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JEC World 2023 the world’s leading international composites trade show taking place April 25-27 in Paris, France, has announced the official lineup of finalists for this year’s Innovation Awards. Each year, the JEC Composites Innovation Awards celebrate successful projects and cooperation between players of the composites industry. Over the last 25 years, the JEC Composites Innovation Awards program has involved more than 1,900 companies worldwide. Open to any company or R&D center with a strong collaborative innovation or concept to present, more than 214 companies and 527 partners have been rewarded over the years for the excellence of their composites innovations and fruitful collaboration. These composites champions are awarded based on multiple criteria such as partner involvement in the value chain, complexity or commercial potential of the project. More than just a ceremony, these awards are an opportunity to bring possibly undisclosed projects in the limelight as well as a source of inspiration and stimulation to an expert audience always eager to reach out towards new horizons. After pre-selection of the 30 finalists, one winner will be selected in each of the 11 categories: Aerospace – Parts; Aerospace – Process; Automotive and Road Transportation – Design Part;  Automotive and Road Transportation – Process; Building and Civil Engineering; Circularity and Recycling; Digital, AI and Data; Equipment, Machinery and Heavy Industries; Maritime Transportation and Shipbuilding; Renewable Energies; and Sports, Leisure and Recreation. The international jury representing the entire composites value chain includes: • Dr. Deniz Korkmaz, CTO, Kordsa Teknik Tekstil AS • Pr. Véronique Michaud, head of the Laboratory for Processing of Advanced Composites, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne • Dr. Alan Banks, UK Innovations manager, Ford Motor Co. • Pr. Christophe Binetruy, professor of mechanical engineering, Centrale Nantes • Mr. Dale Brosius, CCO, IACMI – The Composites Institute • Dr. Enzo Cosentino, technical authority and composite expert, Airbus • Mr. Guy Larnac, materials, structures and industrialization technical coordinator, Ariane Group • Dr. Karl-Heinz Fueller, manager future outside and materials, Mercedes-Benz • Pr. Kiyoshi Uzawa, director/professor, Innovative Composite Center, Kanazawa Institute of Technology • Pr. Sung Kyu Ha, professor, Hanyang University • Mr. Michel Cognet, chairman of the board, JEC The awards ceremony will take place in Paris on March 2, 2023. Hybrid seating structure Hybrid aircraft seating structure designed and demonstrated under sustainability criteria, based on an easy-to-recycle lightweight composite material and produced with efficient automated processes. Fraunhofer ICT (Germany) Partner(s): Alpex Technology GmbH (Tyrol, Austria) and Amade-UdG, Spain (Leitat, Spain) Photo Credit: Fraunhofer ICT Integrally stiffened TP primary structure Development of a high-rate molding process using aerospace-qualified thermoplastic materials for parts with complex geometries enabling the replacement of heavier metallic components with composites. Nikkiso (Japan) Partner(s): A&P Technology (Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.) and Solvay Japan (Japan) Lunar lander with carbon monocoque structure Photo Credit: Toray Carbon Magic Development of a lightweight structure by committing completely to the pursuit of specific strength and stiffness. Encouragement of the airframe structure as close to a one-piece composite structure as possible. Toray Carbon Magic Co. Ltd. (Shiga, Japan) Partner(s): ispace inc. (Tokyo, Japan) Manufacture a Krueger wing flap in thermoplastic Photo Credit: CETIM Innovative Krueger flap produced in-situ with an automated thermoplastic consolidation process. CETIM (Senlis Cedex, France) Partner(s): Loiretech (Bouguenais, France), AFPT GmbH (Doerth, Germany) and Sonaca SA (Gosselies, Belgium) Self-cure of CFRP for aerospace applications Self-cure — joule heating of CFRP to cure temperature — significantly increasing the energy efficiency of the curing process, reducing cure time and increasing the quality of cured components. The AMRC with Boeing (Wallis Way, Catcliffe, U.K.) Partner(s) : Embraer RT Europe (Portugal) Hydrostatic membrane press technology for composites The metal membrane press concept allows for the production of high-temperature thermoplastic composites using a flexible metal tooling side to achieve high laminate quality and production rates. CTC GmbH (Stade, Germany) Partner(s): Airbus (Hamburg, Germany), Siempelkamp Maschinen- und Anlagenbau GmbH (Krefeld, Germany) Photo Credit: CTC GmbH 2022 Toyota Tundra composite seatback design Taking an all-steel assembly that contained 60 stamped and welded parts and integrating it into four composite parts reducing weight by 20% while passing all relevant crash test requirements. L&L Products (Romeo, Mich., U.S.) Partner(s): BASF Corp. (Wyandotte, Mich., U.S.) - Toyota (Plano, Texas, U.S.) World’s first carbon roll cage for production cars Extreme lightweight carbon roll cage, to be road legally fitted into a production car, enabled by engineering a unique geometry. Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG (Germany) Partners(s): Action Composites GmbH (Austria), Kube GmbH Ingenieurbüro (Germany) and Lab for Lightweight Design, IKTD, University of Stuttgart (Germany) Photo Credit: Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG DRIFT technology Wire-shaped inserts for load-oriented fiber reinforcement of injection-molded thermoplastic components. Brose Fahrzeugteile SE & Co. KG, Bamberg (Germany) Partner(s): 1 A Autenrieth Kunststofftechnik GmbH & Co. KG (Germany), Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft (Germany) Fraunhofer IGCV (Germany), Kube GmbH Ingenieurbüro (Germany) and Wafios AG (Germany) Koridan – active core molding Active core molding process for the self-forming of CFRP to its final shape. Photo Credit: Alia Mentis srl Alia Mentis srl (Italy) Partner(s): Automobili Lamborghini S.p.A. (Italy), Ferrari Spa (Italy), Filippi Boats srl (Italy), Geven Spa (Italy), MFC Hawaii (United States) Sabelt Spa (Italy), Scuderia Alphatauri Spa (Italy) and SUM srl (Italy) BEV battery protection plate in composite design Largest, innovative, sustainable BEV underride guard in thermoplastic sandwich lightweight design with highly efficient one-shot manufacturability for the new Audi Q8 e-tron. Audi AG (Germany) Partner(s): Polytec Group (Netherlands) Graphene from waste tire for lightweight vehicles Nanografen produces graphene from waste tires in pilot scale used as a co-reinforcement in compounding process for cost-effective and lightweight automotive composites without changing the mold. Nanografen (Türkiye) Partner(s): Farplas Otomotiv A. S. (Türkiye), Oyak Renault (Türkiye) and Ravago Petrokimya Üretim A.Ş. (Türkiye) CFRP cable-net glass façade An innovative and novel CFRP cable-net structure for glass façades providing maximum transparency with no visible supporting structure, enabling a clear design language for building envelopes. Carbo-Link AG (Switzerland) Partner(s): seele (Germany) Sheephouse wood bat mitigation structure Photo Credit: Asset International Structures Provide a safe structure, ensuring the protection of a rare species of the bat using off-site modular construction, minimizing embodied carbon, and maximizing safety using our FRP and concrete units. Asset International Structures (United Kingdom) Partner(s): Cowi UK (United Kingdom) Composite roof for the stadium of Real Madrid Three elements are mechanically joined to reach beams with a span of 75 meters. The manufacturing process was infusion with double VAP membrane, avoiding the use of holes in the core and excess polymer. Nanotures (Spain) Partner(s): Composyst (Germany), Diab (Spain), Fibertex (Denmark), Gavazzi (Italy), MAP Yachting (France), MEL (Spain), Saertex GmbH & Co. KG (Germany), Sicomin (France), SKY (Hungary) and Zoltek (Hungary) Photo Credit: Nanotures Circular welding process for thermoset composites A super-fast, reusable welding process that creates high-performance joints between fast-curing epoxy composites involving a co-bonded thermoplastic interlayer that enables the design for circularity. University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland (Switzerland) Partners(s): Huntsman Advanced Materials Switzerland GmbH (Switzerland) 100% recycled CF-spun yarn and applied products Photo Credit: Toyota Industries Corp. One-hundred percent recycled CF-spun yarn compatible to pultrusion process. Establishment of comprehensive CF circulation system from recycling to product application. Toyota Industries Corp. (Japan) Partner(s): Kurimoto, Ltd. (Japan), Nagoya University (Japan), Nakashima Propeller Co., Ltd. (Japan), Toyota Central R&D Labs. Inc. (Japan), Toyota Motor Corp. (Japan) and Uster Technologies AG (Switzerland) True bio-based thermoset resin Development of a new, low-viscosity thermosetting resin based on lignin. Designed to work with established