第10届MADMEC比赛成绩

通过DMSE高级讲师迈克·塔卡尼安运行年度MADMEC竞争最近完成了它的第10个年头。五支强队通过发明新创造的解决方案,以可持续发展问题争夺现金大奖。团队PolyClean夺魁其清晰,超疏水涂层。

"For its invention, the PolyClean team — which includes PhD student Mukarram Tahir — won the $10,000 grand prize at yesterday’s competition, hosted annually by the Department of Materials Science and Engineering (DMSE) and sponsored by Saint-Gobain and Dow Chemical. [The Soil Network] won a $6,000 second-place prize for inventing a novel soil treatment to fight erosion and retain nutrients, and [Hydroglass] took home $4,000 for developing a hydrogel that can be used to manufacture self-shading windows."

团队PolyClean的视频测试其产品的疏水性。处理过的表面排斥水,未经处理的表面涂覆有水。
PolyClean证明了其产品的疏水性。处理右边的左边,未经处理的表面上的表面。

涂覆有PolyClean的疏水产品A板被升高到触摸的水的液滴,但液滴后退了锚从它在所有显示出任何平直度之前被挂起。
从涂覆的板屏后退的放大水滴被升高到它,而完全不平坦。

恭喜获奖者,并给每个参赛队所有的辛勤工作!

PolyClean,第一名

土壤网络,第二名

Hydroglass,第三​​名

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