ALTANA Special Prize in Chemistry Goes To Students from Geisenheim at the JUGEND GRÜNDET National Finals
Joel Albrecht, Jakob Hammerschmidt, Maxim Düll, Jan Ecker, and Tijan Ballhausen from Schloss Hansenberg boarding school won the ALTANA Special Prize in Chemistry in the JUGEND GRÜNDET student competition. At the national finals on June 28, 2023, the students were honored by ALTANA AG for their FlexProtexx business idea.
The FlexProtexx is a new type of knee and elbow protector for roller sports that provides optimal protection and at the same time maximum flexibility and freedom of movement for skaters. This is made possible through the use of material with non-Newtonian properties. This material hardens immediately under force, as in the case of a fall. When there is no force, however, the fabric behaves almost fluidly and is freely deformable and thus does not interfere with the sport.