2020-2021
2021: The conference paper “Thermo-economic assessment of flexible nuclear power plants in the UK’s future low-carbon electricity system: Role of thermal energy storage” by Al Kindi et al. presented at SDEWES 2021 has been awarded one of the Best Paper awards!
2021: The paper “Efficiency limits of concentrating spectral-splitting hybrid photovoltaic-thermal (PV-T) solar collectors and systems” published in Light Science & Applications by Dr Huang et al. has been selected as the Featured Paper.
2021: The review paper “Challenges and opportunities for nanomaterials in spectral splitting for high-performance hybrid solar photovoltaic-thermal applications: A review” published in Nano Materials Science by Dr Huang et al. has been selected as the Front-Cover Paper.
2021: Dr. Jingyuan Xu has been awarded the George T. Mulholland Memorial Award for Excellence in Cryogenic Engineering by the Cryogenics Society of America! The award is given for notable engineering development in a particular area leading to a major contribution in the cryogenic field.
2021: Dr. Jingyuan Xu was awarded the MIT Rising Stars in Chemical Engineering.
2020: The paper "Performance analysis of fluid-based spectral-splitting hybrid photovoltaic-thermal solar collectors" by Dr Huang et al. presented at ECOS 2020 has been selected as one of the three best papers!
2018-2019
2019: Solar Flow reported as one of the start-ups that can shape the future of solar power - (more info here)
2019: Professor Christos Markides is now Editor-in-Chief of "Applied Thermal Engineering’, Elsevier (1/1/2019)
2018: Winner of ‘Best Research Project’ Award at the IChemE Global Awards & Highly Commended (Top 3) shortlisted entry in category ‘Energy’ (more info here).
2018: Shortlisted entry in category ‘Innovative Technology’ at the Energy Institute Awards (more info here).
2018: Winner of ‘Donald Julius Groen Prize’ by the IMechE, awarded to the authors of outstanding papers 2018.
2018: Winner of ‘Highly Cited Original Paper’ Award (top 1%) by Applied Energy (IF = 9.6), at the International Conference on Applied Energy (ICAE)
2018: Winner of ‘Best Paper’ Award by the organizers of ORC2017 (more info here)
2018: Winner of ‘Best Research Paper’ Award at 3rd Thermal and Fluids Engineering Conference (TFEC) awarded by the American Society of Thermal Fluid Engineers (ASTFE).
2018: ‘Editors Suggested Paper’ in Physical Review Fluids ‘Experimental Investigations of Liquid Falling Films Flowing under an Inclined Planar Substrate’.
2017-2018
2018: The paper “Experimental investigations of liquid falling films flowing under an inclined planar substrate” by Alexandros Charogiannis, Fabian Denner, Berend G. M. van Wachem, Serafim Kalliadasis, Benoit Scheid and Christos N. Markides has been selected by the editors of Physical Review Fluids (PRF) as an "Editors' Suggestion" paper. The paper can be found here.
2018: Winner of ‘Highly Cited Original Paper’ Award by Applied Energy, at the International Conference on Applied Energy (ICAE) for paper 'An assessment of solar-powered organic Rankine cycle systems for combined heating and power in UK domestic applications', Applied Energy 138, 605-620. The paper can be found here.
2018: Winner of ‘Best Research Project’ award and commended entry (top 3) in category 'Best Energy Project' at the IChemE Global Awards 2018, for project 'Next-generation spectrally split hybrid solar panels'.
2018: 7th Most Read Article (since records began in 2011) in Heat Transfer Engineering (Taylor & Francis) for paper ‘A framework for the analysis of thermal losses in reciprocating compressors and expanders’, Heat Transfer Engineering 35(16-17), 1435-1449. The paper can be found here.
2017: Winner of ‘Highly Cited Original Paper’ Award by Applied Energy, at the International Conference on Applied Energy (ICAE) for paper 'Hybrid PV and solar-thermal systems for domestic heat and power provision in the UK: Techno-economic considerations', Applied Energy 161, 512-532. The paper can be found here.
