ETH - Micro and Nano Science Platform

Place	Winner	Supervisor	Department	Title
1st	Susanna Früh	Prof. Viola Vogel	D-MATL	Sequential and covalent cargo loading on molecular shuttles
2nd	Gino Bolliger	Prof. Janos Vörös	D-ITET	Implantable Wireless Stimulators for Micro-Electrodes
3rd	Flurin Hänseler	Prof. Philipp Rudolf von Rohr Prof. Klavs Jensen	D-MAVT MIT	Nanocrystal Formation in Tubular Microreactors

The MNS Platform recognizes and rewards outstanding master students who excelled with highly innovative and interdisciplinary research. The three best theses of 2011 will each be awarded a prize of 2'000.- CHF.
The prize giving ceremony will take place on Wednesday, 14 December 2011 at 3.45 pm, right after the talk of Prof. Andrew DeMello. Guests are welcome!

Best interdisciplinary Master Thesis

Different ETH departments are awarding outstanding master theses. Micro and Nanotechnologies are at the interdisciplinary cross section of sciences and are therefore hardly covered by the traditional structure of ETH. This award has therefore been launched to encourage students to write a master thesis at the cross-section of different domains.

We are convinced that the importance of interdisciplinary research will increase even more in the future. A master thesis can be a first step in the right direction. If you are a student on the master level, talk to your professor about suitable projects!

Selection criteria

Potential candidates for the "Best interdisciplinary master thesis" award must complete or have already completed their masters degree at ETH Zurich. The master thesis must be interdisciplinary, the research should be suitable for publication, and related to micro- or nanosciences.

The master thesis must have been accepted by an ETH advisor after 01 November 2010 and prior to 30 October 2011.

Besides the quality of the work, the interdisciplinarity, and the originality are evaluated.

Nomination process
The application written in English must be submitted electronically to Dr. Samuel Halim (samuel.halim@micronano.ethz.ch) no later than November 20 2011. The application must include:

1) A signed 1-page application letter incl. e.g. expected scientific impact, a resulting publication, kickoff of the thesis, scientific partners, applicant's contact details etc.

2) Poster application

- A3 in pdf Format
- Text inkl. e.g. Title, Background/Motivation, Experimental, Results & Discussion, Conclusion, Outlook (max. 400 words in total)
- Max. 5 graphs or pictures
- In English
- Authors, advisor
- Citations (max. 5)

3) A short abstract signed by the responsible ETH advisor on the suitability of the work for scientific publication.

Selection committee

Prof. Wendelin Stark

Prof. Jürg Dual

Prof. Christofer Hierold

Prof. Qiuting Huang

Prof. Christophe Copéret

Prof. Viola Vogel

Prof. Andreas Wallraff

Prize winners

The top 6 applicants will be invited to present their master thesis at the final where the committee selects the three winners.

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