HiSparc wins innovation award

30 / 06 / 2004 | Redactie

HiSparc, a Dutch project for high school students, was chosen from over 160 European projects to receive the annual Altran Foundation Award 2004. UT Professor (by special appointment) Bob van Eijk is one of the initiators of the project. His research group High Energy Physics of the Faculty of Science and Technology was one of the major contributors to HiSparc. The prize is awarded to technical innovations that benefit society. It consists of technical, organizational and strategic support for a year, with a total value of one million euros.

Bob van Eijk, currently connected to the National Institute for Nuclear Physics and High Energy Physics (NIKHEF) worked with UT students Erik Lascaris, Gordon Lim, Fabian Jansen, Jeroen Blok, Martijn Gosselink and research assistants Jeroen Hegeman and Marcello Barisonzi on the project. HiSparc (High School Project on Astrophysics Research with Cosmics) is a collaborative effort between high schools and scientific institutes to form a network to measure cosmic radiation with an extremely high energy level. Student-made measuring stations that are interconnected through the internet have been placed on the rooftops of school buildings. Using the radiation sensors, students, teachers and researchers are trying to determine the nature and properties of cosmic radiation.

`HiSparc builds the bridge between research and education,' the Altran Award jury agreed. Van Eijk received the award during a UNESCO ceremony in Paris on June 15. It is the eighth time the Altran Foundation Award was presented.

Trans. Jeroen Latour

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