Borealis has launched the Borealis Student Innovation Award 2010.
Borealis, a leading provider of chemical and innovative plastics solutions, has launched the Borealis Student Innovation Award 2010. The Award will recognise the two most innovative research papers on olefins or polyolefin. It forms part of the company’s aim of cultivating in young people a stronger interest in how innovation in plastics can create greater value for society.
There are two separate awards, one for a master’s degree graduate and one for a doctorate degree graduate. The two winning students will each receive the actual award and a certificate, plus a cash prize. This will be EUR 5,000 for the doctorate degree graduate and EUR 3,000 for the master’s degree graduate winner.
The theses will focus on one of five specific areas:
Students need to submit abstracts of up to two pages by November 26, 2010. A jury composed of independent academics and Borealis representatives will assess the abstracts and select the winners. The awardees will be invited to present their theses during the Borealis Innovation Day event, which will take place in January 2011.
“The Borealis Student Innovation Award is open to graduates in the fields of chemistry, polymers or applications with a particular focus on olefins or polyolefins,” says Dr. Norbet Reichelt, responsible for the awards project. “We have had some truly excellent entries in the past, and we are sure we can keep up the tradition. We are looking for submissions from anywhere in the world.” Theses should not be more than two years old and must be finalised by the end of October 2010.
The Borealis Student Innovation Award aims to take steps in tackling six of the world’s major challenges, including; climate change, access to fresh water and energy, provision of secure communications, healthcare for a growing and aging global population, and the means to protect and deliver safe food across all regions. Borealis is active in all these areas, whether it be in plastics for all types of pipes, cabling, and advanced packaging, materials for lightweight vehicles, or through its support of the N-tester program that enables farmers to optimize the use of fertilizers by easily monitoring the nitrogen status of their crops.
The Award scheme ran for the first time last year, following a pilot scheme in 2008. The award for the best doctoral degree thesis went to US citizen Amir Jabri for his work on transition-metal catalysts used in polyolefin production. A study on polymeric nanocomposite fibres yielded Italien student Matteo D’Amato the award for the master’s degree thesis.
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Borealis is a leading provider of chemical and innovative plastics solutions that create value for society. With sales of EUR 4.7 billion in 2009, customers in over 120 countries, and 5,200 employees worldwide, Borealis is owned 64% by the International Petroleum Investment Company (IPIC) of Abu Dhabi and 36% by OMV, the leading energy group in the European growth belt. Borealis is headquartered in Vienna, Austria, and has production locations, innovation centers and customer service centers across Europe and the Americas. Through Borouge, a joint venture between Borealis and the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC), one of the world’s major oil companies, the company’s footprint reaches out to the Middle East, Asia Pacific, the Indian sub-continent and Africa. Established in 1998, Borouge employs approximately 1,400 people, has customers in more than 50 countries and its headquarters are in Abu Dhabi in the UAE and Singapore.
Building on the unique Borstar® technology and their experience in polyolefins of more than 50 years, Borealis and Borouge provide innovative, value creating plastics solutions for the infrastructure (pipe systems and power and communication cables), automotive and advanced packaging markets. In addition, Borealis offers a wide range of base chemicals from melamine and plant nutrients to phenol and acetone.
Today Borealis and Borouge manufacture over 4 million tonnes of polyolefins (polyethylene and polypropylene) per year. Borouge is currently tripling its polyolefins manufacturing capacity to 2 million tonnes per year (t/y) by mid-2010 and an additional 2.5 million t/y is scheduled for 2013. The companies continue to invest to ensure that their customers throughout the value chain, across the globe, can always rely on product quality, consistency and security of supply.
Borouge and Borealis are committed to the principles of Responsible Care® and proactively contribute to addressing the world’s water and sanitation challenges through their Water for the World™ initiative.
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Water for the World: www.waterfortheworld.net
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