2021

Award winner: Dr.-Ing. Peter Schneider
Honoured for: Dissertation on the topic "Thermoplastic coating of pultruded profiles by inline extrusion"
Awarded by:
REHAU AG + Co
Award ceremony: 10 November 2021, virtual ceremony

Award winner: Felix Tischer, M.Sc.
Honoured for: Master's thesis “Theoretical and Practical Investigation of Flow Processes in Injection Chambers for the Pultrusion Process with Dimensionless Numbers”
Awarded by: SAMPE Deutschland e.V.
Award ceremony: 22 April 2021, virtual ceremony

2020

Award winner: Phil Knupe-Wolfgang, M.Sc.
Honoured for: "Development of a simulation model to calculate the temperature and residual stress distribution during the joining of metal-plastic-hybrid compounds”
Awarded by: Wissenschaftlicher Arbeitskreis der Universitäts-Professoren der Kunststofftechnik (WAK), prize donated by Röchling SE & Co. KG
Award ceremony: 2 November 2020, Institute for Plastics Processing in Aachen

Award winner: Fabian Becker, M.Sc.
Honoured for: Technical Paper: "Fatigue Life Assessment of GFRP for Longitudinal Leaf Springs
Awarded by: CAMX - the Composites and advanced Materials Expo
Award ceremony: September 17, 2020

Award winner: Max Weihermüller, M.Sc.
Honoured for: Master's thesis "Identification of a suitable inline measuring method for detecting manufacturing defects in the laminate structure of wound type 4 pressure vessels"
Awarded by: VDI Society Materials Engineering
Award ceremony: 11 August 2020, Institute for Plastics Processing in Aachen

Award winner: Vera Dahmen, M.Sc.
Honoured for: Master's thesis "Development of production concepts for thermoplastic composite pressure vessels manufactured by laser-assisted tape winding"
Awarded by: SAMPE Europe Students Seminar
Award ceremony: 30 September 2020, virtual conference, Amsterdam

Award winner: Melanie Kostka, M.Sc.
Honoured for: Master's thesis "Analysis of cause-effect relationships between plant and process parameters and resulting properties of flame retardant cellulose acetate foam boards"
Awarded by: Reifenhäuser Group
Award ceremony: 25 August 2020, headquarters of the Reifenhäuser Group, Troisdorf

Award winner: Vera Dahmen, M.Sc.
Honoured for: Master's thesis "Development of production concepts for thermoplastic composite pressure vessels manufactured by laser-assisted tape winding"
Awarded by: SAMPE Deutschland e.V. with the support of FRIMO Group GmbH and Rolf Dothagen
Award ceremony: 18 February 2020, SAMPE Symposium in Kassel

2019

Award winner: Dr.-Ing. Maximilian Adamy
Honoured for: Dissertation on the topic "Application of graphene as a functional filler for melt compounding"
Awarded by: Scientific Alliance of the University Professors of Plastics Technology (WAK), prize donated by Röchling SE & Co. KG
Award ceremony: 21 October 2019, K 2019, Düsseldorf

Award winner: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Christian Hopmann
Honoured for: Outstanding contributions in the field of plastics engineering, science or technology, or in the management of such activities.
Awarded by: SPE (Society of Plastics Engineers), Injection Molding Division
Award ceremony: 17 March 2019, Detroit (USA)

Award winner: Jonas Müller, M.Sc.
Honoured for:  Masters thesis „Analytical and numerical investigation of damage development in endless fibre reinforced plastics under fibre parallel load“
Awarded by:SAMPE Deutschland 
Award ceremony: 7 Februar 2019, Dresden

2018

Award winners: Daniel Schneider, M.Sc., Matthias Heck, M.Sc.
Awarded for: Research work on the physical foaming of polyurethane molded parts with CO2 using the online gas counter pressure process 
Awarded by: Specialist Association Foamed Plastics and Polyurethanes (FSK)
Award ceremony: December 2018, Papenburg

Award winner: IKV
Honoured for: cluster management
Awarded by: European Cluster Excellence Initiative (ECEI)
Award ceremony: 16 October 2018

Award winner / authors: Martin Facklam, M.Sc.; Philipp Schäfer, M.Sc.; Prof. Dr.-Ing. Christian Hopmann; Dr. Thorsten Hickmann (Managing director / CEO, Eisenhuth GmbH & Co. KG)
Honoured for: "Infrared welding of highly filled graphite composites"
Published in: ANTEC 2018. Proceedings of the 76th Annual Technical Conference & Exhibition, Orlando, FL, May 07-11. Society of Plastics Engineers.
Awarded by: Society of Plastics Engineers
Award ceremony: 7 May 2018, Orlando (FL)

