{"id":44756,"date":"2021-04-19T13:06:58","date_gmt":"2021-04-19T11:06:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/test.steinmuehle.de\/blog\/2021\/04\/19\/youth-research-on-the-winners-podium-even-at-the-state-competition\/"},"modified":"2026-06-18T17:34:57","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T15:34:57","slug":"youth-research-on-the-winners-podium-even-at-the-state-competition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/steinmuehle.de\/en\/blog\/2021\/04\/19\/youth-research-on-the-winners-podium-even-at-the-state-competition\/","title":{"rendered":"“Youth Research”: On the winners’ podium even at the state competition"},"content":{"rendered":"

“Jugend Forscht”: Steinm\u00fchlen Teams Win Additional Special Prize<\/strong><\/p>\n

Another success for Steinm\u00fchlen High School students Joshua Wieder (15), Morten K\u00f6hler (15), and Benjamin Schul (16): After the successful trio won the regional \u201cJugend Forscht\u201d competition, the three students went on to take second place in the state competition. What\u2019s more, they also won the special \u201cJugendUnternimmt summer school\u201d prize for their chemistry project. Held in Erfurt from July 30 to August 5, this seminar teaches entrepreneurial thinking with a focus on the potential commercialization of one\u2019s own business idea. Their younger classmates Leonard Berger (13), Mats Egbring (12), and Leontin Schmidt (13) were also successful at the state-level \u201cSch\u00fcler experimentieren\u201d competition in Kassel, as they had likewise qualified for the next round. At the competition, which took place at the University of Kassel\u2019s Department of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science, they took third place and also received the Special Prize for Environmental Technology from the Federal Foundation for the Environment. <\/p>\n

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From left: Morten K\u00f6hler, Benjamin Schul, Dr. Jutta T\u00f6hl-Borsdorf, Mats Egbring, Leontin Schmidt (not pictured: Leonard Berger)<\/p>\n

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Why conventional heating pads don\u2019t work in ski boots\u2014the questions the project posed to the older students have been persistently explored by Joshua, Morten, and Benjamin since last year, as they\u2019ve come up with new ideas. They continued their research and attempted to conduct the experiment using new metals, catalysts, and oxidizing agents to optimize the heating pad system for ski boots. At the awards ceremony, which took place at Merck in Darmstadt, the expert jury praised them, saying: \u201cYou presented everything clearly and effectively, improved the analytical methods, and developed a redox system that works experimentally and is suitable for creating a prototype.\u201d <\/p>\n

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In last year\u2019s project, the trio of researchers was already able to demonstrate that oxygen is consumed very quickly in a snugly fitting ski boot and that the reaction leading to heat production quickly comes to a halt. Now they have found a solution to this problem; they tested various oxygen-releasing substances and ultimately succeeded with oxygen-based detergents. When heated, these substances\u2014used as detergent additives\u2014release large amounts of oxygen. <\/em><\/p>\n

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How to Develop a Business Plan<\/strong><\/p>\n

The \u201cJugendUnternimmt Summer School,\u201d which Joshua, Morten, and Benjamin are now attending, aims to empower young people to develop their ideas and innovations into viable business concepts and present them, as well as to give them an understanding of the social and societal responsibilities that entrepreneurs bear.<\/p>\n

– Just imagine if the experiment by the three chemistry whizzes actually made it to market one day!<\/p>\n

Now, of course, the trio is hoping that this seminar in Thuringia\u2014which was offered as a prize by the International Martin Luther Foundation and the Thuringia Foundation for Technology, Innovation, and Research\u2014will even be able to take place at all, given the pandemic. It will only be held in person\u2014or it will be canceled. Unfortunately, there are no plans for an online option. <\/p>\n

The figure on the right summarizes the project’s topic and its performance in the competition.<\/p>\n

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Nitrate in the Lahn River: Experiments on Removal<\/strong><\/p>\n

Leonard Berger, Mats Egbring, and Leontin Schmidt had also participated in the \u201cJugend Forscht\u201d competition last year, focusing on the issue of nitrate. Back then, their work involved soil analyses; this time, the focus was on measurements in water bodies\u2014specifically, in the nearby Lahn River. This is because nitrate is also dangerous in water bodies, as it can seep into groundwater and drinking water and is harmful to the body. The trio of researchers was particularly interested in the changes that occur in different seasons and at different locations along the Lahn as a result of fertilization and harvesting. The young researchers also wanted to find out whether nitrate can be removed from the water. To this end, they closely examined chemical and biological products available in the aquarium trade to test their effectiveness. <\/p>\n

The expert jury also praised these projects highly and awarded them third place in the state-wide competition.<\/p>\n

The Steinm\u00fchle congratulates you all on these achievements! You can be proud\u2014we certainly are! <\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

“Jugend Forscht”: Steinm\u00fchlen Teams Win Additional Special Prize Another success for Steinm\u00fchlen High School students Joshua Wieder (15), Morten K\u00f6hler (15), and Benjamin Schul (16): After the successful trio won the regional \u201cJugend Forscht\u201d competition, the three students went on to take second place in the state competition. What\u2019s more, they also won the special […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":44760,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"give_campaign_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[90,85,105,91],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-44756","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-contests-awards","category-news","category-stem","category-talent-development"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/steinmuehle.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44756","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/steinmuehle.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/steinmuehle.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/steinmuehle.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/steinmuehle.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44756"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/steinmuehle.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44756\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":49271,"href":"https:\/\/steinmuehle.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44756\/revisions\/49271"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/steinmuehle.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/44760"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/steinmuehle.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44756"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/steinmuehle.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44756"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/steinmuehle.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44756"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}