Annual repo rt 12 October European research grants Professor Carsten Thomassen at DTU Compute and Professor Anja Boisen at DTU Nanotech both receive an Advanced Grant from the European Research Council (ERC). Professor Thomassen is to conduct research into mathematical graph theory, while Professor Boisen is receiving funding for the HERMES project (High Exponential Rise in Miniaturized cantilever-like Sensing). 15 October International partnership strengthened DTU and the Korean university KAIST sign a new programme agreement that is to pave the way for the latest e-learning technologies. On the same day, the two universities sign a memorandum concerning a strategic partnership in the field of battery research and development. 17 October The lowest drop-out rate in Denmark DTU is the university in Denmark with the lowest drop-out rate among MSc students. New figures from Statistics Denmark reveal that only one in 33 MSc students at DTU fails to complete the programme. >> DTU student Christopher Holm-Hansen takes third place at the Electrolux Design Lab 2012 competition with his electronic cooking spoon. 19 October Intelligent ladle The electronic cooking spoon designed by DTU student Christopher Holm-Hansen takes third prize at the Electrolux Design Lab 2012 competition in Milan. The spoon uses taste sensors, Bluetooth and a special app to determine which spices are missing from a meal that is being prepared. 25 October Deal with the cocktail party problem A new centre is to be set up for research into hearing. The centre is to focus in particular on fundamental interdisciplinary research in the audiological area. For example, it will be focusing on what is known as the ‘cocktail party problem’, i.e. those noisy situations that present a special challenge to people with hearing difficulties. The centre will be backed by a DKK 36.5 million (EUR 5 million) grant from the Oticon Foundation. 26 October PhDs celebrated “That you want to create value and a better life for the people who live in our society. This is what we hope and expect of you—that you want to make the world a better place within your chosen field.” So said President Anders Bjarklev to 131 newly qualified PhDs from DTU. The title of ‘PhD of the year’ is awarded to Ziwei Ouyang, Industrial Postdoc at DTU Electrical Engineering for his thesis entitled ‘Advances in Planar and Integrated Magnetics’. Professor Jesper Mørk is presented with the award for ‘PhD supervisor of the year’ for—in the words of his students—being fully familiar with all the details of the projects. The DTU’s Young Researcher Award honours young researchers who have made an extraordinary effort and who have great potential for further development. This year, the award was presented to six young researchers: Nina Overgaard Therkildsen, DTU Aqua, Andrei Andryieuski, DTU Photonics, Oline V. Olesen, DTU Compute, Wolfgang Stelte, DTU Chemical Engineering, Julie Chambon, DTU Environment, and Filippo Bosco, DTU Nanotech. 19 October 26 October Martin P. Bendsøe, Dean of Graduate Studies and International Affairs, presents prizes for extraordinary and promising input to six young researchers at this year’s PhD reception at DTU. 56 Technical University of Denmark
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