Radiant success: Outstanding achievements honoured with the Ewald Vollmer Prize

In addition to the ceremonial farewell to our graduates and the award of the Friedrich Dessauer Foundation Prize, the Ewald Vollmer Prize was also awarded. This prestigious prize, donated by the Ewald Vollmer Foundation, could unfortunately not be presented personally by Roland Vollmer this year and was therefore presented by the Dean of the Electrical Engineering and Information Technology department, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Prof. Dr Steven Lambeck Steven Lambeck. The award recognises outstanding social services: benefits and special commitment during university studies.

The prize honours the life's work of honours the life's work of Ewald Vollmera visionary entrepreneur who was passionately committed to the technical training of young people for decades. He played a key role in shaping the development of the company eckard design / EDAG Engineering + Design AG in Fulda and leaves behind an impressive legacy with the foundation.

The Ewald Vollmer Prize is awarded annually to the best graduates from the departments of applied computer science and electrical engineering and information technology. Nominations for the award winners come from the respective Dean's Offices. The award comes with prize money totalling €500.00.

This year, we are delighted to honour the following graduates from our department:

• Alexander Menzel(Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, Bachelor's degree): Integration of a telecontrol system into a modular energy management system
   
• Jakob de Boeck(Engineering and Management, Bachelor's degree): Analysing methods and tools for digital factory planning
   
• Leon Farchau(Embedded Systems, Master): Development of a system for analysing electromyographic signals to control a forearm prosthesis
   
• Philipp Jacobi(Engineering and Management, Master): Conception of a model to harmonise the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) with Automotive SPICE
   
• Patrick Rainer Stock(Energy and Automation Systems, Master): Contribution to the control of energy storage systems in the electric power grid - Implementation of a discrete-time power control to maintain grid connection parameters
   

We would like to congratulate the winners on this special honour and thank the Ewald Vollmer Foundation for its commitment to funding education and innovation.

May the Ewald Vollmer Prize continue to inspire young talent and keep the spirit of Ewald Vollmer alive in the training of future engineers.

Jakob de Boeck B.Eng , Alexander Menzel B.Eng and Dean Prof. Dr.-Ing.

Leon Farchau M.Eng, Philipp Jacobi M.Eng, Patrick Rainer Stock M.Eng and Dean Prof. Dr.-Ing. Steven Lambeck