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Edana announces 2017 NIA poster contest awards

28 Oct '17

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Courtesy: Edana

Edana, a global association of the nonwovens and related industries, has announced the three winners of the Poster Contest Awards during a ceremony at the Nonwovens Innovation Academy (NIA), held on October 25 and 26, 2017, in Germany. An independent panel of experts in nonwovens innovation and R&D selected the winners out of 15 poster submissions.

The posters were displayed in the NIA networking area, where the 15 academics were present to explain to the conference delegates their research projects and findings in more detail.

The three laureates will be invited to present their research at the International Nonwovens Symposium in Rome, which will be held on May 23 and 24, 2018, in front of over 250 attendees.

Frederik Cloppenburg, the head of the research group, nonwoven technology, Institut für Textiltechnik der RWTH Aachen University (Germany), won the award for the poster, Technical and Economic Self-Optimisation for Nonwoven Cards.

Zuhaib Hassan, PhD student from Istanbul Technical University (Turkey) won the award for the poster, Development of Nonwovens by Modacrylic Fibres for Industrial Applications

Pranil Vora, textile technology student from D.K.T.E Textile & Engineering Institute (India), was announced the winner for the poster, The Development of Nonwoven Air Filters for Petrol and Diesel Engines.

Marines Lagemaat, scientific and technical affairs director of Edana said, “The diverse scope of the subjects covered in the research projects and the breath of their origins shows how the footprint of nonwovens is expanding both beyond traditional geographical boundaries and fields of application.”

The Poster contest awards complements the Edana Student Grant initiative, which enabled 14 students from all over the world to participate in the NIA, organised this year in Chemnitz, Germany with the assistance of the Saxon Textile Research Institute (STFI). Both the awards and the grant reinforce the strong and tangible results of the NIA‘s main goal: to encourage the development of technical understanding and research and to support innovation and growth in the nonwovens and related industries by bringing together academics, students, scientists, engineers, and industry experts. (GK)

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