Our Award Winners 2019
Innovations Made in Saxony-Anhalt
Almost 80 exciting and varied applications were submitted for the Hugo Junkers Award for Research and Innovation from Saxony-Anhalt 2019. Entries from every part of the state once again demonstrated the sustained interest in its most generously funded innovation competition. The quality of the applications highlighted the enthusiasm for research and development among Saxony-Anhalt's scientists and entrepreneurs.
Watch the short films about our award winners and finalists here. (German)
Most Innovative Projects in
Basic Research
The competition sought innovative basic research projects from science, industry and the skilled trades in Saxony-Anhalt. Applicants must be able to demonstrate the relevance of their findings and the scientific advances they represent. Initial ideas for potential commercial applications should also be in place.
Treating Dementia and Mental Disorders with Natural Glycans (PolySia)
Prof. Dr. Alexander Dityatev
Prof. Dr. Rita Gerardy-Schahn
Shaobo Jia
Dr. Hristo Varbanov (not pictured)
German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Magdeburg, Hannover Medical School (MHH)
Shape-Stabilized Latent Heat Storage Walls for Large-Scale Space Heat Storage
Prof. Dr. Thomas Hahn
Felix Marske
Lena Fiedler
Prof. Dr. Dirk Enke (not pictured)
Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Institute of Chemistry / Technical Chemistry, Halle (Saale), Leipzig University, Institute of Technical Chemistry, Leipzig
BioTEMPT – A New Method for Targeted Enhancement of Immune Defenses Against Tumors
Prof. Dr. Monika C. Brunner-Weinzierl
Dr. Holger Lingel
Dr. Mandy Pierau (not pictured)
University Children's Hospital Magdeburg, Department of Experimental Pediatrics, Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg
Most Innovative Projects in
Applied Research
The competition sought innovative applied research projects from science, industry and the skilled trades in Saxony-Anhalt. Representative research results must be available in the form of a prototype, a clinical study or similar evidence. The development should also have foreseeable benefits for the regional economy by enabling the creation of new products, services, business models or jobs. This should be supported by market analyses and/or concrete plans for market entry.
A Zero-Emission Closed-Cycle Engine for Converting Green Hydrogen Back into Electricity
Dr. Christian Reiser, Manuel Cech, Matthias Knape,
Tobias Ehrler, Titus Tschalamoff, Tom Wilfert, David Nehl
WTZ Roßlau gGmbH
Dessau-Roßlau
Electrical Curing of Inorganic Sand Cores
Wolfram Bach, Eric Riedel,
(not pictured: Michael Kaftan, Michael Bremert)
Advanced-Core-Solutions (Soplain GmbH), Sülzetal; TU Bergakademie Freiberg, Foundry Institute, Freiberg
PARODEX – Extrudates for Periodontitis Treatment
Dr. Mirko Buchholz, Prof. Dr. Karsten Mäder, Dr. Sandra Sarembe, Martin Kirchberg,
(not pictured: Dr. Stephan Schilling, Dr. Andreas Kiesow, Prof. Dr. Sigrun Eick)
Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Institute of Pharmacy; Fraunhofer Institute for Microstructure of Materials and Systems IMWS, PerioTrap Pharmaceuticals GmbH, Halle (Saale), University of Bern, Department of Periodontology
Most Innovative Products,
Services & Business Models
The competition sought creative products, innovative services and/or new business models from science, industry and the skilled trades. The entry must offer a unique customer benefit and/or demonstrably improve existing products. It must already be on the market or be due to enter the market shortly. Demand for the entry must be demonstrated through verifiable market research, such as applicants' own industry analyses or customer surveys, or representative third-party studies.
ScobyTec BNC
Carolin Schulze,
Bernhard Schipper,
Carolin Wendel
ScobyTec, Leipzig, Leuna
Innovative Processing Technology for Metal-Containing Powders and Sludges
All CRONIMET Envirotec GmbH staff, led by CEO
Dr. Filipe M. Costa.
CRONIMET Envirotec GmbH, Bitterfeld-Wolfen
RehaIngest – A New Standard in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Swallowing Disorders
Dr. Rainer Seidl
Matthias Weber
Ingo Heyroth
Patrick Hauff
Andreas Schicketmüller
HASOMED GmbH, Magdeburg, Berlin Accident Hospital (UKB)
Special Award: Most Innovative Projects in
Mobility and Logistics
The competition sought innovative products and services from companies and institutions in the fields of mobility and logistics, whose findings, initiatives and projects put new approaches into practice, create new markets or transform existing ones. Entries were expected to offer innovative customer benefits and/or demonstrably improve existing products.
Digital Twinn®
Team TWINNER
(Geert Peeters, Ines Parthier, Markus Hoffmann)
TWINNER GmbH
Halle (Saale)
Curved Graphene for Ultracapacitors
Dr. Markus Klose
Dr. Sebastian Pohlmann
Black Magic GmbH, a subsidiary of Skeleton Technologies Group, Bitterfeld-Wolfen
Innovative Linear Actuators – The Most Compact All-Electric Alternative to Pneumatics
Dr.-Ing. Denis Draganov, Benjamin Horn, Oleksandr Tyshakin
Smela – Smart Electric Actuators,
a start-up project at Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg