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7 June  Visit from the Climate Minister Martin Lidegaard, the Danish Minister for Climate, Energy and Building visits the DTU Risø Campus to find out more about projects including the cleantech science park that is scheduled for construction opposite the campus in the coming years. The view from the old water tower provides the minister with an overview of the location of the planned science park on the Risø peninsula. 12 June N obel laureate Mario Molina, the Mexican Nobel laureate, gives the H.C. Ørsted Lecture at DTU. Mario is famous for being the person who discovered the holes in the ozone layer. His lecture centres on the huge challenges the world is facing with regard to reducing CO2 emissions and combating climate change. 14 June  Venture Cup success for DTU DTU almost sweeps the board at the Venture Cup Startup Competition. Three DTU teams take top honours in their category when the finals are held at Copenhagen City Hall. The winners’ medals come with a cheque for DKK 50,000 (EUR 7,000). The Product & Technology category is won by the Optical Accelerometer project, which has the potential to reduce the cost of wind turbine repairs, while the Windshare project takes top spot in the Mobile & Web category with its device for measuring and sharing wind speed data. Finally, the Biosyntia project is awarded first prize in the Cleantech & Environment category for a technology that promotes enzymatic processes that may prove crucial in making biofuel the energy resource of the future. Read more about the Venture Cup Startup Competition on p. 25. 14 June E nergy-plus partnership ‘Fold’, DTU’s proposal for the energy-plushouse of the future is officially opened by Martin Lidegaard, the Danish Minister for Climate, Energy and Building. The house has been designed and built by students and staff from four DTU departments— primarily DTU Civil Engineering—in collaboration with a number of external companies. In September, the house participates in the prestigious Solar Decathlon Europe 2012 competition in Madrid, where it is awarded first prize in the ‘solar cell integration’ discipline. 14 June E conomic pat on the back DTU student Ulrich Johan Kudahl receives The McKinsey Award for impressive academic performance and, in particular, for his leadership of the Biotech Academy student organization which—in partnership with the industry—produces teaching material in the fields of biotechnology and biomedicine for primary, secondary and high schools. 14 June P rize for international research The Danish Agency for Science, Technology and Innovation rewards DTU for being the Danish university that receives the most financing from the EU’s research programmes. The university thus receives almost one third of the total funds from the prize pool for participation in international research partnerships in 2012. DTU is the ninth-largest recipient among European universities, measured in the number of projects, and the fourth-largest among technical universities in Europe. 12 June 14 June 51 ‘Fold’ is the name of the DTU students’ proposal for an energy-plus-house. The building is designed as a piece of paper folded four times. Mario Molina’s discovery of the holes in the ozone layer contributed to his winning the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1995. DTU in profile 2013


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