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IWMA Announces Winner of 2025 Ragnar Wighus Award

The Ragnar Wighus Award, a prize bestowed by the International Water Mist Association (IWMA), has this year been won by Azad Hamzehpour

Created to honour young scientists who have dedicated their thesis to water mist, this year’s prize winner has finished his Ph.D. thesis at the Polytechnic University of Turin, Italy under the supervision of Prof. Vittorio Verda and Prof. Romano Borchiellini.

As it is tradition, Azad has been invited to the upcoming International Water Mist Conference which in 2025 will take place in Manchester, UK on 24th and 25th September. There he will get the opportunity to introduce his Ph.D. thesis entitled “Experimental and Simulation Analysis of Water Mist Systems for shielded Fire Applications” to an audience of experts.

On being informed about having been chosen as the winner, Azad said: “I’m deeply honoured to receive this award for my PhD thesis. It’s incredibly rewarding to have my work recognised in this way, and I’m grateful to my supervisors and colleagues for their support throughout the journey.

“This recognition inspires me to continue pursuing research that contributes to meaningful advances in the field.”

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