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Doctorate Prizes Awarded
Study Prizes Awarded
Honors Awarded During the Department Day
Rudolf Schmidt-Burkhardt
Memorial Prize
Dr.-Ing. Christoph Meier
Dissertation ‘Geometrically Exact
Finite Element Formulations for
Slender Beams and Their Contact
Interaction’
Department Prize
Dr.-Ing. Thomas Emmert
Dissertation ‘State Space Modeling
of Thermoacoustic Systems with
Application to Intrinsic Feedback’
WITTENSTEIN Prize
Dr.-Ing. Benedikt Schott
Dissertation ‘Stabilized Cut Finite Ele-
ment Methods for Complex Interface
Coupled Flow Problems’
ARBURG Prize
Dr. rer. nat. Andreas Schmideder
Dissertation ‘Kontinuierliche Bio-
prozessführung in miniaturisierten
Rührkesselreaktoren’
RENK Propulsion Technology Prize
Dr.-Ing. Thomas Lohner
Dissertation ‘Berechnung von TEHD
Kontakten und Einlaufverhalten von
Verzahnungen’
Willy Messerschmitt Prize
Dr.-Ing. Andreas Hein
Dissertation ‘Heritage Technologies
in Space Programs – Assessment
Methodology and Statistical Analysis’
Manfred Hirschvogel Prize
Dr.-Ing. Christian Gold
Dissertation ‘Modeling of Take-Over
Performance in Highly Automated
Vehicle Guidance’
Department Prize –
Best Degree
Johannes Ellinger, M.Sc.
Best overall grade of all Master’s
degrees
Department Prizes –
Excellent Degrees
Alexander Heilmeier, M.Sc.
Second-best overall grade
Robert Scholz, M.Sc.
Third-best overall grade
Dominik Meier, M.Sc.
Fourth-best overall grade
Alexander Rupp, M.Sc.
Fifth-best overall grade
WITTENSTEIN Prize
Juliane Fischer, M.Sc.
Master’s thesis ‘Agent-based Auto-
mation Systems for Material Flow
Systems That Enable an Easy Re-
configuration of Material Handling
Modules’
ARBURG Prize
Benjamin Winkeljann, M.Sc.
Master’s thesis ‘Friction and Wear on
the Cornea-Contact Lens-Interface
Lubricated with Biopolymers’
RENK Propulsion Technology Prize
Bastien Proux, M.Sc.
Master’s thesis ‘Dynamische Simula-
tion von Wälzlagern zur Charakteris-
ierung von Schwingungsanregungen
und rotordynamischen Koeffizienten’
SGL Group Award
Georg Siroky, M.Sc.
Master’s thesis ‘Coupled Atomistic-
Continuum Models for Strength Pre-
diction in Fiber-Polymer Composites’




