ANACOM-URSI Portugal 2022 Prize
Bruno Soares Gonçalves received the ANACOM-URSI Portugal 2022 Prize for the work 'Advances, challenges, and future perspectives of microwave reflectometry for plasma position and shape control on future nuclear fusion devices', co-authored with Paulo Varela, António Silva , Filipe da Silva, Jorge Santos, Emanuel Ricardo, Alberto Vale, Raúl Luís, Yohanes Nietiadi, Artur Malaquias, Jorge Belo, José Dias, all from IPFN - Institute of Plasmas and Nuclear Fusion of Instituto Superior Técnico, Thomas Franke (Max-Planck -Institut für Plasmaphysik) and Wolfgang Bie (Institut für Energie- und Klimaforschung, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH).The distinction rewards the interdisciplinary work carried out by the Engineering and Systems Integration Group of the IPFN in the development of microwave reflectometry diagnostics for nuclear fusion devices.
The 'URSI Portugal Research Prize' was created by the Portuguese Committee of URSI, sponsored by ANACOM, with the aim of stimulating creativity and rigour in scientific research work in Portugal, through the attribution of a prize to the best work of research carried out in Portugal in the field of radio sciences.
The prize was awarded during the 16th Congress of the Portuguese Committee of URSI, which this year had as its theme ''Quantum communications: what future?''
The video of the award ceremony and presentation of the work is available here.
