Our awards
Bachelor’s, Master-‘s and Diploma theses
We are pleased to announce that Denise Schweser has been honored this year for her master’s thesis with the Wilfried-Ensinger-Award by the scientific working group of plastics technology (Wissenschaftlicher Arbeitskreis der Kunststofftechnik (WAK)). The master thesis was written under the supervision of Prof.Ruckdäschel. In her thesis, she investigated the influence of varying viscosity levels in dual-curing resin systems on the formation of Interpenetrating Networks (IPNs). The award ceremony took place in Frankfurt a.M., where the founder Klaus Ensinger presented the prize to Denise. She was accompanied by research assistant Florian Schönl, who co-supervised the Master’s thesis.
Congratulations to Denise Schweser on this well-deserved award.
Our student Janina Rebhan was awarded the REHAU Prize for Technology 2023 for her bachelor thesis on “Contribution to the investigation of the influence of chain modification of rPET/PBT blends on CO2 absorption and foamability”.
Congratulations to Janina Rebhan!
New INEOS Styrolution Award goes to University of Bayreuth student
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Volker Altstädt (left) and Dr. Norbert Nießner at the presentation of the award to Chunjing Zhao.
(© INEOS Styrolution)
FMs Chunjing Zhao, doctoral student at Polymer Materials, is winner of the INEOS Styrolution Award. Ms Zhao received the first-ever award from the world’s leading supplier of styrenic plastics for her master’s thesis on improving the thermal insulation properties of foamed plastics, entitled: “Influences of Supramolecular Additives on the Morphology and Properties of Extruded Polystyrene (XPS) Foams”.
Dr Norbert Nießner, Director Global R&D/Intellectual Property at INEOS Styrolution Group GmbH, justified the award by saying: “Ms Zhao’s work shows the construction industry a way to make the thermal insulation of buildings more effective and thus lead to energy savings. Her results may well make an important contribution to greater sustainability.”
INEOS Styrolution has been working closely with the University of Bayreuth and Neue Materialien Bayreuth GmbH in the field of styrene polymers for more than five years.
The award, which comes with prize money, was presented to the successful scientist by Dr. Norbert Nießner and Prof. Dr.-Ing. Volker Altstädt, who supervised the award-winning work, at INEOS Styrolution’s headquarters in Frankfurt a.M. on 12 December 2018.
FSK Innovation Award Foamed Plastics and Polyurethane 2016
M.Sc. Georg Tauer
Production of particle foams with variable skin thickness and their effects on mechanical properties
WAK Wilfried-Ensinger-Award 2015
M.Sc. Stefanie Bärwinkel
Foaming Janus-compatibilized PPE/SAN Blends with a Focus on their Electret Properties
Rehau-Award Technology 2013
Dipl.-Ing. Elena Kaiser
Design and commissioning of a fatigue test rig for the investigation of fibre-reinforced components
WAK Wilfried-Ensinger-Award 2013
M.Sc. Christin Kühr
Development and characterisation of a particle foam based on two semi-crystalline polymers
WAK Wilfried-Ensinger-Award 2012
M. Sc. Bianca Fischer
PBT integral skin foams – influence of material and process parameters on structural and mechanical properties
VDI (Association of German Engineers) junior scholar prize for polymer engineering 2012
M. Sc. Hannes Welz
D-LFT-PA66-GF: Correlation of fibre length with material fatigue
Rehau-Award 2011
M. Sc. Sabrina Kerling
Foaming of an immiscible blend system with combinations of blowing agents
VDI (Association of German Engineers) junior scholar prize for polymer engineering 2011
M. Sc. Katlen Frenzel
Investigation of the influences on fibre length and resulting properties during direct processing of LGF-PA66
Brose-Award 2008
Dipl.-Ing. Peter Gutmann
Foaming of a multiphase blend system
Oechsler-Award 2008
Dipl.-Ing. André Grübel
Improvement of the layer expansion of organically modified layer silicates in anhydride-curing epoxy resins
Wilfried-Ensinger-Award 2007
Dipl.-Ing. Julius Rausch
Rheological properties and foamability of miscible and immiscible polymer blends
Rehau-Award Technology 2006
Dipl.-Ing. Andreas Göldel
Structure-property relationships of ternary (PPE/PS)/SAN blends
Rehau-Award Technology 2005
Dipl.-Ing. Jens Ackermann
Long glass fibre reinforcement in the direct compounding process
SAMPE-Innovation-Award 2005
Dipl.-Ing. Uwe Beier
High-performance fibre composite plastics from sewn preforms
VDI-Award 2005
Dipl.-Ing. Margit Harsch
H
Haptics of elastic polymers for surface applications
Wilfried-Ensinger-Award 2004
Dipl.-Ing. Frank Fischer
Fatigue crack propagation behaviour of different polymer materials under different types of loading and under the influence of media
Rehau-Award Technology 2004
Dipl.-Ing. Bettina Alber
Alternative thermoplastically processable and PVC-free materials in medicine for the application area of tubing systems in infusion and dialysis
VDI-Award 2004
Dipl.-Ing. Holger Ruckdäschel
Process development for the production of thermoplastic, continuous fibre-reinforced composites by in-situ polymerisation
Doctoral thesis
WAK Wilfried-Ensinger-Award 2019
Dr.-Ing. Ronak Bahrami
Fracture Mechanics of Nanostructured Polymer Blends with Janus Particles
REHAU-Award Technology 2019
Dr.-Ing. Michaela Mörl
Increasing the toughness of isotactic polypropylene by controlling morphology using 1,3,5-benzene trisamides
REHAU-Award Technology 2017
Dr.-Ing. Manuel Kempf
High-performance fibre composites in wind turbine rotor blades
Wilfried-Ensinger-Award 2016
Dr.-Ing. Thomas Neumeyer
New, flame-retardant epoxy resin formulations as modern matrix systems for thermoset prepregs
Wilfried-Ensinger-Award 2009
Dr.-Ing. Holger Ruckdäschel
Micro- and Nanostructured Polymer Blends – Processing, Properties and Foaming Behaviour
Rehau-Award Technology 2008
Dr.-Ing. Dieter Langenfelder
Development of a new substrate material for electronic circuit boards based on a foamed high-temperature thermoplastic
Quadrant Award 2005
Dr. Jan K.W. Sandler
Structure-property-relationships of carbon nanotubes / nanofibres and their polymer composites
Other
FSK Innovation Award Foams 2013
Research & Development Category
Graphene as a Multifunctional Nanofiller for the Reduction of Thermal Conductivity of Extruded Polystyrene Foam
First Place, Research/Science Cetegory
Polymer Engineering, University of Bayreuth:
“Characterisation of damage mechanisms in continuous fibre reinforced thermoset composites by quantitative acoustic emission analysis”
Outstanding Paper Award 2012
Dipl.-Ing. Thomas Apeldorn
“High performance substrate based on a highly filled thermoplastic polymer”
erschienen in: Circuit World, Vol. 37, Issue 1, 2011
Business-Plan-Competition Phase I and II of Network North-Bavaria 2006
Dipl.-Phys. Dieter Langenfelder
Thermoplastic printed circuit board
Reimund-Stadler-Medal (GDCh) 2005
Dr. Jan K.W. Sandler
Work in the field of carbon nanotubes