Dr. Patrycja Baryla wins best PhD thesis

© 2018 EPFL

© 2018 EPFL

Dr. Patrycja Baryla has won the award of best PHD thesis in geotechnical engineering in Poland for 2017.

Patrycja completed her PhD thesis, entitled, "The Sand Hydrophobized by Alkoxysilane Emulsions as an Innovative Material in Geotechnics: A Doctoral Dissertation in Geotechnics", at the Lodz University of Technology in Poland. On September 7th, Patrycja was awarded the best PhD thesis in geotechnical engineering in Poland 2017. Patrycja is now a post-doctoral researcher at the Laboratory of Soil Mechanics, EPFL.