Francisca Martínez-Hergueta has received the award to the best doctoral thesis in the academic year 2015-2016 from the Technical University of Madrid (UPM). The thesis was entitled “Multiscale analysis of the mechanical behaviour of needle-punched nonwoven fabrics ” and was carried out at IMDEA Materials Institute under the supervision of Prof. Carlos González and Prof. Javier LLorca. Francisca is now working in Oxford University.