The Alliance for the Polyurethanes Industry (API), Arlington, Va., has announced the winners of the Polyurethanes 2006 Technical Conference Best Paper Presentation and Best Poster awards. A total of 19 paper awards and four poster awards were presented at the conference on Sept. 25-27, in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Technical paper judging criteria included originality and relevance of the technology, effectiveness of the speaker, as well as clarity of the presentation. Posters were judged on both technical and artistic merits. The following is a partial listing of the Technical Paper Award Winners. For copies of the winning papers or to order a copy of the Polyurethanes 2006 Technical Conference Proceedings, visit the API website at www.polyurethane.org/.