Extrusion International 5-2019

11 Extrusion International 5/2019 Science Award Presentation On June 14, 2019, the winners of the 2018 ZwickRoell Science Award were recognized at the 10th annual Zwick- Roell Academia Day held at the Tongji University (CHN). The event, which takes place at a different international university or institution every year, provides an important platform for the intensive exchange between science and industry on the subject of intelligent materials testing. The Tongji University in Shanghai is particularly recog- nized in the disciplines of engineering, economics, and ar- chitecture. It is under direct administration of the Chinese Ministry of Education and belongs to the 33 universities listed under Project 985, which promotes the develop- ment of world-class institutions. This year, first place went to Daniel Barba from the Uni- versity of Oxford for his work on the ultrafast valuation of high-temperature creep properties of miniaturized metal specimen. Simon Vitzthum from the Technical University of Munich took second place for his publication on the temperature-based determination of the onset of yielding using a new clip-on extensometer for tensile tests. Third place was presented to two participants, Y.J. Zhao from the Zhejiang University for her method of in-situ voltage impedance monitoring in magnetic fields and Tom Petit from the French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA) for his publication on the impact of machine stiffness on pop-in crack propagation instabili- ties. The 8,000 EUR prize is awarded for the particularly innovative use of a materials testing machine in research and science. Applicants for the 2019 ZwickRoell Science Award can submit their work by December 2019. The award presentation will take place again on ZwickRoell Academia Day, on June 5th, 2020 at the Vienna University of Technology. ZwickRoell GmbH & Co. KG www.zwickroell.com RIGK GmbH and the European Association of Plastics Recy- cling & Recovery Organisations (EPRO) are issuing an invita- tion to the 3rd International Recycling Forum which will run from 26th to 28th November 2019 in Wiesbaden, Germany. The event will focus on trends and strategies relating to the application of circular economy principles to plastics. Some thirty papers and presentations will cover topics ranging from design for recycling via innovative recycling technolo- gies and extended producer responsibility (EPR) to making efficient use of recycled materials. The emphasis of the sec- ond day of the forum will be on the collection and recycling of agricultural plastics. An accompanying exhibition will pro- vide further information about the sector. The language of the conference is English. The registration form and further information, list of exhibi- tors and conference program can be found at: RIGK GmbH www.international-recycling-forum.de/en 3rd International Recycling Forum From the left: Yan Li, Daniel Barba, Dr. Jan Stefan Roell, Simon Vitzthum, Tom Petit, Y.J. Zhao, Benhard Pichler, Robert Strehle (Image: ZwickRoell)