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News Release from: European Powder Metallurgy Association
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial
Team on 02 December 2002
PM thesis prizes awarded in Lausanne
The two winners of the EPMA PM Thesis Competition 2002 were awarded their prizes at Euro PM 2002 in Lausanne, Switzerland.
The two winners of the EPMA PM Thesis Competition 2002 were awarded their prizes at Euro PM 2002 in Lausanne, Switzerland The prizes, which were sponsored by Hoganas, Sweden, were presented by the President of EPMA, Dr Cesar Molins, at the opening plenary session of the conference
In the closely fought competition, marked as usual, by exceedingly high standards, the winner of the doctorate section was Dr Ibon Azkona, who obtained his PhD from the University of Navarra.
Dr Azkona received a cheque for GBP 1000 then gave a short presentation on "Effect of processing conditions on sinter-HIP Densification of titanium diboride based cermets".
Davide Ornato, winner of the masters section who gained his diploma at the Politecnico di Torino, was presented with a cheque for GBP 750.
Ornato gave a short presentation on "High density sintering of duplex stainless steels".
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