Maciej Grajewski

PRESENTED BY Michele Bandecchi NOMINATED BY University of Novi Sad Tags: Soil Health Sustainability, Time to act

The nominating institution EagleBurgmann on the breakthrough: With two product innovations a significant source of direct natural gas emission at gas compression can be eliminated: Leakage of the shaft seals and venting of the casings of centrifugal compressors. The saving potential sums up to more than 20 million t/a CO2e…

The nominating institution National University of Singapore on the breakthrough: Static charge is ubiquitous, and causes a lot of problems. It reduces the efficiency of manufacturing processes, damages equipment, causes explosions, and allows particles to stick onto surfaces easily (e.g., dust on screens). As such, it influences almost all types…

Ayitévi F. E. Hounou-Adossi’s vision is to use information and communication technologies to reduce preventable deaths and disabilities through simple actions that everyone must know and can do.

One for all, All for One is an art-based vaccine engagement project based in Blantyre, Malawi at Malawi Liverpool Wellcome Programme. The collaborative effort involves local community groups, health experts, frontline workers, policymakers, and engagement practitioners from Africa and the UK. Using participatory processes, the team has produced a captivating…

With senseBox one can build, create and easily code stationary or mobile devices equipped with sensors for environmental phenomena like temperature, air quality or light pollution. The devices are connected to the internet and submit the measurements to the IoT-platform openSenseMap. The project is a breakthrough because it empowers children,…

For refugees around the world, the options to earn an income are often severely limited. Without a work permit, they are often stuck in limbo, displaced and with little money to spare. Yet they have innate talents within them in the form of their language, their story and culture. Aline…

Nominated by: Marius Rosenberg, RWTH Aachen University Presented by: Sebastian Waters

Distance Learning: How low-tech solutions help to make education accessible for everyone Education is key for economic advancement as well as social stability. However, providing quality education is especially challenging in countries that lack infrastructure, learning materials and trained teachers. UNESCO estimates that 617 million school-age children around the world…

We currently run science and engineering engagements (workshops and school talks) in UK schools with the support of some of the best professional street-dancers in the UK. They are delivered in both primary and secondary schools. Our schools talks focus on careers in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM), and…