37 participants in the 28th Neisse-Electronics International Electrical Engineering Competition at Zittau/Görlitz University of Applied Sciences
Neisse-Elektro, a competition for students from Poland, the Czech Republic and Germany, took place for the 28th time at the Zittau/Görlitz University of Applied Sciences on the first weekend in April. In his welcoming address to all participants, the Saxon Minister of State and patron of the event Sebastian Gemkow spoke about living together in the border region: "Here in the border triangle, you are immediate neighbors. You learn and live in a shared region in the heart of Europe. For you, this is part of your living environment, even if you speak different languages." With regard to the war in Ukraine, he emphasized the event as an "event of international understanding".
The competition includes tasks from the field of electrical engineering. Current, voltage, power and resistance are just some of the terms that the successful participants are no strangers to.
"Electrical engineering and IT are the basis for many things that make up our modern life." Sebastian Gemkow, Saxon Minister of State and patron of Neisse-Elektro
”Early employment can lay a good foundation for a successful professional career. "At Zittau Görlitz University of Applied Sciences and other universities in the Free State of Saxony, they may in future find exactly the training they need to lay the foundations for changing the world one day."
After the 90-minute exam was written on April 2, the results were quickly evaluated: This year's winner comes from Löbau and is called Kevin Andreas Schulze. He is currently studying physics in year 12 at Geschwister-Scholl-Gymnasium.
He says about himself: "Electrical engineering is my passion!" A good basic prerequisite for competing at Neisse-Elektro. He has been taking advantage of his tutor's offer since Year 11 and attends a weekly study group, which has prepared him very well for the Electrical Olympiad. He deliberately chose Neisse-Elektro after taking part in competitions such as the Saxon Physics Olympiad and the Germany-wide Physics Olympiad in the 9th and 10th grades. The Geschwister-Scholl-Gymnasium in Löbau offers an in-depth mathematical and scientific education, regularly sending successful participants to national and international competitions.
"To prepare for the Neisse-Elektro, I mainly worked through all the previous years up to 2016, which you can find online on the Neisse-Elektro website," says Kevin. Was there a task that was particularly difficult for the winner? "The first task looked like a 'star-triangle transformation'. I skipped it at first. But in the end I realized it was 'just' a voltage divider." As he likes to make mistakes, he went through all the tasks three times, but he was quite sure of his technical knowledge. He got his enthusiasm for the subject from his father and grandfather, who were both radio mechanics. He is currently reading the book Elektrotechnik by Prof. Lunze, a recognized and widely used standard work on electrical engineering.
This year we held the 28th Neisse-Elektro Olympiade on Saturday, April 2, 2022 from 10-12 am.
We congratulate the winners:
We would also like to congratulate everyone else who took part on their achievements. We wish them every success in their future endeavors and would like to remind you that the tasks are at the level of the first semester of electrical engineering studies.
The Faculty of EI congratulates the winners on behalf of the Minister, the Zittau/Görlitz University of Applied Sciences, the schools, sponsors and supporters (VDE Dresden, ATN Oppach, Würth Elektronik)! The top ten will be invited to the university in due course to congratulate them personally. Like the exams from previous years, the exam can be viewed online.