Award winner: Dr.-Ing. Christian Holz
Honoured for: Dissertation on the topic "Process development for the production of continuous fibre-reinforced polyurethane blow mouldings using the projectile injection technology"
Awarded by: Wissenschaftlicher Arbeitskreis der Universitäts-Professoren der Kunststofftechnik (WAK), prize donated by Röchling SE & Co. KG
Award ceremony: 23 October 2018, Bayreuth

Award winner: Dr.-Ing. Jan Klein
Honoured for: Dissertation on the topic "Mechanical material characterisation of engineering thermoplastics under very high load velocities"
Awarded by: Wissenschaftlicher Arbeitskreis der Universitäts-Professoren der Kunststofftechnik (WAK), prize donated by OECHSLER AG
Award ceremony: 23 October 2018, Bayreuth

Award winner / authors: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Christian Hopmann, Florian Petzinka, M.Sc. RWTH
Honoured for: "Investigation on the effects of the processing parameters on the replication quality of micro-structures in the extrusion embossing of polycarbonate films"
Published in: ANTEC 2018. Proceedings of the 76th Annual Technical Conference & Exhibition, Orlando, FL, May 07-11. Society of Plastics Engineers.
Awarded by: Society of Plastics Engineers
Award ceremony: 8 May 2018, Orlando (FL)

2017

Award winner: IKV
Honoured for: occupational safety
Awarded by: employers' liability insurance association for raw materials and the chemical industry (BG RCI)
Award ceremony: December 2017, Aachen

Award winner: Lorenz Wruck, M.Sc., and Benedikt Kilian, M.Sc.
Honoured for: „Industrialisation of the pultrusion process with polyurethanes“
Awarded by: Fachverband Schaumkunststoffe und Polyurethane e.V. (FSK)
Award ceremony: 8 November 2017, Gurten, Austria

Award winner: Dipl.-Wirt.-Ing. Philipp Nikoleizig
Honoured for: Paper on the topic „Inverse thermal mold design for injection molds"
Awarded by: Sonderforschungsbereich 1120
Award ceremony: 2. Oktober 2017, Aachen

Award winner: Dr.-Ing. Torben Fischer
Honoured for: Dissertation on the topic "Technical Development of an Alternative Plasticising Process for the Injection Moulding of Plastics Micro Parts"
Awarded by: Wissenschaftlichen Arbeitskreis der Universitäts-Professoren der Kunststofftechnik (WAK); prize donated by Brose Fahrzeugteile GmbH & Co. KG
Award Ceremony: 9 November 2017, Chemnitz

Award winner: Jens Wipperfürth, M.Sc.
Honoured for: Paper on the topic „Ultrasound tomography for spatially resolved melt temperature measurements in injection moulding processes"
Awarded by: Sonderforschungsbereich 1120
Award ceremony: 2 October 2017, Aachen

Award winner: Dr.-Ing. Christian Windeck
Honoured for: Dissertation on the topic „Simulated and experimental determination of viscoelastic die swell and numerical flow channel optimisation in extrusion"
Awarded by: REHAU AG + Co
Award ceremony: 11 Mai 2017, Rehau

2016

Award winner: Nadine Magura, M.Sc.
Honoured for: Master's thesis "Analysing the potential of an adhesive-free, cohesive bond to a thermosetting-thermoplastic hybrid"
Awarded by:  Scientific Alliance of Polymer Professors (WAK) for outstanding scientific work in the field of plastics technology
Awards ceremony: October 21, 2016, Düsseldorf, Germany

2015

Award winner: Dr.-Ing. Paul Walach
Honoured for: Dissertation on the topic “Minimising of the centering error in injection moulds to increase the quality of injection moulded optical precision parts”
Awarded by: WAK Wissenschaftlichen Arbeitskreis der Universitäts-Professoren der Kunststofftechnik
Awards ceremony: November 12, 2015, Chemnitz

Award winner: Dipl.-Ing. Peter Schneider
Honoured for: Development of the "sandwich pultrusion process"
Awarded by: FSK (Fachverband Schaumkunststoffe und Polyurethane e.V.)
Awards ceremony: September 16, 2015, Bonn

Award winner: Jakob Onken M.Sc.
Honoured for: Master thesis on the subject "Development of conductive plastic compounds with increased impact strength"
Awarded by: VDI-Fachbereich Kunststofftechnik
Award ceremony: March 18, 2015, Mannheim

