On May 28th, the Casinet de les Cotxeres de Sants hosted the closing ceremony and awards presentation of the tenth edition of the Nanoinventum program.
More than 400 students from 11 different schools came together to present their nanorobot models to a jury in the hope of winning the award for the best model. The students has been working on the models throughout the school year.
The event concluded with the awards ceremony led by Marta Feliu, Vice-rector for Doctoral Studies, Trainee Research Staff, Talent Attraction and Dissemination of the University of Barcelona. The awards for the best models were as follows:
In addition to the winning models, schools received special awards recognizing different aspects of their projects:
Nanoinventum is a project developed by the Scientific and Technological Centers of the University of Barcelona (CCiTUB), in collaboration with the Spanish Foundation for Science and Technology (FECYT) and the Department of Education of the Government of Catalonia (CESIRE and STEAMcat). The project includes teacher training, hands-on experimentation with the Nanoexplora experiment kit by students, mentoring by experts in nanotechnology (Nanoexperta), and the use of creative tools to explore nanotechnology and the sustainability challenges of the 2030 Agenda in the classroom.