Seville, May 8, 2015. Yesterday, cicCartuja presented the third edition of the Future Scientists Award during the XIII Science Fair, which is being held from May 7 to 9 at the Seville Exhibition and Congress Palace. The general objective of this award is to encourage scientific vocations and promote the interest of students in research and, specifically, to highlight talented young people, their teachers and their centers, making their achievements known and encouraging them to continue their participation in the field of science and technology.
The award is €500 for the best scientific outreach project presented at the stands of the Seville Science Fair, and two second prizes of €250. Cheques for the value of the award are given in the name of the educational centers for activities and/or educational material. Students are also invited to present their projects to cicCartuja scientists and the general public during the Future Scientists Day, which is held during Science Week in November 2015.
After visiting the stands and evaluating all the projects presented by the Secondary and High School centres, the jury, made up of cicCartuja researchers Angel Justo (ICMS), Juan Manuel Benito (IIQ) and José Mª Ortega (IBVF), agreed that the winning projects are:
CienciaChef, tapas for science (French Schools, Seville) – 1st Prize
In this project, science is practised through cooking; the biochemistry behind food is learned, the reactions that constitute the basic actions when cooking and the physical principles used in kitchen utensils. Following one of the most playful and recognised trends in Spanish gastronomy, molecular cuisine, activities such as spherification, gelation, foam creation, drying with centrifugal forces, crystallisation of sugars or protein denaturation are carried out
A R&D department at the IES to help the environment (IES Martín Rivero Ronda) – 1st Runner-up
The students of this centre have simulated work in an R&D laboratory, and from their research they have managed to develop products with high added value such as an ecological irrigation device by evaporation-condensation of rainwater and reusable ecological air fresheners.
Catch the light in time (IES San José, Coria del Río) – 2nd Runner-up
In this project, fun and easy-to-carry out experiments were developed that did not require laboratory instruments. And they intended to offer answers to questions such as: What is light? How do cameras work? Can we create movement with still images? Can we capture movement? Can a distorted image be seen as in reality? Can we alter our perception of reality? Can we create the movement of an image with a flickering light?