processes, i.e., VARI. It reduces the carbon footprint of composites significantly. Evonik Operations GmbH (Germany) Partner(s): Kemijski Institut (Slovenia) Auto-teaching algorithm for thermography Thermography is a fast way to robotically inspect a composite part. The innovation lies in an auto-teaching algorithm that automatically defines the optimal path(s) for inspection. Twin Robotics (France) AI-powered, cloud-based, real-time process control sensXPERT is an end-to-end, integrated equipment as a service solution for the plastics manufacturing industry solving challenges around consistent process stability while ensuring cost efficiency. NETZSCH Process Intelligence GmbH (Germany) Partners(s): Carbon Revolution Ltd. (Australia), German Aerospace Center and the CosiMo Project (Germany), NETZSCH Group (Germany) and Schwarz Plastic Solutions GmbH (Germany) In-process AFP manufacturing inspection system In-process AFP manufacturing inspection system (IAMIS) for automated fiber placement (AFP) head to detect manufacturing defects and a user-friendly augmented reality visualization module. NIAR/WSU (United States) Composite high-speed railway car body Development of a hybrid composite car body structure for a high-speed train made of CFRP composite and aluminum with a 25% weight reduction. The demonstrator is a whole car body of an intermediate coach of Talgo 350 at TRL 6/7 1:1 scale. Talgo (Spain) Partners(s): Aernnova (Spain), Fidamc (Spain) and Tecnalia (Spain) Photo Credit: Talgo Isotruss carbon fiber tower Isotruss carbon fiber towers are up to twelve times stronger than steel for a given weight, or as little as one-twelfth the weight for a given load, depending on the design, site and specifications. IsoTruss Inc. (United States) Partners(s): My Learning Alliance (United States), U.S. Bureau of Land Management Wyoming (United States), United States Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture (USDA- NIFA, United States) and Utah State University (United States) Lightweight booms for agricultural sprayers A modular concept of sprayer boom with intelligent use of composites and manufacturing processes, to provide a scalable, cost-efficient and environmentally friendly solution for agriculture. BK Components S.A. (Argentina) Partners(s): BCK ID srl (Argentina), Caiman srl (Argentina) and Kohlenia srl (Argentina) Automated, mold-less composite wing sail for yacht Photo Credit: Rondal Rondal, Curve Works and Artemis Technologies present a fully customizable, automated, composite solid wing sail assembled from load bearing carbon fiber skin panels manufactured on adaptive tooling. Rondal (Netherlands) Partners(s): Artemis Technologies (United Kingdom) and Curve Works (Netherlands) Solid sail mast Industrialization of the fabrication of a very large mast to fit to price and delay of the marine industry market. Chantiers De L’Atlantique (France) Partners(s): Avel Robotic (France), Burea Veritas (France), CDK (France), Hexcel (France), Lorima (France), Meca (France), Multiplast (France) and SMM (France) Serial use of hemp for small parts in boating Development and integration of a glass-hemp complex in the industrial production of composite parts in closed mold process for boatbuilding applications. Group Beneteau (France) Partners(s): Chomarat (France) New acrylic adhesives for a better world Photo Credit: Huntsman Advanced Materials New non-flammable, low-odor and primer-free structural acrylate adhesives with a favorable health and safety profile, providing exceptional bonding performance on multiple substrates. Huntsman Advanced Materials (Switzerland) Partners(s): Antala (Spain), Biesterfeld Oezel Kimy. Tic. A.S. (Turkey), Bodo Moeller Chemie GmbH (Germany), Emanuele Mascherpa S.p.A (Italy), Samaro (France) and Viba NL (Netherlands) Opticore design platform for blade lightweighting OptiCore is a software enabling more efficient core kits for wind blades, considering mechanical properties, geometrical fit, blade weight, resin uptake, manufacturing cost, health and permeability. Gurit UK Ltd (Switzerland) Corpower WEC – clean electricity from ocean waves Industrial-scale wave energy converter enabled by an innovative mobile filament winding factory for composite hull manufacturing at scale. Corpower Ocean AB (Sweden) Partners(s): Corpower Ocean Portugal Lda (Portugal) Recyclable thermoset CFRP composite bike Thermoset CFRP bicycle was made from recyclable EzCiclo prepreg. Composite parts can be recycled by CleaVER liquid to reclaim resin and fiber enabling closed-loop recycling of