Date: 12/11/2009

Micronas and University of Freiburg gets "f-cell Bronze Medal" innovation award

Industrial semiconductor and sensor specialist Micronas and University of Freiburg received "f-cell Bronze Medal" from Baden-Wuerttemberg Ministry of Environment and Stuttgart Region Economic Development Corporation. Both partners received this award for the development of a chip-integrated source of energy based on an intelligent, monolithically integrated micro fuel cell cascade, sponsored by the BMBF (Federal Ministry of Research and Education) and the State Foundation Baden-Wuerttemberg.

Karl Hoffmann, head of future technologies at Micronas, said: "We are proud that our research project has met with such a positive response by the business and science community. Micronas has for many years entertained and cultivated successful partnerships with renowned businesses and research facilities. I²Brenn is a good example, where we first commissioned and funded master's diplomas and doctorate theses, which eventually evolved into a joint project supported, by public funds. The results we accomplished together with our partner, the University of Freiburg, bring us a big step closer to our objective of making an integrated, self-regulating power supply".