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Honorary Membership of DECHEMA

Honorary Membership is the highest award of the DECHEMA. The Board of Directors can grant Honorary Membership to outstanding supporters of chemical Equipment manufacture, chemical engineering and biotechnology or ot the society itself.

Honorary membership was last awarded to

Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Gerhard Ertl, Berlin

 

and Honorary membership was last awarded to

Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Utz-Hellmuth Felcht, München

 

Honorary Members of DECHEMA

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DECHEMA Award of the Max Buchner Research Foundation

This prize is awarded for outstanding, published research in the fields of applied chemistry, process engineering, biotechnology and chemical apparatus. Preference is given to younger scientists whose work is fundamentally important and successfully combines theory with practical application.

The DECHEMA Award 2008 was conferred on November 28, 2008 on

Prof. Dr.rer.nat. Wolfgang Wiechert, Siegen

in recognition of his ground-breaking work on the modelling of metabolic processes that leads to a quantitatively and experimentally proven description of biological systems and their industrial use.

DECHEMA prize-winners since 1951

Guidelines for the DECHEMA Award (pdf-File)

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DECHEMA Student Awards

Die The DECHEMA student awards are granted anually to graduates in Technical Chemistry, Chemical Process Engineering and Biotechnology. Only graduates who distinguish themselves by completing their studies in a particular short time and achieving outstanding results are eligible. This award was established by the Board of DECHEMA in 1993 as a contribution towards increasing efficiency at German universities.

The awards include all expenses of the following: two year membership of DECHEMA, invitation to the award-winners' colloquium of the Max-Buchner-Forschungsstiftung with gala evening, invitation to two conferences organized by DECHEMA in Germany or abroad, including travel costs.

The 2008 award-winners are:

Technical Chemistry:

  • Katrin Becker, TU Darmstadt
  • Sandra Rabl, Universität Stuttgart

Chemical Process Engineering / Chemical Engineering:

  • Christoph Hertel, Max-Planck-Institut für Dynamik komplexer technischer Systeme, Magdeburg
  • Jan Christopher Kuschnerow, TU Braunschweig

Biotechnology:

  • Tina Kröber, Max-Planck-Institut für Dynamik komplexer technischer Systeme, Magdeburg
  • Alexander Kutter, Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg

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DECHEMA Polytechnic Awards

The DECHEMA Polytechnic Awards are presented anually for the best diploma theses in Technical Chemistry and Biotechnology at polytechnics and comprehensive universities.

The assessment criteria are: the conversion of basic engineering theory into industrial applications, experimental skill and the interpretation of results. The award is worth Euro 500. This Prize has been awarded since 1990; the decision lies with the Administrative Committee of the Foundation. Professors have the right to make recommendations.

The Prizewinners of 20058 are:

  • Benedikt Engels, Fachhochschule Aachen / Jülich
    Metabolic Engineering des isoprenoidstoffwechsels in Saccharomyces cerevisiae
  • Stefan Kunert, Fachhochschule Berlin
    Biochemische und Zellbiologische Charakterisierung von RanBP10 in der Thrombopoese
  • Beatrice Grieser* , Fachhochschule Isny
    Klonierung, Aufreinigung und Charakterisierung der Ketoacyl-Reduktase-Domäne der Fettsäure-Synthase
  • David Danner*,  Fachhochschule Isny
    Conductive Rods for Molecular Electronics
  • Eva Ott, Fachhochschule Mannheim
    Optimisation of eukaryotic screening assay cell lines
  • Maik Göhlich , Fachhochschule Dresden
    Untersuchungen zur Isomerisierung von langkettigen n-Paraffinen an mesoporösen alumosilicatischen Molekularsieben

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DECHEMA Medal

Die The DECHEMA-Medal is awarded for outstanding achievements in the field of chemical apparatus technology. It was established in 1951 to celebrate the 25th aniversary of the DECHMA.

The DECHEMA Medal was last awarded in October 2008 to:

Prof. Dr. Alfred Pühler, Bielefeld

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DECHEMA Plaque in Titanium

This plaque was first awarded during the 1999 DECHEMA Annual Meetings in Wiesbaden. It was initiated to honour outstanding commitment to the work of the research committees or to other DECHEMA activities and will be presented during the DECHEMA Annual Meetings.

In 2008 this distinction was conferred on:

Prof. Dr.rer.nat. Christian Wandrey, Jülich

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ACHEMA Plaque in Titanium

The ACHEMA Plaque in Titanium is awarded in recognition of distinguished services to ACHEMA and DECHEMA. The award was instituted to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of the ACHEMA in 1970 and first Conferres at the ACHEMA 1973.

On May 20, 2006 during the closing session of the ACHEMA in Frankfurt / Main  6th ACHEMASIA the ACHEMA Plaque in Titanium was awarded to

Dipl.-Betriebswirt Hans-Peter Ilgner, Frankfurt / Main

Dr. sc. techn. Arthur Ruf, Bronschhofen/Switzerland

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ACHEMA Television Prize

The ACHEMA Television Prize is awarded every three years to the author of a German TV documentary on a topic from the fields of chemical engineering, biotechnology or environmental protection. The selection criteria also include popular appeal and interesting presentation.

The ACHEMA Television Prize 2006 was awarded to

Jörg Moll

for his TV documentary "The never-ending fuel".

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Alwin Mittasch Prize

The Alwin Mittasch Prize  was founded by BASF as the Alwin Mittasch Medal in 1990. It is awarded for work in the field of catalysis, concerning either advances in basic research or successful application in industry. In 2006 it was awarded for the first time on an international level, now as the Alwin Mittasch Prize.

In 2006 the Medail was awarded to

Prof. Dr. Avelino Corma, Technical University of Valencia, Spain

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Willy Hager Medal

The Willy Hager Medal is awarded jointly by DECHEMA and the Water Chemistry Division ot the Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker (German Chemical Society) on behalf of the Willy Hager Foundation. The prize is awarded every three years to scientists who have made an outstanding theoretical und practical contribution to water and waste water treatment.

In 2007 the medal was awarded to

Prof. em.o. Dr.-Ing. Carl Franz Seyfried, Hannover

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Willy Hager Prize

The Willy Hager Prize was founded by the Willy Hager Foundation and is awarded every year jointly by DECHEMA and the Water Chemistry Division of the Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker (German Chemical Society). The Prize is awarded for outstanding work in the field of water and waste water treatment by young university scientists.

In 2006 this prize was conferred on:

Dr. Arne Genz, TU Berlin

Dr.-Ing. Thomas Wintgens, RWTH Aachen 

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Otto Roelen Medal

The Otto Roelen Medal is donated by Celanese AG. It is endowed with 5,000 Euro. The Otto Roelen Medal is awarded every two years to young scientists for outstanding scientific work in the field of homogeneous catalysis.

In 2005 the medal was conferred on

Prof. Dr. Kay Severin, Lausanne/CH

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Hochschullehrer -Nachwuchs-Preis

(Prize to promote up-and-coming teachers in higher education)

The Prize for up-and-coming teachers in higher education is presented annually to scientists whose lectures at the Lecture Meeting fo Up-and-Coming Teachers in Higher Education have been specially commended.

In 2008 this prize was awarded to

  • Prof. Dr. Irina Smirnova, TU Hamburg-Harburg
  • Dr.-Ing. Feelly Tumakaka, TU Dortmund
  • Dr.-Ing. Christian Walter, Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg

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