Tatiana Ioppolo is the winner of the III edition of the degree award AVUS April 6, 2009 for the best experimental thesis in the field Earthquakes, seismic hazard of the territory and reduction of seismic risk, carried out at the National Institute of Geophysical Volcanology (INGV), with the supervision of researchers Claudia Piromallo and Nicola Alessandro Pino as co-speakers. Tatiana Ioppolo graduated in 2013 in Geology of the Territory and Resources at the University of Roma Tre (supervisor Dr. Francesca Funiciello) with a thesis entitled: Empirical relationships between instrumental parameters of ground motion and MCS intensity for moderate magnitude earthquakes of the Po Valley sequence (2012). The award was established by the Associazione Vittime Universitarie Sisma 6 aprile 2009 (AVUS), by the National Council of Geologists and by the Study Center Foundation of the National Council of Geologists, to honor the memory of the university students who were victims of the earthquake and at the same time promote dissemination of geological culture aimed at the prevention of natural risks. The award ceremony took place in L'Aquila on 5 April 2016, during the commemoration ceremony for the 309 victims of the earthquake.
In the same competition, Lara Milli came third with a degree thesis in Earth Sciences at the University of Perugia, co-supervisor Carlo Cardellini and external tutor-speaker Fedora Quattrocchi of INGV, entitled:Geochemistry of fluids and relationship with the active faults of the Gubbio area. The others classified in the final ranking: in second place Lorenzo Innocenti (degree in Geological Sciences and Technologies, University of Florence, thesis title: Evaluation of the effects of seismic amplification deriving from the analysis of earthquakes and seismic noise); in fourth place Alessandro Valentini (degree in Geological Sciences and Technologies, University G. D'Annunzio of Pescara-Chieti, thesis title: Could the collapse of a large speleothem be the recording of a large paleoearthquake? Case study: Grotta Cola, Abruzzo); in fifth place Leonardo Dimichele (degree in Geological Sciences and Technologies, University G. D'Annunzio of Pescara-Chieti, thesis title: Evaluation of the local seismic response in Casentino-territory Sant'Eusanio Forconese, AQ) and in sixth place Matteo Sablone (thesis in Geological Sciences and Technologies, University G. D'Annunzio of Pescara-Chieti, thesis title: Evaluation of the local seismic response in the municipal area of Sant'Eusanio Forconese (AQ).