Siegfried Reich

ITS Project Award 2008

June 3rd, 2008

I happened to be member of the jury of the ITS project award. The idea of the award is to motivate high-school students to engage in science and technical development and secondly, to demonstrate the high quality of these kind of projects. The jury was composed of R. Hittmair (BCCS), U. Hofmann (FH Urstein), R. Meisl (Land Salzburg), M. Wallinger (Siemens Salzburg), B. Wieder (Palfinger) and S. Reich (Salzburg Research).

Nominees were

• BHAK Grazerbach: Archment – Archeology Management
• BHAK Wien 10: xpense Haushaltsbudget-Rechner
• HTL Braunau: Universal Web Control
• HTL Hallein: CAE – Computer Aided Education
• HTL Ottakring: MPZ MusicBuddy
• HTL Rennweg: “MMORPG”
• HTL Saalfelden: Motorisierte Knieschiene
• HTL Salzburg: VTTG – Voith Tension & Thickness Gauge
• HTL Wels: Modernisierung eines Kernspintomographen
• Karlsgymnasium Bad Reichenhall: Pathfinding

The winner is HTL Saalfelden, motorisierte Knieschniene. This is a device that is low(er) cost and lower weight for rehabilitation of knee injuries.

All presentations were top class!!! Many had videos to demonstrate usage scenarios (some of them even with a fancy storyboard – “Archeology Management”), all presenters were truly professional. Some of the projects had web-sites (“xpense“), some folders (“MPZ – MusicBody”), … the software demonstrated (live!) was of high quality; some even made it into products (such as “Universal Web Control”).

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