Day of the Faculty of Civil Engineering 2024

This is what they look like, this year's graduates! In the academic year 2023-2024, a total of 185 students successfully completed their studies at our Faculty, a reason to celebrate, which is celebrated every year at the Faculty of Civil Engineering Day. This year, the ceremony took place on October 25 in lecture hall ABS/E11. The welcome address by our Dean Prof. Stamm was followed by a keynote speech by Prof. Kleinschrot entitled "From Linear to Circular: Building the Present, Shaping the Future." With her lecture, the Chair of Construction Technologies and Circular Value Creation gave the graduates a clear mission for the world of work: our resources are finite. In sustainable project planning, waste must not only be reduced, not recycled, but completely avoided.

Afterwards, the best graduates were honored with prizes and the graduation certificates were presented. The graduates themselves also had their say: Dipl.-Ing. Jakob Schulze and Dipl.-Ing. Philipp Grunze reviewed their time as students in their graduation speech for all those present. The two musicians Fabian Zeller on the guitar and Raúl Beltrán on the quena flute created a festive atmosphere. The event was hosted by Lilli Schraps.

Faculty Day awards

EUROVIA Road Construction Prize

The EUROVIA Road Construction Prize from EUROVIA Services GmbH is awarded annually for outstanding work in the field of road construction. The prize was presented by Dr.-Ing. habil. Sabine Leischner from the Institute of Urban and Pavement Engineering at TU Dresden (representing the company).

This year's prize winner:
Dipl.-Ing. Nicolas Standfest for his diploma thesis "Comparison of the material properties of temperature-reduced and conventional asphalts"

Johann Ohde Prize

The Johann Ohde Prize is awarded at TU Dresden for outstanding project and diploma theses in the field of geotechnics. The prize is sponsored by BAUER Spezialtiefbau GmbH. The prize was presented by Dr.-Ing. Jörg Zimbelmann, BAUER Spezialtiefbau GmbH.

This year's prize winner:
Dipl.-Ing. Theo Zschernig for his diploma thesis "Investigations into new reference densities in sands"

Fichtner Prize

The Hydraulic Engineering Prize, donated by FICHTNER Water & Transportation GmbH, has been awarded at the Faculty of Civil Engineering at TU Dresden since 2015 for the best thesis on a hydraulic engineering topic. The prize is presented by Dr.-Ing. Niklas Marc Schwiersch, Fichtner Water & Transportation GmbH

This year's prize winners:
Dipl.-Ing. Julius Giesinger for his diploma thesis: "Hydraulic model tests on the barrier structure of the Straßberg flood retention basin with special consideration of the water-air mixture in the spillway".

Dipl.-Ing. Lena Heuschkel for her diploma thesis: "Ethohydraulic tests with passive sensors (RAPID) and comparison with backpack sensors attached to the back of the fish to evaluate the fish descent".

Mechanics Prize

The Ursula and Bernd Zastrau Mechanics Prize 2024 is awarded at TU Dresden for outstanding project and diploma theses in the field of mechanics. The prize was presented by Prof. Dr.-Ing. Stefan Löhnert, Head of the Institute of Mechanics and Shell Structures at TU Dresden

Prize winner
Dipl.-Ing. Leonie Koch
Diploma thesis " Simulation of crack surface friction within the phase-field method"