Industrieclub Sachsen Innovation Prize
Every year, the Industrieclub Sachsen e.V. awards the Innovation Prize of the
Industrieclub Sachsen honors outstanding dissertations by early-career researchers at TU Dresden, which are characterized by the particular practical relevance of their innovative content.
Prize money
The prize is sponsored by Industrieclub Sachsen e.V. and is endowed with €5,000.
Selection criteria
The work must result in innovative ideas and/or application-oriented methods and/or practically usable solutions. The practical relevance of theoretical findings must be presented in the work and, if possible, proven by an expert opinion from industry. University lecturers at TU Dresden are eligible to nominate candidates.
Jury
The University Executive Board will chair the jury. The jury is also made up of representatives of the board of the Industrieclub Sachsen e.V. and university lecturers from the TU Dresden departments.
Award ceremony
The award ceremony will be held by the Rector and the President of Industrieclub Sachsen e.V.
Call for entries
The work should have been completed and defended between January and December of the previous year. Proposals, including an expert opinion on the work, must be submitted to the University Executive Board of TU Dresden, Office of the Rector/Academic Committees. The submission deadline is the end of February of the respective award year.
Winners of the Innovation Award of the Industrieclub Sachsen e.V.
Dr. Anton Weißbach, Dr. Konstantin Klamka
2023
Dr. Konstantin Klamka for his dissertation "Blending the Material and Digital World for Hybrid Interfaces" and
Dr. Anton Weißbach for his dissertation "Developing Organic Electrochemical Electronics from Fundamentals to Integrated Circuit Components"
Dr. Wojciech Ozga
2022
Dr. Wojcziech Ozga for his dissertation "Hardening High-Assurance Security Systems with Trusted Computing"
Bianca Deutsch (Geschäftsführung Industrieclub Sachsen e.V.), Thomas Kralinski (Staatssekretär für Arbeit und Wirtschaft), Ulrich Franzen (Präsdient des Industrieclub Sachsen), Dr. Oliver Steinbock (Preisträger), Rektorin, Prof. Manfred Curbach
2021
Dr. Oliver Steinbock for his dissertation "Reinforcement of Reinforced and Prestressed Concrete Bridges with Carbon Concrete"
v.l.n.r. Bianca Deutsch (Geschäftsführung des Industrieclub Sachsen e.V.), Prof. Dr. Chokri Cherif (TU Dresden), Prof.in Dr. Ursula M. Staudinger (Rektorin, TU Dresden), Dr. Moniruddoza Ashir (Preisträger 2020) und Dr. Günter Bruntsch (Präsident des Indu
2020
Dr. Moniruddoza Ashir for his dissertation "Development of innovative textile-based adaptive fiber-reinforced plastics with shape memory alloys"
v.l.n.r. Dr. Günter Bruntsch (Präsident des Industrieclub Sachsen e.V.), Dr. Jan Kortmann (Preisträger), Prof.in Dr. Ursula M. Staudinger (Rektorin, TU Dresden) und Bianca Deutsch (Geschäftsführung des Industrieclub Sachsen e.V.)
2019
Dr. Jan Kortmann for his dissertation "Process engineering investigations into the recyclability of carbon concrete"
2018
Dr. Bernhard Siegmund for his dissertation "Novel Optical Concepts for
Organic Photovoltaics and Photodetection"
Current calls for proposals can be found at
Current calls for proposals