Winners of the Student Travel Grants 2023
We thank all applicants who submitted entries for the 2023 call. It is rewarding for us to see the continued popularity of our Student Travel Grants.
As in previous years, the submitted papers and theses covered a wide range of applications and research topics. We adopted a two-step process where we verified the eligibility of the submissions and then used a 'random winner generator' to choose three grant recipients from the list of eligible applicants by region. They will be able to spend their individual prizes of 1'500 CHF on conference fees, textbooks or online courses.
Read what the three winners told us about their experience working with Zurich Instruments' products, and don't forget – the call will open again in 2024!
Learn more about this year's winners and their research here:
Shruti De
We used Zurich Instruments' lock-in amplifier (HF2LI) in our lab for the spectroscopic trace gas sensing applications. The lock-in amplifier enabled precise and accurate detection of weak signals from noisy environments and increased the detection sensitivity of our system. It allowed the digitized output to be recorded in addition to the harmonic signals. The instrument has a lot of versatile operations. It offers reliable performance and user-friendly interfaces (LabOne software).
Shruti De (Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar, India), Detailed analysis of the R1f/1I1 WMS technique and demonstration of significantly higher detection sensitivity compared to 2f WMS for calibration-free trace gas sensing, Appl. Opt. 62, 3160-3168 (2023). Featured instrument: HF2LI
Josiah Rudge
My lock-in amplifier from Zurich Instruments was critical to quickly getting data from my experiment. The user interface is clean and intuitive and comes with a full suite of analysis tools. In addition, my sales rep was extremely responsive and helpful in getting us up and running.
Josiah Rudge (Georgia Institute of Technology, United States of America), Electronic Immunoassay Using Enzymatic Metallization on Microparticles, ACS Omega 25, 22934–22944 (2023), Featured instrument: HF2LI and HF2TA.
Zihan Xia
I started to use Zurich Instruments' impedance analyzer (1mHz-5MHz) during my postgraduate study. The impedance analyzer contributes to a series of studies of eddy-current testing and measuring the mutual impedance measurement between coils. The impedance measurements played an important role in determining the electromagnetic properties and microstructure of metallic materials.
Zihan Xia (University of Manchester, United Kingdom), Study of metal physical property estimation by analytical models of eddy-current testing [Unpublished doctoral dissertation] (2023). University of Manchester. Featured instrument: MFIA