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The young engineer is currently the recipient of two other awards: the Hector RCD Award and member of the Global Young Academy."},{"title":"Thermomagnetic generators in the EU doctoral network HEAT4ENERGY","summary":"There is much unused energy in low-grade waste heat at 40 to 60 °C. In the framework of the EU doctoral network HEAT4ENERGY, researchers at IMT are working on the development of thermomagnetic generators to produce electricity. Thermomagnetic generators are based on novel alloys that exhibit strongly temperature-dependent magnetic properties near room temperature. The change of magnetization induces an electrical current in an applied pick-up coil. The required temperature changes are only a few degrees Celsius. A possible field of applications are microgenerators, for instance, to power sensors in hardly accessible places or to energize electronic components in order to operate them without batteries. 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