Spark Award
On 21 November 2024, ETH Zurich presented the Spark Award for the most promising invention, which resulted in a patent application in the past year.
Congratulations to the Spark Award winner of 2024
Victor Mougel and Marie Amélie Perrin with their invention
Separation of rare earth elements using thiometallates
Procedure for recycling rare earths: These elements are an indispensable part of modern electronics. These elements have until now barely been recycled because they can only be separated with an enormous outlay of energy and chemicals. The problem lies in the chemical similarity of the elements. ETH doctoral student Marie Perrin and her supervisor Victor Mougel have developed a method that enables the elements to be separated efficiently. ETH news
Celebrating with our Top 5 finalists
Top 5 finalists
Pulsed electric fields in 3D histology
Adriano Aguzzi, Robert Axelrod, Leandro Buchmann, Jana Bünder, Francesca Catto, Stephan C. Fox, Alexander Mathys, Mirko Meboldt
Separation of rare earth elements using thiometallates
Victor Mougel, Marie Amélie Perrin
Enzyme responsive optical drain fluid sensor for postoperative monitoring
Alexandre H.C. Anthis, Inge Herrman, Alexander Jessernig
Stiff, damping and lightweight silicon and glass composites with micron and submicron viscoelastic interlayers and fabrication steps thereof
Walter Caseri, Andrei Gusev, Ioanna Tsimouri
Engineered bacterial strain with high cellulose production
Andrew DeMello, Nadia Enrriquez, Ankit Jain, Anton I. Kan, Julie Marine Laurent, Stavros Stavrakis, Mathias Steinacher, André Studart
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