2017: Shortlisted nominee in category 'Best Energy Project' at the IChemE Global Awards 2017 for project 'Next-generation spectrally split hybrid solar panels'
2017: Outstanding Paper Awards by the organizers of HEFAT2017 for Best Papers in: (i) Energy and Environmental Systems 1, ‘Exploring optimal working fluids and cycle architectures for organic Rankine cycle systems using advanced computer-aided molecular design methodologies; (ii) Energy and Environmental Systems 2, ‘Potential of organic Rankine cycles (ORC) for waste heat recovery in an electric arc furnace (EAF)’; (iii) Solar Energy, ‘A novel optical technique for accurate planar measurements of film-thickness and velocity in annular flows’
2017: President’s Award by Imperial College for Research Excellence and Medal for Outstanding Research Team
2017: As part of the UNIHEAT team, Dr Markides was awarded the President’s Medals for Outstanding Research Team at the graduation ceremony on 3 May. More details can be found here and here.
2017: The paper “A Framework for the Analysis of Thermal Losses in Reciprocating Compressors and Expanders” by Richard Mathie, Christos N. Markides and Alexander J. White is now the 8th all-time most downloaded paper published in journal Heat Transfer Engineering.
2017: Dr Alba Ramos et al published a briefing paper with the Grantham Institute: 'Solar-Thermal and Hybrid Photovoltaic-Thermal Systems for Renewable Heating', Grantham Institute Briefing paper No 22, 2017. DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.10473.29280. Download the article here.
Before 2017
2016: Winner of ‘Donald Julius Groen Prize’ by the IMechE, awarded to the authors of outstanding papers for paper 'Analysis and optimisation of packed-bed thermal reservoirs for electricity storage applications', Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part A: Journal of Power and Energy 230(7), 739-754
2016: Dr Markides was awarded the President’s Award for Excellence in Teaching. More details can be found here and here.
2015: The research paper published by Dr Alexandros Charogiannis, Jae Sik An and Dr Christos Markides has been the most downloaded Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science article since December 2015. Download the article here.
2015: Top 25 Hottest Article in Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science: ‘A Simultaneous Planar Laser-Induced Fluorescence, Particle Image Velocimetry and Particle Tracking Velocimetry Technique for the Investigation of Thin Liquid-Film Flows’ (3rd in Q4/2015)
2015: 11th Most Read Article (since recording began in 2011) in Heat Transfer Engineering (Taylor and Francis): ‘A Framework for the Analysis of Thermal Losses in Reciprocating Compressors and Expanders’ by Richard Mathie, Christos N. Markides & Alexander J. White (http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/01457632.2014.889460)
2014: Three Outstanding Paper Awards by the organisers of HEFAT2014 for Best Papers in: (i) Turbulence, ‘A Mechanism of Polymer Induced Drag Reduction in Turbulent Pipe Flow’; (ii) Multiphase Flows, ‘On the Role of Inlet Flow Instabilities on Horizontal Initially Stratified Liquid-Liquid Flow Development’; and (iii) Applications, ‘Combined PLIF-IR Thermal Measurements of Wavy Film Flows Undergoing Forced Harmonic Excitation’
2012-14: Three Top 25 Hottest Articles in International Journal of Multiphase Flow: (i) ‘Characteristics of Horizontal Liquid–Liquid Flows in a Circular Pipe using Simultaneous High-Speed Laser-Induced Fluorescence and Particle Velocimetry’ (19th in Q4/2012); (ii) ‘Disturbance Wave Development in Two-Phase Gas-Liquid Upwards Vertical Annular Flow’ (6th in Q3/2013, 13th over full year 2013); (iii) ‘An Experimental Characterization of Downwards Gas-Liquid Annular Flow by Laser-Induced Fluorescence: Flow Regimes and Film Statistics’ (16th in Q1/2014)
2012: Outstanding Paper Award by the organisers of HEFAT2012 for Best Paper in Thermodynamics ‘A Framework for the Analysis of Thermal Losses in Reciprocating Compressors and Expanders’
2010: Young Scientist Award for Best Quality Paper ‘Flame Dynamics in a Micro-Channelled Combustor’ at the 8th International Conference of Computational Methods in Sciences and Engineering (HEFAT2014), Orlando