On December 7, 2023, the Award of Excellence 2023 was presented to Michael Musi in the Aula der Wissenschaften in Vienna by the Federal Minister of Education, Science, and Research, Martin Polaschek. This prestigious national award, funded through study support resources, has been acknowledging the top 40 dissertations of the past academic year since 2008. Nominations are submitted by individual universities and cover a broad range of topics. Under the guidance of Helmut Clemens, Michael Musi's dissertation focused on phase transformations in intermetallic titanium aluminide alloys for aviation.
