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3 party time for 131 new Phds The red carpets were rolled out and the flowers presented a sumptuous display of colours that perfectly matched the beautiful autumn day. The date was Friday 26 october and the occasion was the annual party for phD students who had successfully defended their theses during the past year. Ph.d-PARTY Every year, DTU invites its numerous phD can- supervisors. The event was hosted by Martin p. Bendsøe, didates to a special event where diplomas are presented and Dean of Graduate Studies and International Affairs, who ini- prizes awarded, where the Champagne bubbles and flows, tiated the official ceremony by asking the candidates to stand and delighted faces mix with proud, appreciative looks. The up to receive their richly deserved acclaim from all those pre- official ceremony is followed by a three-course dinner and sent. live music in the Oticon Hall. This year, 300 phD candidates were invited, and 131 of - KATRINE KRogH-JEppESEN them attended the event with their partners, family and PHD THEsIs oF THE YEar PHD sUPErvIsor oF THE YEar DTU’s YoUnG rEsEarCHEr aWarD k rØDDI GITTE r I s B o T Ho P PrEsTIgIOUs aWarD fOr InsPIrIng sUPErVIsOr WITH COMPaCT COnVErTErs ValUaBlE InsIgHT rIsIng TalEnTs ... Trail-blazing solutions, an impressive list of publications and no Jesper mørk is professor at DTU Fotonik. He heads the nano- The Young researcher award recognises young researchers who fewer than two patent applications were some of the reasons photonics Theory & signal Processing Group; and he is a mag- have great potential to develop even further and who have made why Ziwei ouyang from DTU Electrical Engineering was pre- nificent supervisor. That, at least, is the opinion of his students, extraordinary efforts during their PhD studies. This year, the sented with the prestigious ‘PhD Thesis of the Year’ award. which is why he was awarded the title of PhD supervisor of award was presented to six young researchers. His PhD thesis “advances in Planar and Integrated magnetics” the Year at the PhD party. During the PhD event, the following candidates were singled deals with the issues surrounding the energy loss occurring In the words of his students, Jesper mørk is always fully out for special recognition: when one form of energy is converted into another. Conver- familiar with the details of the project, and he always provides Julie Chambon, DTU Environment: “modelling tools for risk as- ters play a role in our everyday lives in numerous contexts – as valuable insight into problems and issues both large and small. sessment and bioremediation of chlorinated solvents in clay tills” transformers for the power supply to our laptop computer, for He invests a lot of energy in getting to know his students and oline v. olesen, DTU Informatics: “markerless 3D Head Tracking example. They are also key components in connecting electric building up a strong research team, and he has a wonderful for motion Correction in High resolution PET Brain Imaging” vehicles, wind turbines and solar cells to the electricity grid. ability to provide excellent academic advice with an infec- nina overgaard Therkildsen, DTU aqua: “Insights from the In his PhD project, Ziwei ouyang worked on the development tiously positive attitude. past: retrospective monitoring of genetic variation in atlantic cod of a new type of technology that assembles the various parts Jesper mørk himself says: (Gadus morhua)” of the converter (inductor and transformer) in a single, compact “of course, I’m both delighted and honoured to receive this andrei andyieuski, DTU Fotonik: “negative Index materials and component. The magnetic technology applied reduces the overall award, particularly as it is decided by the PhD candidates Plasmonic antennas Based nanocoupler” dimensions of the converter while simultaneously making it ea- themselves. I have been fortunate to have had the opportunity Wolfgang stelte, DTU Chemical Engineering: “Fundamental sier for the heat from the core to escape. The challenge, whose to supervise some highly skilled and motivated candidates, and Understanding of Biomass Pelletization” and Filippo Bosco, DTU solution has now come one step closer, is to create a technology working with them has been a true inspiration.” nanotech: “a DvD-rom based high-throughput cantilever sensing that features the same or lower energy loss. platform” Ziwei has received a number of prizes such as best paper at the IPEmCs in 2010 and 2012, first prize in the venture Cup Idea competition and a Chinese government award for outstanding PhD students abroad. InnOVaTIOn a MaTTEr Of sUrVIVal faCTs aBOUT PHD sTUDIEs aT DTU In spring 2011, rolf Henrik Berg became a Professor of nano- • In 2011, there were 409 PhD students employed at DTU. technology and Innovation, and at the annual Party 2012 he • of this group, 136 – or 33% – were women. received DTU’s Innovation award. rolf Henrik Berg was invited • almost half (197) of them were foreign students, to the PhD event as a guest speaker and delivered an inspiring • 183 had already completed a higher education course at DTU. speech on innovation. among other things, he told the graduates that “innovation is not a choice – it is a matter of survival.” source: scanpas, as of 30 april 2012 and rolf Henrik Berg definitely knows what he is talking about when it comes to innovation. He has helped establish several companies and is co-inventor of a patent portfolio which has at- tracted investments totalling more than Dkk 750 million and has VIDEO ClIPs frOM THE ParTy led to the foundation of seven viable businesses. “DTU is truly the impetus behind and centre of research-based Three short video clips were shown during the ceremony in innovation in Denmark. I am surrounded by colleagues and stu- which selected PhD graduates provide insight into what it is like dents with a passion for seeing added value from their research to work on a research project and the life of a PhD student in the and who have an excellent framework for this by virtue of the office, the laboratory, the field, and when stationed abroad. department's close partnership with approx. 100 companies, rolf To watch the videos, go to www.dtu.dk/phd Berg said in an interview with DTU avisen earlier in the year.


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