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The
European Union Contest for Young Scientists
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The
Prizes
 The contestants compete
on the basis of their work and interviews with the Jury
for nine 'core' prizes. In addition to this, a limited
number of honorary and special prizes are also awarded
to the contestants where, in the judgement of the jury,
they would benefit from the specific experiences that
these prizes offer. The core prizes are:
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Three First Prizes worth €5000 each
- Three Second Prizes worth €3000 each
- Three Third Prizes worth €1500 each
Honorary prizes include
all-expenses-paid trips to: the London International
Youth Science Forum and the Stockholm International
Youth Science Seminar. There are also seven special
donated prizes including a five-day visit of a technical
and cultural nature to the European Patent Office in
Munich, and one-week stays at the following members
of EIROforum : CERN: The European Laboratory for Particle
Physics, EFDA: The European Fusion Development Agreement,
EMBL: The European Molecular Biology Laboratory, ESRF:
The European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, ESA: The
European Space Agency, ESO: The European Southern Observatory,
ILL: The Institut Laue-Langevin.
NB: high-resolution
photographs of all prize-winners are available to the
media on request from the
Research Web team.
FIRST PRIZES (€5 000
per project)
| Country:
Austria |
Contestant: Martin
Knöbel
Age: 20
City/Region: Neunkirchen
Hobbies: Dancing, skiing, mountain biking
Career: Bionics/space technology/medical technology
School: HTBLuVA Mödling Secondary College
Contestant: Gerhard Schöny
Age: 19
City/Region: Breitenfurt
Hobbies: Saxophone, all kinds of sports
Career: Medical technology/Automation technology
School: HTBLuVA Mödling Secondary College
Contestant: Florian Grössbacher
Age: 19
City/Region: Baden bei Wien
Hobbies: Snowboarding, soccer
Career: Automation technology/optical characteristics
School: HTBLuVA Mödling Secondary College |
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1st Prize Winners Martin Knobel, Gerhard Schony
and Florian Grossbacher from Austria with their
project 'Breakthrough in the Manufacturing of
Condenser Microphones 2000 working hours in 10
lines"
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| Field:
Engineering |
| Project title:
A break-through in the manufacturing of condenser
microphones |
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They developed and manufactured
the first automated self-tuning device for condenser
microphone-membranes. Normally microphone diaphragms
are adjusted by hand leading to a wide scatter of
vibrations (the eigen frequency). The newly developed
device is able to adjust diaphragms automatically
and very accurately, avoiding such vibrations and
this in turn reduces production time and lowers
production costs. |
| Country:
Denmark |
Contestant: Charlotte
Strandkvist
Age: 18
City/Region: Svendborg
Hobbies: Karate
Career: Chemical Engineer/Professor in Chemistry
School: Svendborg College |
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1st Prize winner Charlotte Strandkvist fron Svendborg
College, Denmark with her project Improving the
Method for synthesizing N Methyl Flouexetine in
the laboratory. |
| Field:
Chemistry |
| Project title:
Improving the method for synthesizing N-methyl fluoxetine
in the laboratory. |
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This project combines theoretical
observations with experimental work to improve an
original method of synthesizing an antidepressant
drug. The project hopes to help students realise
that the work in the laboratory has a very real
effect on people’s lives outside the laboratory. |
| Country:
Germany |
Contestant: Mario
Chemnitz
Age: 17
City/Region: Zschornewitz
Hobbies: Drawing, reading, programming, researching
Career: Computer Scientist, Physical Scientist
School: Paul Gerhardt High School in Gräfenhainichen |
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Celebrating after one of the first places at
the 16th EU contest for Young Scientists are Mario
Chemnitz from Germany for his project Ultrasonic
detector for Gas chromatography with a techer
from his school , Freddy
Stiehler.
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| Field:
Physics |
| Project title:
An ultrasonic detector for gas chromatography |
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A traditional gas chromatograph
analyses gas mixtures and their components. These
are expensive so this contestant developed a cheap
but very sensitive ultrasonic detector based on
the relationship between sound velocity and the
molecular mass of a gas. The analyses can be done
using a PC software package. |
SECOND PRIZES
(€3 000 per project)
Marcel Kolodziejczyk from Poland receives his 2nd place award at the 16th European Union Contest for Young Scientists from
An Tanaiste (Irish Deputy Prime Minister) Mary Harney and Mr Achilleas Mitsos,
Director-General of Research at the European Commission at Dublin Castle.
