Juhi Sharma, winner of the 2nd Bodycote SF2M 2022 prize
12 January 2023
La SF2M récompense les travaux de thèse de Juhi Sharma par son prix bodycote.
The French Society of Metallurgy and Materials, SF2M, has awarded its 2nd Bodycote prize to Juhi Sharma, PhD from CEMEF.
Juhi Sharma completed her PhD thesis in the MSR team, under the supervision of Nathalie Bozzolo and Charbel Moussa. She worked on "Microstructure evolution during hot forging of VDM Alloy 780: mechanisms, kinetics and medium field modelling". Juhi Sharma defended her thesis on 22 October 2021.
The award ceremony took place during the SF2M day on 15 December 2022 in Paris on the theme of "reasoned choice of materials".
Congratulations to Juhi Sharma for this great recognition of his research work. Juhi had also obtained the 1st Pierre Laffitte Prize in 2020.
The SF2M Bodycote Prize in a few words:
This prize rewards students and young researchers for innovative and applicative research and/or development work on the improvement of:
– core and surface properties of metallic materials,
– characterisation and testing methods,
– production processes and techniques,
following thermal, thermochemical and surface treatments, or assembly methods by welding (electron beam vacuum welding only) or brazing (all technologies).

SF2M picture taken during the ceremony, on Dec. 15th, 2022.
Dr. Juhi Sharma on the right, Dr. Patrick Jacquot (Technical Director Bodycote) in the center, and Steve Gaudez (1st Bodycote prize) on the left.