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## The UJI and CEFIRE present the awards to the young researchers of "The Pleasure of Researching"

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Seventeen research projects carried out during the academic year by young researchers from secondary school and high school were presented at the 13th Scientific Meeting "El gust d'investigar".

The presentation of the awards and diplomas of the 13th Scientific Meeting "The Pleasure of Researching" marked the end of the conference held at the School of Technology and Experimental Sciences (ESTCE) of the Universitat Jaume I. At this event, seventeen research projects carried out throughout the academic year by young researchers from secondary schools were presented. At the same time, each group of students had also prepared an explanatory poster which was displayed at the entrance to the Main Hall of the ESTCE.

"It is like the congresses that we as researchers usually attend," said Ana Piquer, director of the ESTCE, "where we present our work, share knowledge and establish contacts with colleagues from other centres". Piquer congratulated both students and teachers for their interest in science and technology and thanked Víctor Roda, from the Torrecid Foundation Partnership Programme, on behalf of all the sponsors, for their support in making this competition and scientific meeting possible.

Sergio Meseguer, a member of the scientific committee on behalf of CEFIRE (Centre for Training, Innovation and Educational Resources) in Castelló, thanked the teachers and students for their efforts in carrying out the research projects. Addressing the students, he said, "It is a challenge to propose and carry out projects of this magnitude, but it has allowed you to extend your knowledge in subjects related to science and technology that are applied in everyday life.

At the end of the day, following the presentation of the seventeen research projects, Francisco García Cirujano, a teacher at the UJI and a researcher at its Institute of Advanced Materials (INAM), gave the lecture "Catalysts for a Better Life". He explained how catalysts enable us to obtain the products we use every day (fuels, fertilisers and medicines) and many others that have revolutionised society.

This expert in sustainable chemistry explained how research enriches the society that promotes it, as well as the local community. He also stated that the field in which he works "is constantly evolving to adapt to the needs of society and it plays a fundamental role in advancing towards a sustainable future". García Cirujano is the author of more than 50 scientific articles, reviews and book chapters on porous metal-organic polymers and on homogeneous catalysis. He has received the Algemesí scientific and technical prize and was a finalist for the Suschem-Innova award.

At the closing of the event, the director of the Science Outreach and Citizens' Science Unit, Lluís Martínez, admitted that it was difficult for the scientific committee to choose the winning projects because they were all of an excellent standard and that it was "a pleasure to listen to all the presentations, which reflected the work carried out over the previous months and the interest and curiosity in these disciplines linked to science and technology".

**13th edition of the "The Pleasure of Researching" awards**

The School of Technology and Experimental Sciences prize went to the project entitled "The Bitterness of the Rural World", presented by Idaira Pinazo Pozo and Jorge Pérez Debón from the La Serranía secondary school (Alpuente section), tutored by Salvadora Català Martínez.

The winning team in the field of Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry was made up of Lluís Castellet Ortells and Rehab Hachefa Rahmani, from the Francesc Tàrrega secondary school, with the project "Cosmokit Star Shine" tutored by the teacher Helena Gonell Aragó.

The award in the area of Life, Earth and Environmental Sciences went to the team consisting of Laura Paricio Clofent, Anastasia Kalinaichera and Ángel Daniel García Correa from the Gilabert de Centelles secondary school with the project "Study of the Sensitive Homunculus according to Sex and Age" tutored by María Carmen Ripollés Balaguer.

In the field of Technology and Engineering the award went to Daniel Monfort Moreno, Dario Serrano Moreno and Juan Pablo Londoño Arbeláez, from the Penyagolosa secondary school, with the project "Self-sufficient Parking Controlled by Arduino One", tutored by the teacher Isabel Peña Marco.

The award for the best oral presentation went to Carla González Roig from the Francesc Ribalta secondary school, with her project "Do Cereals Contain Iron?", tutored by Diego González Babiloni.

And the prize for the best poster was awarded to Neus Planell Vidal, Claudia Ortiz Arnau and Kenza Mellak, from the Torre del Rey secondary school, for the project "Bacteria Resistant to Antibiotics: the Importance of Macrobiota", tutored by Sergi Bodí Diego.

The competition "The Pleasure of Researching" was organised by the ESTCE and the CEFIRE of Castelló, in collaboration with the BP Chair for the Environment and Industry, the Torrecid Foundation Leadership and Innovation Partnership Programme, the Zschimmer & Schwarz Sustainable and Circular Chemistry Partnership Programme, the companies Aquarama and Becsa, and the Offices of the Vice-Rectors for Students and Healthy Living and for Innovation, Transfer and Science Outreach of the UJI. A total of 42 students from secondary schools in Castelló de la Plana, Nules, Oropesa del Mar, Alpuente and Vila-real took part in the competition.

The scientific committee for this edition was composed of Sergio Meseguer and Leticia Lorenz from CEFIRE Castelló and María Victoria Ibáñez, Antonio Gallardo, Arianna Renau, Ana Belén Vicente, José A. Mata, Lluís Martínez and Iván Sorribes from the UJI. The aim of the competition is for young people, in teams of a maximum of three people and tutored by one of their teachers, to carry out a research project in different areas of knowledge such as mathematics, life sciences, health, the environment, technology or computer science.

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