Frankfurt - A project involving the prototypical development of circular knitted knee bandages was among the recipients of an innovation award from the VDMA, the German Textile Machinery Association.
The chairman of the Walter Reiners-Stiftung (Foundation) of the VDMA, Peter D. Dornier presented awards to six successful young engineers at the end of November at the Aachen-Dresden-Denkendorf International Textile Conference.
The €3,000 prize winners included Janina Elser of TU Chemnitz, Abdelrahman Elbayoumi form ITA Aachen and Hendrik Pötzsch from ITM Dresden, all of whom were honoured with creativity awards for the cleverest bachelor or project work.
Ms. Elser's bachelor thesis dealt with the prototypical development of circular knitted knee bandages while the subject of Mr. Elbayoumi's bachelor thesis was a feedback control system for an over-braiding process. Mr. Pötzsch's project work dealt with the production of carbon fibres using solvent wet spinning technology.
Tim Kaluza, ITM Dresden and Julia Eckert, ITA Aachen, were awarded two promotion prizes in the category diploma / master thesis with prize money of €3,500 each. Mr. Kaluza's diploma thesis dealt with the automated production of mesh-free multiaxial fabrics while in her master thesis, Ms. Eckert developed an environmental assessment system for the production of denim.
This year, the promotion prize of the German Textile Machinery Industry in the dissertation category was awarded to Dr. Stefan Heinrich, TU Chemnitz for his work on gear requirements in textile machines, which will make a greater contribution in engineering practice.
Through its Walter Reiners-Stiftung (Foundation), the VDMA is actively involved in promoting young engineers. Each year, the foundation awards prizes for the best dissertation, diploma or master's thesis and creativity prizes for clever bachelor's and semester theses. Through financial support for university excursions to VDMA member companies and to ITMA trade fair, it also provides students with regular insights into textile industry practices.
