June 11, Martin Strååt will present his doctoral thesis "On the Production of Polyethylene Dielectrics and Conductive Polymer Composite Fibres ". The opponent will be Professor Mikael Hedenqvist, Fibre and polymer technology, KTH, Stockholm.

March 26, Anja Lund presented her licentiate thesis "Melt Spinning of Poly(vinylidene fluoride) Mono- and Bicomponent Fibres and Yarns - the Formation of Piezoelectric β -phase Crystallinity". Discussion leader was professor Mikael Skrifvars, Högskolan i Borås.