Award winners / authors: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Christian Hopmann, Dipl.-Ing. Daniel Kaltbeitzel
Awarded paper: "Degradation of Microcellular PLGA-PEG Copolymers for the Use in a Drug Delivery System fot the Urinary Bladder"
Published in: ANTEC 2015. Proceedings of the 73th Annual Technical Conference & Exhibition, Orlando, FL, March 23-25. Society of Plastics Engineers.
Awarded by: Society of Plastics Engineers
Award ceremony: 24 March 2015, Orlando (FL)

Award winner: Dr.-Ing. Andreas Neuß
Honoured for: Dissertation on the topic “Process development of the hybrid multi-component injection moulding for the production of parts for electro- and electronic-applications”
Awarded by: WAK Wissenschaftlichen Arbeitskreis der Universitäts-Professoren der Kunststofftechnik
Awards ceremony: November 12, 2015, Chemnitz

Award winner: Nicolai Lammert, M.Sc.
Honoured for: Master’s thesis “Development of a continuous fibre-reinforced, in-situ polymerising thermoplastic lightweight part and the necessary mould technology”
Awarded by: WAK Wissenschaftlichen Arbeitskreis der Universitäts-Professoren der Kunststofftechnik
Award ceremony: June 26, 2015, Heidenheim

Award winner: The Institute of Plastics Processing (IKV) und Krallmann Group
Honoured for: "Integrative production technology for high-wage countries",  IKV has been working with the Krallmann Group to develop the IMKS hybrid processing technique
Awarded by: ZENIT e.V. network
Awards ceremony: February 25, 2015 , Mülheim an der Ruhr

2014

Preisträger/in: Sarah Schäfer, M.Eng.
Ausgezeichnet für: Masterarbeit zum Thema „Untersuchungen zum Blasformen von Festsiliconkautschuken in Kombination mit platinkatalysierten Vernetzungssystemen“
Verliehen durch: REHAU AG + Co
Preisverleihung: 2. Dezember 2014, Rehau

Preisträger/in: Christian Beste, M.Sc.
Ausgezeichnet für: Masterarbeit zum Thema: „Analyse der Temperaturführung bei der variothermen Konsolidierung fasergespritzter Preforms zu TP-FVK-Leichtbauteilen“
Verliehen durch: Wissenschaftlichen Arbeitskreis der Universitäts-Professoren der Kunststofftechnik WAK
Preisverleihung: 7. Oktober 2014, Düsseldorf

Preisträger/innen: Dr.-Ing. Kai Fischer, Dr.-Ing. Barbara Heesel, Dr.-Ing. Klaus Küsters, Dr.-Ing. Roman Alexander Schöldgen, Dr.-Ing. Mathias Weber
Ausgezeichnet für: Dissertation "mit Auszeichnung" abgeschlossen
Verliehen durch: RWTH Aachen
Preisverleihung: 10. Juli 2014, Aachen

Preisträger/in: Florian Lemke, M.Sc. 
Ausgezeichnet für: Masterarbeit zum Thema „Grundlegende Untersuchungen zur Herstellung von endlosfaserverstärkten Hochleistungsbauteilen aus Flüssigsiliconkautschuken (LSR)“
Verliehen durch: Deutsche Kautschuk-Gesellschaft (DKG) 
Preisverleihung: 24. Juni 2014

Preisträger/in: Nafi Yesildag, M.Sc. 
Ausgezeichnet für: Masterarbeit zum Thema „Analyse und Modellierung des Aufheiz- und Abkühlverhaltens bei der variothermen Temperierung von Spritzgießwerkzeugen mittels Laserstrahlung“
Verliehen durch: SEW-Eurodrive-Stiftung
Preisverleihung: 8. Mai 2014, Bruchsal

Award winners / authors: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Walter Michaeli, Dipl.-Ing. Laura Flórez, Dipl.-Ing. Dominik Oberloer
Awarded paper: "Effects of the Foam Morphology in the Mechanical Properties of Injection Molded Thermoplastic Foams"
Published in: ANTEC 2008. Proceedings of the 66th Annual Technical Conference & Exhibition, Milwaukee, WI, May 4-8. Society of Plastics Engineers.
Awarded by: Society of Plastics Engineers
Award ceremony: 5 April 2008, Milwaukee (WI)

Preisträger/in: Regina Riedel, M.Sc
Ausgezeichnet für: Masterarbeit zum Thema: "Herstellung dreidimensionaler TP-FVK-Bauteile durch variotherme Konsolidierung endkonturnaher, fasergespritzter Preforms“
Verliehen durch: Dr.-Ing. Peter Ehrentraut
Preisverleihung: 20. März 2014, Aachen

