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WELCOME TO EUROPEAN UNION CONTEST FOR YOUNG SCIENTISTS 2017 3

EUCYS 2017 ADVISORY COMMITTEE 8

EUCYS IN TALLINN 10

EUCYS 2017 PROGRAMME 13

OPEN DAY PROGRAMME ON 24 AND 25 SEPTEMBER 17

ESTONIA 19

TALLINN 21

VENUES 23

PROJECTS 28

PROJECTS BY FIELD 29

PROJECTS ABSTRACT 35

THE JURY 80

THE JURY FOR EUCYS 2017 82

THE PRIZES 93

THE TEAM 101

EUCYS 2017 – HOST ORGANISERS 102

EUROPEAN COMMISSION EUCYS TEAM 103

EUCYS 2017 ORGANISING TEAM 103

VOLUNTEERS 104

NATIONAL ORGANISERS 105

WINNERS 2016 - 1989 114

EUROPEAN UNION INITIATIVES FOR RESEARCH AND YOUTH 132

WELCOME TO EUROPEAN UNION CONTEST FOR YOUNG SCIENTISTS 2017 Dear Young Scientists

Congratulations! You are here at the 29th European Union The Contest is about encouraging your talents. It is about Contest for Young Scientists because you won first prize at encouraging you to pursue careers in science, research and your national science competitions and are now representing innovation. It is also a great opportunity for you to meet new your countries at this prestigious contest. This is a fantastic people, learn about new countries and cultures and discover achievement and you should be very proud! the research being carried out by other young scientists.

The European Union Contest for Young Scientists moves to When this contest started in 1989, the internet did not exist; a different European city each year. This year, the contest is smart phones did not exist and PCs were only getting off taking place for the first time in Estonia and we are delighted the ground. Can you imagine life without social media? The to be here. It is a very special time for Estonia as it currently contestants in 1989 relied on paper and telephones to talk to holds the Presidency of the Council of the European Union. In their friends and families. this role, the Estonian Presidency sets the agenda determining the topics and major issues that will be addressed in the These days, you can use FaceTime and Skype to contact your European Council in the coming months – and one of its friends - in fact, did you know that Skype was invented by priorities is young people and science! Estonian software developers Ahti Heinla, Jaan Tallinn, and Priit Kasesalu? Ebay acquired Skype for €2.3 billion in 2005 As European Commissioner for Research, Science and and Microsoft bought it in May 2011 for €7.5 billion! These Innovation, one of my priorities is also young people and days, most of the Skype development team and 44% of all the science. To solve the great challenges of our time, we need division’s employees are still situated in Tallinn and Tartu in more scientists and innovators in Europe. You are our future Estonia. scientists and innovators and you are the reason why the European Commission invests millions of euros in science Have a great time in Tallinn! I wish you well in your pursuit education every year through Horizon 2020, which is the EU’s of science, and I hope that participating in the Contest will research and innovation programme, and through the ever encourage you to go on to even greater things! popular ERASMUS programme.

Carlos MOEDAS European Commissioner for Research, Science and Innovation

page 4 EUCYS 2017 Tallinn Dear Young Scientists, Ladies and Gentlemen

I am very glad to heartily welcome you to Tallinn on behalf of I firmly believe that young people, who are more adventurous the Estonian Government. and willing to go beyond convention, are the most valuable source of future discoveries in research for the benefit of the Estonia is a very exciting country, full of contrasts and I hope society and economy. This is why education and research need you can see and experience at least some of these when you’re to remain a high priority in the European Union. Initiatives, here. While about 50% of Estonia is covered with forests, we such as the EUCYS, are a great way to attract more young are proud of our digital society—e-Estonia, which includes people to research and showcase the great talent that we e-government, e-school, e-health systems, etc. Estonia’s have. In Estonia, we value education and research very highly. capital Tallinn is the best preserved medieval city in Northern We have one of the strongest education systems among all Europe, and at the same time it has been called the world’s OECD countries with very good results in PISA tests. Estonian start-up capital. We are famous for innovative thinking and research belongs to the upper 50% in the world in 22 science fast action—Estonia has more start-up companies per person fields and to the top 1% in many fields. We have universities than any other country in Europe. We owe all of this to smart among the top 2% of the world’s best educational institutions people like you. as well as universities belonging to the top 10 in Eastern Europe. We have a long-standing cooperation experience with It is a great honour to have such brilliant young scientists the Young Scientists’ Association, which provides secondary from all over the world here today and to organize the 29th school students the opportunity to get acquainted with the European Union Contest for Young Scientists, which coincides academic world as well as scientists’ activities in companies. with Estonia holding the Presidency of the European Council In addition, the Estonian Academy of Sciences established the for the first time. As the Minister of Education and Research I Estonian Young Academy of Sciences this year and I hope to am very happy to be able to organise this event here together hear more from young researchers in the future. with the Estonian Research Council. I sincerely hope time spent here will enrich your scientific life The EUCYS is a great platform to promote cooperation and and provide many good ideas. Estonia is a perfect place for interaction between young scientists. The Contest is the annual this—a combination of beautiful and pristine nature, a highly showcase of European students’ scientific achievement. The networked and innovative environment and a world-class EUCYS gives you good opportunities to compete with the best education system. of your contemporaries on the European level. I am certain that the Tallinn event will foster a creative atmosphere for I wish you unforgettable experiences in Tallinn. new ideas and opportunities. You can meet peers with similar interests and some of the most prominent scientists in Mailis Reps Europe. The EUCYS offers useful experiences for life and the Minister of Education and Research of the Republic of Estonia opportunity to get acquainted with diverse areas of science. You have already achieved a lot at home, having been chosen from amongst the best to represent your country at the EUCYS. I wish you the best of luck at this final international competition!

EUCYS 2017 Tallinn page 5 Dear Young Scientists

Welcome to Tallinn! In addition, Tallinn has excellent universities, why not look into them—maybe you would like to continue your education You are here during a significant time: it is the year we here? Take a look at our e-residency programme; it might be celebrate the 100 years of independence of the Republic of useful for your future ventures and connect you to Estonia Estonia. During the Centenary, Estonia holds the presidency more closely than a visit during this competition. of the EU Council for the very first time. These two—the Centenary and EU Council Presidency—suggest something You are here because you have invested significantly into about Estonia. Despite the young age of our sovereign state, learning and science in particular. Your chosen path has it is possible to assume responsibility and a leadership role in allowed you to succeed at something already. I would like to the union of European countries. congratulate you for your achievements and encourage you to continue on your path to learn, gather knowledge, and Tallinn is a city with a long history and rich culture. You will see eventually, create new knowledge. The latter is a difficult it everywhere here. Tallinn as a capital of Estonia upholds the mission. However, Estonia as a young country has proven values of the entire country. 2017 is dedicated to children and one thing—it is when we are still too young to realize certain youth; this year, we also celebrated high scores received by things are impossible that we achieve them anyway. Estonian children in the international PISA test—a recognition to our education system. Estonian basic education was Enjoy the competition and our city! deemed the best in Europe and the third best globally. It is not only education we value here, but also sports, music, and Mihhail Kõlvart the arts. For youth, there are many opportunities to engage Deputy-mayor of Tallinn in athletic activities, try different hobbies, master a musical instrument, sing in a choir, take dance lessons—to discover their passion. A vivid and powerful expression of this is the 12th Youth Song and Dance Celebration, which took place this summer. 8,500 young people came together to dance and more than 26,000 sang in a choir or played an instrument.

page 6 EUCYS 2017 Tallinn Dear Young Scientists, dear National Organisers,

It is a great honour for the Estonian Research Council to You are contestants but all of you are winners! The best have been given the opportunity together with the Estonian thing about this contest is that you will be able to meet many Ministry of Education and Research to organize EUCYS fellow students from other countries and make new friends. 2017. With the event, one of our main aims is to attract young I do hope many of these contacts will last and become a part people to science and technology as well as raise public of your successful future networks. The world is facing new awareness about the role of science in modern society. We are challenges no single scientist, research group or even nation truly delighted that apart from the national events organized is able to solve, so we have to work together. Therefore, in Estonia, we now have a possibility to promote science on events fostering interaction between curious, creative and the international scale as well. intelligent people of different backgrounds and the exchange of ideas are extremely important. EUCYS is a perfect platform The fact that EUCYS takes place in Tallinn, the capital of Estonia, to facilitate cooperation between young scientists and also proves that the common European Research Area has national organizers, the people whose invaluable work in become a reality. Laboratories are becoming more and more promoting science in Europe cannot be overestimated. international with each year everywhere, researchers are using increasingly more common infrastructural resources— I do hope that you have time to discover the cultural treasures this is the way science works today. Furthermore, the list of of Tallinn and that you can come back soon to explore more of cities that have had the privilege to host EUCYS is expanding: Estonia, a small and dynamic country where bright minds can this year the event will reach a new group of countries, the make things happen fast. Baltic States, for the first time. I am convinced that you are the people who will advance During these days, Tallinn will extend its intellectual borders science and make things happen in Europe and all over the and become the capital of young and talented world in the future. I do hope that some of you will return to scientists. About 150 participants from 38 countries are the shores of the Baltic Sea either to study or do research. presenting their 89 projects here. On behalf of the Estonian Research Council I wish you a very pleasant stay in Tallinn. You are very young but your first steps on the path to extend the horizons of knowledge have been successful. The need for scientific knowledge is increasing since the issues the Andres Koppel humankind faces are becoming more complex. Therefore, Head of the Estonian Research Council there is so much to be explored and discovered.

EUCYS 2017 Tallinn page 7 EUCYS 2017 ADVISORY COMMITTEE Signe Granström Andres Koppel Mihkel Kree Kalmar Kurs

Chief expert of General President Head of the Gifted and Head of European Education Department talented development Union and International Estonian Research centre Cooperation Department Ministry of Education Council and Research University of Tartu Ministry of Education and Research

Mihhail Kõlvart Tiit Land Viivi Lokk Paavo Palk

Deputy-mayor Rector of Tallinn Chief Specialist of Head of Policy University Tallinn Education Department Tallinn City Department Government Estonian Rectors’ European Commission Conference Tallinn City Representation in Government Estonia

Taivo Raud Tarmo Soomere

Head of Research Policy President Department Estonian Academy of Ministry of Education Sciences and Research Photo: Sven Arbet/Maaleht

EUCYS 2017 Tallinn page 9 EUCYS IN TALLINN THE EUROPEAN UNION CONTEST FOR YOUNG SCIENTISTS IN TALLINN

The European Union Contest for Young Scientists, better June to December 2017 to celebrate its presidency. known as ‘EUCYS’, rewards and celebrates Europe’s best young The presidency of the Council rotates among the EU member scientific talent. Every year, the event gathers promising states every 6 months. During this 6-month period, the young scientists from all over Europe and beyond, to present presidency chairs meetings at every level in the Council, their projects to a panel of international judges. Over the helping to ensure the continuity of the EU’s work. Member years some astonishing inventions and creative ways of using states holding the presidency work together closely in groups science in everyday life have been presented. Be prepared of three. They set long-term goals and prepare a common to be amazed! The Contest is a good example of an activity agenda determining the topics and major issues that will be that serves not only to encourage interest in science but also addressed by the Council over an 18 month period. The current to promote the exchange of ideas among participants. Past trio is made up of the presidencies of the Slovakia, Malta and participants have often expressed the positive impact of Estonia. this aspect of the Contest. They believe that it has opened up the gateway to Europe and further afield for their careers, The European Commission is very grateful to the organisers and has also fostered a strong interest in learning other for their professionalism and support. European languages. The Contest is also a useful tool in the For more information on the EU Contest please visit the development of a pan-European scientific community. It following web sites: has contributed significantly to popularizing science among young people. This year marks the 29th edition of the Contest. ec.europa.eu/research/youngscientists www.eucys2017.eu The Contest is co-funded under Horizon 2020: The EU Framework Programme for Research and Technological The contestants Development and is part of a broader initiative to reinforce the links between science and society, responsible research All contestants at the European Union Contest for Young and innovation, and to further the emergence of a European Scientists have previously won a first prize at the national Research Area and the Innovation Union. young scientist competition in their own country. They are put forward by the “National Organiser”, who is the contact Only projects that have won a first prize at a national science person for their respective national contest. The contestants competition are invited to participate at EUCYS. Thus, the compete either as individuals or as part of a team. There Contest represents an additional scientific challenge for are strict rules on the age of the contestants, the size of the many young scientists who compete annually in their national teams, and the number of contestants and projects that each contests. participating country can send. The Contest accepts projects in all fields of scientific endeavour that have been carried The Contest is more than just a competition. The young people out before the contestants enter university. Competing in meet others with similar abilities and interests, as well as the contest in 2017 are 146 contestants with 89 projects some of the most prominent scientists in Europe. In this representing 38 countries and the European Schools. way, the Commission seeks to strengthen the efforts already made in each participating country to attract young people to The Jury careers in science and technology. This year, the Jury is composed of 19 highly qualified scientists The first Contest Finals took place in Brussels in 1989. Since and engineers with worldwide reputations in their chosen then, the event has been hosted in Copenhagen, Zurich, Seville, field. The jury carry out their duties at the contest as Berlin, Luxembourg, Newcastle upon Tyne, Helsinki, Milan, independent scientific experts and not as representatives of Porto, Thessaloniki, Amsterdam, Bergen, Vienna, Budapest, any institution, organisation or country. The EC appoints the Dublin, Moscow, Stockholm, Valencia, and Copenhagen again Jury annually basing its selection on the scientific needs of for the 20th anniversary of the Contest, Paris, Lisbon, Helsinki, the contest. They are drawn both from academia and industry. Bratislava, Prague, Warsaw and Brussels again in 2016. Next The jury base their work at the contest on the Guidelines year, the contest will return to Ireland for its 30th anniversary. established by the EC.

This year the European Union Contest for Young Scientists is taking place in Tallinn for the first time and is being hosted The selection and evaluation process by the Estonian Research Council, the Estonian National Organiser to EUCYS. The European Union Contest for Young Scientists takes place in three stages following national competitions, which are It is a very special time to be in Estonia as Estonia currently held across Europe from October of the preceding year to May holds the Presidency of the Council of the European Union. of the current year. EUCYS is just one of many events taking place in Estonia from

EUCYS 2017 Tallinn page 11 Selection: These prizes are offered to contestants who, according to the Winners of the national competitions are selected by their Jury, would benefit from the specific experience that these respective national contest jury and nominated to represent prizes offer. At the discretion of the Jury, a prize winner can their country at the Contest. The National Organisers submit receive both a core Prize and a Special Donated Prize. their projects to the EC in June. The participating countries in 2017 Preview: During the summer, the Contest Jury members review the The following countries will participate at EUCYS on a written descriptions of the projects that they will assess competitive basis: Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, during the exhibition in September. China, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Contest: Israel, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Norway, Poland, The Contestants display their projects at exhibition stands, Portugal, Russia, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, South Korea, and are interviewed by members of the Jury. Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine,United Kingdom and United States of America. The European Schools are also The Jury use the following criteria to make their final represented. assessment: Greece, Serbia and Malta have not sent a team this year. The • originality and creativity in the identification of and EC is negotiating with Romania and Moldova to welcome them approach to the basic problem; at future contests. • skill, care and thoroughness in designing and carrying out the study; Contact • follow through of the study from conception to conclusion; • reasoning and clarity in the interpretation of the results; For more information on the European Union Contest for • quality of written presentation; Young Scientists please contact: • ability to discuss the project with the Jury members. Karen Slavin In applying all these criteria, allowance shall be made for European Commission the age and education level of the contestants, the quality of Directorate General for Research and Innovation the resources available to them and their linguistic ability to Directorate for the Innovation Union and European Research speak a non-mother tongue language if required. Area The decision of the jury is final. Science with and for Society Unit B - 1049 Brussels, Belgium The prizes [email protected]

The contestants compete for a number of prizes on the basis of their projects.

The core EU monetary Prizes are the main prizes awarded. These include: • Three First Prizes worth € 7.000 each • Three Second Prizes worth € 5.000 each • Three Third Prizes worth € 3.500 each

The Jury select up to five first prize winning contestants for an Honorary Award, which is the opportunity to represent the Contest at either the London International Youth Science Forum or the Stockholm International Youth Science Seminar.

The jury also select the best and most appropriate contestants for several Special Donated Prizes of study visits or similar to leading scientific European organisations as follows:

• a one-week stay at one of the eight EIROforum organisations: CERN, EUROfusion (JET), EMBL, ESA, ESO, ESRF, ILL, European XFEL; • a two day stay at the Joint Research Centre at Ispra in Italy; • visits organised by the Bioeconomy BBI undertaking and Food industries; • participation at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (Intel ISEF) in Pittsburgh, PA in May 2018.

page 12 EUCYS 2017 Tallinn EUCYS 2017 PROGRAMME EUCYS 2017 PROGRAMME

Friday, 22.09.2017

Adults in charge / Time Contestants Guests Jury All day ARRIVALS ARRIVALS ARRIVALS 12:00-18:00* SETTING UP OF STANDS SETTING UP OF STANDS SpaceX SpaceX 13:00-16:00 LUNCH LUNCH LUNCH SpaceX SpaceX Hotel Palace Restaurant 18:30-19:00* TRANSFER to dinner 19:00-19:30 TRANSFER TRANSFER WELCOME DINNER 19:00-22:00* to dinner to dinner Tallinn TV tower 19:30-22:00 EVENING EVENT AND EVENING EVENT AND WELCOME DINNER WELCOME DINNER Seaplane harbour Seaplane harbour 22:00–22:15 TRANSFER TO HOTELS TRANSFER TO HOTELS TRANSFER TO HOTEL

Saturday, 23.09.2017

Adults in charge / Time Contestants Guests Jury 09:00–09:30 TRANSFER TO CONTEST TRANSFER TO CONTEST VENUE VENUE for those participants who for those participants who need to set up their stands need to set up their stands 09:30–11:30 SETTING UP OF STANDS SETTING UP OF STANDS TRANSFER contest venue contest venue from hotel to contest venue 09:30–10:00* for jury 10:00–11:30* FIRST JURY MEETING SpaceX 11:00–11:30 TRANSFER/WALK TRANSFER/WALK WALK to opening ceremony venue to opening ceremony venue to opening ceremony venue 12:00–13:00 OPENING CEREMONY OPENING CEREMONY OPENING CEREMONY Walter Zapp building atrium Walter Zapp building atrium Walter Zapp building atrium 13:00–14:00 LUNCH LUNCH LUNCH SpaceX SpaceX SpaceX 14:00-14:30* VISIT MY STAND 14:30–17:00 1ST ROUND OF JUDGING 1ST ROUND OF JUDGING 1ST ROUND OF JUDGING 17:00–17:30* TRANSFER TO HOTEL 17:30–18:00 TRANSFER TRANSFER to dinner to dinner 18:00–22:00 EVENING EVENT DINNER AND DINNER restaurant Olde Hansa TRANSFER 18:30–19:00* Energy Discovery Centre to dinner 19:00–22:00* DINNER restaurant Tuljak 22:00–22:15 TRANSFER TO HOTELS TRANSFER TO HOTELS TRANSFER TO HOTEL

*Programme for all page 14 EUCYS 2017 Tallinn *Contestants programme *Jury programme Sunday, 24.09.2017

Contestants Adults in charge / Jury Time Guests 09:00–09:30 TRANSFER FROM HOTELS TO FIELD TRIP TRANSFER FROM HOTEL TO CONTEST VENUE Lahemaa natural resort and CONTEST VENUE 09:00–17:30* Sagadi manor and the 09:30–12:30 SECOND ROUND OF JUDGING workshop on STEM Education SECOND ROUND OF JUDGING in Estonia 12:30–14:00 LUNCH LUNCH SpaceX SpaceX 14:00–17:00 THIRD ROUND OF JUDGING THIRD ROUND OF JUDGING 17:30–18:30 EIROFORUM LECTURE EIROFORUM LECTURE EIROFORUM LECTURE Walter Zapp building atrium Walter Zapp building atrium Walter Zapp building atrium 18:30–21:00 DINNER DINNER TRANSFER TO DINNER Walter Zapp building atrium Walter Zapp building atrium 18:30–19:00* DINNER Maiden Tower 19:00–21:45* 21:00–21:30 TRANSFER TO HOTELS TRANSFER TO HOTELS 21:45–22:00 WALK BACK TO HOTEL

Monday, 25.09.2017 Adults in charge / Time Contestants Guests Jury

09:00–09:30 TRANSFER FROM HOTELS TRANSFER FROM HOTELS TRANSFER FROM HOTEL TO TO CONTEST VENUE TO CONTEST VENUE CONTEST VENUE

09:30–12:30 FOURTH ROUND OF VISIT TO THE E-ESTONIA FOURTH ROUND OF JUDGING 09:30–10:30* JUDGING SHOWROOM

NATIONAL ORGANISERS 10:30–12:30* MEETING Walter Zapp building, Zapp meeting room

12:30–13:30 LUNCH LUNCH LUNCH SpaceX SpaceX SpaceX

13:30–16:30 FIFTH ROUND OF JUDGING FIFTH ROUND OF JUDGING FIFTH ROUND OF JUDGING

16:30–17:00* DISMANTLING STANDS DISMANTLING STANDS JURY DELIBERATIONS MEETING 16:30–20:00* Walter Zapp building, Helsinki meeting room 18:00–18:30 TRANSFER TRANSFER to dinner to dinner

18:30–22:00 EVENING EVENT AND EVENING EVENT AND DINNER DINNER KUMU Art Museum 20.00–20.30* KUMU Art Museum TRANSFER TO DINNER 20:30–22:30* JURY DINNER 22:00-22:30 TRANSFER TO HOTELS TRANSFER TO HOTELS restaurant Olde Hansa

22:30-22:45* WALK BACK TO HOTEL

*Contestants programme *Adults in charge / Guests programme EUCYS 2017 Tallinn page 15 *Jury programme Tuesday, 26.09.2017

Contestants Adults in charge / Jury Time Guests 10:30–10:45 WALK WALK WALK from hotels to the Award from hotels to the Award from hotel to the Award ceremony ceremony ceremony 11:00–13:00 AWARD CEREMONY AWARD CEREMONY AWARD CEREMONY Estonia Concert Hall Estonia Concert Hall Estonia Concert Hall 13:00–14:30 PRESS RECEPTION RECEPTION CONFERENCE Estonia Concert Hall Estonia Concert Hall RECEPTION OF AWARD WINNERS Estonia Concert Hall 15:30–17:30 GUIDED TOURS GUIDED TOURS GUIDED TOURS Tallinn Old Town Tallinn Old Town Tallinn Old Town 18:30–19:00 TRANSFER TRANSFER TRANSFER to Farewell party to Farewell party to Farewell party 19:0–24:00 FAREWELL PARTY FAREWELL PARTY FAREWELL PARTY Tallinn Song Festival Grounds Tallinn Song Festival Grounds Tallinn Song Festival Grounds 22:30-24:00 TRANSFERS TO HOTELS TRANSFERS TO HOTELS TRANSFERS TO HOTEL every 30 minutes every 30 minutes every 30 minutes

Wednesday, 27.09.2017 Adults in charge / Time Contestants Guests Jury All day DEPARTURES DEPARTURES DEPARTURES 12:00–14:00 LUNCH FOR LATE LUNCH FOR LATE LUNCH FOR LATE DEPARTURES DEPARTURES DEPARTURES hotel restaurant hotel restaurant hotel restaurant

*Contestants programme

page 16 EUCYS 2017 Tallinn OPEN DAY PROGRAMME ON 24 AND 25 SEPTEMBER

EUCYS 2017 is open to all visitors: Space for children

On 24 September 9:30-17:00 Tartu Observatory, University of Tartu Old Observatory and On 25 September 9:30-16:30 Energy Discovery Centre from Tallinn introduce different activities designed for schoolchildren (study sessions and Workshops take place in the public area: days for schools, resources for teachers and science clubs, etc.), show different activities and exhibits and also provide On 24 September 10:00-15:00 information about how to pursue a career in space science in On 25 September 10:00-15:30 Estonia.

Try out in the public area any time during these days: NGO Robootika

Psychobus NGO Robootika is going to make two different exciting workshops in the EXPO area. The first one is meant for “Psychobus” goal is to bring the knowledge of scientific children under 10 years, where they can build and program a psychology closer to peoples’ everyday lives. In our Brain Lab LEGO WeDo cross kart. Older students can build a tractor pull workshop we guide the participants through examining their robot and challenge each other. Prizes for best teams! brain by using simple and more advanced devices and then explain the results about the mechanisms of this mysterious GLOBE organ. How easy is it to fool our sense of reality? How difficult is it to adapt to new sensory experiences? How different is GLOBE is an international environmental learning and science our perception of the world compared to others? In addition, oriented program for school children of all levels dedicated Psychobus offers anyone the opportunity to experience to investigative studying and practical skills. GLOBE has a virtual reality first hand. Why are psychologists using VR? vision of promoting investigative studying and supporting Come and find out! collaboration between students, teachers, and supervisors. The GLOBE booth will introduce the activities of the program, Rocket 69 and its benefits to both students and teachers. Measuring equipment will be introduced and demonstrated indoors by Try out a true “Rocket69” TV-show experience! Do you know measuring indoor environmental parameters. We will explain what it takes to turn a toothbrush into a robot? What about what happens to the data and how it helps NASA and NOAA building a racing car from a block of wood? Or how to save scientists in their research projects. An emphasis will be on a Lego minifigures’ life as it escapes from a landing capsule? the importance of regular daily weather measurements, the Fast fingers will be challenged in tower building and brains will technologies involved will be explained, and an example data get to struggle with mathematics puzzles. Prizes for the best! set will be recorded. Participants will get to try their hand The tasks are prepared and presented by “Rocket69” TV Show at collecting data and how the equipment works. Together Science Team - this means an opportunity to get the authentic we will answer the question: “How can you join the GLOBE and awesome feeling of participating in the “Rocket69” show! program?” Visit alone or with friends and prove everybody that you are the best!

EUCYS 2017 Tallinn page 17 SPACEX PLANS 1st1st Floorfloor 2nd Floor

15 42 43 70 Jury lunch Jury 71 Closed & chill-out working Lunch area 14 16 41 4469 jury area area area 72 Luggage 13 17 40 45 68 73 12 18 39 46 67 74 11 19 38 47 66 75 Jury 2037 48 65 76 10 21 49

9 Press 8 22 50 77 2336 51 64 European 7 78 Commission 2435 52 63 6 79 2534 53 62 Prace 5 80

2633 54 61 Snacks 4 81 Study in Estonia

2732 55 60 area Chill-out

82 Research Media Wardrobe in Estonia 3 28 31 56 59 83 2 2930 57 58 84 Open day activities 1 85 89 88 87 86

First Aid Photo booth Registration & information Wall of Fame Lunch area Staff Teachers' Teachers' workshop Adult-in-charge Chill-out chill-out area area 1st Floor Entrance / Exit 2nd Floor 2nd floor

15 42 43 70 Jury lunch Jury 71 Closed & chill-out working Lunch area 14 16 41 4469 jury area area area 72 Luggage 13 17 40 45 68 73 12 18 39 46 67 74 11 19 38 47 66 75 Jury 2037 48 65 76 10 21 49

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2633 54 61 Snacks 4 81 Study in Estonia

2732 55 60 area Chill-out

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First Aid Photo booth Registration & information Wall of Fame Lunch area Staff Teachers' Teachers' workshop Adult-in-charge Chill-out chill-out area area

Entrance / Exit page 18 EUCYS 2017 Tallinn ESTONIA

EUCYS 2017 Tallinn page 19 ESTONIA Estonia is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe About 1.1 million people speak Estonian, one of the world’s bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland, to the west by smallest official national languages. It is used successfully the Baltic Sea, to the south by Latvia and to the east by Lake in all areas of society. Estonians also speak a variety of other Peipus and Russia. Across the Baltic Sea lie Sweden and languages. Finland. Estonia has 1.3 million inhabitants. The capital of Estonia is Tallinn. Estonians understand technology: Skype revolutionized communication, TransferWise changed international money Population density in Estonia is 30.3 people per km². That is transfers, GrabCAD helps to build products faster and Starship almost four times less than EU’s average—116.7 people per robots reimagine local delivery. km²—, making Estonia the third most sparsely populated country in EU. Practical tips: we have right-hand traffic; 230 V voltage; Type F electrical plugs; UTC+2 time zone and the currency is the Forests cover about half of Estonian territory. More than 40% Euro. of them belong to the state and are certified organic. As all our Read a lot more: www. estonia.ee forests grow naturally, granting private forests the certificate they deserve would make half of Estonian territory organic.

