The PhD Thesis entitled "High Temperature Mechanical Behavior of Al/SiC Nanoscale Multilayers" and “In-situ analysis of the high temperature deformation and fracture mechanisms of a ɣ-TiAl alloy", carried out by Drs. Saeid Lotfian and Rocío Muñoz at IMDEA Materials Institute have been awarded by Carlos III University of Madrid (Doctorate programme in Materials Science and Engineering, academic year 2013/2014).

Dr. Rocio Muñoz and Dr. Saeid Lotfian, together with their thesis advisors from IMDEA Materials institute, at the ceremony in which the they recieved the prize to the best doctoral theses from the Carlos III University of Madrid.