which recognizes an outstanding paper on thermodynamics presented during the preceding two calendar years, for the paper “Combination of elementary processes to form a general energy system configuration” (doi: 10.1115/IMECE2017-71653) published in the proceedings of the ASME IMECE2017 International Conference (Tampa, Florida, USA, Nov. 3-9).

2017 – Nagy, A., Nguyen, T.V., Elmegaard B., & Lazzaretto, A.

Best Paper Award of the 30th International Conference on Efficiency, Cost, Optimization and Environmental Impact of Energy Systems (ECOS2017),  for the paper “Techno-Economic Analysis of Expander-Based Configurations for Natural Gas Liquefaction”, San Diego State University (San Diego, California, USA, July 2-6)

2012 – Manente, G., Field, R., Di Pippo, R., Tester, J.W., Paci, M., & Rossi, N.

Best Student paper Award dell’ASME Advanced Energy Systems Division, for the paper “Hybrid solar-geothermal power generation to increase the energy production from a binary geothermal plant” published in the proceedings of the ASME IMECE2011 International Conference (Denver, Colorado, USA, Nov. 11-17)

2020 – Rech S.

ATI (Associazione Termotecnica Italiana) aword entitled to prof. A.D. Martegani for the Best Master Thesis of the Department of Mechanical Engineering of the University of Padova, for the thesis “Tecniche per l’integrazione di scambi termici all’interno di scambi termici all’interno di sistemi energetici complessi”. Supervisor: Lazzaretto A.

2007 – Toffolo, A., & Lazzaretto, A.

Edward F. Obert Best Paper Award 2007 of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), which recognizes an outstanding paper on thermodynamics presented during the preceding two calendar years, for the paper “Locating Causes of Malfunctions in Energy Systems with Evolutionary Algorithms: a Global and a Local Approach” (doi:10.1115/IMECE2006-15868) published in the proceedings of the ASME IMECE2006 International Conference (Chicago, Illinois, USA, Nov. 5-10).

2001 – Lazzaretto A.

Nomination for the 2001 Young Scientist Award assigned by the International Center for Applied Thermodynamics for his overall contribution to the field of applied thermodynamics.

1998 – Lazzaretto, A., & Tsatsaronis, G.

Edward F. Obert Best Paper Award 1998 of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), which recognizes an outstanding paper on thermodynamics presented during the preceding two calendar years, for the papers “A General Process Based Methodology for Exergy Costing” (doi:10.1115/IMECE1996-0300) published in the proceedings of the IMECE1996 International Conference (Atlanta, Georgia, USA, Nov. 17-22) and “On the Quest for Objective Equations in Exergy Costing” (doi:10.1115/IMECE1997-0989) published in the proceedings of the IMECE1997 International Conference (Dallas, Texas, USA, Nov. 16-21).