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EUCYS 2017 Tallinn page 21 TALLINN Tallinn, the capital of Estonia, is located in Northern Europe in Recent projects have changed the town’s exterior remarkably. the north eastern part of the Baltic Sea region. The population Those interested in modern architecture will have plenty to of Tallinn is 443,623. Tallinn is a compact seaside town of see in Tallinn. The buildings here now are manifestations of contrasts; its medieval old town, defence structures and trends that are typical of Northern Europe. Their characteristic wooden suburbs are its most valuable architectural pearls. features are: functionality, the use of modern (including natural) materials (especially timber/wood)) and energy- Tallinn’s Old Town is on the list of UNESCO World Heritage efficient technologies. sites. Tallinn’s Old Town has winding cobblestone lanes and iron street lamps, Gothic spires and medieval markets, Read more about Tallinn: www. visittallinn.ee/eng/visitor cappuccinos and Wi-Fi. If you’re looking for that mix of historic Weather forecast: www.weather.ee/tallinn ambience and cutting-edge culture that defines Tallinn, you’ll find it here. With medieval churches nestled between modern high rises, Tallinn’s city centre is a place of fascinating contrasts.

In Kadriorg, a baroque palace and the modern art museum Kumu stand alongside each other. These two are surrounded by a picturesque quarter that even today exhibits a 19th century provincial atmosphere.

page 22 EUCYS 2017 Tallinn VENUES The contest venue — SpaceX Event Seaplane Harbour

Center The Welcoming Dinner on 22 September will take place in the Seaplane Harbour. The Contest Exhibition will take place in the SpaceX Event Center. The historical factory building has been converted into The Estonian Maritime Museum is an institution for a modern spacious and comfortable event centre. SpaceX is collecting, preserving, studying and presenting Estonian a multifunctional room in the modern business environment maritime culture and history. The mission of the museum is of Ülemiste City in Tallinn. Owing to its minimalistic and to promote knowledge about, respect for and love of the sea. functional concept inspired by the unlimited cosmos, the room The museum was founded in Tallinn upon the initiative of can be used in its available form or customised according to former captains and sailors in 1935. During its long history, the need. museum has moved on a number of occasions and since 1981, Restaurant Viktoria offers catering at lunch during EUCYS its main exhibition is located in the 500-year-old Fat Margaret 2017. Restaurant Viktoria captivates guests with its cozy tower in Tallinn Old Town. In May 2012, the Maritime Museum wooden interior. opened another exhibition venue at the Seaplane Harbour. SpaceX is centrally located in Ülemiste City at Keevise 6. The centre is easily accessible from whatever spot in Tallinn and is Today, the Maritime Museum is one of the largest museums in in the immediate vicinity of the airport. Estonia, and the most popular one—particularly thanks to the Seaplane Harbour exhibition.

Seaplane Harbour accommodates one of Europe’s grandest maritime museums. You are invited to see the authentic submarine Lembit from the 1930s, a Short 184 seaplane, mines, cannons and many other life-sized exhibits. The Seaplane Harbour, including the Seaplane Hangar, was built as a part of Peter the Great’s naval fortress 100 years ago on the orders of the Russian emperor Nicholas II. The architecture of the Hangar is remarkable, featuring the world’s first columnless thin-shell concrete domes of such volume. The building was used for seaplanes until the Second World War.

The museum and Seaplane Hangar have been recognised with a number of awards: Estonia’s Most Tourist-Friendly Museum 2012, Europa Nostra Grand Prix 2013, Special Commendation from the European Museum of the Year 2014, and a number of others.

The Seaplane Harbour provides memorable experiences: lots of interesting reading, a voyage around the world in the Yellow Submarine, opportunity of taking photos in naval uniforms, a big aquarium, simulators, paper plane precision throwing and many more exciting activities.

Read more about the Seaplane Harbour: www.meremuuseum.ee/lennusadam/en

page 24 EUCYS 2017 Tallinn Walter Zapp building and Ülemiste Today the versatile and future-oriented Smart City of Ülemiste City is located on the 36-hectar territory of Dvigatel. City The article “Suur mootor – Dvigatel” (Large engine—Dvigatel) The Opening Ceremony of EUCYS 2017 on 23 September and by Margus Kruut was published in the May 2009 issue of the the EIROforum lecture on 24 September will take place in magazine Tehnikamaailm. Ülemiste City in the Walter Zapp building atrium. Read more: www.ulemistecity.ee/en Walter Zapp was born in Riga, Governorate of Livonia (now Latvia). In 1932, living in Estonia, he began developing the then subminiature camera by first creating wooden models, which led to the first prototype in 1936. It was introduced to the market in 1938. Minox cameras were made by VEF (Valsts Elektrotehniskā Fabrika) in Latvia. VEF made 17,000 Minox cameras. During the Spring 1941 Resettlement of Baltic Germans, Walter Zapp moved to Germany. From 1941 to 1945, he worked on the development of electron microscopy at AEG in Berlin. After World War II, in 1945, he founded the Minox GmbH in Wetzlar, Germany. The company still exists. The innovative design and technical solutions of Zapp’s camera were patented around the world. VEF received 66 patents in 18 countries for Zapp’s inventions. Later in the 60’s, Zapp was named as the inventor in several patents granted to Minox GmbH for improvements and modifications of a subminiature camera. On the beginning of 90’s, Zapp patented his last invention, the Minox T8 pocket telescope.

The restaurant is called Dvigatel as a reference to the factory Energy Discovery Centre that was located in the area. The dinner and evening event on 23 September will take In 1897 Nicholas II, the last Emperor of Russia, approved place in the Energy Discovery Centre. The location is a the articles of association of a new public limited company unique electricity and energy themed science centre where called Dvigatel in his residency in Tsarskoye Selo. The plant you can discover, play and learn. The exhibitions are focused started operation on 9 May 1899, its main activity being the on the creation of educational programs and activities, in maintenance of railways, primarily the production of cars as particular about engineering, natural and exact sciences. well as the maintenance and repairs of locomotives. The plant The centre’s most interesting exhibit at the Energy Exhibition employed 4,000 people, including 70 engineers. is the Tesla generator in a Faraday cage. Unique in Europe, it allows to demonstrate 3-meter lightning bolts. It is also In early 20th century, Dvigatel was severely impacted by worth mentioning the lightning bridge that allows us to the Russian economic crisis, with both demand and output demonstrate static electricity, the net charge of an object. The decreasing substantially. During the years of World War I the center hosts the Energy Exhibition on two floors and classical plant manufactured 3-inch and 6-inch shells. physics is introduced at the Sound and Light exhibit.

During the following 10 years, Dvigatel was constantly on the The centre is also in a partnership with many schools, verge of bankruptcy, until it actually did go bankrupt in 1931. because our exhibits and programmes are built on the basis However, the entire plant sustained damage due to the war of the Estonian school curriculum. Owing to its historical and lay in ruins for several years. power plant setting, the centre mostly covers the subjects of IT, natural and formal sciences. In 1947 it was decided that Dvigatel should be run by the Council of Ministers of the USSR and by mid-1950s the plant Read more: www.energiakeskus.ee/exhibitions had already been completely rebuilt. Dvigatel started to manufacture air coolers, hermetic valves, vacuum pumps, and containers of various capacities, among other things. In the 1980s the plant started the mass-production of nuclear energy equipment and preparations were made to develop a space missile defence system.

With Estonia gaining re-independence, Dvigatel lost all its market potential again and in 1991 it was re-established as a government-owned public limited company. During the following 10 years the owners tried to restore the production capacity of the former Dvigatel plant, until in 2005 it was decided to completely restructure it. In the spring of 2005, AS Mainor decided to create a modern technology campus. Kista Science City, a technology campus near Stockholm, which is sometimes also referred to as the Silicon Valley of the North, was chosen as the reference model.

EUCYS 2017 Tallinn page 25 Art Museum of Estonia, KUMU Estonia Concert Hall

The evening event on 25 September will take place in the The Award Ceremony on 26 September will take place in the Art Museum of Estonia, KUMU. Kumu is the headquarters Estonia Concert Hall. This neoclassical imposing building is a of the Art Museum of Estonia, as well as the largest and symbol of Estonia’s political and cultural power. Traditionally, most impressive exhibition venue in Estonia. The museum the most festive events are held here, including receptions of opened on 17 February 2006. In 2008 Kumu received the the Estonian President and New Years’ Eve celebrations. European Museum of the Year Award. This is a noteworthy international recognition to Kumu’s aspirations of becoming No other hall in Estonia can compete with the Estonia a truly contemporary art museum, which is not just dedicated Concert Hall in combining history with flexibility and beauty to collection, conservation and exposition. Instead, it is with adaptability. The Hall promotes its own concert season a multifunctional space for mental activity ranging from featuring prestigious visiting artists and it is the home venue educational programmes for small children to discussions of the Estonian National Symphony Orchestra. about the nature and meaning of art in the modern world. The Estonia Concert Hall was designed and constructed as The construction of Kumu stretched over a long period and, part of the Estonia Theatre building. The architects were during this time, the concept of the museum also changed: the Armas Lindgren and Olivia Mathilda Lönn. building that had initially been planned as a national gallery The first concert in the newly opened concert hall of the became a museum that functions on two levels: collections of Estonia Theatre took place on 7 September 1913. Estonian art starting from the early 18th century are displayed On 9 March 1944, the building was destroyed during an air on the third and fourth floor, and a modern art gallery is on raid. Reconstruction work was started within the same year, the fifth floor. Art pre-dating World War II is exhibited on the led by architect Alar Kotli. The Estonia Theatre building was third floor; the fourth floor houses an exhibition of works from rebuilt in 1946. the period of Soviet occupation. On Kumu’s fifth floor, there are exhibitions of contemporary art from Estonia and abroad. In summer 1997, the Estonia Concert Hall was thoroughly The contemporary art gallery is not just an exhibition venue renovated at the initiative of the State Concert Institute Eesti but also an idea laboratory—a place where creativity has the Kontsert. freedom to experiment.

Current exhibitions at KUMU:

• The Savages of Germany. Die Brücke and Der Blaue Reiter Expressionists • Permanent exhibition: Treasury. Classics of Estonian Art from the Beginning of the 18th Century until the End of the Second World War. • Children of the Flowers of Evil. Estonian Decadent Art • Conflicts and Adaptations. Estonian Art of the Soviet Era (1940–1991) • Chronicles of Art Life. The photographers have recorded the Estonian art and culture scene (Jaan Klõšeiko, Jüri Tenson, Kalju Suur and others.) • Travellers. Voyage and Migration in New Art from Central and Eastern Europe

Read more: www.lauluvaljak.ee/en

EUCYS 2017 Tallinn page 27 PROJECTS PROJECTS BY FIELD

Biology Stand: 5 | Biology-05 Stand: 10 | Biology-10 Czech Republic Finland

Stand: 1 | Biology-01 Karina Movsesjan Stefan Elias Rua Spain The role of RAD51 mutations in cancer Which types of genes are most Juan Sánchez Mateos development significantly differentially expressed Claudia Rodríguez Rodríguez in lung and lymph node tissue?

On the structure and mechanics in vivo of the ostial cells and the aortic Stand: 6 | Biology-06 valve of the Drosophila melanogaster Poland Stand: 11 | Biology-11 larva heart by analyzing high Israel resolution microscopic images Aleksander Paweł Kostrzewa Leyla Vinopal A comparison of primates’ memory and learnig skills, with use of an Immune system activity can affect Stand: 2 | Biology-02 interactive platform in the Warsaw Alzheimer’s disease- implications Zoological Garden from a mouse model Turkey Özge Ceren Apali Chemistry Mehmet Can Dursun Stand: 7 | Biology-07 Investigating the cytotoxic effect of Georgia Stand: 12 | Chemistry-01 Juniper (Juniperus excelsa M. BIEB subsp. excelsa) oil on A431 epidermoid Teona Chokheli Spain cancer and A549 lung cancer cells Nestan Iobashvili Laura García Villagrasa AIN Productions Isabel Hartgring Stand: 3 | Biology-03 Looking for the ideal cocktail for South Korea water decontamination: Study on Stand: 8 | Biology-08 the photocatalytic efficiency of Fe-Ni metal organic materials over the Jeongsu Song Sweden deterioration of organic compounds. Kisoo Kim Jinwoo Lee Josefin Kristina Nyberg Emma Kristina Witt A Statistical Study on the Influence Virág Nóra Angyal Stand: 13 | Chemistry-02 of Color Wavelength on Human Color Differentiation Capacity Short term memory: Differences Norway between children and adults Olivia Margrethe Lynch Stand: 4 | Biology-04 Self-made Spectrophotometer Canada Stand: 9 | Biology-09 Slovakia Crystal Kelly Radinski Lukáš Marcin Stand: 14 | Chemistry-03 EEG Coherence as a Marker for Adriána Pazdičová Egypt Alzheimer’s Dementia Characteristics of decolorizing Yara Khalid Said properties of selected substances Sara Sayed Mohamed useful in the production of a potential tooth whitening mass Efficient Stable Perovskite

EUCYS 2017 Tallinn page 29 Stand: 15 | Chemistry-04 Computing Stand: 25 | Computing-06 Slovakia Ireland Stand: 20 | Computing-01 Eva Marasová Shane Curran Natália Bátorová Hungary qCrypt: The quantum-secure,

Production and application of Ábel Kocsis encrypted, data storage platform with biodegradable plastics multijurisdictional quorum sharding Rolly: radiation dose free spine control technology on young persons

Stand: 16 | Chemistry-05 Stand: 26 | Computing-07 Latvia Stand: 21 | Computing-02 Austria Rebeka Anna Lipina Turkey Gregor Widhalm Synthesis of arylidene Meldrum’s Atalay Kutlay Andreas Fußthaler acids and their reactions Nur Eylül Öncel HeadStat – Measurement and RDS of things: Using RDS technology Analysis of Forces in Sports for smart cities Stand: 17 | Chemistry-06 Iceland Engineering

Vifill Hardarson Stand: 22 | Computing-03 Stand: 27 | Engineering-01 Bulgaria Hungary Saponification of Icelandic Fish Oil Radoslav Stoyanov Dimitrov Áron Molnár Vasilena Aleksandrova Tsvetanova New high accuracy tilt sensor Stand: 18 | Chemistry-07 Computing unsigned reversal distance China using genetic algorithms Songrui Zhao Stand: 28 | Engineering-02 Italy A Research on Synthesis, Stand: 23 | Computing-04 Characterization and CO2 Absorptive Filippo Pairotti Character of Pyridinium-based Ionic South Korea Mattia Borgna Liquids Andrea Domenico Mourglia Sungjun Han CardioID: Tell me how your heart beats Automatic Classification of Diabetic and I’ll tell you who you are! Retinopathy and Macular Edema with Stand: 19 | Chemistry-08 Image Processing Germany Stand: 29 | Engineering-03 Johannes Nicolas Waller Stand: 24 | Computing-05 Philipp Nikolas Kessler Egypt Lithuania Fehling’s solution – Do we need a new Seifeldin Mohamed Mohamed interpretation? Adomas Paulauskas Dina Ahmed Abdelaal

Virtual Reality Games for Algae Energy Rehabilitation

page 30 EUCYS 2017 Tallinn Stand: 30 | Engineering-04 Stand: 35 | Engineering-09 Stand: 40 | Engineering-14 South Korea United Kingdom Austria

Jaeho Park David Alexander Bernstein Thomas Lederer Je-Eon Lee Sankha Kahagala Gamage Philipp Hetzenauer

Combining Single-Channel EEG E1 Modular pallet system for transport Measurement and Verbal Fluency within companies Test - A Groundwork for Ambulatory Diagnosis of Dementia Stand: 36 | Engineering-10 Israel Stand: 41 | Engineering-15 Stand: 31 | Engineering-05 Ohad Rave Portugal

Canada Nitai Edelberg Luís Miguel Afonso Pinto Beatriz Sampaio Bastião Danish Mahmood CPR bridge Olavo Filipe Estima Saraiva W.I.N.I.T.S. (Wireless Interconnected Non-Invasive Triage System) EasyPark

Stand: 37 | Engineering-11 Environment Stand: 32 | Engineering-06 Luxembourg Stand: 42 | Environment-01 Georgia Leo Loch Max Arendt Cyprus Giorgi Pkhakadze Olegi Jatchvliani iStudent Daphne Roumba Florentia Karaiskaki The Magnetic Lift Ekaterini Veroe Protopapa

Investigation of effect of sunlight Stand: 38 | Engineering-12 concentration on energy yield and Germany system efficiency Stand: 33 | Engineering-07 Lithuania Philipp Sinnewe

Matas Aliuškevičius A more energy-efficient aeroplane Stand: 43 | Environment-02 engine Honeybee Colony Sounds Reveal Italy Secrets of Life in Hives Elia Gambarin Marco Battisti Stand: 39 | Engineering-13 Alessandro Gaburro Ukraine Stand: 34 | Engineering-08 AE Space Herbs: the future in Belgium Yana Zhabura aeroponics

Hayteme Ziani Enhancement of technical capabilities Younes Zahouane of delta robot Hamza Blaada Stand: 44 | Environment-03 Rescue snake Poland

Kamil Humański

Taxonomic diversity of the Middle Ordovician – early Silurian echinoderms from Siljansringen, Sweden

EUCYS 2017 Tallinn page 31 Stand: 45 | Environment-04 Stand: 50 | Environment-09 Stand: 55 | Materials-02 Denmark Israel Estonia

Ayumi Rie Mayer Gal Levy Brita Laht Olivia Linnea Rygaard-Hjalsted Production of biodiesel from organic Anaerobic decomposition of starch- Sound PoliSea wastes by the “black-soldier” fly containing compostable plastic bag larvae of Maxima and three novel LDPE and cellulose stearate composites in activated sludge Stand: 46 | Environment-05 Belgium Stand: 51 | Environment-10 France Robbe Timmerman Stand: 56 | Materials-03 Andries Dedeurwaerder Benoit Simon Pâques European Schools Sebastiaan Lamers Louis Marie Godron Pierre Nicolas Boulanger Camilla Hurst Fish-O-Matic DusTrack’R The ultimate low cost The role of materials and surfaces in particulate matter sensor in response the transmission of bacteria in public to withdraw of US from Paris climat places Stand: 47 | Environment-06 agreement Russia

Ekaterina Alexandrovna Stand: 57 | Materials-04 Stand: 52 | Environment-11 Basharina USA Portugal Oil impact on mollusks` Mya arenaria Nicole Megan Wojtania and Macoma balthica burrowing Gabriel Silva Silva reaction Eduardo Teixeira Rocha Nogueira Cellulose Nanocrystals for Security Francisca Santos Martins Applications: Embedding Non-Optical Signatures Provided by Nanoparticles ShealS - Sea Heals Soil into Cellulose Nanocrystal Chiral Stand: 48 | Environment-07 Nematic Films United Kingdom

George Rabin Stand: 53 | Environment-12 Mathematics Edward James Thurlow USA Stand: 58 | Mathematics-01 Do birds have a favourite colour? Kendra Zhang Belarus

A paper-based microbial fuel cell for Andrei Shvedau self-powered glucose monitoring in Nikolay Sheshko Stand: 49 | Environment-08 saliva Estonia Any Heron Set can be Embedded in Z2

Anni Britta Pajoma Materials

The study of catechol Stand: 54 | Materials-01 Stand: 59 | Mathematics-02 2,3-dioxygenase’s effect on Hungary Bulgaria Pseudomonas pseudoalcaligenes C70 by the construction of knockout Dávid Puskás Chavdar Tsvetanov Lalov mutant strain 3D printed Moonbase The structure of self-avoiding walks and the connective constant

page 32 EUCYS 2017 Tallinn Stand: 60 | Mathematics-03 Stand: 65 | Mathematics-08 Stand: 70 | Medicine-03 Slovenia Finland Canada

Tjaš Božič Barry Philip Owiti Colette Benko Miha Torkar Sara Maraž An Application of Queuing Theory On Novel Pediatric Cancer Therapy: Relief Systems Targeting Epigenetics to Induce Origamics: Mathematical exploration Differentiation of the equilateral triangle through paper folding Stand: 66 | Mathematics-09 Stand: 71 | Medicine-04 Russia Czech Republic Stand: 61 | Mathematics-04 Alena Igorevna Teselkina Czech Republic Tereza Kačerová Centered figurate numbers Alexandr Jankov Molecular Diagnostics of Pulmonary Diseases Based on the Analysis of The Basel problem Exhaled Breath Condensate Stand: 67 | Mathematics-10 Austria

Stand: 62 | Mathematics-05 Florian Cäsar Stand: 72 | Medicine-05 Poland Michael Plainer China

Adam Piotr Klukowski Sigma – Learning how computers learn Wanzhuo He The floor-polynomials Medicine Asparagus polysaccharide selectively inhibits myeloid-derived suppressor cells by inducing apoptosis Stand: 68 | Medicine-01 Stand: 63 | Mathematics-06 Slovenia Denmark Domen Kulovec Gustav Møller Grimberg Uroš Prešern Stand: 73 | Medicine-06 Tristan Kovačič Estonia Use of comparative entropy analyses for dating and quantifying historical Active targeting of cysteine Jasper August Tootsi divergences between languages cathepsins with liposomes conjugated with cystatin C Galactosemia screening using the Beutler method Stand: 64 | Mathematics-07 Latvia Stand: 69 | Medicine-02 Egypt Stand: 74 | Medicine-07 Aleksandrs Jakovlevs Switzerland Edvards Janis Recickis Seif Aser Rady Mohamed Mahmoud Nina Chiara Kathe Magic Polyiamonds The potential of multi-pathway Small non-coding RNA induced gene therapy replacing the multi-drug silencing of tetracycline resistance therapy in cancer treatment gene in E. coli

EUCYS 2017 Tallinn page 33 Physics Stand: 80 | Physics-06 Stand: 85 | Physics-11 Latvia Switzerland

Stand: 75 | Physics-01 Dana Konisevska Jerome Schmidiger Cyprus Optimization of dielectric properties The Theory and Detection of Katerina Telamitsi in sodium bismuth titanate (NBT) Gravitational Waves Anastasia Eliofotou containing compounds Savvina Nikolaou Social sciences Meteorological observation of the vertical structure of the troposphere. Stand: 81 | Physics-07 Research, Explanation and conclusions Stand: 86 | Social sciences-01 China Spain Sijia Zhong Paula Teresa Tovar Rodríguez Stand: 76 | Physics-02 A New Way of Reducing the Friction Turkey of ships Based on the Biological A study on the effects of Baroque Characteristics of Earthworm music on concentration: Can Winter, Can Pak from Vivaldi’s Four Seasons, enhance attention in adolescent students? Measuring the surface vibration frequency with laser diode Stand: 82 | Physics-08 France Stand: 87 | Social sciences-02 Solène Noémie Dumas-Grollier Iceland Stand: 77 | Physics-03 Emma Marie-Christine J. J. Bulgaria Robin Herdis Agusta Linnet

Teodor Dimitrov Aleksiev Les mystères de la Tasse (A mysterious The status of children seeking Simona Lyubomirova Hristova cup) international protection in Iceland - The United Nations Convention on the Searching for variable stars in Rights of the Child – a safe haven for open clusters: a new algorithm and all children? application Stand: 83 | Physics-09 Germany Stand: 88 | Social sciences-03 Stand: 78 | Physics-04 Arne Jakob Geipel Luxembourg Georgia Matthias Paul Grützner Julian Egbert Sylvie-Anne Soares-Pereira Zurab Mujirishvili Sophie Klein Ramaz Javakhishvili Liquid stream hits rough surfaces – Emily Cordier showing an extraordinary and stable TrogloByte wave pattern The effect of wearing colourful clothing in class

Stand: 79 | Physics-05 Stand: 84 | Physics-10 Stand: 89 | Social sciences-04 Slovakia Ukraine Switzerland Miroslav Kurka Mykola Veremchuk Adam Jan Alexander Dynamic magnetization behavior Ohnesorge The investigation of the distribution in soft magnetic alloys of different of the density in gases using the structure The forgotten prisoners – Civilian Schlieren photography prisoners of the Great War inCorsica

page 34 EUCYS 2017 Tallinn Austria Austria Stand: 26 Stand: 67 Project: Computing-07 Project: Mathematics-10

HeadStat – Measurement and Analysis Sigma – Learning how computers learn of Forces in Sports Florian Cäsar [email protected] Gregor Widhalm [email protected] Michael Plainer [email protected] Andreas Fußthaler [email protected] So-called “Artificial Intelligence” is now to be found in previously unimaginable places thanks to powerful American Football is a tough sport with a lot of collisions, computers becoming more affordable. With the project which can cause the players serious head injuries and neck “Sigma – Learning how computers learn”, Florian Cäsar and problems. It is often a lack of opportunity to assess potential Michael Plainer from the HTL Wels have set themselves injuries that can lead to something more serious further down the objective of distributing AI so that it is available to and the line. As a member of an American Football team, Gregor understandable for everybody. Sigma is an intuitive building Widhalm together with his team mate Andreas Fußthaler block system that automates almost every application for developed a helmet module at IT-HTL Ybbs that can check which human intuition is normally needed–available freely, during the game whether an impact was so intensive as without cost, and for any purpose. From students without to require immediate intervention. A rechargeable helmet previous knowledge through to professionals, with Sigma module sends data to a mini server that displays the measured everybody can realise innovative ideas, work together values in graphic form in real time. The data is also saved in a directly with others and enable computers to learn complex database for later evaluation. relationships by themselves using only examples.

EUCYS 2017 Tallinn page 35 Austria Belarus Stand: 40 Stand: 58 Project: Engineering-14 Project: Mathematics-01

Modular pallet system for transport Any Heron Set can be Embedded in Z2 within companies Andrei Shvedau [email protected] Thomas Lederer [email protected] Nikolay Sheshko [email protected] Philipp Hetzenauer This work is about sets of points with integer pairwise Even just a few minutes’ transport can require huge distances (ideal sets) and Heron sets – ideal sets of points amounts of packing time and material. That is why Philipp with integer area of its convex hull. It shows that any two- Hetzenauer and Thomas Lederer at HTL Jenbach developed dimensional Heron set has an isometric copy in Z2. The main ingenious pallet systems for EMPL to save time, material and intermediaries of the proof are Gaussian integers, quadratic costs. The concept designed by Thomas Lederer consists of residues, and triangulations of planar sets. There are also the welded steel profiles and shaped plate sections with the properties of the Heron sets and, in particular, construction of intention of ensuring that the company needs to fabricate non-collinear Heron sets. as little as possible themselves. The side panels consist of standardised steel profiles that are readily available by the metre. Philipp Hetzenauer’s design is based on the assumption that the client would like to reduce investment costs and fabricate as much as possible themselves. Using plug-in fittings, all the components slot together easily.

page 36 EUCYS 2017 Tallinn Belgium Belgium Stand: 34 Stand: 46 Project: Engineering-08 Project: Environment-05

Rescue snake Fish-O-Matic

Hayteme Ziani Robbe Timmerman

Younes Zahouane Andries Dedeurwaerder

Hamza Blaada Sebastiaan Lamers

This snake can save people stuck under rubbles by sneaking The concept of our project is to imitate and fully automate in. Its infrared sensor detect body heat and transfer the a closed circle as in nature. We start with an aquarium with information to the computer through an Arduino card. The some fish. Instead of filtering the aquarium with a classic filter snakes describe a sinusoid movement, we configured the system we use a vegetable garden to filter the wastewater. robot via an equation of a harmonic movement configuring The waste of the fish becomes the manure for the vegetable each parameter to bring the snake to opperate a movement garden. The vegetables will filter the water and this clean alike. The snake contains six servo motors each of them water will return into the aquarium. If we adjust the size of configured to turn in harmony with the others. All the extra the vegetable garden and the flow of the recycling water to components like the battery, the cable, etc. are at the rear the amount of fish in the aquarium we can create a perfect of the snake. Our project has a Humanitarian objective. We environment for both fish and vegetables.We can eat the wanted to rescue people as fast as possible, the time being produced fish and the vegetables from our project. Our project critical. This project is an innovation in the field of rescuing will be automated as much as possible, and you will be able people involving mathematical and physical approach. A huge to interact with the aquarium via an app on your phone or gain of time for rescuers. another device.