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Roland Bauerschmidt from Germany receiving his 2nd
place award at the 16th European Union Contest
for Young Scientists from An Tanaiste (Irish Deputy
Prime Minister) Mary Harney and Mr Achilleas Mitsos,
Director-General of Research at the European Commission
at Dublin Castle.
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Mehmet Halit Calayir and Mehmet Çakan from Turkey
receiving a 2nd place award at the 16th European
Union Contest for Young Scientists from An Tanaiste
(Irish Deputy Prime Minister) Mary Harney and Mr
Achilleas Mitsos, Director-General of Research at
the European Commission at Dublin Castle. |
| Country |
Name of contestant |
Age |
Field |
Title |
| Poland |
Marcel Kolodziejczyk |
19 |
Mathematics |
A counterfeit coin |
| Germany |
Roland Bauerschmidt |
20 |
Computer |
Internet access for guests |
| Turkey |
Mehmet Halit Calayir |
19 |
Physics |
Construction of a seismograph |
| Mehmet Çakan |
19 |
THIRD PRIZES (€1 500
per project)
Okan Sankur from Turkey receives his 3rd place award
at the 16th European
Union Contest for Young Scientists from An Tanaiste
(Irish Deputy Prime
Minister) Mary Harney and Mr Achilleas Mitsos, Director-General
of Research
at the European Commission at Dublin Castle. |
Artur Lewandowski from Poland receives his 3rd place
award at the 16th European Union Contest for Young
Scientists from An Tanaiste (Irish Deputy Prime
Minister) Mary Harney and Mr Achilleas Mitsos, Director-General
of Research at the European Commission at Dublin
Castle. |
Laurynas Pliuskys from Lithuania receives his 3rd
place award at the 16th European Union Contest
for Young Scientists from An Tanaiste (Irish Deputy
Prime Minister) Mary Harney and Mr Achilleas Mitsos,
Director-General of Research at the European Commission
at Dublin Castle. |
| Country |
Name of contestant |
Age |
Field |
Title |
| Turkey |
Okan Sankur |
18 |
Computer |
N-gram based language classification |
| Poland |
Artur Lewandowski |
20 |
Biology |
Ants learning process |
| Lithuania |
Laurynas Pliuškys |
17 |
Environment |
An analysis of the water in the lakes of Trakai
and a new biosensor for the determination of heavy metals |
HONORARY AWARDS
Stockholm International Youth
Science Seminar 2004
to attend the 2004 Nobel Prize ceremonies, meet the Nobel
Laureates and take part in a series of other scientific/cultural
activities during the week.
| Country |
Name of contestant |
Age |
Field |
Title |
| Denmark |
Charlotte Strandkvist |
18 |
Chemistry |
Improving the method for synthesizing N-methyl
fluoxetine in the laboratory |
| Turkey |
Mehmet Halit Calayir |
19 |
Physics |
Construction of a seismograph |
| Mehmet Çakan |
19 |
London International Youth
Science Forum 2005
to meet young scientists from around the world and take part in
the annual two-week intensive summer science festival during July-August
2005.
| Country |
Name of contestant |
Age |
Field |
Title |
| Austria |
Martin Knöbel |
20 |
Engineering |
A break-through in the manufacturing
of condenser microphones |
| Gerhard Schöny |
19 |
| Florian Grössbacher |
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OTHER PRIZES
There are seven special donated
prizes including a five-day visit of a technical
and cultural nature to the European Patent Office
in Munich, and one-week stays at the following members of
EIROforum1 : CERN: The European
Laboratory for Particle Physics, EFDA: The
European Fusion Development Agreement, EMBL:
The European Molecular Biology Laboratory, ESRF:
The European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, ESA:
The European Space Agency, ESO: The European
Southern Observatory, ILL: The Institut Laue-Langevin.
