1st prizes

Category

Project no and title

Names

Motivation

Bachelor course

104:

Paint'R: Rethinking the packaging of paint

Good energy, ready to use. Simple, practical and almost already in stores.

Super nice - Stakeholder involvement - well done.

Very good pitch! Clear value proposition.
Ready for market, likely to succeed.
Great background work - incl. financials and partners

Bachelor final project

203:

Palladium and platinum containing zeolite catalysts for complete methane oxidation

Great presentation. Knowledge of the project limitations. Solves a worldwide problem.

Industry backed.
High score for targeting an industry that is a very high carbondioxide emitor.
The process is not new but easy to apply.

Seems like a pretty clear "win" solution aside from development and implementation costs.

Master course

313:

Reducing global greenhouse gas emission from peatland degradation and fires

Super presentation. Good answers and very good applicability

Very convincing and they have an operating measuring device and there is a big political awareness to peatland.

Very relevant problem they address.
Need the government to take action.
Simple implementation.

Master thesis

413:

Utilization of PET fibre waste to develop a cotton based composite fabric for sportswear applications

Cristina Orlando

Kartikeya Sharma

Great presentation.
Fashion industry is a big polluter.
Use of known technology allows case of implementation.

If it works - revolutionary! seperating cotton/PET blend (full circle).
Fashion industry 10% of world pollution