2021

• Doctorate in Engineering with Outstanding Success - Our Best - Honouring for Outstanding Degrees of the University of Duisburg-Essen within the framework of the Dies academicus 2021: Dr.-Ing. Frederic Kracht
• IEEE ITSS Germany PhD Dissertation Award 1st Prize: Dr.-Ing. Tobias Rehder (Dissertation)

2020

• Innovation Award 2020 of the Sparkasse am Niederrhein for outstanding and application-related dissertations in the field of engineering: Dr.-Ing. Frederic Kracht
• Best graduate of the M.Sc. Mechanical Engineering programme in the 2019/20 survey period at the University of Duisburg-Essen: Maximilian Hohn

2019

• Sparkasse Duisburg Prize for Outstanding Dissertations 2019: Dario Düsterloh
• Sparkasse Duisburg Prize for Outstanding Academic Achievement 2019: Nele Harnack
• Best Research Paper Award - The International Federation for the Promotion of Mechanism and Machine Science at the 6th IFToMM international Symposium on Robotics and Mechatronics (ISRM 2019), Taiwan, Taipei: Roland Boumann and Tobias Bruckmann
• Dies academicuss 2019 - Master's degree in engineering with outstanding success: Roland Boumann
• Best graduate of the M.Sc. Mechanical Engineering programme in the 2018/19 survey period at the University of Duisburg-Essen: Roland Boumann

2018

• Dies academicus 2018 - Master's degree in engineering with outstanding success: Philipp Maximilian Sieberg
• Best graduate of the M.Sc. Mechanical Engineering programme in the 2017/18 survey period at the University of Duisburg-Essen: Philipp Maximilian Sieberg

2017

• Best Paper Award der LSMS2017 & ICSEE2017 - 2017 International Conference on Life System Modeling and Simulation & International Conference on Intelligent Computing for Sustainable Energy and Environment, 22.-24.09.2017, Nanjing, China: Niko Maas, Frédéric Etienne Kracht, Mira Schüller and Dieter Schramm
• Sparkasse Duisburg Prize for Outstanding Academic Achievement 2017: Janosch Luttmer
• Best Paper Award - The 7th AIC-ICMR on Sciences & Engineering - Annual International Conference 2017 Syiah Kuala University: Fauzi Othmann, Rudi Kurniawan and Dieter Schramm

2015

• Honorary doctorate University of Miskolc, Hungary 2015: Dieter Schramm
• Best Paper Award VDI Mechatroniktagung 2015: Christopher Reichert
• Thomas-Gessmann Prize 2015: Timo Hufnagel
• Siemens Energy Thesis Award 2015: Sebastian Hölzle
• Prize of the Sparkasse Duisburg for outstanding dissertation 2015: Jeannette Kerkhoff, née Heide
• Prize of the Sparkasse Duisburg for outstanding academic achievement 2015: Alina Stepken

2014

• Siemens Energy Thesis Award 2014: Sarah Tewiele, née Daleske
• Promotional Award Soroptimist Inernational 2014: Sarah Tewiele, née Daleske
• Innovation Award of the Sparkasse am Niederrhein 2014: Timo Hufnagel
• Best graduate of the M.Sc. Mechanical Engineering programme in the 2013/14 survey period at the University of Duisburg-Essen: Frédéric Etienne Kracht

2013

• Prize of the Sparkasse Duisburg for outstanding academic achievement 2013: Sarah Tewiele, née Daleske

2012​

• Sparkasse Duisburg Prize for Outstanding Dissertations 2012: Gregor Hiesgen
• Innovation Award of the Sparkasse am Niederrhein 2012: Gregor Hiesgen

2011

• Prize of the Sparkasse Duisburg for outstanding academic achievement 2011: Jan Maximilian Montenbruck
• Dies academicus 2011 - doctorate in engineering with outstanding success: Tobias Bruckmann
• Prize of the Sparkasse Duisburg for outstanding dissertations 2011: Tobias Bruckmann
• Scholarship holder of the German National Academic Foundation since 2011: Frédéric Etienne Kracht
• Helmut and Gerlinde Schwarz Prize 2011: Jan Maximilian Montenbruck
• IFToMM Honorary Membership, Guanojuato Mexico, 2011: Manfred Hiller

2010

• Business start-up competition "small business management" at the University of Duisburg-Essen - Award for the best business plan 2010: Gregor Hiesgen
• Signum Aureum Universitatis, Miskolc-Egyetemváros 2010: Dieter Schramm
• Dr. Jürgen and Irmgard Ulderup Scholarship 2010: Jan Maximilian Montenbruck

2009

• Scholarship holder of the German National Academic Foundation since 2009: Jan Maximilian Montenbruck
• Honorary Doctor of the University of Miskolc (H): Manfred Hiller

2008

• StartUp Duisburg - Existenzgründerpreis 2008, 1st place for the start-up idea "mercatronics": Thorsten Brandt, Jens Diepenbruck, Christian Heckhoff, Tobias Bruckmann, Lars Mikelsons, Christian Sturm

2005

• VDI Ruhrbezirksverein - Prize for the best intermediate diploma 2005 in the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Duisburg-Essen: Shen Wang

2004

• VDI Ruhrbezirksverein - Prize for the best intermediate diploma 2004 in the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Duisburg-Essen: Gregor Hiesgen

2003

• Honorary doctorate Dr. h.c. University of Cluj-Napoca, Romania 2003: Manfred Hiller

2001

• Mechatronics Innovation Award 2001 for outstanding doctorate: Peter Opgen-Rhein
• Best lecture of the conference Electronics in Motor Vehicles 2001: Marc Torlo

1999

• Mechatronics Innovation Award 1999 for outstanding doctorate: Martin Schneider

1995

• Fellowship Masuda Foundation, University of Kobe, Japan, 1995: Manfred Hiller

1994

• Annual Prize DUG 1994 for outstanding doctorate: Andrés Kecskeméthy
• Promotion Prize VDI 1994 for outstanding diploma thesis: Christian Schuster

1993

• VDI sponsorship award 1993 for outstanding diploma thesis: Wolfgang Risse

1991

• Chair Francqui Internationale, Université de Liège, Belgium 1991: Manfred Hiller

Announcements

• Innovation Awards Engineering Sciences 2021

• Grade of the thesis "very good" 
• Direct reference of the thesis to the subject area of engineering sciences
• Endorsement of the supervisor's statement

Application deadline
Until 28 February 2022 (for theses with a completion date of 1.1.2021 to 31.12.2021)
 
Application procedure
A letter of application, a copy of the thesis and a statement by the supervisor must be submitted.  The evaluation and selection will be made by an independent panel of experts appointed by the Förderverein Ingenieurwissenschaften Universität Duisburg-Essen. There is no right of appeal. The prize winners will be notified in writing.
Please send the application letter addressed to the Board of Directors of Sparkasse am Niederrhein by email to: veranstaltungen@sk-an.de 
For queries: 02841 / 206­8303

Please upload your thesis and the statement of the supervisor to the homepage of the Förderverein Ingenieurwissenschaften Universität DuisburgEssen:
www.foerderverein-iw.de/innovationspreise