2013 TAPPI Nanotechnology Conference Poster Winners Named
Christina Shultz, Royal Institute of Technology (Sweden), Virginie Bigand, Grenoble INP Pagora (France), and Assya Boujemaoui, KTH Royal Institute of Technology (Sweden) were all named winners of the student poster competition at the 2013 TAPPI International Conference on Nanotechnology for Renewable Materials. The conference was held June 24- 27 at the KTH Royal Institute in Sweden. The student poster competition was graciously sponsored by Verso Paper Corp, Memphis, Tenn., USA.
"I would like to congratulate Christana Schultz, Virginie Bigand, and Assya Boujemaoui for being named poster winners for this year's TAPPI Nanotechnology Conference," said Larry N. Montague, TAPPI president and CEO. "They were selected from a group of more than 40 conference posters and their outstanding presentations highlighted some very innovative applications for nanotechnology based on renewable materials."
The first place poster was by Schütz from the Royal Institute of Technology's Department of Materials and Environmental Chemistry who presented "Carbon Aerogels from Bacterial Nanocellulose as Anodes for Lithium Ion Battery." Second place was awarded to Bigand for "Use of Different Quality of MFC for Producing Controlled Release Films." Poster winners receive certificates of recognition and first place receives a cash prize. Posters were reviewed by a team of judges, who evaluated the objective of the work, experimental plan, layout, and presentation of results, and conclusions.
The winners were recognized at the conference dinner gala event, which featured a keynote address by Derek Gray of McGill University, winner of the prestigious Marcus Wallenberg prize, and held at the world renowned Vasa maritime museum.
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