University of Technology awards Innovation Prize and Medical Technology Prize to young researchers
23rd ‘Jugend forscht’ Regional Competition
THU Innovation Prize awarded to ‘Jugend forscht’ team
“Lawn care made easy” is what the two “Jugend forscht” participants, Wanja Shcherbakov and Kai Ludescher, called their invention: a lawn robot that both mows and waters the garden. With this innovative achievement, the team has won the THU Innovation Prize. The prize recognises outstanding achievements in the field of technology with a high degree of readiness for implementation and is intended to foster the inventive spirit of young, up-and-coming talent.
The prize gives the winners the opportunity to further develop their product in collaboration with the Start-up Centre. The team also receives support from the THU Start-up Programme and advice on the further ‘commercialisation’ of their invention.
For the first time, the THU has awarded the ScienceMedTech-Lab Prize to young researchers
Thirteen ‘Jugend forscht’ teams impressed the judges with their projects and received the ScienceMedTech Lab Prize.
The prize was awarded for the first time this year by Faculty T at the THU, with the support of the proTHU Friends’ Association. This prize gives 20 to 30 school pupils the chance to experience a research day involving laboratory experiments at Faculty T at the THU.
“It is important to inspire the next generation to take an interest in the medical technology sector, as the healthcare industry represents a large labour market and is a meaningful career field,” said Prof. Dr Felix Capanni, Dean of Studies for the Master’s programme in Medical Technology/Medical Devices – Research and Development at the THU.
The occasion: the 23rd regional ‘Jugend forscht’ competition organised by the Ulm Innovation Region
Young talent, extensive expertise and truly groundbreaking ideas: these are the hallmarks of the “Jugend forscht” competition. In it, school pupils compete against one another with creative projects. The best projects are assessed by a panel of experts and qualify for the state competition.
In a relaxed atmosphere on the THU campus on Albert-Einstein-Allee on Friday, 116 young researchers presented a total of 59 projects in the fields of technology, the world of work, biology, chemistry, earth and space sciences, mathematics/computer science and physics to a 42-strong panel of expert judges and had the opportunity to find out more at information stands run by the THU, HNU and the Pupils’ Research Centre.
Alongside District Administrator Eva Treu and Lord Mayor Martin Ansbacher, around 250 interested visitors came to the THU campus on Saturday to view the inventive creations of these young talents.
The THU is delighted to be hosting the “Jugend forscht” competition again next year and to provide an open platform for young talent from the region to exchange ideas.
The winners of the ‘Jugend forscht’ competition were finally announced on the premises of the German Aerospace Centre.