Siemens has announced that the Cool Clay team from the University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, has won first place in the Siemens Student Award competition. The Cool Clay team was praised for its ingenuity in tackling the Self-Sustained Sensors System challenge, designing an economical, portable and environmentally-friendly cooling system that requires no input energy due to its use of evaporative cooling.
The idea was based on using material with high thermal conductivity sandwiched between two layers of pottery clay. The clay is sprayed with measured amounts of water, leaving a length of exposed material protruding to act as the cooling element inside the enclosure that needs temperature control.
A panel of expert judges chose the winners from among four finalist teams selected for their efforts to tackle critical real-world challenges with innovative and applicable solutions. The winners were announced during an awards ceremony in Abu Dhabi recently.-PR
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