The 3rd Contest Cristal·lització a lʼEscola annonces its winners
Around 1,250 students from fifty high schools in Catalonia participated in the 3rd Contest Cristal•lització a lʼEscola (Crystallization at School), a science dissemination project centred on crystallography, addressed to upper secondary teachers and students, and organised by the University of Barcelona (UB), the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), and the Universitat Rovira i Virgili (URV).
2014, the International Year of Crystallography
On Friday 4 April, the Pati de Lletres of UBʼs Historic Building hosted the final of the contest and the award ceremony within the activities organised to celebrate the International Year of Crystallography. During the morning, participating students exhibited their crystals and presented, by means of posters, the work developed to create them. Finally, the jury announced the winner for each category: single crystal, crystal compound, best methodology and presentation, popular vote and best video.
Around 1,250 students from fifty high schools in Catalonia participated in the 3rd Contest Cristal•lització a lʼEscola (Crystallization at School), a science dissemination project centred on crystallography, addressed to upper secondary teachers and students, and organised by the University of Barcelona (UB), the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), and the Universitat Rovira i Virgili (URV).
2014, the International Year of Crystallography
On Friday 4 April, the Pati de Lletres of UBʼs Historic Building hosted the final of the contest and the award ceremony within the activities organised to celebrate the International Year of Crystallography. During the morning, participating students exhibited their crystals and presented, by means of posters, the work developed to create them. Finally, the jury announced the winner for each category: single crystal, crystal compound, best methodology and presentation, popular vote and best video.
The winners of the 3rd edition were:
Single crystal:
First prize:
Students: Aitor López and Iván González
Teacher: Andreu Faro
High school: Institut Vila-seca in Vila-seca
Second prize:
Students: Andrea Rubio, Iván Matillas and Carla Muñoz
Teacher: Francisco García
High school: Institut Frederic Mompou in Sant Vicenç dels Horts
Crystal compound
First prize:
Students: Guillermo Lledó, Joan Fernández and Paula López
Teacher: Lluïsa Mas, Miquel Pellicer and Maria Dolors Domènech
High School: Institut Berenguer dʼEntença in LʼHospitalet de lʼInfant
Second prize:
Students: Suggeidy Nicole Falcones, Marina Martín-Doimeadios and Marina Querol
Teacher: Josep Ametlla
High school: Institut Ausiàs March in Barcelona
Methodology and presentation:
First prize:
Students: Roger Conesa, Javier Pastor and Guillem Pérez
Teachers: Marisa Salgado and Verònica Santamaria
High school: Institut El Cairat in Esparreguera
Second prize:
Students: Miguel Gámez, Mariona Roura and Laia Soler
Teachers: Mercedes Saludes and Rosa Figuera
High school: Institut Font del Ferro in Palafolls
Popular vote:
Student: Silvia Mont, Cristina Prunell and Núria Alsina
Teachers: Assumpció Vilahur and Esteve Moré
High school: Institut Llagostera in Llagostera
Best video:
Students: Sergi Cordero, Jaume Dolcet and Pau David Loyo
Teacher: Jesús Pedrós
High school: Institut Josep Pla in Barcelona
This initiative emerged from a project born at the Laboratory for Crystallographic Studies of CSIC (Granada). The Contest Cristal•lització a lʼEscola is supported by the Spanish Foundation for Science and Technology (FECYT) of the Ministry for Economy and Competitiveness, the Scientific Culture and Innovation Unit (UCC+i) of UB, the Laboratory for Crystallographic Studies (LEC) in Granada, the company Tria, the project Consolider-Ingenio La Factoria, the Spanish Mineralogical Society (SEM) and the Spanish Group on Crystallization and Crystal Growth (G3C). In addition, la Caixa Foundation and the companies Mettler-Toledo, Perkin-Elmer, Fisher Scientific and Triana-Tech also collaborate in the project.