EUCYS 2017 Tallinn page 37 Bulgaria Bulgaria Stand: 22 Stand: 77 Project: Computing-03 Project: Physics-03

Computing unsigned reversal distance Searching for variable stars in using genetic algorithms open clusters: a new algorithm and application Radoslav Stoyanov Dimitrov [email protected] Teodor Dimitrov Aleksiev [email protected] Vasilena Aleksandrova Tsvetanova [email protected] Simona Lyubomirova Hristova The project is focused on a problem in bioinformatics – [email protected] finding the minimum number of times an operation needs to be performed on a permutation to transform it to Deep photometry of open clusters was made in order to find another permutation. In the context of bioinformatics, the unidentified eclipsing binaries. We selected the clusters NGC permutations stand for genetic sequences of different species. 7243 and NGC 6940 based on their age, location on the sky The authors work with operations, called “reversals”. The and stellar density. We used our own algorithm based on the considered problem is NP-hard, so various heuristics are used light curves to select variable star candidates. We took into for it. In this work, genetic algorithms were used to attempt account several effects to determine which stars express true to tackle the problem. The solution was tested with different variability. As a result we found 9 new variable stars in the methods for selection and crossover and different authors’ cluster NGC 7243 and more than 20 in NGC 6940. We classified ideas. Some of the implementations gave better results than the registered variable stars by interpreting their light curve the ones produced by already existing algorithms. features. Most objects proved to be eclipsing binaries. The portion of W UMa-type binaries is considerably higher in NGC 6940 which can be explained by the more advanced evolutionary stage of the cluster.

page 38 EUCYS 2017 Tallinn Bulgaria Canada Stand: 59 Stand: 31 Project: Mathematics-02 Project: Engineering-05

The structure of self-avoiding walks W.I.N.I.T.S. (Wireless Interconnected and the connective constant Non-Invasive Triage System)

Chavdar Tsvetanov Lalov Danish Mahmood [email protected] [email protected]

A self-avoiding walk (SAW) is a path that does not self- W.I.N.I.T.S. is a cost-efficient vital sign monitoring system intersect, and the study of its properties leads to important based on a novel wearable biomedical device, W.I.N.I.T. Band. applications in chemistry, biology and computer networks. The device can be attached to a patient’s finger during mass We consider SAWs on a restricted square lattice with a finite casualty incidents, providing first responders, paramedics, height equal to 3 and infinite length. We obtain close lower and hospital staff with real-time updating of vital signs on an and upper bounds for the number of SAWs of length n and online dashboard and a small screen on the device, eliminating for the connective constant. Additionally, we present a the need for patient reassessment. W.I.N.I.T. Band wirelessly transformation of SAWs on the square lattice to a special kind and non-invasively measures cuffless blood pressure, heart of walks on the honeycomb lattice. By using H. Duminil-Copin rate, blood oxygen (SpO2), and body temperature in real- and S. Smirnov’s results for SAWs on the honeycomb lattice time. The algorithms automatically adjust to each patient, so we present ways by which close bounds for the connective they do not require calibration. W.I.N.I.T. Band improves on constant of the non-restricted square lattice could eventually existing commercial monitoring systems by eliminating the be obtained without the need of thousands of hours of need for blood pressure cuffs and electrocardiogram (ECG) computer calculations. attachments.

EUCYS 2017 Tallinn page 39 Canada Canada Stand: 70 Stand: 4 Project: Medicine-03 Project: Biology-04

Novel Pediatric Cancer Therapy: EEG Coherence as a Marker for Targeting Epigenetics to Induce Alzheimer’s Dementia Differentiation Crystal Kelly Radinski Colette Benko [email protected] Improving the accuracy and reducing the time needed to Neuroblastoma (NB) is a deadly childhood cancer arising from diagnose Alzheimer’s disease could allow more timely immature nerve cells. One of the methods of treating NB is interventions and cost reduction. Even in the early stages by inducing cell differentiation, the process of specializing to of Alzheimer’s, transmission of signals between neurons in form a specific cell type. Inducing differentiation allows for the brain is disrupted. This study examined whether these better treatment outcomes and a lower chance of relapse, disruptions would reduce a person’s ability to perform certain but the current drug (CRA) has significant side effects. I tasks and whether the breakdown in transmission could be investigated how epigenetics – the control of gene expression detected using EEG (brainwave measurement) technology. - could be used to treat NB by “turning on” genes responsible The EEG patterns of Alzheimer’s patients and healthy for cell differentiation silenced by the disease. In my testing, individuals while completing various tasks were compared. the drug DZNep was more effective in inducing NB cell death One particular task – drawing a 3-D cube – and EEG pattern at a lower concentration than CRA, with the added benefit differences while performing this task could help distinguish of increasing cell differentiation. As a result, DZNep has the between Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia and potential to be an effective treatment for NB in the future. memory loss.

page 40 EUCYS 2017 Tallinn China China Stand: 72 Stand: 18 Project: Medicine-05 Project: Chemistry-07

Asparagus polysaccharide selectively A Research on Synthesis, inhibits myeloid-derived suppressor Characterization and CO2 Absorptive cells by inducing apoptosis Character of Pyridinium-based Ionic Liquids Wanzhuo He [email protected] Songrui Zhao [email protected] MDSCs are a group of heterogeneous cells which derived from immature bone marrow cells.They are the precursor In this work, three kinds of pyridium-based ionic liquids were cells of dendritic cell, macrophage and granulocyte. In tumor synthesized as new solvents for CO2 capture. Their physical carrier’s body, they can strongly suppress the anti-tumor properties and CO2 absorbing abilities were measured, immune response. Other researchers found that if we cleared calculated and analyzed. The cycling abilities and absorbing MDSCs, tumor will shrink. So it’s important to find a drug that principle of these liquids were also discussed. The results could kill MDSCs.This research studied the inhibitory effect shows the three kinds of ionic liquids can absorb CO2 and molecular mechanism of asparagus polysacchride(AP) efficiently and can be recycled completely. They can be widely on MDSCs. Found that AP can selectively induces MDSCs to apoptosis. Apoptosis-related gene such as P53 participated used in industrial CO2 capture process. in the process. TLR4 is possible the receptor of AP on MDSCs. This study proved that AP could assisted in anti-tumor therapy based on the study of mechanism and this provides basis for the development of new drug.

EUCYS 2017 Tallinn page 41 China Cyprus Stand: 81 Stand: 42 Project: Physics-07 Project: Environment-01

A New Way of Reducing the Friction Investigation of effect of sunlight of ships Based on the Biological concentration on energy yield and Characteristics of Earthworm system efficiency

Sijia Zhong Daphne Roumba [email protected] [email protected]

In order to reduce the friction between ships and water, Florentia Karaiskaki based on the biological characteristics of dorsal pores of [email protected] earthworms, the author put forward a design of plates with

holes. In the experiment, the author used per-experiments, control experiments and analysis on error data to research Ekaterini Veroe Protopapa on it. In addition, the author got the regulations between [email protected] the speed and four main variables, which were the number of holes, the size of holes, the arrangement of holes and the opening degree of holes. The speed can be increased by 2% to Solar Thermal Power technologies offer much promise for 9% compared with the plate without holes. It showed that this satisfying global and local energy needs. Concentrated new way of reducing resistance could be better researched to Solar Power systems, interested us the most, since they save energy in the area of ship. use reflective or refractive optics to focus incoming direct sunlight onto an absorber, or receiver which can accomplish high temperatures that generate power. CSP with chemical heat storage means is able to create day and night baseload power.We constructed our own solar dishes, a spherical and a parabolic and by comparing their results we came to our conclusions. Furthermore we used the Tonatiuh Ray Tracing Software to examine the relationship between the number of heliostats, the position in the field and the power produced

page 42 EUCYS 2017 Tallinn Cyprus Czech Republic Stand: 75 Stand: 61 Project: Physics-01 Project: Mathematics-04

Meteorological observation of the The Basel problem vertical structure of the troposphere. Research, Explanation and conclusions Alexandr Jankov [email protected] Katerina Telamitsi The work’s primary goal was to create a new and original [email protected] solution to the Basel problem, the statement of which is to find the sum of reciprocals of squares of all positive integers. The prestented approach mainly aims for being as free of Anastasia Eliofotou an application of very strong mathematical theorems which [email protected] would be hard to prove as possible . In addition the approach can be further easily generalized so it would provide the Savvina Nikolaou general formula for the sum of reciprocals of any even integer [email protected] powers. The solution itself primarily relies on a manipulation with the gamma function and the psi function, later derived In our project, we dealt with the radiosonde to see how from the gamma function. As the secondary goal the work one can proceed to the weather forecast and to study the also presents an original proof of the reflection formula for variation of meteorological parameters against the altitude the gamma function, which is generaly very hard to prove. above sea level in the troposphere. At first, we searched online for trusted sources that would help us understand terms as the atmospheric pressure, relative humidity, radiosonde, tephigrams etc. We visited the Radiosonde department in Cyprus and understood how the radiosonde helps meteorologists predict the weather. Finally, through the analysis of the tephigrams we attempted to predict the weather situation about a particular area, date and time and explained whether it was a sunny or a rainy day.

EUCYS 2017 Tallinn page 43 Czech Republic Czech Republic Stand: 5 Stand: 71 Project: Biology-05 Project: Medicine-04

The role of RAD51 mutations in cancer Molecular Diagnostics of Pulmonary development Diseases Based on the Analysis of Exhaled Breath Condensate Karina Movsesjan [email protected] Tereza Kačerová [email protected] RAD51 protein repairs highly toxic DNA damage via homologous recombination and protects replication forks from nucleolytic The work is aimed at the personalized diagnostics of degradation. Recently, RAD51 mutations were identified in pulmonary diseases. As a part of the work, a biomarker several tumor types. However, the mechanism of how these panel based on the determination of biomarkers generated mutations contribute to tumorigenesis remains elusive. This from arachidonic acid or coupled with oxidative stress in the work reports a biochemical characterization of RAD51 S121Y exhaled breath condensate was created. It was unambiguously mutation found in uterine carcinosarcoma. Intriguingly, while proved that the developed panel allows differentiation of RAD51 S121Y is recombination proficient, reconstitution of pulmonary diseases, asthma phenotyping, monitoring of fork protection using synthetic DNA substrates revealed pharmacotherapy and that it could enable quicker and more that RAD51 S121Y is unable to efficiently prevent MRE11 accurate diagnostics. An idea of constructing a biochip that exonuclease-mediated DNA degradation. All together these would even more simplify the current diagnostics is sketched results elucidate a mechanism by which can RAD51 mutations up as well. Finally, the work “discovered” the lipoxin receptor promote tumorigenesis. which may represent an interesting target for new drugs with anti-asthmatic effect that would enhance the natural defence of organism against inflammation.

page 44 EUCYS 2017 Tallinn Denmark Denmark Stand: 45 Stand: 63 Project: Environment-04 Project: Mathematics-06

Sound PoliSea Use of comparative entropy analyses for dating and quantifying historical Ayumi Rie Mayer divergences between languages [email protected]

Gustav Møller Grimberg Olivia Linnea Rygaard-Hjalsted [email protected] [email protected] Through studies of Danish text material and chosen passages The anthropogenic marine noise pollution is a serious problem from the Danish and Swedish Bible, it is investigated how on the rise that poses a great threat to marine wildlife. The the information theoretical entropy can be applied to Northern Atlantic right whale is critically endangered and quantify linguistic differences. It is shown that the relative fully dependent upon the noisy U.S. east coast, where current entropy between Danish texts is nearly zero, whereas the protection methods don’t take sufficient regard to noise. In relative entropy between the Danish and Swedish Bible is order to protect the species, we propose a solution, where considerably higher. This affirms that entropy analyses can be via a network of actively monitoring sound buoys, we’d be used for quantitative studies of linguistic differences between able to create flexible protected areas based on the sonic different written language systems, and enables the use of needs. In line with NOAA’s Ocean Noise Roadmap and with comparative entropy analyses to quantitatively analyse the NOAA’s authority, we’d ideally be able to sufficiently control historical ancestry between related languages. Additionally, and mitigate noise sources, and taking expensive noise other ways of calculating the relative entropy and the byproducts such as cavitation into regard, we’d realistically be able to protect the Northern Atlantic right whale against potential of multilingual entropy analyses are discussed noise pollution.

EUCYS 2017 Tallinn page 45 Egypt Egypt Stand: 69 Stand: 29 Project: Medicine-02 Project: Engineering-03

The potential of multi-pathway Algae Energy therapy replacing the multi-drug therapy in cancer treatment Seifeldin Mohamed Mohamed [email protected] Seif Aser Rady [email protected] Dina Ahmed Abdelaal [email protected] Mohamed Mahmoud Our research is trying to find alternative source of energy [email protected] to solve these both problems environmental pollution and energy shortage. Cultivation of microalgae and extraction Pharmacy has been frozen for ages at direct chemical Biodiesel from it can be a great source for clean energy it exploitation of new compoundswhich caused fluctuating is also cheap and algae sucks (co2) during growth so it’s efficiencies, side effectsand costs. However, nature is so environment cleaner. Extraction Biodiesel from algae by being specified in how diseases and pathogens evolve, and so we compressed by our device (Exgester) which has been modified have to be in drug development. Cancer is our era’s epidemic to use biomass to extract biogas and Natural fertilizer nightmare, always evolving and developing resistance based on the principle of anaerobic fermentation of organic against any treatment in use forcing the use of drug materials. Exgesteralso purifies the biogas to separate it from combinationsraising complications at the cost of the patient’s acid gases and increase the heating value of CH4. Finally the body. Development of multi-pathway therapy helps keep outcomes from this project by cultivating about 3%-8% from the efficiency of multi drugs at low side effects and cost. We Egypt desert we will not need diesel from petroleum. conducted cancer research using wiskostatin, which we claim to have multi-pathway and high selectivity for cancerous cells. Our IC50 and cancer resistance results assure wiskostatin is highly efficient compared to other drugs.

page 46 EUCYS 2017 Tallinn Egypt Estonia Stand: 14 Stand: 73 Project: Chemistry-03 Project: Medicine-06

Efficient Stable Perovskite Galactosemia screening using the Beutler method Yara Khalid Said [email protected] Jasper August Tootsi [email protected] Sara Sayed Mohamed [email protected] This research paper focuses on implementation of classical galactosemia screening using the Beutler method. Classical Perovskite cell is the highest cell efficiency produced to galactosemia is a hereditary disease and is caused by the produce energy. Therefore, solving its problems will help in ability to break down galactose, a monosaccharide in lactose, solving the problem of energy around the world. Solving the thus causing toxic intermediates to accumulate. This causes stability of perovskite using Tetrabutylammonium iodide organ failure and if left untreated even death. It is second (TBAI) instead of methylammonium iodide (MAPbl3) was most frequent metabolical disorder with a frequency rate of successful, because TBAI has longer CH2 group than MAPbl3, 1:19 700 in Estonia. Before this project, classical galactosemia so it absorbs less water, making the cell more stable. Also, by was tested by manually drawing blood when the baby already making a combined way between its two ways of fabrication, came to the hospital with extreme organ system damages. & getting one with less cost, and high efficiency. In addition, After this project, every newborn is being tested in Estonia on replacing the Spiro MeOtad by copper iodide gives a great its second day. results, which decreased the cost of the cell from 33.95 $ to 3.07 $. this hypotheses lead to further improvement in perovskite cell’s crystallinity, better light stability, less hysteresis, & lower cost.

EUCYS 2017 Tallinn page 47 Estonia Estonia Stand: 49 Stand: 55 Project: Environment-08 Project: Materials-02

The study of catechol 2,3-dioxygenase’s Anaerobic decomposition of starch- effect on Pseudomonas containing compostable plastic bag pseudoalcaligenes C70 by the of Maxima and three novel LDPE and construction of knockout mutant cellulose stearate composites in strain activated sludge

Anni Britta Pajoma Brita Laht [email protected] [email protected]

This study focuses on capability of Pseudomonas Although biodegradability is an important property of pseudoalcaligenes C70 to degrade phenol and salicylate. plastics, studies on their anaerobic biodegradability are These persistent and toxic aromatic compounds may reach sparse. Thus the anaerobic biodegradation of a commercially to the environment as pollution from industries or as a available starch-based plastic Bioplast® and three novel, result of oil pollution. Strain C70 has a great potential for cellulose-stearate-based plastics was studied. The samples the bioremediation of contaminated areas as it possesses were degraded in anaerobic activated sludge and the amount two catechol meta pathways. To study the role of two key of gas produced was measured. Bioplast® degraded faster enzymes, catechol 2,3-dioxygenases (C23O), a mutant strain than cellulose-based plastics confirmed by weight loss of was constructed. Based on the conducted experiments it can samples and by the amount of gas produced. The majority of be stated that the studied mutant strain C70∆pheB possessing weight loss of Bioplast® was probably due to disintegration only one C23O cannot function in the proper way on phenol – preceding further biodegradation to gas. The biodegradability naphthalene route’s C23O is not able to replace phenol route of cellulose stearate and LDPE mixtures was found to be C23O. Two copies of C23O in wt strain allow to grow on higher determined by their content of cellulose stearate, and also by concentrations of contamination. the crystallinity of these materials.

page 48 EUCYS 2017 Tallinn European Schools Finland Stand: 56 Stand: 10 Project: Materials-03 Project: Biology-10

The role of materials and surfaces in Which types of genes are most the transmission of bacteria in public significantly differentially expressed places in lung and lymph node tissue?

Camilla Hurst Stefan Elias Rua [email protected] [email protected]

This project is a study into the bacteria found in schools and Which types of genes are most significantly differentially measures that can be taken to reduce person-to-person expressed in lung and lymph node tissue? This is investigated transmission. The first stage of the project identified that using publicly available RNA-seq data from Array Express some bacteria in the school was potentially harmful. The and analyzing it using a computer program called Chipster. project continued with tests on the survival of bacteria on It was found that there was a large amount of differential different surfaces. The results show a very quick reduction expression between lung and lymph node tissue, indicating of bacteria on pine. Through extractions, the compounds in that the genes expressed most in each tissue are specific to pine that might contribute to its antibacterial property were them and their functions. analysed. This effect is due to the defensive mechanisms of the plant. Materials like untreated pine can be used to reduce transmission risks. However, door handles pose a particular problem due to the frequency of use. A prototype door handle was built that dispenses a small quantity of disinfectant during each use.

EUCYS 2017 Tallinn page 49 Finland France Stand: 65 Stand: 51 Project: Mathematics-08 Project: Environment-10

An Application of Queuing Theory On DusTrack’R The ultimate low cost Relief Systems particulate matter sensor in response to withdraw of US from Paris climat Barry Philip Owiti agreement [email protected] Natural disasters and complex disasters produce significant Benoit Simon Pâques numbers of casualties that overload a region’s medical [email protected] infrastructure. Field hospitals (FHs) help cope with this high influx of casualties. Often, they struggle with high patient arrival rates and limited personnel. This imbalance Louis Marie Godron is representable as a queueing problem. By representing [email protected] a field hospital as a queueing model, tracing the different patient’s paths through it, and finding the patients’ sojourn Pierre Nicolas Boulanger time distributions, an estimation of the necessary personnel [email protected] is possible. The research question of this work is: “How can the sojourn time distribution of patients’ paths through a Particulate matter (PM) is a type of air pollution that is field hospital (FH) be modelled through Queueing Theory and generated by a variety of human activities, can travel long analyzed to make predictions on the number of personnel distances in the atmosphere and causes a wide range of required to run a field hospital?” diseases and a significant reduction of life expectancy in most of the population. Our project is to develop a portable device at low cost to map with a high precision and in 3D the pollution in cities. DusTrack’R performs real-time computation of prediction models to calculate PM concentration using a set of sensors (temperature, pressure, humidity, GPS) that were assembled, programmed and validated in various conditions such as during peaks of pollution in France. DusTrack’R can be attached to a drone and its accuracy is as good as expensive stations for air quality monitoring in use by the French government.

page 50 EUCYS 2017 Tallinn France Georgia Stand: 82 Stand: 32 Project: Physics-08 Project: Engineering-06

Les mystères de la Tasse (A mysterious The Magnetic Lift cup) Giorgi Pkhakadze [email protected] Solène Noémie Dumas-Grollier [email protected] Olegi Jatchvliani [email protected] Emma Robin [email protected] One of the main problems in the world is to evacuate people safely from the skyscrapers in extreme situations. As it’s A cup or a glass is able to produce sounds sometimes strange, already shown that in such kind of situations existed elevators as the one you can hear when you struck a cup that contains and stairs are useless, cutting off electricity. In this project hot milk and in which you added chocolate powder. Indeed, the evacuation lift has been invented, which is vital and very the frequency of the sound keeps growing with every stroke. useful. Using it in practical life we will be able to survive a great To understand the origin of this increase of frequency, we number of people in extreme situations. The acting principle have followed a scientific process. Each step of this process of the lift is founded on the magnetic inductive physical effect. has helped to better inform us on the answer to the riddle. But Particularly free falling in the magnets’ vertical tube is nearly our project can go farther than solve a riddle. Indeed, medical constant and with low speed (4m/sec). The Simple model applications may emerge. of the magnet lift has been made, the series of experiments have been held, which have been proved the idea’s viability.

EUCYS 2017 Tallinn page 51 Georgia Georgia Stand: 7 Stand: 78 Project: Biology-07 Project: Physics-04

AIN Productions TrogloByte

Teona Chokheli Zurab Mujirishvili [email protected] [email protected]

Nestan Iobashvili Ramaz Javakhishvili [email protected] Caves always are objects of scientific interest but they The purpose of our team is to use the most common culture present serious challenge for many researches. Exploring in Kakheti, grape, in biodiesel production. Such project hasn’t caves is a dangerous and resource consuming process, but been done yet. Of course there are many ways to produce our project aims to change that by replacing human explorers biodiesel, but not from grape seed and ethanol. This is the with distantly controlled robots. Similar robots exist but innovation. As project authors, we can state, that we received the ones only rely on flashlight and cameras which do not alternative fuel, biodiesel from one waste and we used grape yield enough information for researchers. TrogloByte uses seed oil and ethanol, instead of methanol for its production. different approach - the use of ultraviolet radiation and Our purpose, to receive cheap and pure fuel, is reached. fluorescence. Emission of light after a certain substance has absorbed some amount of electromagnetic radiation is called fluorescence and can be used for detecting and approx. identifying minerals/living organisms in the cave ecosystem. Our device is capable to retrieve more information than its predecessors using ultraviolet light.

page 52 EUCYS 2017 Tallinn Germany Germany Stand: 38 Stand: 19 Project: Engineering-12 Project: Chemistry-08

A more energy-efficient aeroplane Fehling’s solution – Do we need a new engine interpretation?

Philipp Sinnewe Johannes Nicolas Waller [email protected] [email protected]

Air traffic is known to be harmful to the climate because aeroplanes emit a considerable amount of CO2. Philipp Philipp Nikolas Kessler Sinnewe investigated whether there is a more efficient and Fehling’s solution is used in classrooms as an example of a more climate friendly alternative to conventional aeroplane pH-dependent redox reaction. Johannes Waller and Philipp engines. He built a small model of a jet engine and used it to Kessler realised that glucose and fructose react at different test a new type of fuel. The young researcher used a water- speeds and that this phenomenon cannot be explained alcohol mixture in combination with kerosene, the fuel by their molecular structures. Their laboratory tests have typically used in aircraft. The water in this set-up expands demonstrated that Fehling’s solution follows more complex in the engine as it turns to steam, increasing the thrust. The laws of chemistry than those presented in school books. results of the experiments on his self-built engine test rig are During the reaction, the substances pass through various promising. They suggest that this fuel can cut CO2 emissions intermediate stages and form oxidation products, which, by a third compared to kerosene. in turn, have reduction effects. The colouration follows a different mechanism for each sugar and depends on the formation of certain intermediate products. This explains why the fructose-based Fehling reaction generates a red colour more quickly than the glucose-based reaction.

EUCYS 2017 Tallinn page 53 Germany Hungary Stand: 83 Stand: 54 Project: Physics-09 Project: Materials-01

Liquid stream hits rough surfaces – 3D printed Moonbase showing an extraordinary and stable wave pattern Dávid Puskás [email protected] Arne Jakob Geipel Space colonisation is one of the greatest challenges of [email protected] mankind. The most appealing idea is exploiting habitats on the Moon by using the novel technology of 3D printing. This idea would use a 3D printer to build a concrete-like dome from Matthias Paul Grützner the lunar soil, which would be consolidated with a binding liquid. The aim of my research is to study the feasibility, the endurance of a 3D printed lunar habitat to the harsh Julian Egbert environmental conditions and to put these ideas into practice. After creating the proper lunar soil simulant, I carried out A steady stream of water, hitting a rough surface (e.g. a measurements of the physical properties of concrete in order wooden board) perpendicularly, yields a surprising result. A to design the structure of the base. Finally, I developed a self- water wall encloses a regular spiral pattern centered on the built Moon-printer by designing a concrete-printing head, an water stream. The objective of our paper is to both explain the innovation in this field, and printed a scale model of the lunar pattern’s emergence and describe its shape mathematically. outpost. Ultimately, we were able to explain the appearance of the pattern. Starting from simple assumptions about the flow, we derived a mathematical model that describes the shape accurately. The surprising result is that all spiral arms are semi-circles. We could show that this structure is stable for different viscosities, flow rates and protrusion densities of the considered surface. Dependence of the size of the pattern on various parameters will be considered as well.

page 54 EUCYS 2017 Tallinn Hungary Hungary Stand: 27 Stand: 20 Project: Engineering-01 Project: Computing-01

New high accuracy tilt sensor Rolly: radiation dose free spine control on young persons Áron Molnár [email protected] Ábel Kocsis [email protected] A new generation tilt sensor was created in a totally new vision in order to accomplish the tasks where wide measurement Most people know teenagers with back pain, and this symptom range, high accuracy and simplicity required. In our work, usually refers to scoliosis. If we diagnose this disease in an we invented a tilt sensor which uses ferrofluid to measure early state, it is easily treatable. Rolley was developed from tilt. We developed two variants of the sensor: one has an scratch based on a myRIO by NI, a battery and sensors. Rolley extremely high resolution while the other has a virtually enables users to assess their spines’ condition in an easy and infinite measuring range. We built a sensor that can detect the effective way. Using this device, backs’ shape can be mapped gravitational effect of the Moon. The proposed sensors do not then displayed in two perpendicular views based on gathered contain moving parts, and the reaction time has been reduced data if connected to a PC. Rolley is aiming at prevention, to using lower viscosity ferrofluids. Our sensor can widely be warn young people if they should consult a specialist. It is used in industrial applications, for example in medical robots important to emphasize that the measurement is radiation or airplanes. dose free. Possible use cases for Rolley can be health checks conducted by school nurses as well as regular assessments of a patient’s back in a non-clinical environment like at home.

EUCYS 2017 Tallinn page 55 Iceland Iceland Stand: 17 Stand: 87 Project: Chemistry-06 Project: Social sciences-02

Saponification of Icelandic Fish Oil The status of children seeking international protection in Iceland - Vifill Hardarson The United Nations Convention on the [email protected] Rights of the Child – a safe haven for Fish oil is a big part of the Icelandic culture and is used for all children? many health purposes. However, the byproduct of processed fish oil is not consumed and I therefore decided to find one way in which we can use it. I thus decided to produce soap Herdis Agusta Linnet from the byproduct, but before I could do that I needed to [email protected] see if it was practical to create the soap at all through the process of saponification. Furthermore, I wanted to compare Children are individuals with independent rights that must the saponification number to that of coconut oil, since itis be respected. The researchers wish to draw attention to a widely popular and efficient source of soap. Hence, the what rights are applicable when a child seeks international research question for my project became: Can Icelandic cod protection in Iceland, and explore whether those rights are oil be as efficiently saponified as coconut oil by comparing its respected or not. The researchers‘ hypothesis is that the saponification value to that of coconut oil? rights of children applying for international protection in Iceland have been violated when it comes to certain rights. By taking the rights of children into consideration, the child can be provided with what it needs. According to article 3 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, all decisions or actions by authorities concerning children should be based on their best interests.

page 56 EUCYS 2017 Tallinn Ireland Israel Stand: 25 Stand: 50 Project: Computing-06 Project: Environment-09 qCrypt: The quantum-secure, Production of biodiesel from organic encrypted, data storage platform with wastes by the “black-soldier” fly multijurisdictional quorum sharding larvae technology Gal Levy [email protected] Shane Curran [email protected] Contemporary organic waste disposing method is buried it underground which accounts for environmental hazards such qCrypt is a software platform for the purposes of storing secrets as polluting the air, water and ground. The “black-solider” in a verifiably secure manner. It consists of new cryptographic fly is species that does not harm humans, animals or crops. and technological methods for data security, including a The larvae feed on non-fibrous organic waste, consuming new key exchange scheme which is significantly faster than daily 2-3 folds its own body weight. The larvae’s body mass alternatives while providing protection against the ever- has 35% proteins which are recycled to feed animals and nearing dawn of quantum computers. qCrypt also consists of comparable amount of fats which currently are not being a new data storage technique known as “multijurisdictional used. The research examined using these fats in producing quorum sharding”, whereby a mathematical “secret sharing” biodiesel fuel for two kinds of organic wastes: agriculture and scheme is used in conjunction with the novel key exchange animal waste. Results show production of 34 and 8.5 liters of algorithm to distribute a piece of data between multiple biodiesel fuel from a ton of tomatoes waste and cow manure. legal jurisdictions, requiring a predefined quorum in order to The biodiesel can be used as a substitute to or as an additive rebuild it. All of these technologies have been implemented for conventional diesel fuel. and integrated in an easy-to-use web interface.

