During the event held exceptionally online, medals were awarded to the exhibitors who presented the best inventions during the event
The ITARG 2020 event, now in its 13th edition, was held online this year due to the current pandemic. This did not stop the organizers from rewarding the exhibitors who came from all over the world. A jury, headed by Prof. Krzysztof Biernat, awarded the “Leaders of Innovation“. The organizers evaluated the exhibitor cards and awarded the “Polish Young Inventor 2020” through the awarding of platinum, gold, silver and bronze medals. Below is a list of the inventors who have been accredited with the most prestigious medal.
Authors: Daniel Toboła, Kazimierz Czechowski – Sieć Badawcza Łukasiewicz, Krakowski Instytut Technologiczny
Invention’s name: The tool for slide burnishing with digital continuous measurement and method of burnishing of curvilinear rotary surfaces with on-line registration of force values
Authors: Katarzyna Kazimierska-Drobny, Mariusz K. Kaczmarek, Tomasz Fąs, Joanna Nowak, Karol Pawełkowski – Uniwersytet Kazimierza Wielkiego
Invention’s name: Theranostatic system supporting people with limb edema
Authors: Sławomir Wilczewski, Katarzyna Skórczewska, Krzysztof Lewandowski, Joanna Szulc, Jolanta Tomaszewska – Uniwersytet Technologiczno-Przyrodniczy im. Jana i Jędrzeja Śniadeckich w Bydgoszczy
Invention’s name: The method of obtaining poly (vinyl chloride)/graphene nanocomposites with increased nanofiller dispersibility
Authors: Michał Majcherek, Sylwester Borowski – Wyższa Szkoła Gospodarki w Bydgoszczy
Invention’s name: Homemade shredder for municipal plastic waste, in particular PET bottles, with the possibility of supplying electricity from renewable sources
Authors: Cheng Chin-Hsiang – Young An Mineral Tech Co., Ltd
Invention’s name: The device of mixing cement slutty
Authors: Marek Bartosik, Piotr Borkowski, Franciszek Wójcik, Andrzej Jeske, Łukasz Nowak – Consortium
Invention’s name: USH – Ultra-fast hybrid systems for protecting direct current circuits with high magnetic energy. Types: DCSS and DCU-HM
Authors: Charin Techapun – PM 80 LTD
Invention’s name: P80 Natural Essence TM
Authors: Arkadiusz Mężyk, Sławomir Kciuk, Edyta Krzystała, Paweł Schmidt – Politechnika Śląska
Invention’s name: Modular measuring system
Authors: Joanna Feder-Kubis – Politechnika Wrocławska, Wrocławskie Centrum Transferu Technologii
Invention’s name: Surface active compound having natural origin component as new, safe, and efficient antielectrostatic product
Authors: Phạm Quỳnh Trang, Đỗ Hà Dương, Trần Hoàng Việt Đức – Hanoi Amsterdam High school (for the Gifted)
Invention’s name: Extraction of medicinal plants (polyscias fruticosa, rehmannia glutinosa, angelica sinensis and poria cocos) for treatment of Alzheimer’s disease and its product
Authors: Jarosław Kaszewski, Łukasz Wachnicki, Bartłomiej S. Witkowski, Marek Godlewski Instytut Fizyki PAN WArszawa Jarosław Olszewski, Julia Mastalerz, Izabela Serafińska, Michał M. Godlewski SGGW Warszawa – nstytut Fizyki Polskiej Akademii Nauk we współpracy z SGGW Warszawa
Invention’s name: Scintillating wide band-gap oxide nanoparticles for photodynamic therapy of tumours
More info about the single inventions can be found in the dedicate section of INTARG website, along with the gold, silver and bronze medals.