thermoset composite. Swancor Holding Co., Ltd (Taiwan) Partners(s): Gigantex Composite Technologies Co., Ltd. (Taiwan) Integrated loop technology bicycle frame A bicycle frame produced by an automated fiber winding process, incorporating continuous fiber tube joining development integrated loop technology (ILT). Read: Plant tour: Avel Robotics, Lorient, France Compo Tech Plus Spol, s r.o. (Czech Republic) Partners(s): Czech Technical University in Prague (Czech Republic) Photo Credit: CompoTech Plus Spol Modular suitcase made from rCFRP Application of rCFRP and natural flax fibers with Roctool TP technology. Recycle and reusing from Expliseat. Modular design makes it possible to recycle the composite parts from the products. PITAKA (China) Partners(s): a-Motion Advanced Materials & Technology Co. Ltd. (China), Expliseat (France) and Roctool (France)

Engineers fabricated 2D materials that could lead to next-generation transistors and electronic films. True to Moore's Law, the number of transistors on a microchip has doubled every year since the 1960s. But this trajectory is predicted to soon plateau because silicon -- the backbone of modern transistors -- loses its electrical properties once devices made from this material dip below a certain size. Enter 2D materials -- delicate, two-dimensional sheets of perfect crystals that are as thin as a single atom. At the scale of nanometers, 2D materials can conduct electrons far more efficiently than silicon. The search for next-generation transistor materials therefore has focused on 2D materials as potential successors to silicon. But before the electronics industry can transition to 2D materials, scientists have to first find a way to engineer the materials on industry-standard silicon wafers while preserving their perfect crystalline form. And MIT engineers may now have a solution. The team has developed a method that could enable chip manufacturers to fabricate ever-smaller transistors from 2D materials by growing them on existing wafers of silicon and other materials. The new method is a form of "nonepitaxial, single-crystalline growth," which the team used for the first time to grow pure, defect-free 2D materials onto industrial silicon wafers. With their method, the team fabricated a simple functional transistor from a type of 2D materials called transition-metal dichalcogenides, or TMDs, which are known to conduct electricity better than silicon at nanometer scales. "We expect our technology could enable the development of 2D semiconductor-based, high-performance, next-generation electronic devices," says Jeehwan Kim, associate professor of mechanical engineering at MIT. "We've unlocked a way to catch up to Moore's Law using 2D materials." Kim and his colleagues detail their method in a paper appearing in Nature. The study's MIT co-authors include Ki Seok Kim, Doyoon Lee, Celesta Chang, Seunghwan Seo, Hyunseok Kim, Jiho Shin, Sangho Lee, Jun Min Suh, and Bo-In Park, along with collaborators at the University of Texas at Dallas, the University of California at Riverside, Washington University in Saint Louis, and institutions across South Korea. A crystal patchwork To produce a 2D material, researchers have typically employed a manual process by which an atom-thin flake is carefully exfoliated from a bulk material, like peeling away the layers of an onion. But most bulk materials are polycrystalline, containing multiple crystals that grow in random orientations. Where one crystal meets another, the "grain boundary" acts as an electric barrier. Any electrons flowing through one crystal suddenly stop when met with a crystal of a different orientation, damping a material's conductivity. Even after exfoliating a 2D flake, researchers must then search the flake for "single-crystalline" regions -- a tedious and time-intensive process that is difficult to apply at industrial scales. Recently, researchers have found other ways to fabricate 2D materials, by growing them on wafers of sapphire -- a material with a hexagonal pattern of atoms which encourages 2D materials to assemble in the same, single-crystalline orientation. "But nobody uses sapphire in the memory or logic industry," Kim says. "All the infrastructure is based on silicon. For semiconductor processing, you need to use silicon wafers." However, wafers of silicon lack sapphire's hexagonal supporting scaffold. When researchers attempt to grow 2D materials on silicon, the result is a random patchwork of crystals that merge haphazardly, forming numerous grain boundaries that stymie conductivity. "It's