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2025 NAFEMS World Congress Best Paper Awards Winners Announced

2025 NAFEMS World Congress Best Paper Awards Winners Announced

student awardGlasgow, UK, June 2nd 2025 – NAFEMS, the International Association for the Engineering Analysis, Modelling and Simulation Community, is pleased to announce the 2025 winners of the prestigious NAFEMS World Congress Best Paper Awards, presented on 22 May during the World Congress in Salzburg.

The awards recognise the hard work, dedication, and outstanding achievements in simulation engineering across industry and academia, and celebrate innovative applications and impactful contributions from around the world. It is our great privilege to shine a spotlight on this exceptional work.

“These awards represent the pinnacle of innovation and excellence in engineering simulation,” commented Tim Morris, NAFEMS CEO. “This year’s winners demonstrated not only technical depth but also gave a clear vision for the future of our industry. We’re proud to celebrate their achievements and the vital contributions they’ve made to advancing the work of the global simulation community.”

Congratulations to all the Winners

Award for Practical Use of Simulation Technology

Efficient Joining Failure Assessment of Multi-material Car Bodies in Crash
Tony Porsch (Volkswagen), Karl Heinz Kunter (Virtual Vehicle Research), Jean-Daniel Martinez (Audi AG)

Best Academic Paper

Computationally Efficient Model for Induction Preheating of Moving Wire in Wire-based Additive Manufacturing
Roufeng Cao (Cranfield University), Yongle Sun, Wojciech Suder, Stewart Williams

Future of Simulation Technology

Cryogenic Hydrogen Systems Simulation for Aeronautic Fuel Cell
Marc Hazenbiler (Test-Fuchs), Antoine Delacourt, Matthieu Ponchant (Siemens Industry Software)

Best Practical Implementation of AI/ML in Simulation

Advanced AI-driven Exploration Possibilities to Link Model Changes and Effects
Daniela Steffes-Lai (Fraunhofer SCAI), Jochen Garcke, Rodrigo Iza-Teran, Tom Niklas Klein, Mandar Pathare (Fraunhofer SCAI), G. N. Devdikar (Stellantis-Opel)

Innovative Use of Simulation Technology

Radiation Efficiency Varying Equivalent Radiated Power
Kristian Kvist (Grundfos)

Award for Business Impact of Simulation Technology

The Path to Virtual Product V&V: Uncertainty Quantification of Test and Simulation Results
Frank Günther (Knorr-Bremse), Stefan Schneider, Kian Sepahvand, Oliver Urspruch

Best Paper

ML-based Tool to Improve NVH Performance of Body-car Structures
Fabiola Cavaliere (SEAT), Gabriel Curtosi

Best Presentation

Efficient Joining Failure Assessment of Multi-material Car Bodies in Crash
Ross Blair (Blow Moulding Technologies)

Learn more about the winners:
To explore more about the 2025 NAFEMS Awards winners and their contributions, visit www.nafems.org/congress to download their presentations
(Attendees access until 02/12/25)