Biennial Award Iwan Åkerman – € 25.000,00
Every two years on the initiative of Atlas Copco Airpower n.v., the Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek –Vlaanderen and the Fonds National de la Recherche Scientifique, awards one Iwan Åkerman prize to stimulate innovative research on compressors and expansion machines and related technical disciplines such as aero- and thermodynamics, electromechanical drive systems, power electronics and high-speed motors, advanced bearing and seal concepts, new high-performance materials and surface coatings. Within the scope are also derivative systems for transformation and recovery of energy, as well as systems to condition the quality of compressed air or gases.
The award is worldwide and open to researchers with a university degree in sciences or in applied sciences.
- Inleiding: Iwan Akerman
- Korte toelichting door laureaat Michael De Volder over het bekroonde werk
- Kort woordje van voorzitter Rector Paul Vancauwenbergh die vraagt aan de heer Iwan Akerman om de cheque te overhandigen aan de laureaat
- Afsluitend: receptie