2018 conference Defence Technology: Best contribution award

The contribution was considered as “complete in structure and innovative in opinion” by the award committee chaired by Clive Woodley, scientist at the Institute of Shock Physics of Imperial College and former president of the International Ballistic Society. Tiziano is PhD candidate at the Applied Mechanics group of Civil Engineering Faculty supervised by Jaap Weerheijm and Bert Sluys. His research topic deals with the dynamic characterization of adobe, an earthen masonry spread in areas of the world prone to earthquakes or involved into military operations.