COSI Awards
All oral presentations will be considered and judged by the organizing committee under the following criteria: quality of the research, originality and clarity of the oral presentation, graphical quality, and discussion with the audience. Both winners for best scientific an best innovative presentation will receive a certificate and a cosi award.
All posters will be considered and judged under the following criteria: quality of the research, originality and clarity of the poster, graphical quality, presentation of the poster and discussion with the organizing committee. The winner will receive a certificate and the cosi creativity award.
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COSI 2014
Science Award
Dr Alex Wu
The University of Melbourne, School of Chemistry, Melbourne, Australia
Making non stick antifouling coatings out of thin air
Innovation Award
Dr Alla Synytska
Leibniz-Insitut für Polymerforschung Dresden, Dresden, Germany
Hybrid Janus particles as novel building blocks for multifunctional materials
Creativity Award
Gökan Kaçar
Laboratory of Materials and Interface Chemistry, Department of Chemical Engineering and Chemistry, Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
Hierarchical multi-scale simulations for properties, metal adhesion, and self-healing behavior of polymers
COSI 2013
Science Award
Camille Carcouët
Eindhoven University of Technology, Department of Chemical Engineering and Chemistry, Laboratory of Materials and Interface Chemistry, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
Nature Inspired raspberry-like silica nanoparticles for superhydrobobic coatings
Innovation Award
Professor Céline Croutxé-Barghorn
Laboratory of Macromolecular Photochemistry and Engineering, University of Haute-Alsace, ENSCMu, Mulhouse Cedex, France
Nanocomposite coatings by UV driven sol-gel process and photopolymerization
Creativity Award
Anda Fridrihsone
Polymer Laboratory, Latvian State Institute of Wood Chemistry, Riga, Latvia,
Accelerated aging, chemical resistance and hydrolytic stability of polyurethane coatings based on rapeseed oil polyol
COSI 2012
Science Award
Dr. Alexander Routh
BP Institute for Multiphase Flow & Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, University of Cambridge, Madingley Rise, Cambridge, UK
Evaporation mediated self assembly of nanoparticles: Watching paint dry
Innovation Award
Professor Joseph Keddie
Department of Physics, University of Surrey, Guildford, Surrey, UK
Bespoke Patterned Coatings via Infrared Radiation-Assisted Evaporative Lithography
Creativity Award
Gil Scheltjens
Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Physical Chemistry and Polymer Science (FYSC), Brussels, Belgie,
Thermal evaluation of a self-healing polymer network coating based on the reversible Diels-Alder reaction
COSI 2011
Science Award
Professor Martien Cohen Stuart
WU Agrotechnology & Food Sciences. Laboratory of Physical Chemistry and Colloid Science,
Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands
Chemistry and Physics of associative thickeners
Innovation Award
Christoph Regula
Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Technology and Applied Materials Research, Germany
Corrosion protection of metal surfaces by atmospheric pressure plasma jet treatment
Creativity Award
Koen Adema
Eindhoven University of Technology, Departement of Chemical Engineering and Chemitry, Laboratory of Materials and Interface Chemistry, The Netherlands
Depletion layers in nanocomposite coatings
COSI 2010
Science Award
Professor Christine Jérôme
Center for Education and Research on Macromolecules (CERM), University of Liège, B6 Sart-Tilman, Liège,
Belgium
Biomimetic coatings with robust antibacterial properties
Innovation Award
Dr. Volkmar Stenzel
Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Technology and Applied Materials Research (IFAM) in Bremen, Germany
Drag-reducing paints for the reduction of fuel consumption in aviation and shipping
Creativity Award
Dr. Catarina Esteves
Eindhoven University of Technology, Departement of Chemical Engineering and Chemitry, Laboratory of Materials and Interface Chemistry, The Netherlands
Superhydrophobic self-replenishing coatings through the design of surface topology and chemistry
COSI 2009
Science Award
Dr. Xavier Allonas
University de Haute Alsace, Department de Photochimie Generale, Mullhouse, France
Recent developments in UV curing
Innovation Award
Dr. Catarina Esteves
Eindhoven University of Technology, Laboratory of Materials and Interface Chemistry, The Netherlands
Light emitting coatings from cross-linked PDMS/garnet composites
During COSI 2009 Dr. Esteves was interviewed by Kristen Wrede (European Coatings).
Watch the video of the interview with Dr Catarina Esteves here.
Creativity Award
Dr. Stacy Trey
KTH Fiber and Polymer Technology, School of Chemical Science and Engineering, KTH, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden
Synthesis and Photopolymerization of Allyl Ether Functional Dendritic Polymers
COSI 2008
Science Award
Dr. Anne-Lise Troutier
Univeristy of Blase Pascal, France
Dr. Horst Hintze-Bruening
BASF Coatings, Germany
Layered particle based polymer composites for coatings
Innovation Award
Dr. Joost van Dijk
AkzoNobel, The Netherlands
Pushing polyurethane crosslinking beyond its speed limit
Creativity Award
Dr. Wilfred Kleinjan
Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands
Antimony-doped tin oxide nanoparticles for conductive polymer
nanocomposites
Przemyslaw Malanowski
Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands
Molcular mechanism of photolysis and photo-oxidation of poly(neopenthyl
isophthalate)
COSI 2007
Science Award
Dr. Jeffrey M. Stubbs
DSM NeoResins, USA
The dynamics of morphology development in multi-phase latex particles
Innovation Award
Rob Jans
Akzo Nobel Decorative Coatings Europe, The Netherlands
A new reactive diluent for decorative paints in view of 2010
Creativity Award
Tamara Dikic
Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands
Self-replenishing of fluorinated species-a study by force displacement
measurements
Catarina de Carvalho Esteves
University of Aveiro, Portugal
Versatile synthetic strategies towards inorganic-polymer nanocomposites: in situ polymerization in aqueous media
Daniela Senatore
Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands
A powder coating containing an encapsulated liquid cross-linker
COSI 2006
Science Award
Dr. Christine Jérôme
University of Liège, Belgium
New developments in electrografting of thin polymer films
Innovation Award
Kurt Dietliker
Ciba Specialty Chemicals Inc, Switzerland
Advancement in photoinitiators - opening up new applications for
radiation curing
Creativity Award
Stefan Holberg
Danish Technological Institute, Sol Gel technolgoy, Denmark
Biomimetic ice nucleating coatings
COSI 2005
Science Award
Fabrizio Micciche
Agrotechnology and Food Innovations BV, Wageningen, The Netherlands
Towards biobased alternatives for VOC and cobalt in alkyd paints
Innovation Award
Dr. Pieter J.A. Geurink
Akzo Nobel Car Refinshes, Sassenheim, The Netherlands
A complete new design for waterborn 2-pack PUR coatings with robust
application properties
Creativity Award
Di Wu
Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands
Topologically structured, superhydropobic thermoset coatings