Awards

Check out the awards achieved of our group members!

Awards and distinctions granted to our researchers

PremioElena 
AUTONOMIC (albacete's CITY HALL)
Extraordinary Award to the Best Scientific Project Lead by a Young Woman 
Miss. Elena Garrido Martínez
πŸ“‹ Connecting the Industry of the Future: LoRa Mesh Networks for Smart and Sustainable Communication 
πŸ“ Albacete, Spain
πŸ“… December, 2025
Premio Banco Santander Constan 
NAtIONAL (UCLM / BANCO SANTANDER ESPAÑA)
Winner of "Santander X Spain Awards" Entrepreneurship Constest 
Mr.. Constantino Rivera Palacios
πŸ“‹ Zentral Soluciones IoT 
πŸ“ Albacete, Spain
πŸ“… June, 2025
Premio TFE AdriΓ‘n 
AUTONOMIC (COJALI / etsiiab)
COJALI Award to the Best Final Master Project in the domain of Electronics and Automatic Engineering  
Mr. Adrián Muñoz Alarcón
πŸ“‹ Deployment of an IoT network based on RISC-V devices to provide home care for vulnerable populations 
πŸ“ Albacete,Spain
πŸ“… October, 2025
PremioExtrDoctoradoLRS 
REGIONAL (uclm)
Extraordinary Doctoral Award in Engineering and Architecture
Dr. Luis Roda Sánchez
πŸ“‹ Contributions to Human-Machine Interaction and Edge Orchestration towards the IndustrialInternet of Things
πŸ“ Toledo, Spain
πŸ“… January, 2025
PremioExtrDoctoradoCGH 
REGIONAL (uclm)
Extraordinary Doctoral Award in Engineering and Architecture 
Dr. Celia Garrido Hidalgo
πŸ“‹ Scalable End-to-End Internet of Things Solutions for Reverse Supply Chain Management
πŸ“ Toledo,Spain
πŸ“… January, 2025
Premio TFE Elena 
AUTONOMIC (CADE / etsiiab)
CADE Award to the Best Final Degree Project in the domain of Mechanical and Process-oriented Engineering 
Miss. Elena Garrido Martínez
πŸ“‹ Numerical simulation of the heat transfer process in a heat recovery unit 
πŸ“ Albacete, Spain
πŸ“… October, 2024
Premio TFE Constan 
AUTOnomic (COJALI / etsiiab)
COJALI Award to the Best Final Master Project in the domain of Electronics and Automatic Engineering 
Mr. Constantino Rivera Palacios
πŸ“‹ Smart System for Crowd Monitoring in Public Buildings
πŸ“ Albacete, Spain
πŸ“… October, 2024
Premio Constan Hackster 
INTERNATIONAL (MICROCHIP INC. / HACKSTER.IO)
Third Place in "The Future of Resilience" Constest
Mr. Constantino Rivera Palacios
πŸ“‹ Intelligent Trash Containers (ITC)
πŸ“ Online, Hackster.io
πŸ“… April, 2024
Premio Constan Empresa 
AUTOnoMIC (ADECA / UCLM / ab's city hall)
Winner of the Entepreneurship Competition "El Gran Desafío. Por una Empresa Igual" 
Mr. Constantino Rivera Palacios
πŸ“‹ Drone Firefighter
πŸ“ Albacete,Spain
πŸ“… May, 2023
Premio Mujer Celia 
AUTOnOMIC (ALBACETE's city hall)
DIstinguished Young Woman Researcher in the area of Science and Technology 
Miss. Celia Garrido Hidalgo
πŸ“‹ Award for Outstanding Achievement as a Young Woman in the Field of Science and Technology
πŸ“ Albacete, Spain
πŸ“… March, 2022
Premio Extraordinario Grado Eloy 
AUTONOMIC (ETSIIAB)
Extraordinary Award for the Bachelor's Degree in Industrial and Automation Electronics Engineering 
Mr. Eloy García Pérez
πŸ“‹ Highest GPA in the Bachelor's Degree Program in Industrial and Automation Electronics Engineering
πŸ“ Albacete, Spain
πŸ“… October, 2021
Premio Ayto. Celia 
AUTOnOMIC (ALBACETE's city hall)
First Award for Young Researchers and Scientific Culture (Science and Technology) 
Miss. Celia Garrido Hidalgo
πŸ“‹ Scalable End-to-End Internet-of-Things Solutions for Reverse Supply Chain Management
πŸ“ Albacete, Spain
πŸ“… July, 2021
Premio Sigfox 
INTERNAtIONAL (SIGFOX / hackster.io)
First Place in the "Sigfox Universities Challenge - Sensing the Earth" 
Mr. Luis Roda Sánchez
Miss. Celia Garrido Hidalgo
πŸ“‹ Logifox: the end of e-waste has arrived
πŸ“ Berlin, Germany
πŸ“… October, 2018
Premio AENOR 
National (AENOR)
Second Place in the National Award for Standardization 
Miss. Celia Garrido Hidalgo
πŸ“‹ Standardization: The highway to the digital transformation of Industry 4.0
πŸ“ Madrid, Spain
πŸ“… December, 2017

Awards granted to scientific works in conferences and workshops

Alejandro SSEA 
INTERNATIONAL
Best Poster Award
A. Romero*, R. Catalán, T. Olivares, M. Á. Amador, C. Garrido-Hidalgo, L. Roda-Sanchez
πŸ“‹ VirtualIORS:An Educational Emulator of the ISS Amateur Radio System for Accessible Space Communication Learning (3rd place)
πŸ“ Symposium on Space Educational Activities (SSEA) - Munich, Alemania 
πŸ“… March, 2026
Premio Jornadas Doctorales 
REGIONAL (UCLM)
Best Research Work in the Area of Engineering and Architecture 
C. Roncero-Parra*, A. Parreño-Torres, J. Mateo-Sotos y A. L. Borja
πŸ“‹ Classification of Alzheimer's Disease using EEGs with Machine/Deep Learning Methods 
πŸ“ XI Jornadas Doctorales de la Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha - Toledo, España
πŸ“… November, 2023
Premio Celia IWAR 
INTERNACIONAL
Best Presentation Award 
C. Garrido-Hidalgo*, L. Roda-Sánchez, F. J. Ramirez, T. Olivares, A. Fernández-Caballero
πŸ“‹ Internet of Things in Remanufacturing: Outlook and Challenges 
πŸ“ International Workshop on Autonomous Remanufacturing - Birmingham, Reino Unido
πŸ“… October, 2020
Premio IWINAC Luis 
INTERNACIONAL
Best Paper Award 
L. Roda-Sanchez*, T. Olivares, C. Garrido-Hidalgo, A. Fernández-Caballero
πŸ“‹ Gesture control wearables for human-machine interaction in Industry 4.0 
πŸ“ International Work-Conference on the Interplay between Natural and Artificial Computation - Almería, España
πŸ“… May, 2019
Premio Jornadas Doctorales 
REGIONAL (UCLM)
Best Research Work in the Area of Engineering and Architecture
V. Sanz*, A. Belenguer, J. Cascón y A. L. Borja
πŸ“‹ Left-Handed Transmission Lines Loaded with SRR Rings. Applications in Coplanar Technology 
πŸ“ III Jornadas Doctorales de la Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha - Albacete, España
πŸ“… October, 2013