Spark Award Videos

The Spark Award is given for the most promising invention at ETH Zurich resulting in a patent application. The Top 5 nominees are presented in videos every year.

2024

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

Video Archive

The videos of the years 2014-2023 can be retrieved in the ETH video portal:
https://video.ethz.ch/campus/spark-award.html