EUCYS 2017 Tallinn page 57 Israel Israel Stand: 11 Stand: 36 Project: Biology-11 Project: Engineering-10

Immune system activity can affect CPR bridge Alzheimer’s disease- implications from a mouse model Ohad Rave [email protected]

Leyla Vinopal [email protected] Nitai Edelberg [email protected] Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disease, characterized by progressive age-associated memory and Chest compression is the most important part of CPR. However, learning deficits. In mice, recruitment of white blood cells it is preformed in many cases by untrained bystanders, to the brain slowed down AD progress. PD-1 is a receptor which leads to ineffective and sometimes harmful CPR. To expressed on immune cells to restrain their activation. We overcome this challenge, we developed a product that will examined whether treatment with anti-PD-1 i.e. blocking increase the effectiveness of CPR by bystanders before the of the receptor to trigger an immune response, could affect arrival of medical crew. Our product, the CPRBridge, prompts AD pathology. We found that mice with AD-like pathology the user to perform CPR and gives feedback on the correct treated with anti-PD-1 showed a significant improvement location, and on the appropriate pressure and rate needed. in cognitive and memory abilities, together with a positive The product is feasible as it is cheap and easy to produce and effect on amyloid plaque burden, hippocampal neurogenesis, its operation does not require any special training. Moreover, synaptic activity, and neurons death. Our findings support in it is lightweight and very comfortable to use. Our product increasing immune system activity as a potential way to treat improves the chance of a successful CPR in critical time and brain pathology. therefore may increase survival of people requiring CPR.

page 58 EUCYS 2017 Tallinn Italy Italy Stand: 43 Stand: 28 Project: Environment-02 Project: Engineering-02

AE Space Herbs: the future in CardioID: Tell me how your heart beats aeroponics and I’ll tell you who you are!

Elia Gambarin Filippo Pairotti [email protected] [email protected]

Marco Battisti Mattia Borgna [email protected] [email protected]

Alessandro Gaburro Andrea Domenico Mourglia [email protected] [email protected]

The development of IT in the last twenty years has affected Pollution, lack of arable lands and low global water availability each aspect of human life. People’s health and financial are some of the main problems which the farming process data are interconnected through the Internet. In order faces nowadays. Our solution is inspired by aeroponics, a to allow a secure data exchange, sensible information method whereby plants grow thanks to a nutritive fog, and have to be protected. For this reason, passwords must be vertical farming. Without using soil, our solution uses 90% non-reproducible and intrinsically linked to their owners. less water than a conventional cultivation, paying close Nowadays there are different kinds of ID systems from finger attention to environment and health, since it limits the use of prints to the simplest passwords. Are they a really secure pesticides and fertilizers. Plants cultivated with aeroponics way to protect sensitive data? Of course not. Actually, all gain typical benefits of soil-based cultivated plants and these credentials could be stolen or replicated. However, they have the same or a superior concentration of active each person has biometrical parameters different from one ingredients. Choosing AE Space Herbs is the first step for a to another. One of them satisfies all our requirements: HEART better future. SIGNAL. From this idea we have built a system which is able to use this signal as a password.

EUCYS 2017 Tallinn page 59 Latvia Latvia Stand: 64 Stand: 80 Project: Mathematics-07 Project:Physics-06

Magic Polyiamonds Optimization of dielectric properties in sodium bismuth titanate (NBT) Aleksandrs Jakovlevs containing compounds [email protected]

Dana Konisevska Edvards Janis Recickis [email protected] [email protected] People all over the world desire to live in uncontaminated The aim of this project was to research a previously environment. Many European Union directives state that unresearched subject in combinatorial geometry - magic member countries should restrict the wide usage of lead polyiamonds. To assist the research, multiple computer containing materials, as lead and lead zirconate titanate (PZT) programs have been made by the authors, allowing for the containing compounds are toxic and easily volatile. However, collection of precise and accurate data regarding the subject, an effective lead-free material with piezoelectric properties such as all magic polyiamonds for any given n value, their equivalent to PZT materials has not been found yet. Therefore numbers, and areas. Magic polyiamonds have a wide range of it is necessary to develop the NBT-based material research. A applications, which include architecture, games, Mathematics potential application type could be the usage of NBT materials and Informatics olympiad exercises, as well as theoretical for production of capacitors with a stable capacity value over mathematics. a wide temperature range. The author synthesized 9 NBT samples (using 4 unique chemical formulas) which were modified with Er and NaNbO3.

page 60 EUCYS 2017 Tallinn Latvia Lithuania Stand: 16 Stand: 24 Project: Chemistry-05 Project: Computing-05

Synthesis of arylidene Meldrum’s Virtual Reality Games for acids and their reactions Rehabilitation

Rebeka Anna Lipina Adomas Paulauskas [email protected] [email protected]

As the world is shifting from fossil fuel to alternative energy Virtual reality improves the effectiveness of the rehabilitation sources the total volume of biodiesel produced is increasing. process because it raises the patient’s motivation and grants It has caused overproduction of crude glycerol which is the the ability to follow the rehabilitation process. We have created byproduct of biodiesel and is harmful for the environment. a new virtual reality game for rehabilitation of patients which The aim of the project was to study arylidene Meldrum’s have suffered leg trauma or gone through surgery. The goal acids as one of the possible crude glycerol utilization routes of the game is to kick as many balls, which are falling from and to investigate their reactions. Utilization of overproduced above, in a set amount of time. Artificial intelligence has been crude glycerol as a solvent in organic chemistry agrees applied to adapt the difficulty of the game to any person’s to the philosophy of Green Chemistry and eco-friendly physical abilities. The algorithm also accommodates for the thinking. Valuable compounds were synthesized using crude fact that the player gradually becomes more tired during the glycerol as a solvent. New method was developed and three length of the game. Our rehabilitation game could be used not completely new compounds were synthesized. The structures only in specialised health centres but also in the comfort of of products were proved with nuclear magnetic resonance many people’s homes. spectroscopy method.

EUCYS 2017 Tallinn page 61 Lithuania Luxembourg Stand: 33 Stand: 88 Project: Engineering-07 Project: Social sciences-03

Honeybee Colony Sounds Reveal The effect of wearing colourful Secrets of Life in Hives clothing in class

Matas Aliuškevičius Sylvie-Anne Soares-Pereira [email protected]

Nowadays bees are one of the most important factors Sophie Klein responsible for flowering plants’ pollination around the [email protected] world, being especially sensitive to the conditions of rapid climate change. The aim of my project is to study the evolution Emily Cordier of honeybee colonies and prevent their degeneration by non- [email protected] invasive monitoring of bee colony health. For this purpose I constructed a smartphone-controlled system to register Which colours cause that we participate more in class? 13 sounds inside beehives and developed a sophisticated teachers and 9 students were our test group and completed method, based on the spectral analysis of bee buzzing, to some questionnaires for this project. Our goal was to observe recognize processes within bee colonies. By using this method and analyse people’s reactions and motivation on specific I can predict and trace a bee colony’s evolution from normal colours. After a month our test group had worn specific to queenless and to a laying-worker-dominated; therefore, colours, other things being equal, we summed up the dates it is now possible to prevent colony death by timely human in tables and evaluated them in statistics. For the teachers interference. Red, Yellow, Orange, Purple, Pink, Blue and Green are positive: the students seem more active and attentive. Black, Grey and White are neutral for them. For the students, Blue, Green, Red, Orange, Pink and Purple are neutral and negative. Grey and Black are negative for them, White and Yellow positive and neutral.

page 62 EUCYS 2017 Tallinn Luxembourg Norway Stand: 37 Stand: 13 Project: Engineering-11 Project: Chemistry-02 iStudent Self-made Spectrophotometer

Leo Loch Olivia Margrethe Lynch [email protected] [email protected]

Spectrophotometers can be expensive instruments. By Max Arendt decomposing the standard build of a spectrophotometer, [email protected] and using only a cellphone camera, a computer and a few affordable parts, an instrument of possibly equal accuracy „iStudent int.“ is an App that was created to help students all can be built. This study compares results from a self-made over the world organize their school life. You can save your spectrophotometer to a commercial spectrophotometer. grades, calculate your average in more then 7 different school The aim of this study is to investigate whether a self-made systems. Set up your own schedule and the App tells you spectrophotometer can deliver precise enough results to be in realtime where you need to go. Save your homework and used for school purposes. The theory behind instruments like exam dates and iStudent will remind you to do your homework spectrophotometers can sometimes be hard to grasp, but by and to study for your exams and much more! It is available studying each component while building the instrument from in different languages and in every country in the world for iOS and Android. We are currently working on a big LogIn the bottom, a deeper understanding is developed. System allowing you to connect with your schoolmates and synchronize your homework, your exams and your schedule.

EUCYS 2017 Tallinn page 63 Poland Poland Stand: 44 Stand: 6 Project: Environment-03 Project: Biology-06

Taxonomic diversity of the A comparison of primates’ memory Middle Ordovician – early Silurian and learnig skills, with use of an echinoderms from Siljansringen, interactive platform in the Warsaw Sweden Zoological Garden

Kamil Humański Aleksander Paweł Kostrzewa [email protected] [email protected]

Palaeontology is mostly associated with dinosaurs. Of course, The purpose of this study was to compare learning and overlords of early continents can affect our imagination, but memory skills among three species of primates. Each of only few people realize that occurrence of huge reptiles was the studied species represented different branches of very short part of the life timeline. For the most time of its evolution: black-and-white ruffed lemur Varecia variegate existence, life hadn’t even left the ocean. In my project I focused – the lemuriform primates; golden-bellied capuchin Sapajus on identifying fossilized echinoderms – most evolutionary xanthosternos – the New World monkey; Diana monkey advanced invertebrates. Crinoids and blastozoans described Cercopithecus diana – the Old World monkey. The series of in my project, may not look frightfully, but they had become a experiments which employed interactive platforms were the dominant species in Palaeozoic seas. They even had created combination of behavioral training and observational study. their own ecosystems, called crinoid meadows, providing The intent of the experiment was to measure the time it takes shelter and food for many other species. The magnificent the object of the experiment to get the food (motivational complexity and geometry of their calcite armour helps me factor) out of the interactive platform. Diana monkeys seem with identifying in total 23 species: 16 blastozoans and 7 to possess the most evolved learning and memory skills of crinoids. the three species studied in the experiment.

page 64 EUCYS 2017 Tallinn Poland Portugal Stand: 62 Stand: 41 Project: Mathematics-05 Project: Engineering-15

The floor-polynomials EasyPark

Adam Piotr Klukowski Luís Miguel Afonso Pinto [email protected] [email protected]

Modular arirhmetic, aka arithmetic of clock, is a branch of mathematics studying remainders in division. Although it may Beatriz Sampaio Bastião [email protected] seem unnecessary, it’s the central part of most bank or e-mail login systems and is a key idea of checksums that allow to find errors in long numbers, such as ISBN. Palindromes are Olavo Filipe Estima Saraiva words that are the same when read backwards. In antiquity [email protected] used as spells, recently were discovered to take part in self- organisation of DNA. Continuous function is one that can has The EasyPark project aims to reduce social inequality; it is no jumps or holes. It is a key concept in topology, branch of an innovative initiative that will improve the life quality of mathematics concerned with shapes and their deformations, physically disabled people and increase their independence. commonly known as science that cannot differentiate Our mission is not only to increase the independence of between a mug and a doughnut. I connected these three ideas. people with disabilities, but also to educate people to respect I used them to locate roots of a certain family of polynomials more. Our plan is to install in every priority parking location on the complex plane. an automatically activated bollard, which is a sturdy vertical post, to prevent illegal parking; the bollard is activated by a license plate recognition system. This device will keep priority parking places free for those who really need it and will teach physically healthy people to do the right thing.

EUCYS 2017 Tallinn page 65 Portugal Russia Stand: 52 Stand: 66 Project: Environment-11 Project: Mathematics-09

ShealS - Sea Heals Soil Centered figurate numbers

Gabriel Silva Silva Alena Igorevna Teselkina [email protected]

Eduardo Teixeira Rocha Nogueira In this work figurate numbers on a plane and figurate numbers in a space were analyzed, as well as new figurate numbers (centered cubic numbers) were made. Common properties Francisca Santos Martins and features were revealed and the comparative analysis was [email protected] made. When considering the structure of Pascal’s triangle, were designed and are constructed trapezes of calculus ShealS project aimed to create a natural fungicide based (polygonal numbers regular polygons, the tetrahedral on algae extracts to control Phytophthora cinnamomi, a numbers, pyramidal numbers and two kinds of сentered cubic microorganism that does not react to any commercially available fungicide and is included in the list of the 100 most numbers). harmful phytopathogens worldwide. As marine macro algae increase the defence of plants against pathogens, three marine macro algae extracts were used to test an inhibitory effect against what is known as ink-disease. Corallina sp. inhibited fungal growth by 63%, which is a promising result regarding P. cinnamomi-Macro algae interaction pathways.

page 66 EUCYS 2017 Tallinn Russia Slovakia Stand: 47 Stand: 9 Project: Environment-06 Project: Biology-09

Oil impact on mollusks` Mya arenaria Characteristics of decolorizing and Macoma balthica burrowing properties of selected substances reaction useful in the production of a potential tooth whitening mass Ekaterina Alexandrovna Basharina [email protected] Lukáš Marcin [email protected] Nowadays water areas pollutions, connected with oil and petroleum products, occur quite often. This is the pressing challenge for arctic and boreal seas, in particular for the Adriána Pazdičová White Sea, because some of its parts are polluted with petrol [email protected] products. That is the reason why species, which can indicate oil pollutions, are important. My project is devoted to exploring In our research, we investigated the coloring effect of the opportunity of manifesting these properties for White Sea beverages, the decolorizing effect of natural oils and natural intertidal bivalves. Under the experimental conditions, carried sorbents. In addition, we’ve found the coloring effects of out on the territory of Kandalaksha State Nature Reserve selected drinks (red wine,Coca Cola,black tea,coffee). The (White sea, Russia), mollusks from 2 different species took most coloring was Coca Cola and red wine. Activated charcoal part. Results showed that oil products in sediment altered proved to be the most effective bleach, which has shown 182% the studied mollusks` burrowing behavior, but a degree of of bleaching properties of the Colgate whitening toothpaste. reaction to pollution varies for different species. After statistic determination of the coloring properties of the substances we formulated whitening blends consisting of a combination of the most effective oils and sorbents. All the bleaching masses which we produced showed a higher bleaching efficacy than conventional whitening toothpaste. The best bleaching mass recorded 188% of bleaching properties of whitening toothpaste.

EUCYS 2017 Tallinn page 67 Slovakia Slovakia Stand: 15 Stand: 79 Project: Chemistry-04 Project: Physics-05

Production and application of Dynamic magnetization behavior biodegradable plastics in soft magnetic alloys of different structure Eva Marasová [email protected] Miroslav Kurka [email protected] Natália Bátorová [email protected] This study is devoted to the investigation of magnetization dynamics in soft magnetic alloys based on CoFeSi, FeSi and The usage of biologically degradable plastics is a simple NiFe in amorphous, single crystal and polycrystalline state, step to improve protection of our environment. The goal of respectively. Owing to the difficulties in the observation of our project is to test suitability of many different materials dynamic variations in magnetic domain structure, we scrutiny for production of biologically degradable plastics. We also the magnetization process by means of complex permeability compare their heat, electric and mechanical qualities with approach determined by impedance spectroscopy. Researched qualities of chemically-modifitied polymers. Plastics, which materials exhibits relaxation behavior at certain frequency, are made from pure natural materials have clearly advantage which can be fairly predicted by distribution model. It was in their health and ecological harmlessness. Our materials determined that the CoFeSi sample is the most responsive for production ecological plastics are mainly starch and material in the studied frequency range, therefore has higher milk, which are renewable sources in nature. For production relaxation frequency ,whereas FeSi and NiFe materials have of classic plastics are mainly used unrenewable source – lower relaxation frequency. petroleum. Final ecological plastics can well replace harmfull plastics made by chemical modification of polymers in many different areas.

page 68 EUCYS 2017 Tallinn Slovenia Slovenia Stand: 68 Stand: 60 Project: Medicine-01 Project: Mathematics-03

Active targeting of cysteine cathepsins Origamics: Mathematical exploration with liposomes conjugated with of the equilateral triangle through cystatin C paper folding

Domen Kulovec Tjaš Božič [email protected] [email protected]

Uroš Prešern Miha Torkar [email protected] [email protected]

Tristan Kovačič Sara Maraž [email protected] [email protected]

Targeted drug delivery uses properties of tumour cells and Origami is a Japanese art of folding paper. Mathematical microenvironment, and increases the concentration of drugs origami is a special type of origami in which a sheet of paper in cancer cells. This research aimed at assembling a liposome (a plane model) is folded and then the resulting mathematical with cystatin C, capable of active targeting and encapsulating attributes of the objects in the plane (straight lines, points) cytotoxic drugs. Cystatin C is an inhibitor of cathepsins. are studied. It was named Origamics by Kazuo Haga and has Cathepsin B was found to be a liable target. Cystatin C’s DNA been proved to be a stronger mathematical tool than an was mutated, substituting in cysteine to introduce a free unmarked ruler and a pair of compasses. For example, both -SH, capable of conjugation with a liposome. It was then the duplication of the cube problem and the angle trisection expressed by E. Coli and isolated from the cell lysate. It was were solved by folding paper since cubic equations can also successfully tested for its inhibitory activity. PEG liposomes be solved in the same manner. The aim of the research project were conjugated with cystatin C and tested. The inhibitiory is to set up and prove as many mathematical hypotheses activity was not confirmed. -S-S- reduction and cystatin C (challenges) originating from the folding of equilateral dimerisation can and will be further investigated to confirm triangle as possible. More than 30 challenges have been this activity. proved in the research.

EUCYS 2017 Tallinn page 69 South Korea South Korea Stand: 23 Stand: 30 Project: Computing-04 Project: Engineering-04

Automatic Classification of Diabetic Combining Single-Channel EEG Retinopathy and Macular Edema with Measurement and Verbal Fluency Image Processing Test - A Groundwork for Ambulatory Diagnosis of Dementia Sungjun Han Jaeho Park As diabetic retinopathy is a growing disease worldwide, an [email protected] automated method of DR screening is necessary to possibly avert the progression to vision impairment. This project was started off by sorting the fundus photos depending on the Je-Eon Lee retinopathy severity level (0~3) given. Then, each retina was [email protected] partitioned into small parts which were later represented as 3D graphs with their brightness being the z-axis. 3D regression This paper aims to enhance the accuracy of low-cost was used to find the lesions. The quadratic polynomial ambulatory diagnosis of dementia by augmenting Verbal surface was fitted on top of the original 3D brightness graph. Fluency Test with single-channel Electroencephalography The healthy portions could be modeled with the surface but measurement. We developed a methodology to interpret EEG lesions could not, so the points of the original graph that were signals at Fp1 of the frontal lobe during VFT in order to detect further away from the surface were the lesions. Through this whether the EEG signal suggests dementia. We hypothesized method, the lesions of each retina were successfully detected. that the difference in EEG patterns between normal controls and dementia patients with damaged semantic networks would show similar characteristics to the difference in EEG patterns between normal controls performing “easy” VFT tasks and normal controls performing “hard” VFT tasks. We then identified EEG indexes that represent the differences of VFT difficulty. Our results showed a 65% diagnostic accuracy which is significantly higher than chance.

page 70 EUCYS 2017 Tallinn South Korea Spain Stand: 3 Stand: 12 Project: Biology-03 Project: Chemistry-01

A Statistical Study on the Influence Looking for the ideal cocktail for of Color Wavelength on Human Color water decontamination: Study on Differentiation Capacity the photocatalytic efficiency of Fe- Ni metal organic materials over the Jeongsu Song deterioration of organic compounds. [email protected]

Laura García Villagrasa Kisoo Kim [email protected] [email protected]

Isabel Hartgring Jinwoo Lee [email protected] [email protected] Water pollution caused by various agents including organic We investigated the ability of human vision to distinguish compounds is a global problem that is getting worse at an colors in order to help guide the guideline conceived for alarming rate. This project was aimed at finding a method developing the display market. We made the following tests to decontaminate water in an efficient and sustainable way to measure human coloring ability; testers select 2 color by using advanced oxidation processes. The photocatalytic tiles of different colors from a total of 16 color tiles, earned capacity of the different semiconductor materials in the points when correctly matched, and measured the color presence of hydrogen peroxide, oxygen and visible light was separation ability for a specific color. We tested it on a web evaluated, with metal-organic MOF’s performing best. Within page to get more data. Based on the basic information of the them, the MOF based on Fe showed excellent degradation participants, the color discrimination ability was measured speed of Methylene blue used as a base pattern, which also using the CIE Lab color space for each gender and age, and permitted re-use through several consecutive cycles, thus the color discrimination ability of the 10th to 20th groups achieving the proposed objectives. was the highest, and men have a better ability than women. We are planning to develop a program which makes suitable color contrast on display.

EUCYS 2017 Tallinn page 71 Spain Spain Stand: 86 Stand: 1 Project: Social sciences-01 Project: Biology-01

A study on the effects of Baroque On the structure and mechanics in vivo music on concentration: Can Winter, of the ostial cells and the aortic valve from Vivaldi’s Four Seasons, enhance of the Drosophila melanogaster larva attention in adolescent students? heart by analyzing high resolution microscopic images Paula Teresa Tovar Rodríguez [email protected] Juan Sánchez Mateos [email protected] It has been shown that music has an effect on the brain.

This study explored whether listening to music helps concentration. Previous research on the effects of music Claudia Rodríguez Rodríguez on brain development and concentration has shown that [email protected] Baroque music promotes learning because its 60 beats rhythm favours a state of calmness which improves Drosophila melanogaster is one of the most useful attention. A visual discrimination task was performed under invertebrate models in the research of both normal and two conditions: control (without music) and assessment (with pathologic physiology of the human heart. The larvae have music: Winter from Vivaldi’s Four Seasons). I hypothesized a dorsal tubular vessel, which has three pairs of ostiolar that performance in the test would improve when listening valves and one intracardiac aortic valve. In contrast to the to music. The statistical analysis of the data proved the existence of extensive knowledge on the genetics of cardiac hypothesis. control, little is known about its pumping mechanics and the activity of its ostia cells and much it is assumed. We strongly believe that we provide enough evidence to doubt about the passive nature attributed to the ostiolar cells. We got unique images of the larval heart and of its ostiolar cells in action. Moreover, we can say now that the Drosophila larva heart contracts and expands as a whole, as in the embryo. Its heart is not peristaltic

page 72 EUCYS 2017 Tallinn Sweden Switzerland Stand: 8 Stand: 89 Project: Biology-08 Project: Social sciences-04

Short term memory: Differences The forgotten prisoners – Civilian between children and adults prisoners of the Great War inCorsica

Josefin Kristina Nyberg Adam Jan Alexander Ohnesorge [email protected] Emma Kristina Witt Did you know that during the Great War thousands of civilians were detained in France? This project examines the fate of civilian detainees and the role of Swiss peace missions in Virág Nóra Angyal Corsica from 1914 to 1918. Extensive research was done in [email protected] various European archives and three prisoner memoirs were studied. There are only scant academic publications on this Memory is something everybody possess, we wanted to learn topic and documentation in the archives is poor. The detention more about how it develops as a human grows older. To do camps in Corsica were crowded, living conditions were largely that, we examined what children at the age 10-11 and adults desolate and the mortality rate was high. The results reveal at the age 30-50 can remember and retell from a 5.55 minutes the forgotten prisoners and remind us of the humanitarian aid long, pre recorded story. How much do they remember supplied by the neutral states and the ICRC. They also urge us and what kind of information is prioritized? Does it differ to reflect on the current situation of prisoners in war zones. between the age categories? Our results indicate that adults remember about 30% of a story, and children 15%. Most easily remembered are relatable things and situations. The kind of information the different age categories remember is similar.

EUCYS 2017 Tallinn page 73 Switzerland Switzerland Stand: 85 Stand: 74 Project: Physics-11 Project: Medicine-07

The Theory and Detection of Small non-coding RNA induced gene Gravitational Waves silencing of tetracycline resistance gene in E. coli Jerome Schmidiger [email protected] Nina Chiara Kathe This paper outlines the detection of gravitational waves and the theory behind them in a simple way. It identifies the type of The aim of this project was to determine whether small non- the source (two rotating black holes), their theoretical mass, coding RNAs (sRNAs) are able to silence, i.e. to shut down total mass (70 M), distance from the earth (344 & 245 Mpc), the activity of antibiotic resistance genes. If so, the bacteria and their rotational speed (up to 70% of the speed of light). would lose their resistance and the antibiotics would become The data measured by the LIGO Scientific Collaboration team effective again. Therefore, such sRNAs were designed against was used. However, the theory as well as the analysis of the tetracycline (Tc) resistance gene. In presence of these measured data were developed and evaluated independently sRNAs, only few Tc resistant bacteria were able to grow in (with Excel), and simplified as much as possible. Instructions the presence of the antibiotic. Thus, the sRNAs successfully for this data analysis are available, but only in German. silenced the Tc resistance gene. Consequently, the antibiotic Further, this paper presents an additional method. With this became effective again. However, efficiency of these sRNAs method of detecting gravitational waves, it is now possible to was not 100 percent. Thus, this method must be further adjusted and improved. Nevertheless, this work validated discern and identify distant objects even without light. the viability of sRNAs as a means to overcome antibiotic resistances in bacteria.

page 74 EUCYS 2017 Tallinn Turkey Turkey Stand: 2 Stand: 21 Project: Biology-02 Project: Computing-02

Investigating the cytotoxic effect of RDS of things: Using RDS technology Juniper (Juniperus excelsa M. BIEB for smart cities subsp. excelsa) oil on A431 epidermoid cancer and A549 lung cancer cells Atalay Kutlay [email protected]

Özge Ceren Apali [email protected] Nur Eylül Öncel [email protected]

Mehmet Can Dursun The growth of cities causes some difficulties. Living in [email protected] metropolises gets easier by smart city concepts. However, only Internet of Things is being used nowadays for smart cities Our project is to use juniper oil as a treatment instead of by Long Range Wi-Fi. These projects are expensive and hard chemicals that are used to treat lung cancer and epidermoid to set up in big cities scale. Our aim was to find new solutions cancer which are common cancer types in today’s World. for the listed problems by using an existing technology. Juniper oil had killed 83% of A431 cancer cells and 84% of the RDS Technology fits our purposes. It does not need so many A549 cancer cells at the highest concentration we applied, transmitters as Long Range Wi-Fi needs, its price is as half of which is 800 µg/ml. After testing juniper oil on the cancer Internet of Things’ and it has been already used over 1 billion cells, oil was applied to healthy BJ Fibroblast cells in order to devices such as modern cars’ radios or smart phones. But learn its cytotoxic effect on healthy cells. Due to this test’s we are using this technology to inform public in emergency results, 76% of the healthy fibroblast cells survived even at situations, reduce energy and water consumption, give way to the highest concentration of juniper oil. In order to compare priority vehicles, manage barriers to prevent criminals from juniper oil with a real chemotherapy drug, we used Paclitaxel escaping etc. and observed its cytotoxicity on A431 and A549 cells. As a result, juniper oil is practic in use for cancer treatment.

