Young Scientists Award
The Young Scientists Award honours outstanding achievements at HTW Dresden in the field of applied research. Researchers at HTW Dresden and ZAFT e.V. who have started a cooperative doctoral project or completed their doctorate no more than one year ago are eligible to apply. The jury consists of the members of the Senate Commission for Research of HTW Dresden.
Award winners of the past years
Award winner (1. place): Lucas Kurzweg
Topic: Untersuchungen zur Transformation von polymeren Materialien – Tribologie, Kohäsion, Adhäsion und Transport in mehrphasigen aquatischen Systemen
Faculty: Agriculture/Environment/Chemistry
Doctoral Supervision at the HTW Dresden: Prof. Kathrin Harre
awarded: 07.06.2023
Award Winner (1st price): Dr. Philipp Otter
Topic: "Solar-powered electrolytic oxidizer production for decentralized water treatment and its economic feasibility in developing regions" (dt. Solarbetriebene elektrolytische Oxidationsmittelproduktion für die dezentrale Wasseraufbereitung und dessen wirtschaftliche Machbarkeit in Entwicklungsregionen)
Faculty: Civil Engineering
Doctoral Supervision at the HTW Dresden: Prof. Thomas Grischek
Awarded: 01.06.2022
Award Winners: Franziska Bielefeldt und Lisa Obst
Topic: "Service robot use in inpatient geriatric care. Explorative analysis of relevant factors, taking into account various stakeholder perspectives as well as work-science analyses of a company in this service industry" (dt. Servicerobotereinsatz in der stationären Altenpflege. Explorative Analyse relevanter Faktoren unter Berücksichtigung diverser Stakeholderperspektiven sowie arbeitswissenschaftlicher Analysen eines Unternehmens dieser Dienstleistungsbranche)
Fakultät: Business Administration
Doctoral Supervision at the HTW Dresden: Prof. Rüdiger von der Weth
Awarded: 22.06.2021
Award Winner: Marcel Mokbel
Topic: "An ALE model for simulations of elastic surfaces in flow" (dt. Ein ALE Modell für Simulationen von elastischen Oberflächen in Strömung)
Faculty: Informatics / Mathematics
Doctoral Supervision at the HTW Dresden: Prof. Sebastian Aland
Awarded: 04.07.2020
Award Winner: Dr. Sebastian Paufler
Topic: "Studies on the control of manganese concentration in bank filtration and subsurface iron removal/de-manganization" (dt. Untersuchungen zur Steuerung der Mangankonzentration bei der Uferfiltration und Unterirdischen Enteisenung/Entmanganung)
Faculty: Civil Engineering
Doctoral Supervision at the HTW Dresden: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Thomas Grischek
Awarded: 05.06.2019
Award Winner: Dr. Claudia Scharff
Topic: "Influence of electromagnetic radiation on growth and metabolic processes in microalgae from the Chlorophyta department" (dt. Einfluss elektromagnetischer Strahlung auf Wachstums- und Stoffwechselprozesse bei Mikroalgen aus der Abteilung Chlorophyta)
Faculty: Agriculture/Environment/Chemistry
Doctoral Supervision at the HTW Dresden: Prof. Dr. agr. Fritz-Gerald Schröder
Awarded: 06.06.2018
Award Winner: Dr. Thomas Neumann
Topic: „Reconstruction, Analysis, and Editing of dynamically deforming 3D-Surfaces“ (dt. „Rekonstruktion, Analyse und Editierung dynamisch deformierter 3D-Oberflächen“)
Faculty: Informatics / Mathematics
Doctoral Supervision at the HTW Dresden: Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Markus Wacker
Awarded: 14.06.2017
Award Winner: Loreen Pogrzeba
Topic: "Therapy analysis with markerless motion capturing using the example of Swedish function oriented music therapy" (dt. "Gesundheit nach Maß: Bewegungsanalyse in Therapie und Rehabilitation")
Faculty: Informatics / Mathematics
Doctoral Supervision at the HTW Dresden: Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Markus Wacker
Awarded: 01.06.2016
Award winner: Michael Kuntzsch
Topic: Optische Synchronisation und Elektronenstrahldiagnose am Linearbeschleuniger ELBE
Faculty: Electrical Engineering
Doctoral supervision at the HTW Dresden:
Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Wilfried Klix
awarded: 03.06.2015