Prizes and awards

• 2026 Bavarian State
  Prize: Gerald Marleaux (Marleux BassGuitars) with Dr. Leif Steuernagel, Fabian Hartkopf, and Carrie Schulz (Institute for Polymer Materials and Plastics Technology) 
• Winner of the SPECTRA Challenge in the “Moonshot Track” category 2025
  Mehmet Arslan (Institute of Electrical and Information Technology)
• Georg Agricola Medal from the German Mineralogical Society 2025
  Prof. Daniel Goldmann (Institute of Geotechnology and Mineral Resources)
• EXIST Start-up Grant from the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWE) 2025
  Lucas Dehmel and Lukas Bartenstein (DIGIT Center for Digital Technologies)
• 2025 Teaching Award from Clausthal University of
  Technology Prof. Rüdiger Ehlers (Institute for Software and Systems Engineering)
• HealthHack Idea Competition of the Hannover-Braunschweig-Göttingen-Wolfsburg Metropolitan Region 2025
  Team AVAR: Dominik Schulz (Institute of Computer Science, Clausthal University of Technology) and Mona Bickel-Dabadghao (University of Lübeck)
• 38th IHK Technology Transfer Award of the Braunschweig Chamber of Industry and Commerce 2025
  Gerald Marleaux (Marleux BassGuitars) with Dr. Leif Steuernagel, Fabian Hartkopf, and Carrie Schulz (Institute for Polymer Materials and Plastics Technology)
• FAIR Data and Software Award Lower Saxony 2024 from the Lower Saxony Research Data Management Initiative (FDM-NDS)
  Jendrik Tröger and Prof. Stefan Hartmann (Clausthal University of Technology) with David Anton and Jun.-Prof. Henning Wessels (Braunschweig University of Technology)
• W.E.S. Turner Award from the International Commission on Glass (ICG) 2024
  Prof. Joachim Deubener (Institute for Non-metallic Materials)
• Emil Wiechert Medal from the German Geophysical Society (DGG) 2024
  Prof. Andreas Weller (Institute of Geophysics)
• Tim Shaw Award from the Society of Mining Professors (SOMP) 2023
  Angela Binder (Institute of Mining)
• Lower Saxony Science Award in the “Students” category 2023
  Vincent Hahn (Institute of Mechanical Engineering)
• Measurement Technology Award from the Working Group of University Professors for Measurement Technology (AHMT) 2023
  Dr. Marvin Schewe (Institute of Electrical and Information Technology)
• Innovation Award from Stadtwerke Wolfsburg 2023
  Project team “Book Suitcase Program” Students of the joint degree program in Digital Technologies at Clausthal University of Technology and Ostfalia University of Applied Sciences Wolfenbüttel
• Golden Core Recognition 2023 from the international professional association IEEE
  Prof. Andreas Reinhardt (Department of Computer Science)
• Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Center Award for Instrumentation and Scientific Applications 2022
  Prof. Heinz-Günter Brokmeier (Clausthal University of Technology)
• Arnold Eucken Prize from the VDI Society for Process Engineering and Chemical Engineering (GVC) 2022
  Prof. Gregor Wehinger (Institute for Chemical and Electrochemical Process Engineering)
• Award for the Best Presentation at the Thermodynamics Colloquium 2022
  Jana Zimmermann (Institute for Energy Process Engineering and Fuel Technology)
• Erwin Marx Prize in the Field of Electrical Engineering 2022
  Alexander Tillmanns (Clausthal Center for Materials Technology)
• Foundation Prize of the Lower Saxony Chamber of Engineers 2022
  Jendrik-Alexander Tröger (Institute for Technical Mechanics)
• DECHEMA Young University Teacher Award 2022
  Prof. Gregor Wehinger (Institute for Chemical and Electrochemical Process Engineering)
• Clausthal University of Technology Digital Teaching Award 2021
  Christian Marg, Reinhilde Beck, Oliver Müller (Clausthal University of Technology)
• Applied Photonics Award 2021
  Luise Hoffmann (Research Center for Energy Storage Technologies)
• 2021 Günter Fettweis Award from
  the Society of Mining Professors Prof. Oliver Langefeld (Institute of Mining)
• Erwin Marx Prize from VDE Braunschweig 2021
  Jacob Klink (Master’s in Energy Systems Engineering)
• Best Paper Award from the International Institute of Welding 2020
  Andreas Deinböck (Institute for Mechanical Plant Engineering and Structural Durability)
• Kamax Sponsored Awards 2020
  Dr. Farzad Foadian, Maraike Gräbner, and Philipp Moritz (Clausthal University of Technology)
• chemPLANT Competition 2020
  Team Microtein: Dominika Siwek, André Hebenbrock, Lydia Weseler, Hannes Stagge, and Deniz Cifci (Institute for Chemical and Electrochemical Process Engineering)
