Spark Award
On 21 November 2024, ETH Zurich will present 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.
Spark Award 2024
For the first time, the Spark Award Ceremony will be part of the ETH Industry Day.
Thursday, 21 November 2024
Kongresshaus Zürich
Our Top 5 nominated technologies are:
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
Kontakt: ETH transfer / Melanie Johnson