Sign up for PROJECT PLASTIC 2020

- the project competition for engineering students who have finished - or are currently working on a plastic-themed project. All academic projects in either Danish and English are welcome, and the first prize is 25.000 DKK. Sign up before October 1st.

Get inspiration from three different plastic engineering cases:

Engineered plastics solutions, plastics in our health
care system, and recycled and recyclable plastics.
Learn about three engineering cases here.

What is PROJECT PLASTIC?

PROJECT PLASTIC is a project competition for engineering students and students with other relevant academic degrees (e.g. design, construction, environmental planning, sustainability, innovation, chemistry, production). It is administered by Plastindustrien.

You can participate in PROJECT PLASTIC with any plastic-themed assignment or a project that has been a part of your studies.

AS A NEW OPTION in 2020 – you can also participate by answering an independent project about the green transition to more sustainable plastic production and plastic materials given by Plastindustrien. Read more about this here (in English) or here (in Danish).

All projects will be assessed on equal terms.

Win 25.000 DKK

1st prize: 25.000 DKK

2nd prize: 10.000 DKK

3rd prize: 5.000 DKK

A judges committee set up by the Danish Plastics Federation will select the winners. Read about the assessment criteria here.

The winners are selected on
Plastic Engineering Day

The three winners will be selected by a judges panel and audience on Plastic Engineering Day on Thursday, October 29, 2020 at Aarhus University.

Sign up below before October 1st

Assignments and projects on bachelor as well as master level and are welcome, and there are no requirements regarding the number of ECTS. Read about the assessment criteria here.

You can sign up as a group or as an individual in the sign-up form below and you can submit your project in either Danish or English.

Previous projects

Analyse og udviklingsarbejde med fokus på optimering af proces og højere plastkvalitet hos plastgenanvendelsesfabrik i Kenya.

Projektet Trebo, som nu er blevet til en startup, bidrager med at gøre plastindustrien mere bæredygtig. Trebo har udviklet en ny metode og maskine der kan sortere fuldstændigt blandede plastmængder.

With Laser Direct Structuring, it is possible to trace electrical circuits directly on the surface of plastics. This will increase robustness and design freedom when developing medical devices.

DrinkSaver er et plastik produkt, hvis funktion er at mindske spild, uden at mindske drikkeoplevelsen. Designet er udformet i en rem af plastlameller, som stopper eventuelle spild på en diskret måde.

ECO Tray er en håndbagagebakke i genbrugsplast til security i lufthavne. ECO Tray bidrager til grøn omstilling via cirkulær økonomi. Det nye bakkedesign forbedrer både ansatte og passagerers oplevelse uden at gå på kompromis med sikkerheden.

Projektet belyser ny viden omkring overfladebehandling og indholdsoptimering af nylon 6 i sprøjtestøbte neodym magneter. Projektet kan bidrage til en grøn omstilling, ved at gøre det muligt at genanvende eksisterende magneter.

SOFTTOOLING enables manufacturing companies to produce high precision polymer parts for a fraction of the price compared to current tooling methods. Even better, lead times are reduced from typically 4+ weeks down to a matter of days.

Vi har designet en let og sammenfoldelig beholder ud fra designprincipper fra cirkulær økonomi, der er skabt til at blive genbrugt og medbragt som emballage til tørvarer købt i et løssalgssystem.

The optimisation of injection-compression-moulding in Fresnel lens production enhances the replication quality of polymer optics. For the task, the use of optical metrology leads to innovative ways to manufacture plastic products.

Projektet var baseret på at udvikle en ny Makro sampler til Radiometer's nye blod gasanalysator (ABL 900).

Projektet belyser ny viden omkring overfladebehandling og indholdsoptimering af nylon 6 i sprøjtestøbte neodym magneter.

Dette projekt havde til formål at afprøve et fuldt forretningskoncept med design, udvikling, prototyper, fremstilling og afsætning af en lanterne fremstillet i plastik.

This project uses low technology to transform plastic waste into low-cost construction materials. The design is made exclusively with available materials and existing technology in emerging countries.