Dear Jacqueline,

I hope you are doing well.

It has been more than a year that our solar water sterilizer has received the generous support of the Zeno-Karl Schindler Foundation. I would like to thank you again! Let me give you a short summary where are we now.

Since lats year, we have scaled-up further the size of the filter and finalized a 30×40 prototype, which according to the laboratory tests can provide pathogen-free drinking water enough for a family. It looks like this as a grey window.

Recently, the technology has been selected as one of the five Swiss technologies representing Swiss entrepreneurs at the South African Innovation summit. This is my first time in Africa and this is the first time that I see with my own eyes how serious the water problem can be, especially in those rural areas. The prototype made the journey to here, so that people could see it and touch it. The interest was enormous. Additionally, each of us had a 2mx1m poster describing the technology.

Next step, we will put together a team and bring the prototype in such abandoned, rural areas in a selected country and we will conduct a field test under real life conditions. If the results are good, then there is a really high chance that the Swoxid-window will save lives in the future.

I wanted to ask you whether I can use the Zeno-Karl Schindler foundations logo in the support section in the future on similar occasions. This time it is written on the poster but with the logo it will look much better.

Looking forward to meeting you soon at EPFL,

Best regards,

Endre

Sehr geehrte Frau Schindler

Ich weiss nicht, ob Sie sich noch an mich erinnern – ich habe mich vor gut zwei Jahren um einen Master Thesis Grant bei der Zeno Karl Schindler-Stiftung beworben. Dank des Grants konnte ich meine Masterarbeit 2014 an der Stanford University absolvieren, und habe so erfolgreich meinen Master an der ETH Zürich abgeschlossen. Aus meiner Masterarbeit und der Zusammenarbeit mit Stanford ist eine Publikation in einem sehr guten Journal entstanden. Gerne schicke ich Ihnen die Publikation im Anhang an diese Email mit.

Dank dieser tollen Forschungserfahrung habe ich mich entschlossen, ein Doktorat im Bereich der Umweltingenieurwissenschaften zu absolvieren. Vor gut einem Monat bin ich deshalb in die USA gezogen und habe an der Colorado School of Mines mein Doktorat begonnen. Die Publikation und die Kontakte, die ich in Stanford geknüpft habe, haben mir bei der Bewerbung sicherlich geholfen.

Auf diesem Weg möchte ich mich nochmals herzlich bei Ihnen und der Stiftung für die grosse Unterstützung danken, die ich mit dem Grant erhalten habe! Ich finde es toll, wie die Stiftung auf diese Weise junge Menschen unterstützt.

Mit freundlichen Grüssen,
Andrea Portmann

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