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Karl Fridolf is the COSUF Award Winner 2015

One of the highlights of the workshop “Aging Tunnels – Safety in Operation and during Refurbishment” and the annual ITA COSUF meeting in Dubrovnik (Croatia) has been the presentation of the winner of the ITA COSUF Award 2015, Karl Fridolf (Sweden). The young engineer and research scientist at SP Technical Research Institute of Sweden has been honoured for his thesis on evacuation in rail runnels.

The ITA COSUF Award is granted annually to a student, young professional or researcher less than 35 years old who has recently completed an outstanding research work in theory or practice in the field...

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