EUCYS 2017 Tallinn page 75 Turkey USA Stand: 76 Stand: 57 Project: Physics-02 Project: Materials-04

Measuring the surface vibration Cellulose Nanocrystals for Security frequency with laser diode Applications: Embedding Non-Optical Signatures Provided by Nanoparticles Can Pak into Cellulose Nanocrystal Chiral [email protected] Nematic Films Using of the laser interferometer in the industrial and laboratory environments for measuring the movement, speed and vibration is widespread. Especially the self-mixing Nicole Megan Wojtania [email protected] technique used has preserved its importance for many years. Despite the fact that self-mixing mechanism is simple, obtaining its signal can be more difficult than the focusing Counterfeiting dramatically impacts society, creating a problem. Because of this problem, an experimental setup that demand for irreproducible security technologies. Cellulose can measure the imitation of the oscillations of the egg with nanocrystal (CNC) free-standing films, which combine the aim of solving the problem of light diffraction on rough multiple properties—structural color, iridescence, and light and curved surfaces and for lighting the future work was polarization for covert and overt encryption—in a single developed. A sensitive vibration detector that can be used on material are well-suited for security applications. The rough surfaces has been obtained by using the self-mixing experiment created new, CNC-based composite materials with various nanoparticles that have unique, nanoparticle- technique. dependent, optical and electrical signatures. Quantifying the films’ electrical properties, a novel research aspect, adds forensic encryption. In addition, an authentication device was created to show the practicality of the materials as new, industrially-applicable, anti-counterfeiting materials with multi-dimensional security levels.

page 76 EUCYS 2017 Tallinn USA Ukraine Stand: 53 Stand: 39 Project: Environment-12 Project: Engineering-13

A paper-based microbial fuel cell for Enhancement of technical capabilities self-powered glucose monitoring in of delta robot saliva Yana Zhabura [email protected] Kendra Zhang

Present-day blood glucose monitoring (BGM) systems Robots are used in different spheres of life; in particular, require daily finger pricks to draw blood, which is painful manipulators allow to move people away from dangerous and expensive. However, saliva is a noninvasive indicator of manufacturing processes and routine work. It is important systemic glucose levels, and salivary glucose levels (SGL) to develop new kinds of manipulators that can do the work correlates to that of blood (R^2= 0.823). This study developed more efficiently. The prototype of a manipulator, developed a novel 3-layer paper-based microbial fuel cell (pMFC) for in this project, is a modification of delta robot. The developed glucose monitoring in saliva consisting of an anode, an anodic prototype differs from the known constructions as it is the reservoir/wax membrane, and an air-cathode. The pMFC combination of ability to both move and rotate the instrument, showed a linear voltage (R= 0.96) to distinguish GL ±0.2 mg/ relatively wide workspace and high operation speed caused dL (p<0.005). Each device costs $0.15 to fabricate, and requires by relatively simple construction of the moving part. a $2 voltmeter to read device output, costing $110 annually, Software used to demonstrate prototype capabilities and the versus BGM today which costs $340 annually. Future studies mathematical model of its kinematics have been developed. will fabricate pMFCs to test for other disease biomarkers such A robot made with respect to the proposed prototype can be as allergens. used for many applications.

EUCYS 2017 Tallinn page 77 Ukraine United Kingdom Stand: 84 Stand: 35 Project: Physics-10 Project: Engineering-09

The investigation of the distribution E1 of the density in gases using the Schlieren photography David Alexander Bernstein [email protected]

Mykola Veremchuk Sankha Kahagala Gamage [email protected] The investigation of the dependence between the density of the air inhomogeneity and the respective parameter of the air E1 is a wearable vest designed to monitor the vital signs of a inhomogeneity Schlieren photo was made. The installation patient, enabling the device to accurately predict an epileptic for the Schlieren photography was assembled. The tungsten seizure prior to it occurring. The use of this device is aimed coil connected to the power supply was used as the source at preventing the significant stress and worry in the lives of of the air density inhomogeneities. Research to define the people who make up our epileptic community and even allow dependence between the air density and the average relative them to prevent some of the symptoms of a seizure when intensity of the pixels of the concrete image on the Schlieren it occurs. The idea came about when Sankha witnessed a photo was made, and results were analyzed using computer passer-by have an epileptic seizure and convulse, this drew program MatLab, after that experimental equation which him to research and consider ways into which the condition is gave a possibility to find the density of any gas inhomogeneity being treated, and having concluded that modern efforts are with the similar nature was defined. It is possible to develop simply not sufficient he decided to team up with David and the noncontact method to define the air density using the create a solution. results of the project .

page 78 EUCYS 2017 Tallinn United Kingdom Stand: 48 Project: Environment-07

Do birds have a favourite colour?

George Rabin

Edward James Thurlow

This was a field-based experiment to attempt to answer a question: Do birds have a favourite colour? Four coloured feeders (dark blue, green, yellow and red) and a clear control were used. The number of visits and the mass change in the feeders was recorded so preferences could be gauged. The results show a clear trend for blue being the preferred colour; red and yellow were unpopular. We suggest that this is because high energy colours (blue and UV) are used by birds in short distance communication; blue is also in the middle of the birds’ visual spectrum. We also suggest that red and yellow were unpopular because they are employed for aposematic colouration (toxins) in insects. Applications of this research could include influencing the design of turbines or aeroplanes, to deter birds.

EUCYS 2017 Tallinn page 79 THE JURY THE JURY

The contest Jury is composed of 19 highly qualified scientists This year the Commission is delighted to point out that four and engineers with worldwide reputations in their chosen members of the jury are previous winners of the contest. field. The jury carry out their duties at the contest as independent scientific experts and not as representatives Since the European Commission took over the running of of any institution, organisation or country. The European the European Union Contest for Young Scientists in 1989, the Commission appoints the Jury annually, basing its selection position of President of the Jury has been held by: on the scientific and technological needs of the contest. They jury are selected both from academia and industry. The Commission ensures an appropriate geographical and gender balance. Jury members normally remain on the jury for up to 5 Sir Peter Swinnerton-Dyer, years. In exceptional circumstances the EC reserves the right Trinity College Cambridge, 1989-1991 to appoint Jury members for more than 5 terms. Professor Galo Ramirez, The role of the Jury at EUCYS is of the utmost importance. The Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, 1992-1994 jury follow the Jury Rules and Guidelines established by the EC. The Jury assess and score the competing projects based Professor Gisela Anton, on the written descriptions submitted by the projects and Universitat Nurnberg, 1995-1996 through interviews with the Contestants carried out during the Contest. Based on their assessment of the projects and Professor Sue Kingsman, on lengthy discussions with other jury members, the jury Trinity College Oxford, 1997 draw up the lists of winners of the core prizes and the special prizes. The decision of the jury is final. Professor Pedro Guerreiro, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 1998-1999

Professor Pauline Slosse, Universite Libre de Bruxelles, 2000-2002

Dr Ulf Merbold, ESA/ESTEC Noordwijk, 2003-2005

Professor Jane Grimson, Trinity College Dublin, 2006 and 2008

Professor Hansen Vagn Lundsgaarg, Technical University of Denmark, 2007

Professor Chris Phillips, Imperial College, London, United Kingdom, 2009

Professor Hagit Messer-Yaron, The Open University of Israel, Israel, 2010

Professor Maria Ana Viana-Baptista, Lisbon Engineering Institute, 2011-2012

Dr. Henrik Aronsson, University of Gothenburg, 2013-2014

Dr. Lina Tomasella, Astronomical Observatory of Padua, 2015-2016

Dr Attila Borics, Hungarian Academy of Sciences

EUCYS 2017 Tallinn page 81 THE JURY FOR EUCYS 2017

President of the Jury

Dr Attila Borics Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Hungary

Members of the Jury

Victoria Bloodworth Franco Algieri Siemens Gamesa Renewable Maria Cordina Tony Fagan Webster Vienna University, Austria Energy, Denmark University of Malta, Malta University College Dublin, Ireland

Mella Frewen Milena Horvat Hans Langeveld Morten Lennholm Food Drink Europe, Belgium Institut Jozef Stefan, Slovenia Biomass Research, the Netherlands EUROfusion (JET), Culham Science Centre, United Kingdom

Mariya Lyubenova European Southern Observatory, Lidja Matija Estelle Mossou Margus Niitsoo Munich, Germany University of Belgrade, Serbia Institute Laue-Langevin, France Music Education LLC, Tartu, Estonia

Yann Ollivier Lina Tomasella Zuzanna Szymańska Ecole Normale Supérieure, France Astronomical Observatory, Italy University of Warsaw, Poland

Mira Van Thielen Anna Zajakina Ghent University Hospital, Belgium Latvian Biomedical Research and Study Centre, Latvia page 82 EUCYS 2017 Tallinn Attila Borics Franco Algieri Hungarian Academy of Sciences Webster Vienna University Hungary Austria

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Dr. Attila Borics graduated as a chemist and a chemistry Franco Algieri is Associate Professor and Head of the teacher from the University of Szeged in 2001, then received International Relations Department at Webster Vienna Private his PhD degree in 2005 from Creighton University (USA) for University. his contribution to the field of chiroptical spectroscopy and Prior to that he was Director of Research at the Austrian conformational analysis of peptides. Currently he is working Institute for European and Security Policy (AIES), Senior in the Biological Research Center of the Hungarian Academy Research Fellow at the Center for Applied Policy Research of Sciences in Szeged (Hungary) as a research associate (C.A.P), Ludwig-Maximilians University Munich, Research and teaching structural biology and bioinformatics at the Fellow at the Research Group on European Affairs, Johannes- University of Szeged. His research focuses on biomolecular Gutenberg University Mainz, and at the Institute for European structure, more specifically protein and peptide structure Politics in Bonn. and interactions, conformational analysis and structure- He was lecturing in Political Science at Eberhard-Karls activity studies. This includes the investigation of the three University Tübingen and Ludwig-Maximilians University dimensional structural determinants of the biological activity Munich. He was also Guest Professor at the School of of various neuropeptides, structural explanation of the International Studies and Senior Fellow at the Centre for mechanism of action of enzymes and receptors, location of European Studies, both at the Renmin University of China, interaction sites of proteins and the study of the interactions Beijing. between native and semi-synthetic proteins and cell Franco Algieri studied Political Science and Sinology in membrane. Freiburg, Tübingen and Taipei, and European Studies in Bruges. He received his doctorate and M.A. both from the Eberhard- Karls-University Tübingen, and a Diploma of Advanced European Studies from the College of Europe, Bruges. His research covers European and Asian security issues, the European integration process and EU-Asia relations (with special emphasis on EU-China relations). He has published widely on these topics.

EUCYS 2017 Tallinn page 83 Victoria Bloodworth Maria Cordina Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy University of Malta Denmark Malta

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Dr. Victoria Bloodworth studied Aeronautical Engineering Prof Maria Cordina graduated in Pharmacy from the at Imperial College London, UK, earning her PhD in 2008, University of Malta in 1992. She was awarded a scholarship specialising in carbon fibre composite structures. She then to read for a PhD at the Queen’s University of Belfast in spent the next eight years working at Aerotrope, a small Northern Ireland and graduated 1998. Her research focused and radical engineering consultancy based in Brighton, UK. on pharmaceutical care of asthma patients. She has since During this time, she was part of the design team with a followed various courses and additionally holds a diploma in diverse project portfolio, providing design engineering for Health Outcomes Research. She has published extensively in wind turbines, large scale artworks and zero carbon vehicles, the fields related to therapeutic management of respiratory which includes the current world speed sailing record holder disease, professional practice and pharmacy practice, mainly Vestas Sailrocket 2. delivery of pharmaceutical care, medicines use incorporating In March 2017, she moved to Denmark to join the world’s also gender issues and social pharmacy. largest wind turbine manufacturer, Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy, as a Blade Engineer, where she is now She has been a guest speaker at numerous national and developing the next generation wind turbine blades. international conferences in addition to organising and chairing multiple conferences. In addition to supervising students at the University of Malta, she has supervised/co- supervised various students reading for MSc and PhDs at The University of Helsinki and Robert Gordon University. She has also acted as external examiner for PhD for the University of Sydney, the University of Helsinki and the University of Lisbon. Prof Cordina founded the Malta College of Pharmacy Practice in 1996. She has been president since and she is also the editor of the Journal of the Malta College of Pharmacy Practice. Prof Cordina also acts as temporary advisor to WHO in relation to pharmaceutical matters and as expert evaluator for the European Commission’s research framework programme (DG Research).

page 84 EUCYS 2017 Tallinn Tony Fagan Mella Frewen University College Dublin Food Drink Europe Ireland Belgium

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Professor Tony Fagan received the PhD in Electronic Mella Frewen is Director General of FoodDrinkEurope, Engineering from University College Dublin (UCD). He spent a representing Europe’s largest manufacturing industry.Her number of years working on advanced digital communication previous positions include Director for Government Affairs research at Marconi Research laboratories in England. On EMEA at Monsanto, dealing with agricultural biotechnology, his return to UCD in 1980 he established the DSP research conventional agriculture and agri-chemistry. Prior to that, group. Well over 100 research graduates have been produced M. Frewen was Director International Relations for Cerestar, by the group. Through his work at UCD he helped establish a then Europe’s biggest starch producer, and EU Affairs strong digital signal processing industry in Ireland with many manager for the Ferruzzi and Eridania Bégin-Say Groups. Ms companies being founded by his research graduates - often Frewen represented the Food Industry in the EU Commission’s with his help. Many of these companies are now world leaders Advisory Committee on Arable Crops, the Standing Committee in the area of physical-layer communications design. For this on Renewable Energy and in the Advisory Committee on Non- work Tony was awarded the 2016 Charles Parsons medal by Food and Textile crops. the Irish Academy of Engineering. She is member of the EU Commission’s High Level Steering Board for the European Innovation Partnership for Agricultural Productivity and Sustainability, and Treasurer for the European Technology Platform “Food for Life”. She was a member of the EU Commission’s Scientific Steering Committee for EXPO2015, and is currently involved in several food industry-related Boards. Ms Frewen is Vice President of the OECD’s Advisory Group for Responsible Business Conduct along Agricultural Supply Chains and Co-chair of the Supply Chain Initiative for fair business practices across the food chain.She has worked in the Agri-food sector in Europe for 28 years. She has a Master of Science degree from the National University of Ireland, and worked with the University of Brussels on a mathematical model of the North Sea. She also holds a Harvard certificate on Agribusiness and an INSEAD certificate on International Operations Management.

EUCYS 2017 Tallinn page 85 Milena Horvat Hans Langeveld Institut Jozef Stefan Biomass Research Slovenia The Netherlands

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Prof. dr. Milena Horvat is a Head of the Department of Hans Langeveld studied tropical agronomy at Wageningen Environmental Sciences of the Jožef Stefan Institute and a University. He started his career at the economic faculty of Dean of the International Postgraduate School Jožef Stefan. the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, where he worked on food Her main expertise is in the area of environmental chemistry production and land use issues. He specialised in sustainable with a focus on trace metals analysis and speciation. She has agriculture at Wageningen University and Research been an author and co-author of over 230 SCI journal articles Centre, developing into a specialist on a land use, nutrient and several book chapters related to the development management and climate (Greenhouse Gas emissions), of analytical methods in areas of characterization and analysing nutrient emissions, sustainable bioenergy and identification of mercury contaminates sites, biogeochemical biobased economy. cycling of mercury in terrestrial and aquatic environment, In 2008, Hans started a company, Biomass research, which mercury in industry and biomonitoring as part of the exposure supports governments, companies and NGO’s. Over the assessment of humans and ecosystems. past few years, it provided input to complex issues related biomass availability, biobased economy and sustainable land use issues. Hans has co-authored books on agricultural systems, biomass and biobased economy, and has given over 200 presentations. He is board member of the Dutch Bioeconomy Federation.

page 86 EUCYS 2017 Tallinn Morten Lennholm Mariya Lyubenova EUROfusion (JET), Culham Science Centre European Southern Observatory United Kingdom Germany

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Morten Lennholm has worked in the field of Nuclear Fusion Mariya Lyubenova holds a doctorate in astronomy from the Research for the last 25 year. From a microwave and control Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet after pursuing 3 years engineering education, he developed his knowledge of plasma of research at the European Southern Observatory (ESO) physics and much of his work has involved a combination of in Munich, Germany. In her work she observes and uses the engineering and plasma physics. He has published in journals motions and chemical properties of stars in galaxies as fossil such as ‘Physical Review Letters’ and ‘Nuclear Fusion’ on the records to unravel the build-up and evolution of galaxies. control of fusion plasma, plus in ‘Nature Communications’ Well before she started her university studies in her home to describe the potential for control of certain plasma country Bulgaria, she was already an active astronomy instabilities through ‘phase space engineering’. He received club member and editor of an astronomy magazine and a his PhD degree from Eindhoven University of Technology newspaper. After the completion of her PhD in 2009, Mariya in 2014 for his work on ‘Real Time Control of the Sawtooth took a leading role in publishing the book “An Expanded Instability in Fusion Plasmas with Large Fast Ion Populations’. View of the Universe — Science with the European Extremely Based at the Culham laboratories in Abingdon, England, Large Telescope” where the key science cases for the ELT Morten conducts, manages and coordinates work involved are summarised. Next, she worked for several years at the in the operation of the JET Tokamak (Joint European Torus), Max Planck Institute for Astronomy in Heidelberg, Germany, including engineering and physics studies associated in parallel as a researcher and an equal opportunity officer. with this projects. His main areas of interest include: radio In addition, she became a parent of a daughter who (at her frequency heating employed in Tokamak fusion experiments; current stage of research) is equally passionate about the plus, plasma control systems, which allow the control of a fossil record of past times, but with emphasis on dinosaurs number of plasma parameters including the location of the and all the like. Then, Mariya spent 3 years as a researcher plasma itself inside the Tokamak vacuum vessel. at the Kapteyn Astronomical Institute of the University of Groningen, the Netherlands. In May 2017 Mariya moved back to ESO, this time as a member of the astronomers’ faculty. There she spends half of her time on research and the other half on supporting the Education and Public Outreach Department with her scientific expertise.

EUCYS 2017 Tallinn page 87 Lidja Matija Estelle Mossou University of Belgrade Institute Laue-Langevin Serbia France

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Lidija Matija is an associate professor at the University of Half Gabonese, half Belgian I grew up in Gabon (central Belgrade Faculty of Mechanical Engineering where she Africa). A scholarship from Shell in 2001 allowed me to received her PhD in Control Engineering in 1997. She has study in the U.K., where I attended Bath University and been working in the Institute for Chemical Power Sources, graduated with a Master of Physics in 2006. I then moved to Belgrade, Serbia, in the field of fullerenes based materials, Grenoble (France) to carry out my PhD (completed in 2010) its production and application for battery production. In at the Institut Laue-Langevin, which operates the brightest 2002 she has changed her field of research and moved to the neutron source in the world. My research interest lies in Institute of Technical Sciences, Serbian Academy of Science the study of self-assembling filamentous systems having and Arts, where she investigated fullerene and carbon based biomedical and biotechnological interest (especially amyloid materials for biomedical- applications. In 2005, Professor type systems). These are of particular interest because of Lidija Matija moved back to the University of Belgrade Faculty their link to diseases like Alzheimer’s, type II diabetes and of Mechanical Engineering where she joined the group for Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease amongst others. I am now working Biomedical Engineering within the department for control as instrument scientist on a monochromatic thermal neutron engineering and became the Chair of NanoLaboratory. In the diffractometer for single crystal and fibre diffraction at the period from 2008 - 2010 she was appointed as Seconded Institut Laue-Langevin. Our main aim is to provide support National expert (SNE) in European Commission, DG RTD, to users during their experiments, develop the instrument as Marie Curie Networks, FP7 Framework Programme, Brussels, well as our own research programme. where she worked as scientific officer. Her main fields of research are: Control Systems, Early Detection of Skin Cancer and Melanoma, Intelligent Materials, Fullerenes and Carbon Nanotubes, STM/AFM, Nanotechnology, Nanomedicine. Professor Matija’s fields of teaching are: Control Systems, Biomedical Engineering, Nanotechnology, Nanomedicine. She was several times awarded in her country for her research achievements in the field of nanotechnology and she was the coordinator of several national research projects of which more than half had industry involvement.

page 88 EUCYS 2017 Tallinn Margus Niitsoo Yann Ollivier Music Education LLC Ecole Normale Supérieure, Facebook Artificial Estonia Intelligence Research France Member of the Jury Member of the Jury Margus Niitsoo was a competitor at EUCYS 2005 where he learned that the ability to communicate his findings is at least Yann Ollivier is a research scientist specializing in mathematics as important a skill as actually doing research. While studying and computer science. He is also a former participant in the for his degrees in mathematics and computer science in European Union Contest for Young Scientists, having won a University of Tartu, he actively sought ways to also improve first prize in Helsinki in 1996. his skills in communication, becoming a teaching assistant in university, joining a science popularization initiative and After obtaining his PhD in Mathematics in 2003, he entered the also taking as many psychology courses as he could fit into French Center for Scientific Research (CNRS) and worked for his timetable among his own courses. However, his love of several years in various areas of pure mathematics, especially mathematics did not fade, and despite the new interests, he group theory, differential geometry and probability theory. still managed to finish his BSc and MSc together in just 3 years In 2011 he was awarded the bronze medal of the CNRS, and instead of the usual 5, which was followed by another 3 years started to work on artificial intelligence and deep learning. of PhD studies in theoretical cryptography. This briefly made In 2017 he was offered a position at the Facebook Artificial him famous, as he was the youngest person to get a PhD in Intelligence Research lab (FAIR) in Paris, where he is currently Estonia at just 24 years of age. exploring applications of mathematics to the problem of Obsessed with teaching and finding ways to improve it, he was artificial intelligence. then offered the job of curriculum manager which allowed him to work not only on his own teaching but also to find better ways of organizing the curriculum and finding means to support both students and lecturers in their pursuits. He thoroughly enjoyed the work, but felt that he needed to see the world outside the academia as well and so headed for the industry. Currently, Margus is the CTO of a small music education startup that is developing a tool for automatic assessment and feedback of musical performance, which again allows him to combine his twin passions of teaching and computer science.

EUCYS 2017 Tallinn page 89 Luisa Pereira Lina Tomasella Institute of Molecular Pathology and Immunology, Astronomical Observatory University of Porto Italy Portugal Member of the Jury Member of the Jury Lina Tomasella is an astronomer at INAF OAPd (Italian National Luísa Pereira has a degree in Biology and a PhD in Human Institute for Astrophysics – Astronomical Observatory of Population Genetics. She is a senior researcher and group Padova). She has a degree in physics and a PhD in astronomy leader at IPATIMUP (Institute of Molecular Pathology and from the University of Padova. Her research interests are Immunology of the University of Porto), being interested devoted to the physical properties of explosive astrophysical in using genetics to infer the past and evolution of human objects, supernovae and optical transients, in collaboration populations as well as on disentangling between neutral with Padova-Asiago SN Group. The whole scientific and pathological diversities. She has been working on the production is summarized in about seventies refereed papers genetic diversity of European, African, Near Eastern and and in over 650 between IAU Astronomical Circulars and ATel Arabian Peninsula human populations. She is co-author of (the Astronomer’s Telegram). She was member of the Time 80 peer-reviewed papers in international journals and a book Allocation Committee for TNG (Galileo National Telescope, on popular science. She has been engaged in presenting her La Palma) and LBT (Large Binocular Telescope, Arizona) from work to the general public, including young students in high 2012 to 2014.She lives and works mainly in Asiago, where schools, and regularly collaborates with local media. there are the telescopes and instruments operated by the Astronomical Observatory of Padova. In Asiago she is also the Institute based coordinator and head of outreach activities. Lina won a top prize in the 1st EUCYS, Bruxelles 1989.

page 90 EUCYS 2017 Tallinn Zuzanna Szymańska Mira Van Thielen University of Warsaw Ghent University Hospital Poland Belgium

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Zuzanna Szymańska, PhD graduated in mathematics Mira Van Thielen has a degree in pharmaceutical as well as and computer science from the Faculty of Mathematics, medical sciences. At the age of 16 years she won several (inter) Informatics and Mechanics University of Warsaw. In 2010, at national prizes with her medical project. The same time she the Polish Academy of Sciences she obtained her PhD degree was one of the founders of the educative youth organisation with distinction in biology with a specialization in biophysics. at the public oberservatory MIRA (Belgium).Nowadays, she She is an Assistant Professor at the Interdisciplinary Centre is working as resident at the department of Anesthesia in for Mathematical and Computational Modelling (ICM) at the Ghent University Hospital (Belgium). Her research interests University of Warsaw. Her main area of research involves are devoted to a combination of physics and medical developing multi-scale mathematical models for the growth sciences.Besides, she is a board member of ‘Jeugd, Cultuur & and spread of cancer. Wetenschap’, a scientific youth organisation in Belgium.

EUCYS 2017 Tallinn page 91 Anna Zajakina Latvian Biomedical Research and Study Centre Latvia

Member of the Jury

Dr. Anna Zajakina is the head of Cancer Gene Therapy group at Latvian Biomedical Research and Study Centre. She has completed her PhD in 2005 at University of Latvia, Molecular Biology, Virology and Biochemistry Division. She raised her expertise at University of Rostock (Germany), Uppsala University (Sweden) and University of Bordeaux (France). Dr. Zajakina is the author of more than 40 papers and conference presentations related to cancer research, molecular biology and virology issues. The main research interests include the development of novel clinically translatable methods for cancer treatment based on gene therapy vectors and combination of treatment strategies with chemotherapy and immunotherapy. Currently, Dr. Zajakina leads two collaborative research projects focused on delivery of therapeutic genes by viral vectors into tumors for smart regulation of tumor microenvironment in combination of polyfunctional magnetic nanoparticles. Being a national coordinator of European Biotechnology Thematic Network Association, Dr. Zajakina is actively taking part in organization and hosting of international workshops, seminars and conferences, working in cooperation with students and researchers representing various organizations.

page 92 EUCYS 2017 Tallinn THE PRIZES The participants compete for a number of core prizes on the basis of a written description of their work, their exhibited material and the interviews with the Contest Jury. In addition to this, a limited number of special donated prizes are awarded by the Jury, to offer some winners the opportunity to benefit from the specific experiences linked to these prizes. It is up to the Jury to decide whether a prize-winner can receive both a core prize and a special donated prize.

