IRCO & NRCT Student Award
International Rubber Conference Organisation (IRCO) &
National Research Council of Thailand (NRCT) Student Prizes
IRCO & NRCT Student Prizes for Best Oral Presentation
First Prize
Lam Ba Nguyen
Nagaoka University of Technology, Japan
“Critical Concentration of Primary Amines for Preparation of Vulcanized Deproteinized Natural Rubber with Outstanding Mechanical Properties”
Second Prize
Sarah Pedroni
Queen Mary University of London, United Kingdom
“Microstructural Modelling of Carbon Black Aggregates for Sustainable Next-Generation Tyre Design”
Third Prize
Sofiia Butenko
EMPA, Switzerland
“Impact of Fused Filament Fabrication and Processing Parameters on the Performance of BaTiO₃-Piezoelectric Composites for Soft Robots”
Recommended Prize
Katerina Filzer
University of Twente, the Netherlands
“How Microcapsule-Enhanced Rubber Can Help Creating a Circular Economy”
IRCO & NRCT Student Prizes for Best Poster
First Prize
Xinglong An
South China University of Technology, China
“Facile and Efficient Preparation of Functionalized Diene-Elastomers via Dynamic Covalent Polymerisation”
Second Prize
Pritish Raj Shukla
Birla Institute of Technology and Science- Pilani, K.K. Birla Goa Campus, India
“Effective Degradation of Waste Tyre Rubber Using a Specific Treatment Process: A Chemi-Biological Method”
Third Prize
Koudai Tanino
Kyoto University, Japan
“Texture Evolution and Mechanical Response of Cholesteric Liquid Crystal Elastomers with a Lying Helix Structure”
Recommended Prize
Nana Tsuji
Kyoto Institute of Technology, Japan
“Short-term Surface Nanostructure Change of Biodegradable Polyester Thin Films by Seawater Immersion Treatments”
