Spark Award
On March 28th ETH Zurich presented the Spark Award for the most promising invention, which resulted in a patent application in the past year. The criteria for the evaluation are originality, patent strength and market potential.
Congratulations to the winners of the Spark Award 2023
Recyclable anticorrosion coating for metals with self-healing properties
ETH Zurich: Marco F. D’Elia, Walter Caseri, Markus Niederberger and
Università degli Studi di Milano: Mirko Magni and Stefano Trasatti
Strong corrosion protection: Corrosion attacks everything, from ships to skyscrapers. The market for effective corrosion protection is correspondingly large. Researchers led by Markus Niederberger and Walter Caseri have developed a plastic that greatly improves protection. Sprayed on like paint, this polymer can even be peeled off again, recycled and reused.
Award Ceremony
Stefan Lux, Head of IP group, ETH transfer
Top 5 finalist - All-textile wireless motion sensing for the next generation of smart clothing Top 5 finalist - Enhancing bispecific antibody therapies with healthy donor T cells Top 5 finalist / winner - Recyclable anticorrosion coating for metals with self-healing properties Top 5 finalist - Paper-based electrochemical diagnostics Top 5 finalist - Combating fogging with transparent, sunlight-selective nano-absorbers Award ceremony Thanks to Melanie Johnson, organizer Farewell - Silke Meyns, former Head of IP group
Apéro
photos Award Ceremony by Oliver Bartenschlager
photos apéro by Gion Pfander