CORE PRIZES

The Core Prizes are the principal prizes awarded at the contest. These are cash prizes. In the case of a team winning such a prize, the amount is shared equally between the members of STOCKHOLM INTERNATIONAL YOUTH the team. SCIENCE SEMINAR (SIYSS) There are three categories of Core Prizes: The Stockholm International Youth Science Seminar (SIYSS) is an annual weeklong event for international young scientists, • three First Prizes worth € 7.000 each; arranged in connection with the Nobel festivities by the SIYSS • three Second Prizes worth € 5.000 each; Committee of the Swedish Federation of Young Scientist in • three Third Prizes worth € 3.500 each. collaboration with the Nobel Foundation. The history of SIYSS dates back to 1976 when the first seminar was organized by the Swedish Federation of Young Scientists HONORARY PRIZES ASSOCIATED WITH together with the Nobel Foundation, with inspiration from Society for Science & the Public in USA. Turning into a great THE FIRST PRIZES success, the SIYSS program has continued to combine There are two Honorary Prizes associated with the first prizes. Swedish science with the Nobel Prize Awarding Ceremonies with an intense social program. The programme aims to promote international understanding and friendship, bringing together young people from all over the world with similar interests. The participants are selected in different ways; some are winners of national science fairs, others represent organizations for young scientists or are selected by merit at their home universities. Whatever their LONDON INTERNATIONAL YOUTH background, they all have two things in common: a great interest in natural sciences and a curiosity for other cultures SCIENCE FORUM (LIYSF) and people. Up to three contestants receive an all-expenses paid trip to The programme of the week comprises scientific activities London to attend the London International Youth Science and lectures as well as unique occasions to meet the Nobel Forum (LIYSF). The prize covers the travel costs from the Laureates. Furthermore, the students are introduced to country of origin, accommodation, meals, registration and Swedish science and research as well as Swedish culture participation in a full programme of activities. and customs. However, the main event of the week is a big LIYSF brings together 300 science students from around 60 seminar where the participants present their research to each countries worldwide. The programme, which includes visits other and to Swedish students. to industrial sites and world class research laboratories The week culminates with the Nobel festivities where the and facilities, lectures, demonstrations and seminars from SIYSS participants attend both the Nobel Reception at leading scientists, highlights the links between individual Nordiska Museet and the Nobel Prize Award Ceremony at the fields of study and introduces all participants to the latest Stockholm Concert Hall, followed by the Nobel Banquet at the thinking across a broad range of science. Stockholm City Hall as well as the Nobel Night Cap, the final Participants are able to interact with the eminent speakers, to festivity after the banquet. debate on current issues and to explore the way in which their With its connection to the Nobel Prizes, SIYSS is widely chosen subject relates to other studies and has an impact on considered the most prestigious youth science event in the the world at large. world. Former participants often witness how the programme Each year’s LIYSF becomes a multicultural community, and, has inspired them to continue doing research and that the with its busy social activities programme, provides a unique week in Stockholm was a truly unique experience. opportunity to meet and develop friendships and contacts across the world. The participants attending LIYSF are usually For further information, please contact: between the age of 17 and 21 years old. The SIYSS Organizing Committee Förbundet Unga Forskare For further information, please contact: Lilla Frescativägen 4C London International Youth Science Forum, S-104 05 Stockholm, Sweden Royal Parade Mews, Chislehurst, Tel: +46 (0) 700 176 309 Kent, BR7 6TN, United Kingdom. Email: [email protected] Tel: +44 (0)20 8295 8395. Fax: +44 (0)20 8295 8650. Web: www.siyss.org International coodinator: Josefine Wahlström Email: [email protected] Web: www.liysf.org.uk Conference Director: Richard Myhill [email protected]

page 94 EUCYS 2017 Tallinn SPECIAL DONATED PRIZES HOST COUNTRY PRIZES

The Special Donated Prizes are offered to contestants who, according to the EUCYS Jury, would benefit from the specific Estonian Ministry of Education and experience that these prizes offer. They are mostly study visits Research awards a 1,000 Euros Prize for excellent social to leading scientific organisations: science in the society.

EIROforum members each kindly award individual The Tallinn City Government is happy to prizes as follows: present a prize of 1,000 Euros to the project that has the greatest potential for application in urban development. • European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) – offers a project prize (for up to 3 people) of a week’s visit to their Geneva site • EUROfusion (JET) – home of plasma physics and fusion EIROFORUM PRIZES research, offers one project a one week stay at their Culham, Oxfordshire, UK site • The European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) – offers one winner a one week placement at their centre for molecular biology in Heidelberg • European Southern Observatory (ESO) – offers the winner of a single-student project, a visit to their facilities in Chile including trips to the Paranal Observatory and ESO’s EIROforum is a partnership of Europe’s eight largest Scientific Centre in Santiago intergovernmental research organisations. As world • European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF) – operator leaders within their respective fields of science, the member of Europe’s most powerful synchrotron radiation source, organisations of EIROforum constitute the vanguard of offers the leader of a winning project a one week visit to European science. Operating some of the largest research their site in Grenoble infrastructures in Europe devoted to the exploration of • The Institut Laue-Langevin (ILL) – operator of the world’s key questions on the origin and the evolution of matter and most intense neutron source, offers the leader of a biological life in our Universe, they enable European scientists winning project a one week visit to their Grenoble site to engage in truly cutting-edge research, and be competitive • European X-Ray Free-Elevctron Laser Facility GmbH on a global scale. (XFEL.EU) – offers one winner a one week placement at European XFEL in Hamburg In support of the EUCYS initiative, EIROforum members • The European Space Agency (ESA) - ESA offers a single are pleased to offer one-week visits/placements to their prize winner the opportunity to attend a major space organisations. science conference in Europe or to spend a week at ESA’s To ensure optimum value of the experience to the prize main technical centre, ESTEC, in The Netherlands. winner, these will be offered on the basis of the relevance of the activities of the organisation to the field of interest of the nominated student. (For safety and sometimes security The Joint Research Centre: kindly offers a reasons, age restrictions may apply.) two day stay at its Ispra site in Italy for 3 projects (up to nine EIROforum also send experienced scientists to give a key note students). address to the contestants. As a curtesy to EIROforum, those students who would like to be considered for the EIROforum prizes, and their National Organiser, should endeavour to kindly awards prizes for three projects (up INTEL ISEF: attend the EIROforum lecture during the contest. to nine students) offering the winners the opportunity to take part at INTEL ISEF 2018 in Pittsburgh, PA, USA in May. The EIROforum organisations are: EuCheMS: The European Association for Chemical and Molecular Sciences is pleased to offer a prize of €1000 to the best Chemistry project

WOLFRAM are pleased to offer all contestants submitting projects in Mathematics a free one year licence to European Organization for Nuclear- Mathematica and WolframAlphaPro Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland was founded in 1954. CERN’s main research area is particle physics. THE SALVETTI PRIZE of €2,000 is awarded for the best project in the field of maintenance technology. Complex machines such as particle accelerators and detectors are developed and used to study the basic constituents of matter. The Large Hadron Collider (LHC), a 27-kilometre THE PRACE EUCYS AWARD is given to the best underground circular machine, began colliding particles at computational project. The winners will visit a supercomputing very high energy in 2010 giving new insights into the origin centre and all the costs related to the trip will be covered. of the Universe. CERN is also famous for the invention of the World Wide Web, which was originally developed to give scientists access to data irrespective of their location. In 2012, LHC experiments discovered a new particle consistent with long-sought Higgs boson. www.cern.ch EUCYS 2017 Tallinn page 95 CERN offers a prize of a week’s visit for up to three students well as Telecommunications. Their focus is the Solar System involved in the selected project. Topics should to be related to and the Universe in general. The development of satellite a scientific or engineering field of relevance to CERN to include technologies serves to achieve high-level research goals and a large spectrum of projects, especially on the engineering to promote European industries at the same time. side. Minimum age: 18 years. www.esa.int ESA offers a single prize winner the opportunity to attend a major space science conference in Europe (usually either the European Geosciences Union General Assembly or the European Week of Astronomy & Space Sciences) or to spend a week at ESA’s main technical centre, ESTEC, in The Netherlands. EUROfusion (JET), Culham Laboratory, Students must be at least 18 and have started a related Oxfordshire, UK. EUROfusion is a framework between discipline at university. EURATOM and various fusion research programmes in many EU countries. Its aim is to provide an infrastructure for fusion research. JET, the largest tokamak fusion reactor in the world, investigates the potential of fusion power as a safe, clean and virtually limitless energy source for future generations. It is paving the way for ITER, an engineering project currently being constructed in southern France, which is designed to be the first fusion reactor to release more energy than is needed to power it. The European Southern Observatory www.efda.org EUROfusion will award a one week stay at the JET facilities for (ESO), Garching, near Munich, Germany, and Chile. ESO up to three persons. Topics include: plasma wall interaction, is the foremost intergovernmental astronomy organisation real time control of plasmas, computer modelling of plasmas, in Europe and the world’s most productive ground-based magneto hydrodynamics, engineering related topics to build astronomical observatory by far. It is supported by 15 tailored diagnostics. Minimum age: 16 years. countries, and carries out an ambitious programme focused on the design, construction and operation of powerful ground-based observing facilities enabling astronomers to make important scientific discoveries. ESO also plays a leading role in promoting and organising cooperation in astronomical research. ESO operates three unique world- class observing sites in Chile – La Silla, Paranal and Chajnantor The European Molecular Biology – and is planning a 40-metre-class European Extremely Large optical/near-infrared Telescopethe E-ELT, which will become Laboratory (EMBL) is Europe’s flagship “the world’s biggest eye on the sky”. laboratory for the life sciences. Established in 1974 as an www.eso.org intergovernmental organisation, EMBL is supported by over Only single-student projects are eligible for ESO’s prize. The 20 member states. EMBL performs fundamental research Laureate is offered a trip to ESO’s facilities in Chile with visits in molecular biology, studying the story of life. The institute planned to the Paranal Observatory and ESO’s Scientific offers services to the scientific community; trains the next Centre in Santiago. Minimum age: 18 years. generation of scientists and strives to integrate the life sciences across Europe. EMBL is international, innovative and interdisciplinary. Its more than 1600 staff, from over 80 countries, operate across six sites in Barcelona (Spain), Grenoble (France), Hamburg (Germany), Heidelberg (Germany), Hinxton (UK) and Rome (Italy). EMBL scientists work in independent groups and conduct research and offer services in all areas of molecular European Synchrotron Radiation biology. EMBL research drives the development of new technology and Facility (ESRF) Grenoble, France, is supported and methods in the life sciences. The institute works to transfer shared by 22 countries. The ESRF is the most powerful this knowledge for the benefit of society. synchrotron radiation source in Europe; it is a stadium-sized www.embl.org machine producing many beams of bright X-ray light. These EMBL will award a one week placement at their Heidelberg are guided through a set of lenses and instruments called laboratories for one person. Eligible topics should be in the beamlines where the X-rays illuminate and interact with field of molecular biology. Minimum age: 18 years. samples of material being studied. Here, at more than 40 specialized experimental stations, physicists work side by side with chemists and materials scientists. Biologists, medical doctors, geophysicists and archaeologists have become regular users. Companies also send researchers, notably in the fields of pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, petrochemicals and The European Space Agency (ESA) Paris, microelectronics. Each year approximately 7,000 researchers France. ESA’s mission is to provide cooperation in space travel to Grenoble where they work in a first-class scientific science and to ensure that this science benefits citizens in environment to conduct exciting experiments at the cutting Europe and world wide. Research programmes concern, edge of modern science. among others, Earth Observation, Human Spaceflight, www.esrf.eu Launchers, Navigation, Space Science and Engineering as ESRF will award the prize of a one week visit to the European Photon and Neutron (EPN) Science Campus in Grenoble, for the leader of a project in a topic related to the structural and dynamical study of condensed matter, materials and page 96 EUCYS 2017 Tallinn living matter using synchrotron radiation X-rays to achieve • link European scientific communities with the rest of the sub-nanometric resolution in both fundamental and applied world; research. This could be in the fields of biology, chemistry, • develop new technologies, instrumentation and cultural heritage, engineering, environmental sciences, electronic infrastructures and support innovation and materials research, medicine or physics. The visit will be technology transfer for the benefit of society at large. undertaken in parallel with that of the winner of the ILL prize. Minimum age: 18 years. The EIROforum organisations have world-class research infrastructures. They:

• operate major research infrastructures – unique in Europe and in some cases in the world; • are funded by their member states, with a combined annual budget for science of around 1500 million Euros; • are crucial to the competitiveness of European research, The Institut Laue-Langevin (ILL), providing up-to-date and continually improved facilities Grenoble, France, operates the most intense neutron source for European scientists; in the world. It is used to examine conventional and newly • serve more than 25 000 scientists every year (in created materials. The applications include the analysis of astronomy, particle physics, fusion, space sciences, the structure of new materials for future electronic tools, condensed matter physics, chemistry and the life the measurement of stresses in mechanical materials, sciences); and examination of the behaviour of complex molecular • are active in international, often global, research for the assemblies, particularly in a biological environment. The ILL benefit of Europe; also tackles questions relating to the fundamental properties • possess unique experience in building and operating of matter. Recent research includes the world’s first magnetic research infrastructures of great value for the further soap, great developments on gamma-ray optics and potential development of the European Research Area. Alzheimer treatments. www.ill.eu EIROforum is also committed to promoting and supporting ILL will award a prize of a one week visit to the EPN Science innovative science education in Europe, as demonstrated by Campus in Grenoble, for the leader of a project in a topic related two major science education projects. to a scientific or engineering field of relevance to ILL. The visit could include witnessing technical developments being made Science on Stage (formerly Physics on Stage) in connection with the neutron beams, such as detectors and optical devices, or taking part in an experimental session. Science on Stage has built strong national networks Areas covered include: neutron research and technology throughout Europe – many of which are still active today. The in the disciplines of chemistry, nuclear physics, chemistry, international science teaching festival has: biology, crystallography and magnetics. Been organised five times since 2000; The visit will be undertaken in parallel with that of the winner Brought together over 400 science teachers at each event; of the ESRF prize. Minimum age: 18 years. Involved 30 000 teachers in 29 countries in the preceding national events; Helped teachers from throughout Europe to exchange ideas and experience via a vibrant teaching fair, workshops and presentations; Inspired teachers to start national and international collaborations to share ideas and materials after the festivals; Encouraged national initiatives.

European XFEL (XFEL.EU), Hamburg, Germany. Science in School European XFEL is a linear X-ray laser with unique characteristics. Partly under construction, it started operation A quarterly journal to inspire and inform European science in 2017. The facility will open up new research opportunities teachers, Science in School is: for a whole range of scientific fields, such as medicine, • Free in print and online (www.scienceinschool.org); pharmacy, biology, chemistry, physics, materials science and • Written mostly by teachers and scientists; nanotechnology. • Printed in English, with articles online in over 25 European www.xfel.eu languages; European XFEL will award a one week placement at their site • Distributed throughout Europe (20 000 copies per issue). in Hamburg for one person presenting a physics project. The visit will provide insights into the process of building a new, Articles, many of which can be used directly in the classroom, cutting edge international research facility. include: Cutting-edge science articles; The EIROforum organisations constitute a success Experiments to use in the classroom; story for Europe. They: Innovative science teaching projects; Reviews of teaching resources. • were created by their member states as part of a long- Topics include biology, physics and chemistry and also maths, term strategy for the future of European research; earth sciences, engineering and medicine. • attract some of the best scientists and researchers from across the world, thanks to their scientific excellence and cutting-edge facilities; • have implemented the European Research Area (ERA) concept and contribute significantly to structuring European research in their specific scientific fields; EUCYS 2017 Tallinn page 97 JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE (JRC) PRIZES BIOECONOMY PRIZES

The EUCYS Bioeconomy Bio-based Industries Prize About the Bio-based Industries Joint Undertaking The Joint Research Centre: kindly offers a The Bio-based Industries Joint Undertaking (BBI) is a two day stay at its Ispra site in Italy for 3 projects (up to nine partnership between the European Commission and bio- students). based industry set up in 2014 to fund research and innovation The Joint Research Centre (JRC) is the European Commission’s to help to develop the bio-based economy in Europe. BBI’s science and knowledge service. It performs direct scientific funding is meant to encourage further investment by the research and provides evidence-based and independent private sector through industry. It works by setting up multi- scientific advice to European policy makers helping them to partner projects who work together to solve the scientific, make informed decisions. logistic and infrastructural challenges facing the bio-based industry in Europe. Research can be in a lab or in a combination EU policies that address global and societal challenges - such of lab, pilot plant or biorefinery. as financial stability, climate change, food security, water availability or the ageing society - need to be based more and The BBI programme offers enormous opportunities to tackle more on a solid scientific understanding. In close cooperation some major societal, environmental and economic challenges, with international partners, the JRC elaborates models including climate change, energy and food security and and scenarios to assess policy options while stimulating resource efficiency. innovation through developing new methods, tools and standards. The bioeconomy EUCYS prize will be awarded by the judges to the project which they feel best uses biotechnology for The work of the JRC has a direct impact on the lives of European the production and the conversion of biomass into non-food citizens. It promotes a healthy and safe environment; secure value-added products1. energy supplies, sustainable mobility and consumer safety, and helps improve preparedness and response to natural and The winning project should reflect three key principals of man-made disasters. the bio-based economy in using raw material of a biological origin, for example whole or parts of plants, trees, algae, Serving society, stimulating innovation, supporting marine organisms, micro-organisms, animal in a way which is: legislation • sustainable The JRC’s headquarters are in Brussels and its seven scientific • renewable directorates, which host specialist and unique laboratories, • innovative are located on sites in Belgium, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands and Spain. The winning project will also meet a fourth criteria based on the effectiveness of its overall communicability to the The JRC award will allow the participants from three scientific community and the general public. The winning successful projects to spend two days at its facilities in Ispra, project should promote scientific studies, while raising Italy shadowing scientists from all over Europe according to environmental awareness, and promote the bioeconomy. the interests of the prize winners. The prize will be awarded by BBI who will provide a paid 4-day trip to Brussels for the winning project to include travel to/ INTEL ISEF PRIZES from and accommodation in Brussels2 and to participate in a tailor-made experience related to the science behind the BBI programme. The prize awarded will comprise: • a visit and introduction to the Bio-based Industries Joint Undertaking programme office • a visit to some of the key public institutions shaping The Winners of the Intel ISEF Prizes will be invited to European bio-based policy, including the European participate at the Intel International Science and Engineering Parliament’s visitor centre and a look behind the scenes Fair (Intel ISEF), a program of the Society for Science & the at the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Public, the world’s largest international pre-college science research and innovation competition. • Two one-day visits to the bio-based biorefineries and The event will be held in Pittsburgh, PA (USA) in May 2018. laboratory facilities selected fro; the following based in: Gent (Belgium) Reims Pomacle Bazancourt (France) Biotech Pilot Plant in Delft (The Netherlands) • the possibility to visit local tourist sites in the relevant locations, where the itinerary permits.

1 The bio-based product must be wholly or partly derived from biomass and can be an intermediate, material, semi-finished or final product. Bio-based products include bio-chemicals, bio-plastics, pharmaceuticals, paper and paper products, textiles, 2nd generation biofuels and bioenergy and bio-based ingredients used in everyday products. page 98 EUCYS 2017 Tallinn 2 Travel and accommodation will be provided on the same basis as for attending competition exhibition. During each one-day excursion, a range of age-appropriate namely, by developing new or improving existing products supervised activities will be organised, along with an and technologies which will bring benefits to the consumer opportunity to meet and talk to the scientists working there and to society as a whole. about their research and a career in science. There may also At the same time, food and drink are an essential part of our be an opportunity to visit a few tourist attractions during the lives, not only providing us with energy but also bringing stay. families and friends together every day. In Europe, food and The prize will be awarded to the winning project (up to a drink products also represent a strong cultural element, maximum of three participants) and one teacher/lecturer3 rooted in regional traditions and folklore. (who has made a significant & demonstrable contribution The food category prizes will be awarded to the projects to the wining project), to be nominated by winners to that demonstrate, in a creative and innovative way, how the accompany them. Where no teacher/lecturer is nominated, an agri-food industry can overcome upcoming challenges and accompanying responsible adult must be nominated by the pave the way for a sustainable and competitive future for winning project. The winning person or persons will remain agriculture and food. under the responsibility & supervision of this person during their travel, activities and visits.

Special conditions: Minimum age of all project participants is 16 years at date of judges’ final decision.

Eligible countries: EU Member States and Countries The European Food and Drink Industry Associated to Horizon 2020 prize, awarded by FoodDrinkEurope: FoodDrinkEurope, on behalf of Europe’s Food and Drink Insurance cover: The winner(s) must ensure they Industry, is very pleased to award the winner/each member of have suitable travel, medical and the winning team with a check for 2,000 euros. This prize will accident insurances and will be no doubt help the young scientists in their research pursuits asked to provide evidence prior to and provide support for their future academic or professional the visit. plans.

Prize to be taken by: BBI will offer a maximum of three possible dates for the winning project to participate in the award. These will be provided according to availability of the winning project in conjunction with the availability of the organisations The Danone prize Danone is proud to encourage young people to get involved in concerned in making the award. science. To encourage them to continue on their research path and eventually embark on a career in this field, we will offer a laptop to each member of the winning team. The EUCYS Bioeconomy Food Industry Prizes

The general framework for the prizes Europe’s food is amongst the safest in the world, all products The DSM prize on the market must meet the highest food safety standards. DSM will be pleased to host the winning student(s) at its DSM Science helps the industry, not only to meet these high levels Nutritional Products application lab facilities in Kaiseraugst in of safety, but also to produce foods in an environmentally and Switzerland, for an all-expenses-paid 2 day trip, to introduce socially responsible way. Science and innovation in the food and educate the student(s) in understanding the role of industry are also key to greater consumer choice. Nutrients & Colors in Food & Beverages. The prize applies to The European agri-food industry must address the challenges students above 18 years old. of sustainability, consumer trust, health and nutrition, balanced diets and healthy lifestyles, while also contributing to creating jobs and growth. But the industry must also play a role in feeding the world, which is facing greater challenges today than it has ever faced in the past: growing and aging populations, urbanisation, diminishing land and water The PepsiCo prize PepsiCo is pleased to support young scientists and will offer availability, climate change, undernourishment, starvation a top-notch laptop as prize for the winner/each member of and obesity, food waste, etc…. the list is long. the winning team (max. 3). The winner(s) will receive a model Science and innovation have an important role to play in with minimum storage capacity of 500GB, an Ultra-HD screen helping the food industry meet the challenges it faces, and a powerful Intel Core i7 processor. With a laptop with these specifications, you can do research and elaborate large

3 amounts of data or just watch videos and browse the web - Subject to the approval of their educational institution whenever you want, wherever you are going.

EUCYS 2017 Tallinn page 99 (EFNMS) the Salvetti foundation supported a number of EFNMS Thesis awards and the European Maintenance Incentive Award. In Europe the yearly cost of maintenance is estimated at about 480 billion euro per annum. EUCHEMS prize www.salvettifoundation.com The European Association for Chemical and Molecular Sciences (EuCheMS) brings together over 40 chemical societies which PRACE together represent more than 160,000 chemists in academia, industry, government and professional organisations in 32 countries across Europe. Founded in 1970, EuCheMS aims to provide a single voice on key science and policy issues, based on expert scientific knowledge and to promote chemistry as a provider of solutions The PRACE EUCYS award is given to the best computational in a changing world. EuCheMS Divisions cover all areas of project. The winners will visit a supercomputing centre and all chemistry, the central science, underpinning a wide range of the costs related to the trip will be covered. other disciplines, and everyone is welcome to participate in The winner of the PRACE EUCYS Award for the best our scientific events, such as EuCheMS Chemistry Congress. computational project will receive a travel prize in the form of EuCheMS is pleased to present a prize of € 1000 for the best a trip to SURFsara in Amsterdam, Netherlands. chemistry entry in the EU Young Scientists Contest. For more Day 1 - travel to Amsterdam, Netherlands information on EuCheMS please see Day 2 - Morning: visit to SURFsara’s supercomputing facilities www.euchems.eu and data center; afternoon: spent with a researcher from the area of interest of the visitors Day 3 - Morning: visit to the high-tech research institutes located at Amstedam Science Park; afternoon: spent with a researcher from the area of interest of the visitors

® Day 4 - Visit to the Astron Radio telescope, or Delta works, depending on the preference of the students

® Day 5 - travel back All costs related to the proposed programme, travel, accommodation and meals will be covered by the sponsor of the prize Partnership for Advanced Computing in Europe (PRACE). WOLFRAM prizes www.prace-ri.eu

WOLFRAM Research is donating a one-year Mathematica HOST COUNTRY PRIZES Student Edition license plus a free one-year subscription to WolframAlpha Pro for all contestants submitting projects in the field of mathematics. www.wolfram.com

THE SALVETTI PRIZE Estonian Ministry of Education and Research Prize One of the tasks of the Ministry of Education and Research is to ensure the high level of youth research and development and its competitiveness. In connection with Estonia’s presidency The Salvetti Prize of €2,000 is awarded for the best project of the Council of the European Union and the launch of EUCYS in the field of maintenance technology at the 29th European 2017 in Tallinn, we would like to highlight the role of excellent Union Contest for Young Scientists. social science in the society. With our 1,000 Euro prize, we “To help and create a network for young maintenance promote research by young social scientists and encourage professionals and to assist them in the start and early young people to engage in a long-term career in this particular development of their careers” field. The objective of the Salvetti Foundation EUCYS Excellence Award is to promote, encourage and motivate the theoretical and applied research and developments in different topics related to maintenance knowledge and practice amongst young students in Europe. The primary areas of interest The Tallinn City Government Prize are Maintenance Engineering, Maintenance Management, Tallinn City Government supports education, research and the Information and Communication Technologies for involvement of youth in city life and development. Tallinn City Maintenance, Maintenance Modelling Methods and Systems, Government is happy to present a prize of 1,000 Euros to the as well robotica in maintenance. project that has the greatest potential for application in urban Dr. Salvetti is an entrepreneur from Italy, Milano. As his development or that shows the best understanding of the company develops robot welding systems for the automotive needs of an urban environment and its future trends. industry he is as such very interested in young people who are For more information on Tallinn City Government please see: developing new technologies. After his presidency from the www.tallinn.ee European Federation of National Maintenance Associations The European Commission is very grateful to the organisations that offer these special prizes to the contestants. page 100 EUCYS 2017 Tallinn THE TEAM EUCYS 2017 – HOST ORGANISERS

Estonian Research Council

Estonian Research Council (ETAg) is the main organiser of EUCYS 2017. ETAg was established in 2012 and it is the main Estonian Ministry of Education and funding organization of R&D in Estonia. One of our main aims is to help young people to get attracted to science, technology, Research engineering and mathematics, and raise public awareness about science and its importance to society. Each year, we Estonian Ministry of Education and Research develops organise the National Contest of Young Scientists and the Estonia’s education, research, language, and youth policy. Young Scientists’ Festival. The mission of the Ministry is to balance the education policy developments and create conditions and prerequisites to We run a wide variety of science communication activities in ensure lifelong learning possibilities for every Estonian close cooperation with the Estonian Ministry of Education citizen in an innovative and development orientated society. and Research, Estonian Public Broadcasting and Estonian One of the main goals of the Ministry is ensuring that young Association of Science Journalists. We are currently handling people have extensive opportunities for development and nine state-financed nationwide science communication self-actualisation to support the formation of a cohesive and programmes addressing a wide range of people, from the creative society. very young to the general public. Among the programmes are the contest for the Estonian Science Communication Award, production of two science programmes for the Estonian National Television, a web-portal aimed at young people that promotes career options in Science and Technology, and the Estonian National Contest of Young Scientists.

We support researchers, award research grants, and facilitate applied research in the fields of smart specialisation. We represent Estonia at international organisations, coordinate participation in international cooperation programmes and support international cooperation by means of counselling and funding.