considered almost impossible to grow single-crystalline 2D materials on silicon," Kim says. "Now we show you can. And our trick is to prevent the formation of grain boundaries." Seed pockets The team's new "nonepitaxial, single-crystalline growth" does not require peeling and searching flakes of 2D material. Instead, the researchers use conventional vapor deposition methods to pump atoms across a silicon wafer. The atoms eventually settle on the wafer and nucleate, growing into two-dimensional crystal orientations. If left alone, each "nucleus," or seed of a crystal, would grow in random orientations across the silicon wafer. But Kim and his colleagues found a way to align each growing crystal to create single-crystalline regions across the entire wafer. To do so, they first covered a silicon wafer in a "mask" -- a coating of silicon dioxide that they patterned into tiny pockets, each designed to trap a crystal seed. Across the masked wafer, they then flowed a gas of atoms that settled into each pocket to form a 2D material -- in this case, a TMD. The mask's pockets corralled the atoms and encouraged them to assemble on the silicon wafer in the same, single-crystalline orientation. "That is a very shocking result," Kim says "You have single-crystalline growth everywhere, even if there is no epitaxial relation between the 2D material and silicon wafer." With their masking method, the team fabricated a simple TMD transistor and showed that its electrical performance was just as good as a pure flake of the same material. They also applied the method to engineer a multilayered device. After covering a silicon wafer with a patterned mask, they grew one type of 2D material to fill half of each square, then grew a second type of 2D material over the first layer to fill the rest of the squares. The result was an ultrathin, single-crystalline bilayer structure within each square. Kim says that going forward, multiple 2D materials could be grown and stacked together in this way to make ultrathin, flexible, and multifunctional films. "Until now, there has been no way of making 2D materials in single-crystalline form on silicon wafers, thus the whole community has almost given up on pursuing 2D materials for next-generation processors," Kim says. "Now we have completely solved this problem, with a way to make devices smaller than a few nanometers. This will change the paradigm of Moore's Law." This research was supported in part by DARPA, Intel, the IARPA MicroE4AI program, MicroLink Devices, Inc., ROHM Co., and Samsung.

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. & LAUSANNE, Switzerland--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Anokion SA, a clinical-stage biotechnology company focused on treating autoimmune disease by restoring normal immune tolerance, today announced appointments to the company’s leadership team to support the continued advancement of its pipeline, including its clinical-stage programs, KAN-101 and ANK-700. Recent leadership appointments include: Alison Long, M.D., Ph.D., has been appointed chief medical officer Glenn R. Booma has been appointed chief strategy officer Kristie M. Grebe, Ph.D., has been promoted to senior vice president, immunology & translational medicine from her former role as vice president, clinical & translational development Stephanie Ann Haller, has been appointed senior vice president, clinical operations “I am thrilled to welcome Alison, Stephanie and Glenn to the Anokion team and congratulate Kristie on her well-deserved promotion leading all aspects of research, immunology, and translation,” said Deborah Geraghty, Ph.D., chief executive officer of Anokion. “As we prepare for initiation of Phase 2 development with KAN-101 for celiac disease and continue to progress ANK-700 for multiple sclerosis through Phase 1, the collective expertise of this team – across clinical development, research, commercialization and strategic planning – will be invaluable. I look forward to partnering with each of these talented individuals as we continue our efforts to develop potential durable and disease-modifying treatment options for people with challenging autoimmune diseases.” Alison Long, M.D., Ph.D. Dr. Long brings extensive industry and clinical experience to Anokion, with a proven track record developing therapies, which include five successful regulatory approvals over her career. She most recently served as chief medical officer of Kaleido BioSciences, and prior to that, as interim chief medical officer and senior vice president, head of