Vol. 32 No. 3
May-June 2010

Han E.H. Meijer Garners 2010 DSM Performance Materials Award

Han E.H. Meijer, professor of polymer technology and scientific director of the Research School Eindhoven Polymer Laboratories at the Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands, has been named as the recipient of the DSM Performance Materials Award 2010 in recognition of his exceptional contributions to the advancement of the materials sciences. Meijer will receive the award—which carries a cash prize of EUR 50 000—at the IUPAC Macro 2010 Congress in Glasgow, UK, on 12 July. Meijer will deliver an award lecture on the occasion, titled “Mechanical Performance of Polymers.”

In conjunction with the presentation of the award, a special DSM–IUPAC Performance Materials Symposium will be held at the Congress on 12 July. The names of the symposium speakers will be announced on the conference website at <www.MACRO2010.org>.

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