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                The SEMIKRON creativity Award and the SEMIKRON Young Engineer Award is awarded for outstanding innovations in projects, prototypes, services or novel concepts in the field of power electronics in Europe, combined with notable societal benefits in form of supporting environmental protection and sustainability by improving energy efficiency and conservation of resources.
 
Both prizes have been initiated and are donated by the SEMIKRON Foundation which is awarding the prizes in cooperation with the European ECPE Network.
 
The SEMIKRON Innovation Award and the SEMIKRON Young Engineer Award is given for outstanding innovations in projects, prototypes, services or novel concepts in the field of power electronics in Europe, combined with notable societal benefits in form of supporting environmental protection and sustainability by improving energy efficiency and conservation of resources.
 
Both prizes have been initiated and are donated by the SEMIKRON Foundation which is awarding the prizes in cooperation with the European ECPE Network.
 
With the award the SEMIKRON Foundation wants to motivate people of all ages and organizations of any legal status to deal with innovations in power electronics, a key technology of the 21th century, in order to improve environmental protection and sustainability by energy efficiency and conservation of resources.
 
The SEMIKRON Innovation and Young Engineer Prizes 2019 will be given in the frame of the ECPE Annual Event in March 2019 in Erding/Munich. A single person or a team of researchers can be awarded.
 
SEMIKRON Innovation Award includes prize money of EUR 10,000.00.
SEMIKRON Young Engineer Award for researchers who have not yet completed their 30th year of age includes prize money of EUR 3,000.00.