Preisträger/in: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Christian Hopmann
Ausgezeichnet für: Entwicklung der Spaltimprägniertechnologie
Verliehen durch: Ministerium für Innovation, Wissenschaft und Forschung des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen
Preisverleihung: 10. März 2014, Düsseldorf

Preisträger/in: Nafi Yesildag, M.Sc., Dr.-Ing. Christian Windeck
Ausgezeichnet für: das Forschungsprojekt "Individualized Production in Die-Based Manufacturing Processes Using Numerical Optimization"
Verliehen durch: Exzellenzcluster Integrative Produktionstechnik für Hochlohnländer
Preisverleihung: 21. November 2014, Aachen

Preisträger/in: Dipl.-Ing. Peter Schneider
Ausgezeichnet für: Entwicklung des „Smart Heat“-Verfahrens zur volumetrische Erwärmung gewickelter CFK-Bauteile mittels Induktion
Verliehen durch: AVK – Industrievereinigung Verstärkte Kunststoffe e.V.
Preisverleihung: 6. Oktober 2014

Preisträger/innen: Eva Nettesheim M.Sc., Maria Regina Riedel M.Sc., Nafi Yesildag M.Sc. 
Ausgezeichnet für: Masterprüfungen "mit Auszeichnung" abgeschlossen
Verliehen durch: RWTH Aachen
Preisverleihung: 10. Juli 2014, Aachen

Preisträger/in: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Christian Hopmann
Ausgezeichnet für: Besonderen Einsatz für familienfreundliche Arbeitsbedingungen 
Verliehen durch: Familienservice der RWTH Aachen
Preisverleihung: 26. Mai 2014, Aachen

Preisträger/in: Dipl.-Ing. Torben Fischer; Dipl.-Ing. Eike Klünker
Ausgezeichnet für: Poster über ein innovatives Plastifizierverfahren für das Mikrospritzgießen
Preisträger/in: Dipl.-Ing. Florian Puch
Ausgezeichnet für: Poster zum Einfluss der Compoundierprozessparameter auf die mechanischen Eigenschaften von Polyamid 6-Kohlenstoffnanoröhrchen-Kompostien
Verliehen durch: Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE)
Preisverleihung: 28. April 2014, Las Vegas (USA)

Preisträger/in: Nicolai Lammert, M.Sc
Ausgezeichnet für: Masterarbeit zum Thema „Entwicklung eines endlosfaserverstärkten, in situ polymerisierten, thermoplastischen Leichtbauteils und der erforderlichen Werkzeugtechnologie“
Verliehen durch: Dr.-Ing. Peter Ehrentraut
Preisverleihung: 20. März 2014, Aachen

Preisträger/in: Regina Riedel, M.Sc
Ausgezeichnet für: Masterarbeit zum Thema "Herstellung dreidimensionaler TP-FVK-Bauteile durch variotherme Konsolidierung endkonturnaher, fasergespritzter Preforms“
Verliehen durch: SAMPE Deutschland e.V.
Preisverleihung: 19. Februar 2014

Preisträger/in: Dipl.-Wirt.-Ing. Sebastian Stender
Ausgezeichnet für: Masterarbeit zum Thema „Numerische Untersuchungen des Einflusses fertigungsinduzierter Eigenspannungen auf das Schädigungsverhalten kohlenstofffaserverstärkter Epoxidharze auf Mikroebene“
Verliehen durch: SAMPE Deutschland e.V.
Preisverleihung: 19. Februar 2014

Before 2014 | Selection

Award winners / authors: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Christian Hopmann, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Walter Michaeli, Dipl.-Ing. Matthias Weber
Awarded paper: "Laser Welding of Incompatible Semi-crystalline Thermoplastics by Means of Intermediate Layers"
Published in: ANTEC 2012. Proceedings of the 70th Annual Technical Conference & Exhibition, Orlando, FL, April 2-4. Society of Plastics Engineers.
Awarded by: Society of Plastics Engineers
Award ceremony: 3 April 2012, Orlando (FL)

Award winners / authors: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Walter Michaeli, Dipl.-Ing. Andreas Neuß
Awarded paper: "Multi-component technique: Hybrid primary forming of plastics parts with electrically conductive tracks”
Published in: ANTEC 2009. Proceedings of the 67th Annual Technical Conference & Exhibition, Chicago, IL, June 22-24. Society of Plastics Engineers.
Awarded by: Society of Plastics Engineers
Award ceremony: 23. Juni 2009, Chicago (IL)