FEICA/EURADH Announce Winner of the 2020 Adhesion Innovation Award
For the 2020 edition of the biannual award, 10 candidates submitted papers in innovative adhesion science, and the EURADH jury examined each one for everything from scientific impact to practical application.
The winner of the second FEICA/EURADH Adhesion Innovation Award is Elisa Arikan for her paper on “Structural Adhesive Bonding of Polymers-Surface Characteristics and Adhesion Mechanism.” The joint FEICA (association of the European Adhesive and Sealant Industry) and EURADH (European adhesion societies) Award for Innovative Adhesion Science aspires to stimulate the interactions between industry and science.
For the 2020 edition of the biannual award, 10 candidates submitted papers in innovative adhesion science, and the EURADH jury examined each one for everything from scientific impact to practical application. Each project needed to demonstrate clear benefits to the circular economy, society, and/or the adhesive and sealant industry. The EURADH jury agreed that the impact of Arikan’s paper on the mechanism for good adhesion on a polymer surface is highly relevant for a multitude of applications and industries, and that her innovative and fundamental understanding of adhesion was particularly commendable.