Young talent competitionWinner of 'Jugend forscht 2018' chosen
The winners of the national final of 'Jugend forscht 2018' have been announced: at the end of May, Federal Education Minister Anja Karliczek presented the awards to the talented youngsters. The winners from technology, computer science, earth and space sciences and physics, including special prize winners, in a photo gallery.
The basic principle for successfully building a good loudspeaker is: try it out! Sound tinkerer and math fan Robin Christ also built his own loudspeakers. Despite his extensive experience, he initially created many prototypes before he was able to present a model with a warm sound and "wide stage", i.e. with a strong, room-filling sound. To speed up the design process, the young researcher developed an algorithm to solve the Helmholtz equation using the so-called boundary element method, which he used to simulate sound waves in three-dimensional space. He adapted his algorithm so that it could be run on a computing cluster in order to carry out complex simulations for large loudspeakers in a reasonable amount of time. Christ thus achieved national victory in the field of mathematics/computer science at Jugend forscht 2018.