Kurt Beyer Prize
Every year, HOCHTIEF lnfrastructure GmbH, Germany Southeast Branch, honors particularly outstanding scientific theses by students and early-career researchers at TU Dresden with the Kurt Beyer Prize.
The prize is awarded for one or two theses - dissertations, diploma and master's theses or comparable work - in the fields of civil engineering or architecture.
Prize money
HOCHTIEF lnfrastructure GmbH, Germany Southeast Branch, sponsors this prize endowed with € 5,000. If two works are selected by the jury as worthy of the prize, the individual amount is halved to € 2,500 each.
Selection
The works should have been completed and defended between November of the previous year and the end of the current year. The deadline for submission is March 31 of the respective award year. The Deans of the Faculties of Civil Engineering and Architecture at TU Dresden are entitled to nominate candidates.
Jury and award
Representatives of the founder and representatives of the Faculty of Architecture and the Faculty of Civil Engineering form the jury. The award ceremony takes place in a festive setting with representatives of the founder and representatives of the University Executive Board.
Prize winners 2024
- Dipl.-Ing. Elisa Kühne (Faculty of Architecture), Diploma thesis: Coexistence_Animal, Plant, Human
- Dr.-Ing. Lena Leicht (Faculty of Civil Engineering), dissertation: Characterization of mineral-bonded composites for impact attenuation
Prize winner:inside 2023
Preisträger:innen Kurt Beyer-Preis 2022: Dr. Oliver Steinbock und Dipl.-Ing. Yaning Zhao
- Dr.Oliver Steinbock (Faculty of Civil Engineering), Dissertation: Reinforcement of reinforced and prestressed concrete bridges with carbon concrete
- Dipl.-Ing. Yaning Zhao (Faculty of Architecture), Diploma thesis: Werk. Room. Castle. Revitalization of Schnaditz Castle
Prize winner:inside 2022
Adrian Diaconu (Vertretung Hochtief bzw. Stifter des Preises), Rektorin und Preisträger Dr. Michael Frenzel, Fakultät Bauingenieurwesen, per Videokonferenz
Dr. Michael Frenzel (Faculty of Civil Engineering) for his dissertation "On the load-bearing behavior of lightweight, layered concrete slabs"
Adrian Diaconu (Vertretung Hochtief bzw. Stifter des Preises), Preisträgerin Dr. Julia Kirch (Fakultät Architektur) sowie Rektorin Prof.in Dr. Ursula M. Staudinger
Dr. Julia Kirch (Faculty of Architecture) for her dissertation "Spatial concepts to support the self-help and mobility of people with dementia in hospitals. An investigation using the example of special wards"
Award winners:inside 2021
Daniel Blume (Faculty of Architecture) for his Master's thesis "Prima Klima: Resilientes Stadtgrün", Landscape Architecture degree program
Dr. Anne Harzdorf (Faculty of Civil Engineering) for her dissertation "Adaptability and reusability of production halls"
Prize winners 2020
Maximila Anne Maria Ott, Faculty of Architecture, diploma thesis
"Pembroke College Library - Oxford"
Laura Drechsel, Faculty of Civil Engineering, diploma thesis
"Inspection and corrosion protection of overhead steel and composite bridge components predominantly exposed to normal forces"
Current calls for proposals can be found under Current calls for proposals