The tradition goes on: Richard-Sebastian Moeller was awarded
this year’s LUM Young Scientist
The 9th International Conference on Dispersion Analysis & Materials Testing took place in Berlin, Germany. Since 2014 the LUM Young Scientist Award (YSA) recognizes outstanding scientific work by young researchers in the areas of particle and dispersion characterization and materials testing. Three candidates from Europe and North America were nominated this year. They presented their results during the session. Dr.-Ing. Richard-Sebastian Moeller, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Germany, was awarded this year’s LUM Young Scientist for his research work on the adhesion phenomena in the bakery trade, forming part of his dissertation.
With his nominated research work ”From the Life of Proving Cloths“ [1] Moeller significantly contributes to a better understanding of particle adhesion on surfaces. He issues hands-on instructions for the hygienic design of woven cloths, and for cleanly maximizing their service life. The LUMiSizer is used here for the determination of mechanical particle properties using centrifugal technology and developed special measuring cells. Further details are described by Moeller in his dissertation [2].
As laudator Prof. Dr. Dr. Lerche, Scientific Conference Chair, emphasized in his speech, Moeller's work duly joins the ranks of the five previous winners from Israel (2014), the Netherlands (2015), Germany (2016, 2018) and Australia (2016). His work impresses with a high professional level and a special originality. The experimental approach allows for new perspectives and potentials of analytical centrifugation to be discovered and successfully applied. Moeller has already published his results in the international Journal of Food Engineering [3].
The next LUM Young Scientist Award will be presented at the 10th International Conference on Dispersion Analysis and Materials Testing taking place in Berlin from January 25-26, 2021. Current information is available from conference2021.lum-gmbh.com/conference_2021.html
[1] Abstracts of the 9th International Conference on Dispersion Analysis & Materials Testing in Berlin, Germany, 22-23 May, 2019, dispersion-letters.com on 25/9/2019
[2] Haftkräfte, Alterung und Überwachung funktionaler Oberflächen – Gärtücher im Gebrauch, Dipl.-Ing. Richard-Sebastian Moeller, Dissertation 2018, Fakultät für Chemieingenieurwesen und Verfahrenstechnik des Karlsruher Instituts für Technologie (KIT), publikationen.bibliothek.kit.edu/1000084747/15701917 on 25/9/2019
[3] Adhesion and cleanability of surfaces in the baker's trade, Richard-Sebastian Moeller, Hermann Nirschl, Journal of Food Engineering, 194, 2017, 99-108
On the enclosed picture from left to right:
Prof. Dr. Dr. Lerche, Scientific Conference Chair, Dr.-Ing. Richard-Sebastian Moeller, Young Scientist 2019, Susanne Lerche-Merchant, LUM GmbH COO
