Fortum Heat Best Poster Award 2017
The annual Energy Dialogue, that took place on 24 November, started with a traditional PhD poster session, where participants and specially invited jury selected three most communicative posters. The winner of the 1st prize will receive a travel grant of 15 000 kr sponsored by Fortum Värme and opportunity to pitch a research idea to relevant executives within the Fortum group.
The scientific convention for presenting a poster is not applicable when we need to reach a broader audience. Therefore KTh PhD students were challenged to innovate regarding the content and format of the posters, in order to present their research in the most convincing way and compete for the prizes, sponsored by Fortum Värme and KTH Energy Platform. Informed by the conference participants’ votes at the Energy Dialogue, a specially invited jury selected three winning posters, that will be awarded with the following prizes:
1st Prize: A travel grant of 15 000 kr sponsored by Fortum Värme and the opportunity to pitch a research idea to relevant executives within the Fortum group. To prepare for the pitch the winner will also receive a 3-hour individual rhetoric coaching session, sponsored by the KTH Energy Platform
Two 2nd Prizes: A 3-hour individual rhetoric coaching session, sponsored by the KTH Energy Platform
The jury selecting the best posters, included Charlie Gullström, University lecturer and researcher at KTH; Marie Alpman, Editor at Forskning & Framsteg and Per Alvfors, Professor in Chemistry and Energy Technologies at KTH
The first prize was awarded to Hanna Hasselqvist, KTH Media Technology and Interaction Design, for the poster “Supporting Housing Cooperative energy management”. The poster combines good graphic design, innovative approach (post it notes) and clear presentation of the research problem. Short and informative title, nice mix of image with informative text and examples, clearly communicates the content of research to a broad audience.
One of the second prizes was awarded to the poster “Influence of NO2 pollution in fuel cell cars” by Yasna Gomez, KTH Applied Electro-Chemistry, for very clear concept image that explains the societal relevance in just a few bullets. The research question is clearly presented and adapted to the poster format in three parts, and is very well communicated to a non technical audience.
The second 2nd prize went to Maria Xylia, KTH Energy and Climate Studies/ITRL for her poster “Electrification of bus transport in Stockholm: what are the benefits and challenges”. The poster presents an innovative approach (use of the QR code), has a clear layout and interactive elements, which not only makes it easy to understand but also allows audience to pinpoint green bus lines that one uses every day.
