The study prize, which has been awarded since 2017, is a very important element in the work of the Freundeskreis Stuttgarter Statik e.V. and fits well into the series of existing prizes at the Faculty 2: Civil and Environmental Engineering. It is awarded to a graduate of the Master's programme in Civil Engineering at the University of Stuttgart with outstanding academic success and an excellent final thesis with scientific merit in the field of structural mechanics. The prizewinner is selected by the general meeting of the Freundeskreis.
The winner of the Study Prize 2020 of the "Freundeskreis Stuttgarter Statik" is Ms. Dorothee Sommer, M. Sc.
Ms. Sommer studied civil engineering at our faculty. She completed her Master's degree in April 2020 with distinction and wrote her master thesis entitled: "Formoptimierung für den Bewegungsentwurf flexibler Strukturen" (Shape optimization for the motion design of flexible structures) at the Institute for Structural Mechanics (IBB). The very challenging thesis deals with adaptive and changeable structures and the numerical design of their motions, a current research topic. The thesis is thus closely related to the Collaborative Research Center 1244, one of the faculty's major research projects. However, Ms. Sommer's truly outstanding academic achievements also deserve special mention.
The Freundeskreis Stuttgarter Statik e.V. (Friends of Structural Mechanics in Stuttgart) is the sponsoring and alumni association of the IBB. Members are former doctoral students of the institute, but also former students and Calgarians, i. e. participants in the DAAD exchange with the University of Calgary/CANADA. The aim is to promote research and teaching in the field of structural statics and structural dynamics as well as computer-oriented mechanics. For this purpose, the Freundeskreis organizes excursions and lectures from professional practice and supports theses or research stays abroad. A special concern is to emphasize and support the work of students, doctoral candidates or persons who have earned special merits in the field of structural statics or computer-oriented mechanics by awarding prizes.
