First five UfD-Imtech grants awarded
Gouda, The Netherlands, 27 March 2008 - On Tuesday 25 March, the
first grants from the new UfD-Imtech Fund were awarded at Delft
University of Technology. From the sixteen entries, five students or
student teams were selected, which had been working for months to
develop new technological solutions or introduce innovations for
existing products. During the festive ceremony, which was also
attended by top ice skater and entertainer Erik Hulzebosch, the five
teams were each presented with a grant of two thousand euro.
In the view of the professional jury, each team had written an
excellent bachelor thesis, satisfying stringent requirements relating
to technical innovation, practical applicability, interdisciplinary
collaboration, social relevance and - last but not least - daring.
The grants from the UfD-Imtech Fund were awarded this year for the
development of the simulation game Simport MV2, extensive research
into a solution for damage caused by Vortex vibrations in the
offshore sector and the development of a user-friendly interface for
a car navigation system. The other winners carried out research into
the ideal medical respiratory mask for (young) children and the
improvement of high-pressure water jets, used in the offshore sector
for cutting or loosening up material below sea level.
The UfD-Imtech Fund was set up in 2008 by Imtech and the Delft
University Fund (UfD). The fund supports technical scientific
research directly related to the markets in which Imtech is active,
such as Buildings, Industry, Marine & Offshore and Infra/Mobility.
Imtech contributed a sum of 30,000 euro to the University Fund, from
which 5 Imtech Grants of 2000 euro will be awarded yearly to students
who have written an excellent bachelor report, to provide them with a
- financial - helping hand for further research or product
development. Imtech's aim with this initiative is to foster relations
with technical education in general, and the Technical University
Delft in particular.
Further information
Imtech N.V.
Mark Salomons
Company Secretary
Telephone: Int. + 31 (0)182 54 35 14
E-mail: mark.salomons@imtech.eu
www.imtech.eu
Imtech profile
Imtech N.V. is an European technical services provider in the field
of electrical engineering, ICT and mechanical engineering. With over
18,000 employees, Imtech achieves annual revenue of more than 3.3
billion euro. Imtech holds strong positions in the buildings,
industry and infrastructure/mobility markets in the Netherlands,
Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany, Eastern Europe, the UK, Ireland and
Spain and in the global marine market. In total Imtech serves 14,000
customers. Imtech offers added-value in the form of integrated and
multidisciplinary total solutions that lead to better business
processes and more efficiency for customers and the customers they,
in their turn, serve. Imtech also offers solutions that contribute
towards a sustainable society, for example in the areas of energy,
the environment, water and mobility. Imtech shares are listed on the
Euronext Stock Exchange Amsterdam, where Imtech is included in the
Midcap Index and the Next 150 index.