We analyse research information and the impact of funding decisions, evaluate the efficiency and impact of grant usage, and public access to research information. We also manage the Estonian Research Information System (ETIS) that contains information on R&D institutions, researchers, research projects and research outputs.

page 102 EUCYS 2017 Tallinn EUROPEAN COMMISSION EUCYS TEAM

Karen Slavin Nathalie Perault Nathalie Perault Press and Media EUCYS 2017 ORGANISING TEAM

Terje Tuisk Liina Raju Liisi Röömel Margit Meiesaar EUCYS 2017 Director EUCYS 2017 Project Manager Registration, Volunteers coordination Accommodation, Information

Signe Ambre Tiina Haabpiht Kaili Kaseorg-Cremona Eeva Kumberg National media Accounting Visitors & Open Day National media

Indrek Kõre Margit Lehis Liis Livin Reimo Rehkli Transport & Logistics Stands & Technical Equipment Organisations Stands Area International media

Katrin Saart Sirli Taniloo Jaanika Vaarmets Visitors & Open Day Facilities & Information Jury Secretary

Signe Granström Kadi Rebassoo Ministry of Education and Research Ministry of Education and Research Project Officer Estonian Presidency of the Council of the EU Coordination

EUCYS 2017 Tallinn page 103 VOLUNTEERS

Johanna Hendrikson Johanna Madleen Rodima Kadri Ann Kiviloo Kairi Ojasoo Austria, Ireland and European Schools Belarus and Czech Republic Belgium and Latvia Bulgaria and Estonia

Toni Sukles Carolin Kuuskmäe Kirke Paris Eva-Maria Tõnson Canada and Egypt China and Spain Cyprus and Norway Denmark and Germany

Lea Lopp Krista-Ly Jaagu Solveig Joanna Niitra Finland and Israel France and USA Georgia and Lithuania

Serela Ebber Karina-Anette Kiristaja Karoliine Lausing Katrin Gross Hungary and Poland Iceland and South-Korea Italy and Sweden Luxembourg and Ukraine

Heidy Puusepp Jekaterina Dimitrjeva Anna Katt Matthias Raukas Portugal Russia and Slovakia Slovenia and UK Switzerland and Turkey

Kerttu Koni Janeli Mänd Maria Naulainen Accompanying visitors Accompanying visitors Accmpanying visitors

page 104 EUCYS 2017 Tallinn VOLUNTEERS

NATIONAL ORGANISERS Austria Austria

National organiser Adult-in-charge Jana Breyer Milena Makrisevic

Austria +43 1 50175562 Wirtschaaftsservice [email protected] GesmbH Walcherstraße 11A, Vienna 1020, Austria +43 1 50175514 [email protected]

Belarus Belarus

National organiser Adult-in-charge Senchanka Alena Vitali Zhylko Nikolaevna Vladimirovich

Ministry of Education +375 29 621-41-32 9, Sovetskaja St., Minsk [email protected] 2200010, Belarus +375 17 200-98-39 [email protected]

Belgium Belgium National organiser Adult-in-charge Antoine van Ruymbeke Luca Luongo

Jeunesses Scientifiques +32 494 64 29 95 de Belgique [email protected] Avenue Laterale 17, Brussels 1180, Belgium +32 479 34 35 48 [email protected]

Bulgaria Bulgaria

National organiser Adult-in-charge Vesela Levcheva Konstantin Vassilev Vasileva Delchev

Ministry of Education and +359 89 826 2801 Science math_k_delchev@yahoo. Dondukov 2a, Sofia 1000, com Bulgaria +359 2 921 7646 [email protected]

page 106 EUCYS 2017 Tallinn Czech Canada Republic National organiser National organiser Reni Barlow Jana Ševcová Youth Science Canada National Institute for PO Box 297, Pickering ON Futher Education L1V 2R4, Canada NIDV, Senovazne namesti +1 289-200-2338 25, Prague 1 110 00, Czech reni.barlow@ Republic youthscience.ca +420 603 860 963

China China National organiser Adult-in-charge Jian Yao Shizhi Ji

Children & Youth Science +86 10 6851 1795 Center of CAST [email protected] Room218 Bldg. C, China Hall of S & T, No.3 Fuxing Rd. Beijing 100863, China, Beijing 100863, China +86 10 6851 1165 [email protected]

Cyprus Cyprus National organiser Adult-in-charge Myrto Demetriadou Christina Aristodimou Pouangare +357 99 328263 Cyprus Contest for young [email protected] scientists Nikokleous 9, Limassol 3027, Cyprus +35799625517 [email protected]

Denmark Egypt National organiser National organiser Katrine Bruhn Holck Yasser Tawfik Eltantawy Young Scientist Denmark - Astra Ideasgym Education Dampfærgevej 27- 26 Salman Elfaresy 29, Copenhagen 2100, Street, Elasafra Bahary, Denmark Alexandria 21411, Egypt +221 887 67 +20 122 444 7767 [email protected] [email protected]

EUCYS 2017 Tallinn page 107 Estonia Estonia National organiser Adult-in-charge Terje Tuisk Kaili Kaseorg-Cremona

Estonian Research +372 5805 0869 Council [email protected] Soola 8, Tartu 51013, Estonia +372 511 0356 [email protected]

European European Schools Schools National organiser Adult-in-charge Brian Goggins Martin Richard Donald Bennett European Schools Europawijk 100, Mol 2400, +352 26 09 48 29 Belgium martin.bennett@teacher. +32 471 29 45 59 eursc.eu [email protected]

Finland Finland National organiser Adult-in-charge Pekka Pellinen Anna Korkeakangas

Academic Engineers and +358 50 4021852 Architects in Finland TEK anna.korkeakangas@tek. Ratavartijankatu 2, fi Helsinki 00520, Finland +358 9 22915559 [email protected]

France France National organiser Adult-in-charge Claire Mondange Gilles Camus

Sciences à l’Ecole +33 6 14 20 19 98 Observatoire de Paris, Bât. [email protected] Perrault, Bureau 226, 61 avenue de l’Observatoire, Paris 75014, France +33 1 40 51 23 27 claire.mondange@obspm. fr

page 108 EUCYS 2017 Tallinn Georgia Georgia National organiser Adult-in-charge Tamar George Marina Gvimradze Khulordava +995 599 26 17 18 International Education [email protected] Programs Foundation 7 Gia Abesadze Street, Tbilisi 0105, Georgia +995 577 40 64 09 [email protected]

Germany Germany National organiser Adult-in-charge Sven Baszio Oliver Karplak

Stiftung Jugend forscht +49 176 61039135 e. V. [email protected] Baumwall 5, Hamburg 20459, Germany +49 40 37470921 sven.baszio@jugend- forscht.de

Hungary Hungary National organiser Adult-in-charge János Pakucs Gábor László Ivánka

Hungarian Association for +36 1 430 3330 Innovation [email protected] Lajos street 103., Budapest 1036, Hungary +36 1 430 3330 [email protected]

Iceland Iceland

National organiser Adult-in-charge Gudrun Jonsdottir Gudrun Isabella Bachmann Thrainsdottir

University of Iceland +354 893 45 Saemundargata 2, [email protected] Reykjavik 101, Iceland +354 864 0124 [email protected]

EUCYS 2017 Tallinn page 109 Ireland Italy National organiser National organiser Mari Cahalane Alberto Pietro Pieri

BT in Ireland FAST Grand Canal Plaza, Dublin P.le R. Morandi 2, Milano Dublin 2, India 20121, Italy +353 86 834 3006 +39 335 302 570 [email protected] [email protected]

Israel Israel National organiser Adult-in-charge Maya Sara Halevi Rony Ben-Chaim

Bloomfield Science +972 50-623-4862 Museum [email protected] Hebrew University , Givat Ram, Jerusalem 91904, Israel +972 50-623-4860 [email protected]

Latvia Lithuania National organiser National organiser Mudite Kalnina Viktorija Kalaimaitė

National Centre for Lithuanian Centre of Non- Education formal Youth Education Strugu 4, Riga LV-1003, Žirmūnų 1B, Vilnius LT- Latvia 09101, Lithuania +371 22 048 771 +370 674 78881 [email protected]. viktorija.kalaimaite@ lv lmnsc.lt

Luxembourg Luxembourg National organiser Adult-in-charge Carlo Hansen Simone Hansen-Thill

Fondation Jeunes +352 621 293 130 Scientifiques Luxembourg [email protected] Forum Geesseknäppchen / 40 boulevard Pierre Dupong, Luxembourg 1430, Luxembourg +352 621 293 116 [email protected]

page 110 EUCYS 2017 Tallinn Norway

Malta National organiser Sissel Marie Marie National organiser Holmern Zach Cassar The Research Council of NSTF Malta Norway 220, St Paul Street, Valletta Director General and Staff, VLT1217, Malta Drammensveien 288, Pb +356 9901 1596 564, Lysaker, Lysaker 1327, [email protected] Norway +47 992 26 344 [email protected]

Poland National organiser Jan Ryszard Madey

Krajowy Fundusz na rzecz Dzieci - Polish Children’s Fund ul. Pasteura 5A, Warszawa 02-093, Poland +48 602 243 302 [email protected]

Portugal Portugal National organiser Adult-in-charge Ricardo Carvalho Susana Chaves

Fundação da Juventude +351 967 450 612 Largo de S. Domingo, 21, [email protected] Porto 4050-454, Portugal +351 22 339 3530 [email protected]

Russia Russia National organiser Adult-in-charge Alexander Olegovich Irina Lvovna Alborova Karpov +7 910 496-65-79 Russian Youth [email protected] Engeneering Society (RYES) 5, 2-nd Baumanskays str., Moscow 105005, Russia +7 495 267-55-52 apfn@step-into-the- future.ru

EUCYS 2017 Tallinn page 111 Slovakia Slovakia National organiser Adult-in-charge Jozef Ristvej Marián Babinčák

AMAVET +421 915 476 911 Hagarova 4, Bratislava babincak.marian@gmail. 83152, Slovakia com +421 903 310 246 [email protected]

Slovenia South Korea National organiser National organiser Marija Osredkar Youngmi Kim

Association for Technical Korea Science Service Culture of Slovenia #1904 Doosan Weve, Zaloška 65, Ljubljana 1 61, Olympic-ro 70-gil, 000, Slovenia Gangdong-gu, Seoul 134- +386 31 361 345 872, Korea (South) [email protected] +82 10-9917-3944 [email protected]

Spain Spain National organiser Adult-in-charge Carmen Bermúdez Jesús F. Jordá Pardo Rojas-Marcos +34 680 44 78 37 Ministerio de Educación, [email protected] Cultura y Deporte Calle Torrelaguna, 58. 4ª planta, Madrid E-28071, Spain +34 917 45 92 28 [email protected]

Sweden Switzerland

National organiser National organiser Karl Erik Gustaf Melanie Seiler Larsson Swiss Youth in Science Förbundet Unga Forskare Stauffacherstrasse 65, Lilla Frescativägen 4C, Bern 3014, Switzerland Stockholm 114 18, Sweden +41 31 377 71 00 +46 73 380 84 85 [email protected] karl.larsson@ ungaforskare.org

page 112 EUCYS 2017 Tallinn Turkey National organiser

Müjdat Engin Turkey Adult-in-charge TÜBİTAK (The Scientific and Technological Adnan Göncü Research Council of Turkey) +90 553 149 2277 TÜBİTAK Ek Hizmet adnan.goncu@tubitak. Binası, Akay Cad. No:6, gov.tr Bakanlıklar, ANKARA 06420, Turkey +90 312 298 9627 mujdat.engin@tubitak. gov.tr

Ukraine National organiser Olexander Romanenko

National Medical University Pobedy avenue, 34, Kiev 03680, Ukraine +380 44 454 4992 [email protected]

United United Kingdom Kingdom

National organiser Adult-in-charge Laura Elizabeth Daljit Kaur Mwangi 07780334940 EngineeringUK [email protected] Woolgate Exchange, 25 Basinghall Street, London EC2V 5HA, United Kingdom +44 7903 694987 LMwangi@engineeringuk.

USA National organiser Sharon Snyder

Society for Science & the Public 4225 Prosperous Drive, Harrisburg 17112, United States of America +1 770-317-1268 ssnyder@ societyforscience.org

EUCYS 2017 Tallinn page 113 WINNERS 2016-1989 BRUSSELS 2016 THIRD PRIZES HONORARY AWARD: STOCKHOLM FIRST PRIZES Tomáš Heger Medicine | Czech Republic INTERNATIONAL YOUTH Ane Kristine Espeseth Biological activity of essential oils and SCIENCE SEMINAR 2016

Torstein Vik extracts from narrow-leaved lavender Mathematics | Norway (Lavandula angustifolia Mill.) flower Ane Kristine Espeseth Motivic Symbols and Classical Mathematics | Norway Multiplicative Functions Mari Louise Fufezan Diana Bura Motivic Symbols and Classical Environment | Ireland Multiplicative Functions Valerio Pagliarino Computing | Italy An Investigation into the Effects

of Enzymes used in Animal Feed Tomáš Heger LaserWAN: laser broadband internet Additives on the Lifespan of Medicine | Czech Republic connection Caenorhabditis Elegans Biological activity of essential oils and extracts from narrow-leaved lavender River Connell Grace Yunji Seo (Lavandula angustifolia Mill.) flower Biology | USA Yongchan Hong Environment | South Korea Shining a Light on the Blind: Ivo Zell Evolutionary Regression and Adaptive Agricultural application of Physics | Germany Progression in the Micro-vertebrate halobacteria and their compatible Ramphotyphlops braminus, a Model solutes in enhancing plant salinity A wing is enough: An improved flying for Understanding Brain Organization endurance wing based on a bell-shaped lift and Complex Neurological Disorders distribution SECOND PRIZES HONORARY AWARD: LONDON SPECIAL DONATED Tassilo Constantin Schwarz INTERNATIONAL YOUTH Computing | Germany PRIZES BY THE SCIENCE FORUM 2016 Drone detection system: Detection, EIROForum tracking and classification of Torstein Vik potentially dangerous flight objects Mathematics | Norway for multicopter defence ESA: The European Motivic Symbols and Classical Space Agency Multiplicative Functions Kayley Noelle Ting Kristjan Kongas Medicine | Canada Computing | Estonia Valerio Pagliarino Analysis of Electrodermal Activity to Computing | Italy Simulation of the collision of binary Quantify Stress Levels in Autism white dwarfs using a cubic grid - LaserWAN: laser broadband internet stability analysis by variation of connection diffusion constant and resolution Ivo Zell Physics | Germany CERN: The European A wing is enough: An improved flying Laboratory for Particle wing based on a bell-shaped lift distribution Physics

Uladzislau Hadalau Computing | Belarus

Geneces – Cloud EcoSystem EUROFusion - JET

EUCYS 2017 Tallinn page 115 Jaime Redondo Yuste SPECIAL DONATED SPECIAL DONATED Physics | Spain PRIZES BY The Joint PRIZES - EuCheMS A study of the interaction between a magnetic field and electrolytic ions Research Centre (JRC) Christian Schärf Paul Rathke Daniel Andreas Höllerer Friedrich Wanierke ESRF: The European Jonathan Reisinger Chemistry | Germany Synchrotron Radiation Engineering | Austria Alpha-aluminium oxide-based Facility Slackline Tensioning System gemstones: Development of a Eliška Bršlicová chemical synthesis process prompted by current mining conditions Environment | Czech Republic Luc Régis Baudinaud Florent Alexis Baubet Subvolcanic intrusions in South Alexis Nabil Bossard SPECIAL DONATED Bohemia Physics France PRIZES - BBI EMBL: The European Diffusion compensation by Molecular Biology anticipation Modestas Gudauskas Biology | Lithuania Laboratory Sahar Roxanne El-Hady Acetobacter spp. bacteria producing Chemistry United Kingdom biopolymers simultaneously Rūta Prakapaitė Medicine | Lithuania How extreme was climate change in South Wales at the end of the last SPECIAL DONATED Antimicrobial bacteriophage dressing glacial period? in chronic wound treatment PRIZES - SPECIAL DONATED FoodDrinkEurope ESO: The European PRIZES - The Intel ISEF Daniel Vasilica Copil Southern Observatory 2016 Prizes Sofia Onorato Biology | Italy Tassilo Constantin Schwarz Amalya Ben Asher Computing | Germany Yuval Feldman Natural antimicrobial extracted from Tal Cohen medicinal plants Drone detection system: Detection, Medicine | Israel tracking and classification of SPECIAL DONATED potentially dangerous flight objects Aggregated Drip Infusion System for multicopter defence PRIZES - Dupont Mari Louise Fufezan ILL: The Institute Laue- Naama Schor Social sciences | Israel Diana Bura Langevin Environment | Ireland The morality of larks and owls: Balduin Dettling relationship between the biological An Investigation into the Effects Engineering | Switzerland clock and morality in decision making. of Enzymes used in Animal Feed Additives on the Lifespan of Development of a 3D Display Caenorhabditis Elegans Zane Grēta Grants XFEL: European X-Ray Free- Daniela Gods- Romanovska SPECIAL DONATED Engineering | Latvia Electron Laser Facility PRIZES - Ferrero The textile-based tensoresistive Péter Udvardi sensors’ operation and their usage in Adam Andor Urmos Physics | Hungary the innovative technologies Chemistry | EuropeanSchools

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page 116 EUCYS 2017 Tallinn SPECIAL DONATED Michał Bączyk Katariina Kisand Paweł Piotr Czyż Chemistry | Estonia PRIZES - Nestle Physics | Poland Synthesis and biochemical Ana Milovanović The studies of behaviour of single and characterization of covalent Ana Halužan Vasle coupled on-off type oscillators on the fluorescent probes targeting mitotic Biology | Slovenia example of bottle oscillators protein kinase Aurora A

Designing Synthetic Gene Regulatory Networks Lukas Stockner WARSAW 2014 Computing | Germany SPECIAL DONATED FIRST PRIZES Statistical modeling of volume- PRIZES - Innovation in scattered light Luboš Vozdecký food and agriculture Physics | Czech Republic SECOND PRIZES Ivan Hristov Ivanov Rolling Friction Vasilen Rosenov Tsvetkov Michael Bayrhammer Engineering | Bulgaria Florian Thaller Medicine | Austria Mariana de Pinho Garcia Intelligent Planting Matilde Gonçalves Moreira da Tendon Tissue Engineering - Silva Development of a Novel Tissue Biology | Portugal Salvetti Foundation Bioreactor for Culturing Tendons Smart Snails Ethan Lee Dunbar-Baker Po Yin Chau Polina Vladislavovna Ledkova Rogan Colin Michael McGilp Environment | Russia João Pedro Estácio Gaspar Engineering | United Kingdom Gonçalves de Araújo Successions of vegetation and Mathematic | Portugal David’s Wheels; a disability accessible recultivation of the anthropogenically and driveable hot rod for social and changed landscapes in neighborhoods A natural characterization of physical mobility of the Krasnoye settlement and in the semilattices of rectangular bands and Nenets state nature reserve, 2013- groups of exponent two PRACE 2014 SECOND PRIZES Eero Valkama Dominika Katarzyna Bakalarz Iiro Kumpulainen Joanna Michalina Jurek Paul Clarke Computing | Finland Medicine | Poland Mathematics | Ireland

Digitalization of Chess Games using Origami BioBandage - mathematically Contributions to cyclic graph theory Computer Vision described multipotential bioimplant based on polymeric nanomaterial modified by hydroxyapatite and stem Aleš Zupančič MILAN 2015 cells Chemistry | Slovenia FIRST PRIZES Self-cleaning fabrics based on THIRD PRIZES nanocovers

Sanath Kumar Devalapurkar Timothy Matthew Logan Mathematics | United States Environment | New Zealand Petar Milkov Gaydarov Mathematics | Bulgaria On the Stability and Algebraicity of To Graze or Not to Graze? Algebraic K-theory Hamming Distance of Polynomials over GF(2) Anselm von Wangenheim Physics | Germany

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EUCYS 2017 Tallinn page 117 THIRD PRIZES SECOND PRIZES Jakub Nagrodzki Chemistry | Poland Philipp Mandler Thomas Steinlechner Anselm Bernhard Peter Dewald Dominik Kovacs Development of molecular patches Robin Braun Yuki Trippel therapy: trimethylguanosine cap Engineering | Germany Engineering | AUSTRIA analogues synthesis

Hexapod - Construction and Anastomose Robot Tool - ART Programming of a six-legged Philip Huprich exploration robot Manuel Scheipner Lennart Kleinwort Daniel Zind Computing | GERMANY Engineering | Austria Matas Navickas Biology | Lithuania FreeGeo – the world’s first dynamic Cam Guard Android mathematics system app Flowering Apple Tree “Malus baccata SECOND PRIZES x Malus prunifolia” in vitro Jasmin Allenspach Nevzet Khasanov Mathematics | SWITZERLAND Ameeta Kumar Physics | Switzerland Aneeta Kumar LSLLSLSLLSLLSLS – Modern Diffusion cloud chamber: the visible Medicine | United Kingdom Mathematics in Islamic Mosaics radioactivity pHLIP? Beacon of hope THIRD PRIZES Jan Michael Rapp Timo Schmetzer PRAGUE 2013 Balázs Zsombori Computing | Hungary Computing | Germany

FIRST PRIZES PiktoVerb – Giving Everyone a Voice Information technology for a feedback control Perttu Pölönen Social Sciences FINLAND Daniel Pflueger Physics | Germany Asbjørn Christian Nordentoft Music A’Clock Mathematics | Denmark Measuring water waves Applications of Dirichlet series Ciara Judge Emer Hickey Maksim Bezrukov Sophie Healy-Thow Aliaksandr Stadolni THIRD PRIZES Biology | Ireland Mathematics | Belarus Anna Maria Punab A statistical investigation of the Percolation games on Cayley graphs Social Sciences | Estonia effects of diazotroph bacteria on plant of groups germination The relationships between academic achievements and happiness among BRATISLAVA 2012 students in secondary education Frederick Turner Engineering | United Kingdom FIRST PRIZES (€7000) Anna Julia Kuśnierczak Genetics at home: Building a PCR Biology | Poland machine and other equipment for Mark James Kelly setting up a home genetics lab Eric Doyle Alternative pollination: influence Physics | Ireland of different ecosystems on the reproduction of red mason bee (Osmia Simulation accuracy in the rufa L.) on the example of a meadow, gravitational many-body problem an orchard, a forest and an arboretum

page 118 EUCYS 2017 Tallinn Pavel Litvinka THIRD PRIZES Simon Schuldt Computing | Belarus Engineering | Germany Alex Bergsåker Development of hardware and Social Sciences | Norway Aircraft Of The Future - A Practise- software complex for the formation of based School Project three-dimensional image Guanxi – the Significance of Relations and Social Networks in Chinese Business Luca Banszerus HELSINKI 2011 Michael Schmitz

Physics | Germany FIRST PRIZES Michal Miskiewicz Mathematics | Poland Production And Charaterization Of Alexander Amini Graphene Devices Computing | Ireland The Charm of the ‘mi’ Set

Tennis Sensor Data Analysis: An THIRD PRIZES Holly Rees Automated System for Macro Motion Aleksejs Sazonovs Refinemen Biology United | Kingdom Computing | Latvia Investigation into Embryonic Stem Cell Pius Markus Theiler Differentiation Applying Image Recognition Methods For Classification Of Astronomical Engineering | Switzerland Images LISBON 2010 pi Cam - The Development of a Camming Device for Climbing Davide Giacinto Lucarelli FIRST PRIZES Niccolò Pozzi Stefano Sanfilippo Povilas Kavaliauskas Miroslav Rapcak Mathematics | Italy Medicine | Lithuania Physics | Czech Republic An Analysis of the Network The Role of Houseflies (Musca Complete Phase Diagram Of CO2 domestica) in Spreading Antibiotic Nanoclusters Resistant Bacteria Inês Alexandra Costa Kristoffer de Sá Høg David Pegrimek Environment | Portugal SECOND PRIZES Lukasz Sokolowski

Benjamin Walter Biology | Poland Rocks Of The Southwest - The Mysteries Written On The Stone Physics | Germany Foraging Strategy Of The Ant Formica Cinerea Scanning Tunnelling Microscopy of Coronene Molecules on Germanium PARIS 2009

(111) Dávid Horváth Márton Balassi FIRST PRIZES Social Sciences | Hungary Natalie Mitchell Liam Mc Carthy Physics | United Kingdom Nature On Your Screen - Computer John D. O’Callaghan Based Modeling And Local Area Biology | Ireland Auto Focusing Methods for Digital Network In The Education Of Ecology Microscopy The Development of a Convenient Test Method for Somatic Cell Count and it’s SECOND PRIZES Importance in Milk Production Georgi Atanasov Georgi Georgiev Justyna Slowiak Kalina Petrova Biology | Poland Fabian Gafner (19) Computing | Bulgaria Physics | Switzerland Biodiversity, Palaeoecology And DriveFreeZ - Driving Simulator Taxonomical Position Of Vertebrates Dikranos – the airplane with reverse In The Middle Triassic Sea Ecosystem gear In Silesia (sw Poland)

EUCYS 2017 Tallinn page 119 Aleksander Kubica COPENHAGEN 2008 Eriks Zaharans Wiktor Pilewski Janis Zaharans Physics | Poland FIRST PRIZES Physics | Latvia Spiral Zone Plates Monitoring of cardiovascular system Magdalena Bojarska Mathematics | Poland SECOND PRIZES VALENCIA 2007 Hamiltonian cycles in generalized Elodie Aubanel Halin grap Jérémy Dargent FIRST PRIZES Arnaud De Richecour Physics | France Martin Tkáč Florian Ostermaier Engineering | Slovak Republic Henrike Wilms Pick Up a Cosmic Wink Physics | Germany Tilting of bulk materials based on gravitation principle in cargo railway Flashing Water Drops Philip Cardona transport Engineering | Malta Márton Spohn Cappucino Logo Printer Elisabeth Muller Chemistry | Hungary Earth Science | United Kingdom Examination of Plants’ Self-Defence Sara Vima Grau From Microcosm to Magma Oceans: A Against Pests Earth Science | Spain Lunar Meteorite Perspective

From mineral to Romanesque Abdusalam Abubakar altarpiece: Identification of mineral SECOND PRIZES Mathematics | Ireland pigments and reproduction of a Catalan Romanesque altarpiece Michael Mikát An Extension of Wiener’s Attack on Biology | Czech Republic RSA Encryption

THIRD PRIZES Ecology and Ethology of family Lestidae (Insecta: Odonata) SECOND PRIZES Áron Hunyadi Engineering | Hungary Martina Hafner David Wittkowski Environment | Austria Walking through (a piece of) time with Physics | Germany a timepiece Energy from maize straw Polygonal structures on rotating fluid surfaces Stefan Strobel Anne-Laure Delaye Computing | Germany Aude Latrive Émer Jones Astrid Verpeaux Development of a near-infrared vein Engineering | Ireland Physics | France imaging system Research and Development of Can we walk on water? Emergency Sandbag Shelters Omri Lesser Physics | Israel Yael Amarilyo THIRD PRIZES Biology | Israel The Complex Potential and Its Application to the Planning of Dams Aliaksandr Minets Molecular Identification and Mathematics | Belarus Characterization of Phytoplasma Bacteria in Grapevines – Another Orbital origamis and stabilizers of Milestone Saving the Wine Industry stair origamis

Etienne Lalique Axel Talon Physics | France

Phaethon, the solar balloon

page 120 EUCYS 2017 Tallinn THIRD PRIZES Michael Marcinkowski SECOND PRIZES Mathematics | Poland Julian GLECHNER Zdenek Janovosky Werner POLLHAMMER On a geometric transformation Environment | Czech Republic David STOCKINGER relating the Euler and Nagel lines Engineering | Austria Vegetation dynamics of the small forest and open landscape ponds and Latent heat storage system (Salt Zoltan Tarjanyi its historical causes crystals as a new energy storage Csaba Vass (19) technology) Biology | Hungary Stephen Schulz New diagnostic method to define the Chemistry | Germany Eva Černohorská errors of the apoptosis program Mathematics | Czech Republic Lab on the chip - new perspectives THIRD PRIZES with electrons as universal reagent Generalization of method of tiling in triangular and hexagonal grid Georgi Dyankov Physics | Bulgaria Patrick Collison Computer | Ireland Florian Schnös A method of measurement of Engineering | Germany refractive indices, birefringence and Croma: a new dialect of lisp thickness of a thin anisotropic layer SmartCam – Development of a universal 3D-Camera THIRD PRIZES

Aisling Judge Gitte Ahlquist Jonsson Biology | Ireland STOCKHOLM - 2006 Medicine | Denmark

The development and evaluation of a Aid for putting on and taking off biological food spoilage indicator FIRST PRIZES stockings for handicapped persons

Michael Kaiser MOSCOW 2005 Margus NIITSOO Johannes Kienl Mathematics | Estonia Engineering | Austria FIRST PRIZES Development of a completely new Generalizations of the Fibonacci electro-thermo-mechanical De-Icing Igor Gotlibovitch sequence system for aircraft Renate Landig Physics | Germany Eric Deele Johannes Burkart Corners in water - unexpected Pierre Haas Alexander Joos symmetry breaking in fluid dynamics Biology | Luxembourg Physics | Germany Cartography of galls Flight curves of table tennis balls Javier Lopez Martinez Fortun Eliecer Perez Robaina Carlos Machado Carvajal DUBLIN 2004 Tomasz Wdowik Biology | Spain Chemistry | Poland Sonchus leptacaulis: a new species FIRST PRIZES consolidation in Gran Canaria Synthesis of a potential β blocker Martin Knobel Gerhard Schony SECOND PRIZES Silvana Konermann Florian Grossbacher Medicine | Switzerland Engineering | Austria Thomas Gigl Earth Science | Germany Development of a system for the local Breaktrough in the manufacturing of prevention of catheter associated condenser microphones Radial velocity measurement of urinary tract infection spectroscopic binaries

EUCYS 2017 Tallinn page 121 Charlotte Stranvist BUDAPEST 2003 Johannes Keller Chemistry | Denmark Switzerland

Improving the method of synthesizing FIRST PRIZES The influence of the quill shape on the antidepressants harpsichord sound Jana Ivanidze Germany Mario Chemnitz VIENNA 2002 Physics | Germany pH sensitive GFP mutant FIRST PRIZES Ultrasonic detector for gas chromatography Uwe Treske Germany Pawel Piotrowski Germany SECOND PRIZES Low-cost scanning tunneling microscope Special wings and ground effect for Marcel Kolodziejcyk efficient transportation Mathematics | Poland Gábor Németh A counterfeit coin problem Hungary Martin Etzrodt Martin von der Helm Efficiency enhancement of plasma Germany Roland Bauerschmidt loudspeakers Computer | Germany The slime mold physarum as a model organism for biotesting Internet access for guests SECOND PRIZES