clinical development at Freeline Therapeutics. Prior to her role at Freeline, she served as head of clinical research and development at Spark Therapeutics, where she oversaw the clinical development of all programs. Dr. Long has also previously served as vice president, clinical development, hemophilia at uniQure; vice president, head of clinical at Aegerion Pharmaceuticals; and medical director with Biogen, where she focused on the development and subsequent EU approval of Elocta®. Prior to her executive positions, Dr. Long was a physician scientist at AFG Biosolutions and The Institute for Ethnomedicine, after spending 12 years as a practicing physician. She received her medical degree from the University of Witwatersrand, and Ph.D. in biodefense from George Mason University. Glenn R. Booma Mr. Booma is a proven life sciences leader with a unique combination of capabilities in new product strategy, clinical & regulatory planning and scientific/commercial collaborations. He joins Anokion after nearly a decade serving in consulting roles for life sciences companies, focused on portfolio planning, new product commercialization and business development. Prior to that, he held a number of marketing and product planning roles within the life sciences industry including as senior director, strategic market development at Springleaf Therapeutics; marketing director at Cyberkinetics Neurotechnology Systems; associate director, new product planning at Transform Pharmaceutical (acquired by Johnson & Johnson); marketing director at Control Delivery Systems; and as an associate director, medical marketing at Genzyme. Earlier, he was a business strategy consultant focused on the pharmaceutical and medical device industries at Charles River Associates, Pharmaceutical Practice, and was a medical service representative at Pfizer. Mr. Booma holds an M.S. in evaluative clinical sciences from Dartmouth College and a B.A. in biology from the University of Vermont. Kristie M. Grebe, Ph.D. Dr. Grebe has extensive scientific and clinical research experience with a particular focus on immunology and autoimmune disease. She has held roles in clinical & translational development at Anokion since 2019, most recently as vice president, clinical & translational development. Prior to Anokion, Dr. Grebe held roles of increasing responsibility at Abbott Laboratories/Abbvie, including positions in immunology clinical development and translation, immunology discovery, and biologics. She completed post-doctoral work in the laboratory of viral disease at the National Institutes for Health and was a predoctoral fellow at the National Jewish Medical Center in Denver. She received her Ph.D. in microbiology and immunology from the University of Colorado Health Science Center and B.S. in microbiology and cell science from the University of Florida. Stephanie Ann Haller Ms. Haller has twenty years of industry experience overseeing and executing large, global clinical trials. She joins Anokion from Alexion, AstraZeneca Rare Disease Unit, where she was a leader in clinical operations, including most recently as senior director, clinical operations, therapeutic area lead, nephrology. She also served as vice president, clinical operations at Syntimmune, Inc., prior to its acquisition by Alexion. Prior to that, she was vice president, clinical operations at Dimension Therapeutics. Ms. Haller has also held multiple director and leadership roles at Shire plc, Halloran Consulting Group, Genzyme Corporation, Muro Pharmaceuticals and ICON Clinical Research, Inc. Ms. Haller has completed coursework toward an M.S. in experimental psychology at Villanova University and holds a B.A. from Denison University in Ohio. As part of the company’s evolution to mid-clinical stage development, Stephan Kontos, Ph.D., will transition from his role as chief scientific officer to chair Anokion’s recently established scientific advisory board, which will be announced later this year. About Anokion Anokion SA is a clinical-stage Swiss biotechnology company that aims to make a meaningful difference in the lives of patients suffering from autoimmune diseases by restoring normal immune tolerance. The company is focused on both prevalent and rare autoimmune diseases, including celiac disease, multiple sclerosis and type 1 diabetes. Anokion’s distinct approach leverages the company’s immune-based platform, which targets natural pathways in the liver to restore immune tolerance and address the underlying cause of autoimmune disease. For more information, please visit .