Swiss Qualifying Contest [---- ARCHIVES ----]
Eligibility & Conditions
- A team must consist of 2 or 3 persons registered as students is Switzerland at the ETH/EPF, FH/HES or Universities.
- Teams may submit more than one project but they are to be submitted as separate projects for individual assessment.
Coaching
A PhD student, postdoc or professor must be found to coach the team. The conception and overall design of the project must originate from the student (i.e. a "bottom-up" approach). The project must not be a continuation of an existing project, for example.
Jury
The jury consists of international experts in the field of microsensors. The members are :
- Prof. Nico de Rooij, Director IMT-EPFL, VP CSEM
- Christine Alépée, Microchemical Systems
- Martin Anklin, Endress + Hauser
- Andre Bernard, NTB
- Axel Bertholds, Sensoptic
- Prof. Jürgen Brugger, EPFL
- Philippe Fischer, FSRM
- Markus Graf, Sensirion
- François Gueissaz, Asulab
- Prof. Andreas Hierlemann, ETHZ Basel
- Prof. Christofer Hierold, ETHZ
- Philippe Krebs, Colibrys
- Dr. Martin Rajman, Nano-Tera
- Benedetto Vigna, ST Microelectronics
Evaluation + Prize
- A sample jury evaluation form can be found here.
- All decisions made by the jury are final.
- The winning team will be granted the privilige to represent Switzerland at the iCAN'12 International Finals, to be held in Beijing China, from July 5-8, 2012.
- Airfare (economy class) and hotel expenses for the winning team will be borne by the iCAN-Swiss Competition.
- All other travel costs are the responsibility of the student (visa, pocket money, meals, etc).
