Spark Award Videos

Spark Award trophy

The Spark Award is given for the most promising invention at ETH Zurich resulting in a patent application. The Top 5 nominees are presented in videos every year.

2024

Pulsed electric fields in 3D histology
Adriano Aguzzi, Robert Axelrod, Leandro Buchmann, Jana Bünder, Francesca Catto, Stephan C. Fox, Alexander Mathys, Mirko Meboldt

Separation of rare earth elements using thiometallates
Victor Mougel, Marie Amélie Perrin

Enzyme responsive optical drain fluid sensor for postoperative monitoring
Alexandre H.C. Anthis, Inge Herrman, Alexander Jessernig

Stiff, damping and lightweight silicon and glass composites with micron and submicron viscoelastic interlayers and fabrication steps thereof
Walter Caseri, Andrei Gusev, Ioanna Tsimouri

Engineered bacterial strain with high cellulose production
Andrew DeMello, Nadia Enrriquez, Ankit Jain, Anton I. Kan, Julie Marine Laurent, Stavros Stavrakis, Mathias Steinacher, André Studart

Video Archive

The videos of the years 2014-2023 can be retrieved in the ETH video portal:
https://video.ethz.ch/campus/spark-award.html