In 2020 PanDao submitted our joint project together with Prof. Irina Livshits (Head of Research Laboratory for Computer-Aided Design of Optical-Information and Energy Saving Systems, St. Petersburg, Russia) to the Suvorov competition. The Suvorov Prizes are organized by the Swiss Russian forum Foundation in cooperation with the Foundation for Assistance to Small Innovative Enterprises and the Swiss Association for Environmental Technology. The Suvorov Prizes are bestowed upon Swiss and/or Russian citizens whose projects have a positive impact in both countries.
“..The Su.vorov Prizes are organized by the Swiss Russian forum Foundation in cooperation with the Foundation for Assistance to Small Innovative Enterprises and the Swiss Association for Environmental Technology. The Suvorov Prizes are bestowed upon Swiss and/or Russian citizens whose projects have a positive impact in both countries…” http://funding.unisg.ch/programmes/1484
We are very proud to have won the second prize of the 2020 Suvorov Competition and published our joint results in a scientific, full journal paper in Russia: https://ntv.ifmo.ru/file/article/19930.pdf
The paper presents the idea of combining various stages of production of optical devices in a single logical sequence from the design of optical elements, through the mechanical and technological production stages, to the calculation of their manufacturing cost. As an example, a pinhole lens for mobile phone cameras as they are booming now is analyzed in the paper.
As for the name of the competition: Alexander Suvorov was a Russian general who fought some spectacular battles in the Swiss alps during the second coalition war (1799 – 1801). You can find out more about him here.