Best Poster Awards 2019
23rd ETH-Conference on Combustion Generated Nanoparticles
June 17th - 20th, 2019 at ETH Zurich, Switzerland
Every year Best Poster Awards are presented to the most accomplished poster presentations at the ETH Nanoparticles Conference (NPC). The poster committee evaluates all posters on their design, clarity of the presentation - both of the poster and also when talking to the presenter - and their scientific content
Best Poster Award Committee
- Oliver F. Bischof, TSI (Chairman)
- Prof. Dr. Heinz Burtscher, FHNW/IAST
- Prof. (em.) Dr. Peter Gehr, University of Bern
- Dr. Norbert Heeb, EMPA
- Thomas W. Lutz, ETH/LAV
- Dr. h.c. Andreas Mayer, TTM
- Prof. Dr. Barbara Rothen-Rutishauser, AMI, University of Fribourg
- Dr. Martin Stöckli, Inspire AG
We announced the three winners of the Best Poster Awards of the 23rd ETH Nanoparticle Conference during a ceremony in front of the entire audience on Thursday, June 20th.
We once again recognized the three best poster presentations with award certificates and prize money. Winners of the best-rated poster received SFr 600 (approx. $610 US), the second place SFr 400 (approx. $405) and the third place SFr 200 (approx. $200).
The winners of the Best Poster Awards in 2019 were:
1st Prize
Georgios A. Kelesidis, Alexander Bruun et al. (ETH Zürich, PTL, Switzerland)
Impact of Composition and Morphology on Soot Optical Properties
2nd Prize
Srishti Jain et al. (CSIR, National Physical Laboratory, India)
Seasonal Variability of PM2.5 Composition and its Sources over Delhi, India
3rd Prize
Thomas Nørregaard Jensen et al. (Danish Technological Institute, Denmark)
Real-time Measurements of Cost-efficient Filter Solutions for Small Construction Machines
Sponsor
Dr. med. Otto Brändli, Swiss Lung Foundation, kindly sponsored the 2019 Best Poster Awards. According to their website, the Swiss Lung Foundation aims to increase and disseminate knowledge regarding the causes and consequences of air pollution to address one of the major problems of today's civilization. Its goal is to help people who are sick caused by pathogens or pollutants contained in the air they inhaled, and to find ways to improve air quality outdoors, in homes and at workplaces. It supports research and promotes scientific work in the areas of social and preventive medicine.
