The Edward D. Cohen Student Travel Awards are granted to accomplished students and recent graduates to help defray costs associated with attending the ISCST Symposium. Awardees were selected by the ISCST Edward D Cohen Student Travel Award Committee based on nomination packages submitted for each candidate.
Each recipient will present a talk or poster during the 23rd ISCST Symposium in Minneapolis and will be formally recognized at the Award Luncheon on September 1, 2026. Please join us in celebrating the achievements of the 2026 Cohen Student Awardees!
Edward D. Cohen Student Awardees
Jisoo Song, Ph. D.
Postdoctoral associate at Seoul National University, Republic of Korea
Research focus: Self-driving laboratories for data-driven optimization of coating processes
Xiaoqing Yu
Ph.D. student, Mech Eng. Woodruff School, Georgia Institute of Technology
Research Focus: thin-film coatings and advanced manufacturing of renewable, biomass-based polymers, emphasizing rheological behavior, interfaces, and structure–property–processing relationships for biomedical applications.
Hoffmann, Alexander
Ph.D. student, Institute of Microstructure Technology, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)
Research Focus: Single- and two-layer slot-die coating for non-Newtonian fluids in fixed-gap and tensioned-web mode culminating in the simultaneous double-sided coating of battery electrodes.
Mika Stricker
Ph.D. student, Light Technology Institute, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)
Research Focus: Advanced multilayer coating and drying processes for sulfide-based all-solid-state battery electrodes.
Prateek Gupta
Ph.D. student, Chem Engineering, University of Minnesota
Research Focus: Coating of multiple layers and non-Newtonian liquids on rotating cylinders.
Raysa Gomes Dos Santos
Ph.D. student, LMMP, PUC-Rio
Research Focus: Slot Coating of Viscoplastic Materials: Rheological Characterization and Coating Limits
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