David Sehna Lauri Kauppila Mehmet Halit Calayir Czech Republic Finland Mehmet Cakan Physics | Turkey Math studio - a computer algebra Comparing the Oxidiser/Fuel ratio system and heat released from Rocket Fuel Construction of a seismograph Combustion László Nagy THIRD PRIZES Hungary SECOND PRIZES

Ocan Sankur Phytocenology and environment Vincent Bougreau Computer | Turkey protection of the central Hungarian Solene Broner plain France N-gram based language classification Are there germs in the highest layers Lukasz Jaremko of the atmosphere ? Artur Lewandowski Mariusz Jaremko Biology | Poland Poland Arnhild Jacobsen Ants learning process Design and synthesis of two new Norway immuno-suppressants The Physics of a rolling soda can Laurynas Pliuskys Environment | Lithuania THIRD PRIZES David Sahrla Wim Cools Hydrochemical analysis of the lakes Slovenia of Trakai Netherlands Chemiluminescence A new compact operating system THIRD PRIZES Ksenia Rogova Russia Maarten Vanhove Belgium The key to the mystery of the stone book Morphological diversity of cladoceran resting eggs in shallow lakes

page 122 EUCYS 2017 Tallinn Piotr Garbacz THIRD PRIZES Janez Langus Poland Slovenia Jimi Lee Truelsen Influence of direction and intensity of Denmark Theoretical and practical gravity on plant growth aerodynamics A new cryptographic algorithm

Ozgur Paksoy Jasmin Roya Djannatian Aslihan Akin Nuriye Shane Browne Germany Turkey Michae O’Toole Peter Taylor Cytotoxicity of different mistletoe A general approach to the proof of Ireland preparations on leukaemic cells inequalities Symmetrical shapes formed by poligons THIRD PRIZES BERGEN 2001 Florent Durrey FIRST PRIZES Richard Hulme France Yan Pugh-Jones United Kingdom Globular clusters around the Milky Thomas Aumeyr Way Thomas Morocutti Austria Analysing the flight of Brazilian humming birds Gàbor Guta CURE - Controlled Ultraviolet Hungary Radiation Equipment AMSTERDAM 2000 Simulator with ultra low noise Sebastian Abel FIRST PRIZES Germany Yevgen Nazarenko Grzegorz Niedzwiedzki Ukrainia Cloud Poland The processing of aluminous New Finds of dinosaur tracks in the manufacture after-product James Lee Mitchell Holy Cross Mountains United Kingdom TRAVEL AWARD TO THE Characteristics of Azole drug Joanne Daniel resistance in candida tropicalis Gemma Dawson NOBEL PRIZE CEREMONY Ally Wilkie SECOND PRIZES United Kingdom Jasmin Roya Djannatian Germany Bálint Pato Designing a disposable sample device Cytotoxicity of different mistletoe Hungary preparations on leukemia cells Nickoloz Tchankoshvil tress proteins as constituents of the Georgia Microtrabecular Lattice Anastasiya Efimenko The monitoring and protection of bats United Kingdom Zbigniew Lech Pianowski in Georgia My challenge to children’s mortality Poland SECOND PRIZES New liquid crystal for holography Vaclav Rehak Czech Republic Marcin Wojnarski Poland Prisoners dilemma: modelling of social phenomena using cellular Neural network for solving automata classification problems

EUCYS 2017 Tallinn page 123 THESSALONIKI 1999 Arlet Bellvehi Sampera THIRD PRIZES Joan Munich Arranz Spain Enrik Eriksen FIRST PRIZES Denmark Reestablishment of amphibian Sarah Flannery population despite exotic fish threat KOMBI-2: a novel approach soil Ireland preparation and sowing Cryptography: a new algorithm vs. the Maciej Walczak RSA Poland Juliane Richter Germany Chemical synthesis of amionalkyl Sverrir Gudmundsson nucleoside phosphates The phenomenon of fluctuation in Pall Melsted concentration Tryggvi Thorgeirsson Iceland PORTO 1998 Montserrat Coll Lladó The galaxy cluster MS1621 +2640 FIRST PRIZES Mariona Picart Merino Spain Michal Ksiazkiewicz Gabor Bernath Hungary Commercially viable sardine anchovy Poland fish production Estimation of urban pollution using ScanGuru: the 3D scanner Epiphytic Lichens Raphael Hurley Paul Pak Ireland SECOND PRIZES Peter Weilenmann Austria The mathematics of monopoly Sebastian Gschwende Michael Rödel The virtual blind man’s cane Germany Grzegorz Kapustka Michael Kapustka FinoPro simulates mechanical events, Robert Carney Poland using finite elements Matthew Tomas United Kingdom Some propertioes of polygons

Lorraine Ruzié Yellowing of alkyd-based paints in the Maxim Sergeev France dark Russia Submarine volcano emergence SECOND PRIZES A new method to process some forecasting device Karsten Weiss production waste GERMANY MILAN 1997 Jure Leskovec Digi Cow: a completely new type of Slovenia milking machine MILAN 1997

Detection of human bodies from a sequence of images Arthur Baas FIRST PRIZES Adrian de Groot THIRD PRIZES Chris Weel Eike Hübner Netherlands Germany Patrick Imper Permanent self-conducting polymers Raphael Zulliger POSEIDON: the wave-motion power Switzerland generator Fiona Fraser Speedometer for roller blades Dasa Suput Ciara McGoldrick Emma McQuillan Slovenia Ireland Sea anemones Unravelling the secrets of the preservation of Europe’s bog bodies

page 124 EUCYS 2017 Tallinn Christoph Lippuner Anni Könönen THIRD PRIZES Antoine Wüthrich Finland Andreas Derr Switzerland Germany Human impact on forest vegetation The digestive system of carnivorous MediNet: an intelligent system for plants medical diagnosis Daniel Atwood Andrew Teesdale SECOND PRIZES United Kingdom George Almpanis Despina Scholidou Sebastian Hauer How ecalyptus resins can prevent Greece Jan Nieberle seeds from germination Germany Boundaries and stellar content of the LH52 and LH53 associations A circular saw active security-system HELSINKI 1996

FIRST PRIZES Patricia Lyne Bernardo Silva e Carmo Rowena Mooney Portugal Tobias Kippenberg Elsie O’Sullivan Ireland A control centre for school Germany experiments A car ice-detection system based on Analysis of indigenous Irish strains of electromagnetic waves honeybee Serguei Idiatoulin Russia Yann Ollivier Radoslaw Skibinski Poland The preparation of chromiferous France coatings to absorb solar energy Flexibility of an articulate lattice The Oligocene fish: discovery and reconstitution THIRD PRIZES Wouter Couzijn Thomas Bürg Álvaro Luis Maroto Conde Netherlands Spain Switzerland “Locator”, a self-positioning robot Paravision 1.0: window access for An intelligent six-legged walking machine visually impaired SECOND PRIZES

Thierry Caramigeas Emil Laslo Justin Marston Vivien Moliton Hungary United Kingdom Michael Pressigout France Braille display The dripping tap as a model chaotic system A microwaves controlled household Maciej Kurowski management system Tomasz Osman Poland NEWCASTLE- UPON-TYNE 1995 Gábor Ivánka Common solution sets of real Hungary polynomials FIRST PRIZES MATIKA: the game to solve your mathematical problems David Kelnar Sven Siegle United Kingdom Germany

Erik van Alphen AMES, the accessible multimedia Natural pulping or paper from straw Tom van Diessen education system Netherlands

Less waste with bricks

EUCYS 2017 Tallinn page 125 Brian Fitzpatrick Christian Krause Shane Markey Denmark Ireland Marcin Kowalczyk Marcin Sawicki Telephone break-in security Plants can tell us when they need a Poland drink of water The force of a set and the Euler Henrik Ström characteristic Norway Christopher Mead Matthew Taylor An anti-boot virus program United Kingdom Gergely Eberhardt Hungary Radio waves from comet Shoemaker- Samuel Schaer Levy 9 A virus recognition programme to Switzerland prevent computer infection SECOND PRIZES Supersonic plasma rings Michael Vorburger Tycho van Meeuwen Switzerland SECOND PRIZES Netherlands A fruity approach to memory Ivan Labanca The witty wise writing writer management in C++ Italy

A diffusion cloud chamber with Nina Fraefel Roddy Vann magnetic field Switzerland United Kingdom

Biochemical control of salmonella in The manufacture of closed-cage Gijs van Oort poultry feed molecules in electric arcs Netherlands

A computer controlled flute Oliver Hantschel Alberto Lerena Kai Krüger Ricardo Martín Nicole Stroh Víctor Sanz Jan Ivar Oeyulvstad Germany Spain Norway

Is isoguanine selectively mutagenic A brake based on magnetically Flood prevention in the river Otra in during virus replication? solidified fluid Southern Norway THIRD PRIZES LUXEMBOURG 1994 Nuno Alves da Silva Hugo Macedo Aldis Helga Egildsdottir Reynir Hjalmarsson FIRST PRIZES Portugal Iceland Image processing using a neural Oliver Krüger network The Icelandic capelin: a behaviour Germany study Frank Ekpar The ecology of the common buzzard Stefan Serefoglou Erik Sos and goshawk Greece Hungary The two-to-one way rotation Mobile robots: motorless motion Eike Lau converter using shape memory alloy actuators Germany

Internal addresses in the Mandelbrot Fernando Toro Chicano Klaus Mazanti Soerensen set Ricardo Peñafiel Gil Denmark Santiago Hervás Morales Spain Factorising factorials and Bertrand’s Jane Feehan postulate for primes 4k+3 Ireland A new age plotter

The Calluna Case-Carrier

page 126 EUCYS 2017 Tallinn THIRD PRIZES Stéphan Fidanza Olivier Pesc Ana Simoes das Neves Amina Azami France Portugal Chemseddine Bega Belgium Space-time theory The pharmacology of medicinal plants

Bio-indicators Sara Azimonti Kaarlo Vaïsanen Elena Porazzi Finland Kai Eberspächer Giovanni Colombo Bolle Dominik Zayer Italy Production of fullerenes by Andreas Gorbach Draetschmer-Huffman’s method Germany Asbestos: properties, manufacturing, applications, legislation Computer-controlled waste-water Magnus Viström purification Pontus Forslund Patrick Neuberg Robert Hagglund Luxembourg Sweden Padelis Ermilios Greece Improved cell sectioning A car hand brake: a potential life saver? Using computers in physics experiments Necibe Gezer Netherlands Annika Nyström Sweden Vagelis Papadopoulos Teenage restlessness in a Dutch town Greece Jorgen Carling From Salix Alba to modern medicine Norway Extension of the integral calculus Examining voting patterns Johanna Larnhed Guillermo Guerrero Guerrero Sweden Javier Villegas Javier Rodríguez Martin Franz Waldmann Antifouling Spain Johannes Lackner Josef Schmidbauer Beewax recovery using solar energy Austria Caroline Turner United Kingdom Solar energy to ecological fuel Eduardo Moling González A time interval analyser Ruth Morena José Manuel Brell Jürgen Hintermayer Spain Attila Agoston Samantha Haines Austria United Kingdom Water rocket Brain waves and artificial intelligence An electornic physiotherapy aid Séverine Meynieux Catherine Khamphan Michael Schachinger Rebecca Anderton Marie Montanard Thomas Wetzlmaier Aaron Weller France Jürgen Zauner Morgan Jones Austria United Kingdom Peat bogs fossils: unmasking the past Telephoning via computer networks Delayed failure in ultra-high strength steels Nicolas Rebierre Olivier Rebierre Paulo Alexandre Machado Olivier Pesle Portugal Michael P. Germeyer-Petyke France Alexander Pohl A real time digital spectrograph Eu Schools Real speed Vitamin C synthesis in germinating cress seedlings

EUCYS 2017 Tallinn page 127 Tamas Nagy Lars Knudsen Daniel Morton Sandor Mezei Peter Andersen Tim Mullis Hungary Denmark United Kingdom

A Braille printer and school notebook Droppy, the computer controlled A palletiser improvement for the blind intravenous drip feed Peter Seidel Daniel Kiss Albert Barmettler Germany Agnes Majoros Günther Ederer Ball lightning, an investigation Lajos Kovacs Austria Hungary An alarm processing system Jürgen Scherschmidt Universal clamping head for industrial Jochen Scherschmidt robots Germany Jan Haugland Norway A user-friendly video recorder Robert Varga Hungary The minimum overlap problem of Paul Erdös SEVILLE 1992 Computerised navigation Rodger Toner FIRST PRIZES Roman Evtushenko Donal Keane Evgueni Milioutine Ireland Hendrik Küpper Evgueni Chelkovo Frithjof Küpper Martin Spiller Ukraine Mate selection by a male crustacean Germany Biohumus production by the red Californian worm María Salvany González Environmental relevance of heavy Antoni Camprubí I Cano metal substituted chlorophylls Fidel Costa Rodrígez Serguei Semeniouk Spain Alla Atepalikhina Oliver Trapp Karim Naser The geological mapping of a Neollithic Germany Ukraine mine Study on the effect of a chelator on yeast The role of the thiamine in neuthrophil SECOND PRIZES phagocytic activity in smokers and non-smokers Jan-Cristoph Puchta Anders Skov Germany Denmark Kenna Mills Diego Figueroa Fermat’s last theorem The bent perspective Usa Pierre Oger Water detoxification using duckweed Martin Hesselsøe Belgium Denmark Oil (hydrocarbon) recovery from water BERLIN 1993 Green toad (Bufo Viridis) in the great belt FIRST PRIZES Eleonora Bonanomi Stefano Consonni Jean Byrne (deceased) Henrik Mouritsen Mircko Signorelli Elizabeth Dowling Denmark Italy Ireland

Abiological expedition to the Use of biogas in a photosynthetic Population dynamics of a thistle rainforests of the Philippines culture predator: Terellia Serratulae

page 128 EUCYS 2017 Tallinn Dominik Zeiter ZURICH 1991 Nicolas Bouche Ewald Amherd Olivier van der Aa Reinhard Fubber Belgium Switzerland FIRST PRIZES Flight study of a micro-rocket Graphtal plants varieties of trees Robert Nitzschmann Germany Valerio Arnáiz SECOND PRIZES Development and construction of a José Mora scanning tunnelling microscope Alexandre Girone Ingolf Zies Spain Germany Barry O’Doherty Astrometry: the measurement of New global lighting model based on Daniel Dundas comet positions radiosity Ireland

The dynamics of a two-well potential Henk Hoekstra Raoul Urlings oscillator Christian Kok Belgium Netherlands

10 channel vocoder Paul Hoffmann Oscillating systems of chemical Luxembourg reactions

Clement Stefanutti Computer assisted text conversion to Aurélie Vidal Braille Edwin Thaller Julie Morere Friedrich Pfluegelmeier France Austria Angus Filshie Palynology - Historic botany United Kingdom Intelligent testing probe

Clearway: a mucus extractor Panagiotis Theofanidis Christof Teuscher Nick K. Tsagourias Flavio Stragiotti Greece Christian Tost Switzerland Sabine Zangl Research and development of a traffic Austria Aiolos II: development of a wind light system measuring computer system Catalytic converter restoration Luis Bellot Rubio Antonio Román Reche COPENHAGEN 1990 Torkild Jensen Gustavo Román Reche Norway Spain FIRST PRIZES Birdlife in Oslofjord Analysis of visual observations of the Paul Vauterin comet Levy Bruno Callens Hans Jacob Feder Belgium Norway Jochen Erhard Automated meteor observation Cristoph Herbst Earthquakes as a self-organised station Austria critical process Waltraud Schulze Germany Electronical regeneration of FeC12/ FeC13 compounds in metal etching SECOND PRIZES The effect of assimilatory starch for processes with an environmental and the growth of Arabidopsis economic focus Tanja Hindrichs Hussein Morsy Axel Conrad Annagh Dalton (née Minchin) Germany Ireland

The knight’s Hamiltonian path Colpomenia Peregrina, an inmigrant problem alga to Europe

EUCYS 2017 Tallinn page 129 Donatella Manganelli Ian Thompson Charles Courtin Italy Graham Miller Pierre Betsch United Kingdom Hugues Nodet Silence, micro-organisms at work France Investigation of oils used in soap manufacture A Doppler rocket Brian Dolan Lee Kiera Ann Marie Malon Geraldine Brossard Menno Bolt United Kingdom Switzerland Eric Toonen Pascal Stevelmans A study of the transition to turbulence Toxocara Canis or the “grande Netherlands in Reynold’s experiment vadrouille” of a parasite Wind energy project

Marco Ziegler BRUSSELS 1989 Switzerland Mark Mathieson FIRST PRIZES United Kingdom Drinking water examination with Voice intensity feedback for speech special consideration of corrosional Mogens Markussen aspects handicapped Denmark

SECOND PRIZES Eyewriter, an eye operated control unit Halldor Fossa Norway Morten Larsen Denmark Stephan Schlitter Expert systems in cancer treatment Germany Hand reader Conducting polymers in batteries Anouk Thommen Switzerland Jan Lichtenberg Germany Grace O’Connor Comparative study of two composts Sinead Finn Unilyser, a universal computer system Ireland for chemical analysis THIRD PRIZES Acrop fractionation industry Samuel Delaere Stefan Scheller Belgium Germany Lina Tomasella Italy Electromagnetic radiation Computer-aided holography for optical and acoustical reconstruction Toxicity of colour dyes used as tracers Nicola Kirk Dimitri Hautot United Kingdom Belgium Beatriz Pías Walking aid for a disabled person Mercedes Pías Studies on the Kelvin generator Ana Riveiro Spain Jean-Pierre Wyss Matthias Zimmermann Stephan Røntved The Atlantic brushwood as a natural Søren Chyltoft resource Elmar Artho Switzerland Denmark LISSI, an I. C. Test Computer Gianni Insacco Recognition of handwritten signs Italy Matthias Büger Fossil remains in vertebrates in SECOND PRIZES continental Pleistocene deposits in Germany the region of Comiso, South-East Italy Serge van der Velde Olivier Camberlin Axiomatic theory of mean values Belgium

Computer-guided solar furnace page 130 EUCYS 2017 Tallinn Walter Georg Veeck Marc Pauly Jens Schneider Gérard Milmeister Germany LUXEMBOURG

Construction of a diffusion cloud The fantastic world of fractals chamber

Yves Thill Dimitri Theocharidis Serge Remesch Paul Magoulas LUXEMBOURG Greece Mapograph, a computer-aided writer New Dimension 2000, an automation system with computer Manuel van den Bergh Lauren Smit Fermín Tabar Mathieu van Geffen Luis Rodríguez NETHERLANDS Antonio Sánchez Spain CHIP, a computer hardware instruction project Multi-use interface applied in a greenhouse Paulo Ribeiro PORTUGAL Juan Navas José Ortega Diving patterns of the bottlenose José Navas dolphin spain

Computer-based sound synthesis Reinhard Herzog system AUSTRIA

An electronic plotter Benoît Landeos Bertrand Dubois Alain Crusoe Stein Ringnes France Ingvar Apeland Jarand Felland Wheelchair adapted for racing NORWAY

Solar energy project Patrick Mora Jean-François López France

Meteorological imaging

Enrico Corsini ITALY

Solar spots

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EUCYS 2017 Tallinn page 131 EUROPEAN UNION INITIATIVES FOR RESEARCH AND YOUTH Nurturing a new generation of highly qualified scientists is More information about Marie Curie Actions can be found at: essential to ensure knowledge and growth, and to stimulate ec.europa.eu/research/mariecurieactions sustainable competitiveness and welfare in Europe. For more than two decades, the European Union, via its Framework Programmes for research and technological EURAXESS development, has had a policy of supporting science and technology aimed essentially at fostering European research Researchers in Motion activities with those carried out at the level of the Member States. The Framework Programmes have played a lead role The European Commission has launched a user-friendly web in multidisciplinary research and cooperative activities in portal for researchers called “EURAXESS – Researchers in Europe and beyond. Motion” with the aim of improving career development and At present, Horizon 2020 which is the biggest Research and mobility of researchers. Innovation programme ever, has a budget of nearly €80 billion The objective of the portal is to provide a single access point available to research during the period 2014 – 2020. The EU to information and support services which help researchers Framework Programme for Research and Innovation will and their families when moving to and pursuing careers in be complemented further by the existence of the European another country. Research Area. These measures endeavour to break down barriers to create a genuine single market for knowledge, EURAXESS hosts the following four initiatives: research and innovation. The European Union also recognises • EURAXESS Jobs (formerly European Researcher’s Mobility the need to start the process of integration at grass roots level. Portal) is a recruitment tool with constantly updated job The Commission is actively promoting European cooperation vacancies for researchers throughout Europe; in the fields of science education, training and careers, as well • EURAXESS Services (formerly ERA-MORE Network) is a as in trying to stimulate young people’s interest in science network created to assist researchers and their families outside formal education. in organizing their stay in another country; In addition to the EU Contest for Young Scientists, the • EURAXESS Rights (European Charter for Researchers & Directorate- General for Research has introduced several Code of Conduct for the Recruitment of Researchers) sets other initiatives to encourage young people to consider out the rights and obligations of researchers and their careers in science. employers; • EURAXESS Links (formerly ERA-Link) is a networking tool Marie Curie actions for European researchers working in the US or Japan.

The Marie Curie Actions provide research training, career EURAXESS portal address: ec.europa.eu/euraxess/ development and mobility schemes allowing researchers to be truly mobile both internationally and between commercial and ERC Starting Grants non-commercial sectors. There are opportunities for researchers at any career stage and of any nationality. The European Research Council (ERC) is a special funding In particular, the Initial Training Networks (ITN) offer early- component of Horizon 2020 which promotes investigator- stage researchers the opportunity to broaden their scientific driven frontier research. Its main aim is to stimulate scientific and generic skills, including those related to technology excellence in Europe by supporting and encouraging the transfer and entrepreneurship, to join established research very best, truly creative scientists, scholars and engineers teams and enhance their career prospects in both public to go beyond established frontiers of knowledge and the and private sectors, thereby making research careers more boundaries of disciplines. ERC grants are awarded through attractive to young people. This is being achieved through a open competition to projects in any field of research. transnational networking mechanism, aimed at structuring the existing high quality initial research training capacity The ERC has launched a Starting Independent Researcher throughout EU Member States and Associated Countries. Grant scheme (ERC Starting Grants) with the objective to Calls for ITN proposals are announced on the Research & support excellent researchers with leadership potential, Innovation Participant Portal. located in or moving to the EU and Associated Countries, who are about to establish their first research team or to start Web site: ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/ conducting an independent research programme. desktop/en/opportunities/h2020 The calls for proposals are published annually. Full information, including the Guide for Applicants, can be found Furthermore, the Marie Curie Intra-European Fellowships at: (IEF) are open to researchers holding a doctoral degree or erc.europa.eu with at least four years’ research experience. The purpose is to give them the financial means to undertake advanced Other initiatives for students and young people training through research or to acquire complementary skills at a European organisation most suited to their professional In a more general sense, the European Commission needs. These fellowships are to encourage young researchers provides information, training, non-formal education and to spend time outside their own country to acquire new mobility opportunities for young people through a variety of research skills or experience working in other sectors. programmes and activities.

The European Youth Portal was developed as a direct result

EUCYS 2017 Tallinn page 133 of the European Commission’s 2001 White Paper “A new Traineeships in the European Institutions impetus for European Youth”, and is a means of giving access In-service trainings are organised each year to provide young to information specifically targeted at young people who are university graduates with a unique first-hand practical living, learning and working in Europe. experience and knowledge of the day-to-day work in the EU Institutions. The European Parliament, the Council, The portal is a gateway to European and national information the Commission, Court of Justice, the Social and Economic on 33 countries in 27 languages. It allows young people to Committee, the Committee of the Regions and the European have their views heard through online discussion forums, and Ombudsman offer such traineeships, each lasting from 3 to 5 their questions answered through the Eurodesk Network. months. The trainings also aim to provide an understanding The web address of the Portal is: europa.eu/youth of the objectives and goals of the EU integration processes and policies. It is an opportunity to work in a multicultural and The original Youth in Action was a 2007-2013 EU Programme multilingual environment, contributing to the development of for young people aged 15-28 (in some cases 13-30). It aimed to mutual understanding, trust and tolerance. inspire a sense of active citizenship, solidarity and tolerance Details for each institution can be found at: among young Europeans and to involve them in shaping the europa.eu/epso/discover/useful_links Union’s future. It promoted mobility within and beyond the EU borders, non-formal learning and intercultural dialogue, and General information about the EU encouraged the inclusion of all young people, regardless of European integration has delivered half a century of stability, their educational, social and cultural background. peace and economic prosperity. It has helped to raise standards of living, built an internal market, launched the The activities of the Youth in Action programme will continue euro and strengthened the Union’s voice in the world. under the new Erasmus+ programme, scheduled to last from The process started shortly after the devastation 2014-2020. of World War II, and was launched on 18 April 1951 with the signing of the Paris Treaty which Moreover, the European Commission has integrated its established the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) various educational and training initiatives under a single involving six countries: Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, umbrella entitled the Lifelong Learning Programme. The Luxembourg and the Netherlands. On 25 March 1957, the Treaty programme enables individuals at all stages of their lives of Rome was signed to establish the European Economic to pursue stimulating learning opportunities across Europe. Community (EEC) in order to promote the free movement of There are four sub-programmes focusing on different people, goods and services, and capital. A major revision of the stages of education and training and continuing previous Treaty of Rome was signed on 17 February 2003 in Maastricht, programmes: which would lead to the strengthening of the economic and monetary ties between the members and define what we now • Comenius for schools call today the European Union. • Erasmus for higher education Over the years membership grew. In 1973, Denmark, Ireland • Leonardo da Vinci for vocational education and training and the United Kingdom joined. Greece followed in 1981, and • Grundtvig for adult education. Spain and Portugal, in 1986. In 1995, Austria, Finland and Sweden brought the membership up to 15 Member States. A cross cutting programme aims to ensure that they achieve The entry of eight central and eastern European countries the best results possible via four key activities: policy co- together with Cyprus and Malta into the European Union on operation, languages, information and communication 1 May 2004 was a historic achievement, ending centuries of technologies, and effective dissemination and exploitation East-West division. More recently, the number of members of project results. In addition, the Jean Monnet Programme has grown to 28 with the entry of Bulgaria and Romania in aims for a geographical reach beyond Europe’s borders by 2007 and of Croatia in 2013. stimulating teaching, reflection and debate on the European The European Union is based on the rules of law and integration process at higher education institutions democracy. It is neither a new State replacing existing ones worldwide. nor is it comparable to other international organizations. Its Member States delegate sovereignty to common institutions representing the interests of the Union as a whole on questions of joint interest. All decisions and procedures are derived from the basic treaties ratified by the Member States.

The principal objectives of the Union are: • Establish European citizenship • Ensure freedom, security and justice • Promote economic and social progress • Assert Europe’s role in the world

To know more about the EU, please visit the EUROPA portal at: europa.eu

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The European Commission supports formal and informal science education in schools as well as science centres and museums, through the Science in Society programme. Several projects have been supported via EU funding in this area through collaborative and coordination and support actions. During the last few years, special attention has been paid with respect to research on the use and development of formative and summative assessment methodologies and their role in teaching STEM, including Inquiry Based Science Education techniques, and disseminating results to the society as a whole. The overall aim is to raise the interest of both youth and young people in science and mathematics. Projects such as S-TEAM, FIBONACCI, PRIMAS, ESTABLISH, SAILS, INQUIRE, KidsINNscience, contribute to this purpose.

As part of the dissemination strategy and with the aim to improve, through the results and materials produced by the projects, the European Commission launched SCIENTIX - the Community for Science Education in Europe (www. scientix.eu). SCIENTIX is a web-based community for Science Education targeted not only to teachers and researchers, but also to policy makers, parents and anyone interested in science education. It has been created to provide a user- friendly information platform to encourage dialogue and facilitate sharing of progress, know-how and best practices in science education across EU Member States and Associated Countries.

The European Commission also supports research projects on science education as well as initiatives for reinforcing the link between science education and S&T careers in the private sector through reinforcing the partnership between industry and education.

Providing members of the European educational community, current and future scientists, researchers and innovators with the necessary knowledge and tools, as well as skills and qualifications is a main priority of the European Commission. This shall contribute to having science literate and responsible citizens and stimulating young people to embark on research careers. Science education is the vehicle to meet current and future societal challenges.

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