Herzlichen Glückwunsch an die 2019 Educational Award Gewinner

  Amerika — $10,000 in Form von Produkten

University of Colorado Boulder, Amerika – eingereicht von Emily Bedell

For the design of an in-situ fluorimeter to detect microbial risk levels in drinking water sources in real-time. The application will be in low-income contexts where fecal contamination of drinking water is prevalent. Currently, approximately 780 million people in the world lack access to an improved water source, and unsafe drinking water is a leading cause of preventable disease and higher mortality. Cost effective, real-time assessment of microbial water quality is needed to provide early warning alarms of contamination risk. View a summary of this research here.

  Europa — €7.000 in Form von Produkten

Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Institute of Applied Physics, Deutschland – eingereicht von Jan Sperrhake

In neonatology and pediatric intensive care medicine, it is very important to continuously observe the vital signs of newborns. But existing technology relies on sensors that have to be attached to newborns, which cause restriction of movement and sometimes even painful skin irritations. Reliable data on vital signs is essential in order to prevent lung and heart failure or even sudden child death. The project aims to solve these problems through the development of an all-new multipurpose, contactless medical sensor device. A high-resolution 3D imaging system is being developed that allows collecting data on the movement of patients. Additionally, spatially resolved multi-spectral imaging is being used to detect and map different vital signs at once. The success of this project could be a door opener for more contactless medical technology, revolutionizing many processes currently in place.

  Amerika — $7,500 in Form von Produkten

University of Arizona, Amerika – eingereicht von Travis Sawyer

For the development of a novel endoscope for early detection of esophageal cancer. The device uses optical coherence tomography (OCT) to analyze tissue structure and hyperspectral imaging (HSI) to probe metabolism. This endoscope will be the first to integrate OCT and HSI in a clinically-translatable device for esophageal cancer screening.

  Europa — €5.000 in Form von Produkten

University of Bern, Schweiz – eingereicht von Andreas Riedo

Reliable in-situ detection of signatures of life on extra-terrestrial bodies within the solar system is extremely challenging and depends on various parameters, including the application of robust and sensitive measurement techniques for the detection of biological signatures. This project aims to develop a robust and sensitive detector for the reliable in-situ detection of such signatures of life on these bodies within the solar system. This will be done using a novel and sensitive miniature laser desorption mass spectrometer, a system not yet applied in space science, which is coupled with a nanosecond laser system operated in the UV. Amino acids relevant to life, drop casted on a stainless-steel substrate, can be gently desorbed and identified down to trace level concentrations. The sensitivity and robustness of the system is being designed to outperform other available space systems designed for life detection and is being considered by NASA for its upcoming mission to Europa.

  Amerika — $5,000 in Form von Produkten

University of Central Florida, Amerika – eingereicht von Guanjun Tan

For the resolution of several remaining optical challenges in head-mounted display systems, including virtual reality and optical see-through augmented reality. This project uses advanced active liquid crystal elements to solve several challenging issues of near-eye displays.

  Europa — €3.000 in Form von Produkten

Vrije Universiteit Brussels, Belgien – eingereicht von Alejandro Madrid Sánchez

The slow speed of current two-photon polymerization (TPP) for printing 3D structures makes it an inefficient technique for manufacturing wound dressings at a centimetre scale. This project proposes a novel solution to reduce the printing time by producing tailored voxels which can enable large-scale 3D structures to be implemented in biomedical applications. The idea is to use beam shaping optics to redistribute the irradiance profile of the laser beam, optimize the use of the laser energy, and produce larger voxels that compose larger 3D structures. This has the potential to lead to a substantial increase in 3D printing speed and could have wide-reaching impact across many different sectors.

15 Finalisten | Amerika

•  Arizona State University, USA, eingereicht von Jnaneshwar Das
•  BMCC – CUNY, USA, eingereicht von Jamal Ali
•  Centro de Investigaciones Ópticas, Argentina, eingereicht von Damián Presti
•  Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, USA, eingereicht von Troy Henderson
•  Johns Hopkins University, USA, eingereicht von Gregory McKay
•  Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA, eingereicht von Long Ju
•  Rutgers University Camden, USA, eingereicht von Nathan Fried
•  Technion - Israel institute of Technology, Israel, eingereicht von Oleg Zgadzai
•  Texas A&M University, USA, eingereicht von Sakina Mohammed Mota
•  University of Arizona, USA, eingereicht von Wenjun Kang
•  University of Arizona, USA, eingereicht von Travis Sawyer
•  University of Central Florida, USA, eingereicht von Guanjun Tan
•  University of Colorado Boulder, USA, eingereicht von Emily Bedell
•  University of North Carolina Charlotte, USA, eingereicht von Cobey McGinnis
•  The University of Texas at Austin, USA, eingereicht von Dipankar Behera

15 Finalisten | Europa

•  CNR Institute for Microelectronics and Microsystems, Italy, eingereicht von Rajeev Ranjan
•  Federal State Budgetary Institution of Science, Scientific and Technological Center of Unique Instrumentation, Russia, eingereicht von Liudmila Burmak
•  Forschungsinstitut Caesar, Deutschland, eingereicht von Monika Scholz
•  Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Institute of Applied Physics, Deutschland, eingereicht von Jan Sperrhake
•  Institut für Angewandte Physik, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Deutschland, eingereicht von Dominik Schäffner
•  Institute for Chemistry and Biology of the Marine Environment, Carl von Ossietzky Univeristy of Oldenburg, Deutschland, eingereicht von Garaba Shungudzemwoyo
•  Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias (IAC), Spanien, eingereicht von Noelia Martínez Rey
•  National University of Ireland, Galway, Irland, eingereicht von Rajib Dey
•  NCSR "Demokritos", Griechenland, eingereicht von Grigoris Zisis
•  The University of Edinburgh, Vereinigtes Königreich, eingereicht von Danial Chitnis
•  University Medical Center Groningen, Niederlande, eingereicht von Yori Ong
•  University of Bern, Schweiz, eingereicht von Andreas Riedo
•  Unversity of Oxford, Vereinigtes Königreich, eingereicht von Karen Hampson
•  Vrije Universiteit Brussels, Belgien, eingereicht von Alejandro Madrid Sánchez
•  Wrocław University of Science and Technology, Polen, eingereicht von Mateusz Szatkowski