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Honors Awarded During the Department Day
Always held on the second Friday in July, the Department
Day Mechanical Engineering is traditionally the ceremonial
event which concludes the academic year. The most
important items on the program are the ceremonies in
which graduates of the previous year are honored and
take their leave in the presence of family members and
numerous guests of honor from the university and indus-
try. There are addresses from the Dean, Dean of Studies,
representatives of the students and TUM. The ceremonies
are followed by sparkling wine receptions and then, to
round off the day, the department ball with a buffet, dance
music and entertainment.
Impressions of the Department Day
Mechanical Engineering 2017
300 Master’s degree graduates accepted this year’s
invitation. According to this gratifying interest, the cer-
emony took place in two lecture halls simultaneously.
In their addresses, Dean Adams and Dean of Studies
Hajek, congratulated the graduates and wished them a
successful future. Furthermore they pointed out to the
guests and family members some facts and figures about
the department.
Two representatives of the students took a hilarious look
back at life as a student. As a special item on the program
some of the student groups at the department presented
their work and their successes in designing, building and
driving cars, planes, space rockets and satellites.
After that, while reading out the names of the graduates,
four professors, who all wore the traditional academic
gown, said farewell to each graduate: with the depart-
ment’s bronze medal of honor, a handshake und a photo
taken on the spot.
In the afternoon, accompanied by a jazz band, the
dignitaries from the department and from TUM entered
the lecture hall where the ceremony for the doctoral
graduates and guests of honor took place. In his address
Dean Adams spoke about the newly introduced strategy
of the department ‘MW 2030’ (see photo). The strategy
covers three areas: teaching, research and personnel. One
step already made is to start much earlier in creating new
professorships and also new ways to achieve that.
77 of the invited doctorate graduates attended the cere-
mony. Each one was presented to the guests and received
the department’s silver medal of honor, handed over by
the Vice Dean Lüth.
Furthermore, seven prizes for outstanding dissertations
and nine for exceptional academic achievements in the
Master’s degree programs were awarded. The prize
winners are listed on the following page.
Prof. Lüth was awarded the newly-created Egbert von
Hoyer medal for outstanding merit at the department in
honour of his achievements as former Dean.