YOU GOT IT
We are chasing you to be the next genius to be awarded with the CHASE Industry Award, sponsored by the Association of the CHASE Company Partners.
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The Industry Award honors particularily successful diploma theses within CHASE. The best academic works are awarded with 2.500 Euro. In addition to the price money, the winners have the opportunity to present and discuss their diploma thesis in front of the board of CHASE's industry and scientific partners.
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The award is presented twice a year. Go for it!
CHASE INDUSTRY AWARD
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WHO CAN PARTICIPATE?
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Students who have worked on CHASE projects (only COMET) and completed their scientific work by filing a diploma thesis. This diploma thesis has to be already accepted by the academic supervisors.
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HOW ARE THE AWARDEES SELECTED?
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A jury of industrial experts from the CHASE network (Association of the Company Partners from CHASE) evaluates the submitted diploma thesis.
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WHAT IS THE PRIZE?
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The best diploma thesis will be awarded with a € 2.500 cash prize. The winner will also have the opportunity to present and discuss the diploma thesis with the board of industry and scientific partners from CHASE.
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HOW TO APPLY?
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The application mail has to be in English and should consist of the following points:
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The abstract of your finished diploma thesis in pdf.
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The diploma thesis in pdf.
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A short introduction of the institute and naming of your supervising team there in pdf.
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The submitted works will be forwarded to the jury at the following two deadlines:
Annually on 30. April and 31. October.
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We look forward to receiving your submission at the following e-mail address:
AND THE AWARD WENT TO
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Norbert Hohenauer is the winner of the submission period October 2024 with this diploma thesis "Chemical Recycling of Polyhydroxybutyrate". The Supervisor was Univ.-Prof. DI Dr. Christian Paulik, the Assistant Supervisor DI Dr. Gunnar Spiegel.
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This thesis was conducted within the cooperative research project “BIOCYCLE-UA II Circular Economy Using the Example of Selected Biopolymers (production – processing – recycling)”, co-funded by the Federal Government of Upper Austria and the European Regional Development Fund (EFRE) in the framework of the EU-program IBW/EFRE & JTF 2021-2027 (https://www.efre.gv.at/)
​​In former years, the following participants were awarded:
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​​​​Thomas Hell for the submission period April 2024 with his diploma thesis “Development of a Concept for Color Measurement and Prediction of Recycled Plastics”. The Supervisor was Assoc. Prof. DI Dr.mont. Jörg Fischer, Institute of Polymeric Materials and Testing at JKU Linz. ​​​There was also a recognition prize for Moritz Unterberger for his master thesis “Automated Chromatogram Evaluation for Digital Twin Based Monitoring of Protein Refolding Reactions”. The Supervisor was Assoc. Prof. DI Dr. nat.techn. Oliver Spadiut, Institute of Chemical, Environmental and Bioscience Engineering at TU Wien.
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Before that Nikolaus Hondl, Johanna Langwieser and Philipp Pably were awarded.
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The Association of the Company Partners and the whole CHASE team are congratulating the winners!
