Aron Negusse
Asfaha, an Eritrean
student of the Faculty's international, English-language Master's programme in
Water Resources Engineering and Management (WAREM), was awarded the
DAAD Prize for Outstanding Performances of Foreign Students. In addition to his
excellent academic achievements, he was also honoured for his social commitment at the University
of Stuttgart. The DAAD Prize is endowed with €1,000 and is awarded per university. The prize was
presented by Rector Prof. Ressel on 14 October as part of the central first semester student
welcome.
Mr. Asfaha wrote his master thesis entitled "Optimal Design of Pressure Measurement for
Stochastic Calibration of Water Distribution Hydraulic Models" at the Chair of Stochastic
Simulation and Safety Research for Hydrosystems of the Institute for Modelling Hydraulic and
Environmental Systems (IWS) of the Faculty under the guidance of Priv.-Doz Dr.-Ing. Sergey
Oladyshkin.