Since 2013 the EM symposium is the podium of the ceremony to celebrate the Biezeno award for the annual best PhD thesis in the field of engineering mechanics in The Netherlands, which is awarded by the Dutch association for engineers and engineering students (KIVI). The award is named after Professor Cornelis Benjamin Biezeno, who is one of the founding fathers of Engineering Mechanics in the Netherlands. The awardee has the honor of closing the EM symposium with a plenary lecture about his/her work.
| 2022 | Sanne van den Boom | A discontinuity-enriched finite element method for the computational design of phononic crystals |
| 2021 | Meghshyam Shisode | Friction modelling of coated sheets for forming applications |
| 2019 | Frits de Prenter | Preconditioned iterative solution techniques for immersed finite element methods: with applications in immersed isogeometric analysis for solid and fluid mechanics, Eindhoven University of Technology |
| 2018 | Pim Versteijlen | Identification of effective 1D soil models for large-diameter offshore wind turbine foundations based on in situ seismic measurements and 3D modelling, Delft University of Technology |
| 2017 | Hayo Hendrikse | Ice-induced vibrations of offshore structures, Delft University of Technology |
| 2016 | Francesco Maresca | Multi-scale modeling of plasticity and damage of lath martensite in multi-phase steels, Eindhoven University of Technology |
| 2016 | Apostolos Tsouvalas | Underwater noise generated by offshore pile driving, Delft University of Technology |
| 2015 | Awais Ahmed | Computational modeling of progressive failure in FRP composite laminates subjected to static and impact transverse loading, Delft University of Technology |
| 2014 | Steven Boer | Model reduction of flexible multibody systems, with application to large-stroke compliant precision mechanisms, University of Twente |
| 2013 | Lars Beex | Multiscale quesicontinuum modeling of fibrous materials, Eindhoven University of Technology |