In addition, local contest sponsors
and other organisations have provided a number of special
prizes (see below)
1: EIROforum
is a collaboration between European intergovernmental research
organisations. As world leaders within their respective fields
of science, the member organisations of the EIROforum constitute
the vanguard of European science, enabling European scientists
to engage in truly cutting-edge research and be competitive
on a global scale.
SPECIAL DONATED PRIZES
The European Patent Office,
Munich, Germany
A five-day visit of a technical and cultural nature to
the European Patent Office in Munich
| Country |
Name of contestant |
Field |
Title |
| Austria |
Lukas Brenner |
Engineering |
An alternative method for keeping
swimming pool water clear |
| Christoph Ritzberger |
| Germany |
Mario Chemnitz |
Physics |
An ultrasonic detector for gas chromatography |
| Turkey |
Okan Sankur |
Computer |
N-gram based language classification |
ESA: The European
Space Agency
| Country |
Name of contestant |
Field |
Title |
| Germany |
Michael Achtelik |
Engineering |
Miniaturized turbo jet engine |
CERN: The European
Laboratory for Particle Physics
EFDA: The European Fusion Development Agreement
ESRF: The European Synchrotron Radiation Facility
(each contestant will visit one of the above)
| Country |
Name of contestant |
Field |
Title |
| France |
Nicolas Porcher |
Physics |
Development of an atomic force microscope |
| Guillaume Romeu |
| François Tissot |
EMBL: The European Molecular Biology Laboratory
| Country |
Name of contestant |
Field |
Title |
| Lithuania |
Julius Bogomolovas |
Medicine |
Viscotoxins isolation and cytotoxity |
ESO: The European Southern Observatory
| Country |
Name of contestant |
Field |
Title |
| Switzerland |
Barbara Burtscher |
Physics |
Observations of the comet 153P/Ikeya-Zhang |
ILL: The Institut
Laue-Langevin
| Country |
Name of contestant |
Field |
Title |
| Latvia |
Martins Brics |
Physics |
Thin films of nickel phthalocyanine as ozone
sensors |
SPECIAL AWARDS
In addition to the prizes mentioned
above, local contest sponsors and other organisations have
provided a number of special prizes.
| Science Foundation Ireland |
| Awarded to the project that demonstrates
outstanding work in biotechnology or information and communications
technology |
| Name(s) |
Country |
Project Title |
| Roland Bauerschmidt |
Germany |
Internet access for guests |
| Discover Science & Engineering |
| Awarded to the project that demonstrates
outstanding work in biotechnology or information and communications
technology |
| Name(s) |
Country |
Project Title |
| Cléo Bertelsmeier |
France |
Aerobic sport to music: more performance –
less backbone problems |
| Intel |
| Awarded for the best use of technology
in the research, development and presentation of a project. |
| Name(s) |
Country |
Project Title |
| Alexander Siritsa |
Russia |
The expansion of algebraic structures: a comparative
analysis and computer realisation |
| Marcel Kolodziejczyk |
Poland |
A counterfeit coin |
| Analog Devices |
| Award to an individual or group
for outstanding work exhibited in technology |
| Name(s) |
Country |
Project Title |
| Zsófia Dory |
Hungary |
An electric shopping cart and scooter trailer |
| Royal College of Surgeons
in Ireland |
| Award for the best Medicine, Biomedical
Science or Health-Related project. |
| Name(s) |
Country |
Project Title |
| Tehila Lavi, Reut Cohen, Reut Suliman |
Israel |
Issues in ovarian freezing for fertility preservation |
| Marine Institute |
| Award presented to the project which
best demonstrates the potential and real benefits of science
to society and the marine sector |
| Name(s) |
Country |
Project Title |
| Dearblha Mc Kenna, Maureen O'Sullivan and Brenda
Kearney |
United Kingdom |
Use of parasites as bio-indicators of seawater
quality |
| Institute of Physics |
| Award presented to the best project
with substantial physics content |
| Name(s) |
Country |
Project Title |
| Martin Krššák |
Slovakia |
Mach’s principle – varying speed
of light theory as a new cosmological model. |
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