On Tuesday, October 18, 2022, Slovakia's prize for technology transfer was awarded for the tenth time. Innovators of the year were scientists from the Institute of Materials and Machine Mechanics SAS.
Director of Slovak Centre of Scientific and Technical Information Ján Kyselovič and Michaela Kršková presented the award in the Innovator category. The professional jury was most impressed by the collective of creators of composite materials used in various industries, composed of Ing. Martin Balog, PhD. and Ing. Peter Krížik, PhD. from the Institute of Materials and Machine Mechanics SAS.
Award-winning innovators convinced with an exemplary approach to the transfer process in the case of their technologies. It directly concerns activities connected with industrial legal protection, establishing possible contacts with industry, and promotion. Four innovations in the form of various composite materials can be used in biomedicine, transport, energy, or even space research. In addition to industrial legal protection, all innovations are already in a particular phase of communication with practice, with specific business entities showing interest in the technologies.
"Being an innovator means playing, trying, combining, while playing with the rules and responsibly, as with any game. We are delighted that we can apply ingenuity and creativity in this privileged way at our employer at SAS. And that's why it's paradoxical for us that we receive an award for what we do with joy - that we play for the sake of our job. We will continue to try to come up with new innovative materials and transfer them directly to the application itself and into the future," said Martin Balog for the awardees.
Taken from SAV
Director of Slovak Centre of Scientific and Technical Information Ján Kyselovič and Michaela Kršková presented the award in the Innovator category. The professional jury was most impressed by the collective of creators of composite materials used in various industries, composed of Ing. Martin Balog, PhD. and Ing. Peter Krížik, PhD. from the Institute of Materials and Machine Mechanics SAS.
Award-winning innovators convinced with an exemplary approach to the transfer process in the case of their technologies. It directly concerns activities connected with industrial legal protection, establishing possible contacts with industry, and promotion. Four innovations in the form of various composite materials can be used in biomedicine, transport, energy, or even space research. In addition to industrial legal protection, all innovations are already in a particular phase of communication with practice, with specific business entities showing interest in the technologies.
"Being an innovator means playing, trying, combining, while playing with the rules and responsibly, as with any game. We are delighted that we can apply ingenuity and creativity in this privileged way at our employer at SAS. And that's why it's paradoxical for us that we receive an award for what we do with joy - that we play for the sake of our job. We will continue to try to come up with new innovative materials and transfer them directly to the application itself and into the future," said Martin Balog for the awardees.
Taken from SAV