Here are the award winners at the Annual Celebration

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The winners from the annual celebration photographed above the stairs at Chalmers' union building
Top row from left: Julie Rowlett, Gustav Henman, Julia Ravanis, Andreas Flodström, Anna Johnning, Martin Andersson, Johanna Xu, Anand Kumar Rajasehkaran, Lars Hellberg, Romaric Duvignau, and Pernilla Wittung-Stafshede. Bottom row: Cecilia Geijer, Malgorzata Zboinska, and Saba Atefyekta.

At Chalmers' newly established Annual Celebration, several awards were given for outstanding achievements. Here you can read about all the award winners.

Anand Kumar Rajasehkaran, Saba Atefyekta och Martin Andersson
Anand Kumar Rajasehkaran, Saba Atefyekta, and Martin Andersson are awarded the Chalmers Impact Award for societal impact.

Chalmers pris för genomslag i samhället 

Chalmers Impact Award, Pris för genomslag i samhället tillfaller i år företaget Amferia som startades av professor Martin Andersson och hans dåvarande doktorander Saba Atefyekta och Anand Kumar Rajasehkaran, för att ha utvecklat metoder att applicera antibakteriella ämnen på olika ytor, såsom plåster.

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Johanna Xu, Anna Johnning and Julie Rowlett
Johanna Xu, Anna Johnning, and Julie Rowlett were awarded the Pedagogical prize for 2024.

Chalmers' Pedagogical prize 2024

Johanna Xu, Anna Johnning, and Julie Rowlett are awarded the Chalmers Pedagogical Award 2024 for developing teaching at the university in various ways.

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Lars Hellberg and Romaric Duvignau
Lars Hellberg och Romaric Duvignau were awarded the Pedagogical prize for 2023.

Chalmers' Pedagogical prize 2023

Lars Hellberg is awarded for his work with the Physics Student Laboratory and Romaric Duvignau for his work with active learning.

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Cecilia Geijer, Malgorzata Zboinska and Tiina Nypelö
Cecilia Geijer, Malgorzata Zboinska, and Tiina Nypelö were awarded the Areas of Advance Award.

Areas of Advance Award

The Areas of Advance Award goes to Malgorzata Zboinska, Cecilia Geijer, and Tiina Nypelö for their groundbreaking collaboration that combines design and natural sciences. They have collaborated on developing building materials from yeast and recycled biomass – and the idea could take off thanks to Chalmers' Areas of Advance.

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Bri Gauger, Pernilla Wittung-Stafshede and Mary Sheeran
Bri Gauger (2024), Pernilla Wittung-Stafshede, and Mary Sheeran (2023) were awarded the Chalmers Equality Award.

Chalmers Equality Award 2023 and 2024

Bri Gauger is awarded the Chalmers Equality Award 2024 for her work with academic citizenship at the Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering. Pernilla Wittung-Stafshede and Mary Sheeran were awarded the Chalmers Equality Award 2023 for their work with the Genie foundation initiative.

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Gustav Henman and Andreas Flodström.
Gustav Henman and Andreas Flodström.

Alumnus of the Year – For a Better World

The first recipients of the award are Andreas Flodström (I13) and Gustav Henman (E12), founders of Beetroot. The motivation mentions, among other things: "A large part of the business is conducted in Ukraine, and at the outbreak of war, they shifted their focus to the safety and support needs of their employees. They also established a relief fund for families in need."

Julia Ravanis
Julia Ravanis tilldelas priset Årets alumn - Stjärnskott

Alumnus of the Year – Rising Star

The award goes to Julia Ravanis (F19), author and doctoral student at the Division of Science, Technology and Society at the Department of Technology Management and Economics.

The motivation reads, among other things: "With an impressive combination of technical knowledge and humanistic thinking, this alumnus has already made an impact in both science and culture."

Author

Erik Krång