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Regional winners

Student competition 2009

Regional winners of student competition 2009
Theme: “How can I plunge into research?”

Nine individuals and teams qualified for the national finals.


Regional winners:

RWTH Aachen

Kerstin Saul

Kerstin Saul

Project: “Experimental studies on electrodialysis”
Gymnasium Michelstadt
Supporting teacher Dr. Jakob Trefz

Fabian Dücker, Pirmin Kelbel

Fabian Dücker, Pirmin Kelbel

Project: “Wireless determination of cardiopulmonary frequencies using the sound conductivity of water”
Bergstadt-Gymnasium Lüdenscheid
Supporting teacher: Friedrich Hattendorf

Georg Frenck, Raphael Schütz

Georg Frenck, Raphael Schütz

Project: “Reversible addition of water to copper(II) sulphate
with the aim of storing heat energy”
Otto-Hahn-Gymnasium Saarbrücken
Supporting teacher: Gerd Brosowski


TU Berlin

Viola Valentina Vogler, Hannah Koch

Viola Valentina Vogler, Hannah Koch

Project: “Renewable energy – rain!”
Beethoven-Schule Berlin
Supporting teacher: Anke Roswag

Jenny Gawehn, Trung Pham Thanh, David Otto

Arbeit: "Gewässerschutz durch Wolle?"
Marie-Curie-Gymnasium Wittenberge
Betreuende Lehrerin: Bärbel Henning

Susanna Goetze, Daniel Rönnpagel, Udo Hildebrandt

Susanna Goetze, Daniel Rönnpagel, Udo Hildebrandt

Project: “Drinking water for Africa”
Richard-Wossidlo-Gymnasium Waren
Supporting teacher Andreas Liedtke


TU München

Hilde Koch, Marc Forstenhäusler

Hilde Koch, Marc Forstenhäusler

Project: “Dual energy production from rapeseed”
Kreisgymnasium Riedlingen
Supporting teacher: Hermann Heinzelmann

Carolin Huber, Benedikt Rau

Carolin Huber, Benedikt Rau

Project: “Light-induced water splitting – hydrogen for the future?”
Schlossgymnasium Kirchheim unter Teck
Supporting teacher: Rolf Oberle

Boyan Beronov

Boyan Beronov

Project: “A possible approach to reduce salt concentration in soil using electronically driven mass flows”
Ohm-Gymnasium Erlangen
Supporting teacher: Stefan Haubold


Other participants in the semi-finals of the Siemens student competition 2009:

RWTH Aachen

Lisa Göbel

Project: “The water-saving house – second-hand water in the dual canal system house”
Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliches Gymnasium Mönchengladbach
Supporting teacher: Gerhard Gotzen

Fabian Lutz, Simon Scholl

Project: “Building on floating concrete honeycombs”
Wilhelm-Erb-Gymnasium Winnweiler
Supporting teacher: Doris Bertleff-Lutz


TU Berlin

Constanze Hopf

Project: “... every drop counts!”
Max-Planck-Gymnasium Göttingen
Supporting teacher: Christel Uhlhorn

Franz Radke, Felix Winkler

Project: “Webbed feet 2.0 – saving water using a rubber duck locking mechanism”
Heinrich-Hertz-Gymnasium Berlin
Supporting teacher: Stefan Bünger


TU Munich

Heiko Ehret
Project: “The Gorlov rotor – theory, experimental study and practical application of a hydraulic engine”
Willibald-Gymnasium Eichstätt
Supporting teacher: Andreas Bauer

Michael Förg, Benjamin Kutter
Project: “Solar Stirling pump – construction, improvement and application”
Maristenkolleg Mindelheim
Supporting teacher: Thomas Hecht

Project Manager

Christa Mühlbauer
Phone +49 / 89 / 54 04 87-3 05

Dr. Norbert Röttgen

The student competition is sponsored by the German Federal Minister for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety, Dr. Norbert Röttgen.