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Jessberger-Medal

Once a year, the Friends' Association of the Chair of Soil Mechanics, Foundation Engineering and Environmental Geotechnics of the Ruhr-University Bochum awards the Jessberger Medal to outstanding theses and special scientific achievements at the Chair. It is awarded during the RuhrGeo-Day. It is named after the founding professor of the chair, Prof. Hans-Ludwig Jessberger.

Award winners of the past years
  • 2022 - Charlotte Herz
  • 2021 - David Peters
  • 2020 - Emely Thele
  • 2019 - Kirstin Ader & Maximilian Schoen
  • 2018 - Dennis Gorecki
  • 2017 - Florian Christ
  • 2016 - Christoph Schmüdderich
  • 2015 - Wolfgang Lieske
  • 2014 - Achim von Blumenthal & Raoul Hölter
  • 2013 - Marie-Therese van Keßel
  • 2012 - Imke Malik
  • 2011 - Thomas Barciaga
  • 2010 - Nina Müthing

Tom-Schanz-Award

Once a year, the Friends of the Chair of Soil Mechanics, Foundation Engineering and Environmental Geotechnics at Ruhr-Universität Bochum award the Tom Schanz Award to three outstanding Bachelor's theses. It is named after the chair's professor, Prof. Tom Schanz, who died in 2017. The plaques presented with the award show the idealised footprint of a dinosaur, thus commemorating Prof. Schanz's interdisciplinary and, for geotechnical engineering, quite unusual, yet extraordinarily exciting and challenging research in this field.

Award winners of the past years
  • 2021 / 2022 - Natascha Kallerhoff (1. Platz), Ricarda Sellinghoff (2. Platz), Paul Renfranz (3. Platz)
  • 2020 / 2021 - Felix Terbrüggen (1. Platz), Fabian John (2. Platz), Beyza Acur (3. Platz)
  • 2019 / 2020 - Charlotte Herz (1. Platz), Timon Schyma (2. Platz), Alina Amt (3. Platz)

RuhrGeo-Tag Young Talent Award

At the RuhrGeo-Tag, which is organised annually by the Geotechnical Engineering Chairs of Bergische Universität Wuppertal, TU Dortmund University, University of Duisburg-Essen and Ruhr-University Bochum, two bachelor graduates from each of the participating chairs have the opportunity to present their bachelor thesis in the form of a poster. The posters are supported by HUESKER Synthetik GmbH.

Award winners of the past years
  • 2020/2021 - Natascha Kallerhoff
  • 2019 - Charlotte Herz
  • 2018 - Anika Erkes & Alischa Hengelbrock
  • 2017 - Stefanie Roskosch
  • 2015 - Florian Christ
  • 2014 - Wolfgang Lieske