Best doctoral thesis in the field of Materials Science – Edition 2025

The main prize for the best doctoral thesis in Materials Science for 2024 was awarded to:

PhD Filip Kuśmierczyk from AGH University of Krakow

Dissertation title: Multicomponent and multilayer polyetherketone-based coatings for metallic biomaterials: fabrication and characterization

Dissertation supervisor: Prof. Tomasz Moskalewicz

Co-supervisor: Dr. Łukasz Cieniek

Distinction in the competition was awarded to:

– PhD Piotr Franciszek Jabłoński, AGH University of Krakow (“Functionalization of NiTi alloy surfaces by chemical treatment and production of chitosan-based coatings with metal nanoparticles”; supervisor: Prof. Karol Kyzioł);

– PhD Dominika Górniewicz, Military University of Technology (“Concept for manufacturing a multi-component TiCoCrFeMn sinter with HEA alloy characteristics strengthened by in-situ generated ceramic-metal precipitates”; supervisor: Prof. Stanisław Jóźwiak, co-supervisor: Prof. Krzysztof Karczewski).