GRUNDFOS FOUNDATION RESEARCH 2021 – in brief A few examples of exciting research and learning projects supported by the Grundfos Foundation in 2021. Interdisciplinary problem-based learning methodologies in engineering (Inter-PBL) This new project contributes to the development of innovative learning models educating engineers to work proactively and interactively in an inter- disciplinary work environment. These models for students’ learning of generic interdisciplinary skills are based on case studies at Grundfos, Aalborg Port and Aalborg University. The project is run by Professor Anette Kolmos, Associate Professor Jette Holgaard, PhD students Henrik Worm Routhe and Maiken Winther at the Centre for Problem Based Learning in Engineering Science and Sustainability at Aalborg University. The Foundation contributed DKK 5.8m toward the project. It kicked off in September 2021 and will finish in March 2025. The fight for water: PhD project inves - tigates the local political economy in Nairobi’s water distribution In Nairobi, the local water utility struggles to control and profit from water distribution as local politicians, water kartels, and NGOs offer competing services. The result is chaotic, sporadic and unequal access to water. The project will map the informal dynamics and structures dictating water access; knowledge which is necessary to develop sustainable urban water solutions in the global south. Maja Kirstine Dahl Jeppesen, PhD-fellow at Aarhus University’s Department of Anthropology, runs this project independently with support from mentors in AU, KU and RUC. The Foundation contributed DKK 148,400 to the investigation running from September 2021 to July 2024. Festive countdown to 2022 Science Year Kometernes Jul (The Comets’ Christmas) aired on Danish TV 2 from 1 to 24 December, 2021. The vision behind the TV-series was to gather Danish families around a fictional adventure featuring science as a key component. As an add-on feature, an online universe (The Universe Around Us) was created to allow children and grownups to discover the real science behind the TV-series, such as the Danish ‘ABC of Science’ (10 basic scientific per - ceptions) The Foundation supported the TV-series with DKK 7.5m and funds the Danish Science Year 2022 with DKK 850,000. The Danish 2022 Science Year is in full swing: Videnskabsår22.dk (in Danish) Kometernes Jul (The Comets’ Christmas) aired on Danish TV 2 from 1 to 24 December, 2021. Photo: TV2 Laser shaping Alt Aalborg University, Assistant Professor Morten Kristiansen’s research group develops laser shaping as manufacturing technology and educates engineers with profound theoretical and practical knowledge of its possibilities. Laser shaping has very interesting perspectives, but it is a new technology and as such lacks precision, speed and understand- ing of materials compared to conventional manufacturing processes. The Foundation supports purchase of new lab equipment and research staff with DKK 4.3 million up until August 2024. The equipment will be the anchor point of the group’s research and its collaboration with Grundfos and other companies. Find out more: pdjf.dk/programmer/laserformgivning (in Danish) 49
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