• KlarText Award from the Klaus Tschira Foundation 2020
  Dr. Benjamin Leiding (Institute for Software and Systems Engineering)
• SAMPE (Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering) Innovation Award 2020
  Till Tetzlaff (Clausthal University of Technology)
• 2020 Adolf Martens Prize from the Federal
  Institute for Materials Research and Testing (BAM) Assistant Professor Nina Gunkelmann (Clausthal-Göttingen Center for Simulation Science and Institute for Technical Mechanics)
• Rotary Foundation Sponsorship Award 2019
  Student Association Green Voltage Racing (GVR)
• Lower Saxony Innovation Award 2019, “Cooperation” category:
  Institute for Polymer Materials and Plastics Technology at Clausthal University of Technology, Clausthal Center for Materials Technology, and MID Solutions GmbH, Gittelde
• 2019 Innovation Award from the
  Association of Reinforced Plastics (AVK) Institute of Polymer Materials and Plastics Technology (Clausthal University of Technology) in collaboration with the Institute of Textile Machinery and High-Performance Textile Materials Technology (Dresden University of Technology)
• Clausthal University Teaching Award 2018
  Constantin Weigel (Institute of Mining), Simon Schäfer (Institute of Mechanical Plant Engineering and Structural Strength), Verena Spielmann (Institute of Electrical Energy Engineering and Energy Systems), Steven Reineke (Institute of Electrical Energy Engineering and Energy Systems)
• Hanns-Hofmann Prize 2018
  Assistant Professor Gregor Wehinger (Institute for Chemical and Electrochemical Process Engineering)
• 2018 Friedrich Stromeyer Prize from the
  German Chemical Society (GDCh) Axel Franke, Lecturer at Clausthal University of Technology
• Best Paper Award from Chemnitz University of Technology 2017
  Marvin Hecht (Institute for Welding Technology and Separative Manufacturing Processes)
• German Sustainability Award for Research 2017
  Professor Michael Sievers (CUTEC Clausthal Environmental Technology Research Center), Professor Ulrich Kunz (Institute for Chemical and Electrochemical Process Engineering, Clausthal University of Technology), Professor Uwe Schröder and Professor Robert Kreuzig (both Braunschweig University of Technology), Professor Harald Horn (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology), and Dr. Thorsten Hickmann (Eisenhuth GmbH, Osterode)
• Clausthal University of Technology Teaching Award 2017 Eugenia
  Barthelmie, Dipl.-Ing. (Institute of Technical Mechanics) and Dr. Sebastian Dahle (Institute of Energy Research and Physical Technologies)
• 2017 Innovation Award from the AVK (Association
  of Reinforced Plastics) Dipl.-Ing. Jonathan Serna Gonzalez (Institute of Polymer Materials and Plastics Technology)
• Region 38 Entrepreneur Award 2017
  Dr. Stephan Röthele (Sympatec GmbH, spin-off from Clausthal University of Technology)
• Society of Mining Professors 2016
  Prof. Ludwig Wilke (Rector of Clausthal University of Technology, 1976–1978)
• AMA Innovation Award 2016 – Association for Sensor and Measurement Technology
  Prof. Wolfgang Schade (Clausthal University of Technology/Fraunhofer Heinrich Hertz Institute) with team
• Tim Shaw Award from the Society of Mining Professors 2016
  Dr. Elisabeth Clausen (Institute of Mining)
• Werner-von-Siemens-Ring Foundation 2015
  Dr. Sven Meyer (Institute of Environmental Sciences)
• 2015 Serge von Bubnoff Medal from the German Geological Society – Geological Association
  Dr. Hans Joachim Franzke (Institute of Geology and Paleontology)
• EWM Award “Physics of Welding” 2015 – German Research Promotion Award in the Field of Welding Technology
  Dipl.-Ing. Kai Treutler (Institute for Welding Technology and Separative Manufacturing Processes)
• Natural Fibrenamics Award 2015
  Dr.-Ing. Ahmed Elsabbagh (Institute of Polymer Materials and Plastics Technology)
• Wardell Armstrong Prize 2014
  Prof. Dr. Bernd Lehmann (Institute for Final Repository Research)
• Sustainable Production Award 2014
  Professor Otto Carlowitz and Dr. Sven Meyer (Institute of Environmental Sciences)
• Hanns-Hofmann Prize 2014
  Professor Robert Güttel (Institute of Chemical Engineering)
• TMS William Hume-Rothery Award 2014
  Professor Rainer Schmid-Fetzer (Institute of Metallurgy)
• Lower Saxony Science Prize 2013 (Student Category)
  Joanna Hirschberg (HAWK/TU Clausthal)
• Bauma Innovation Award 2013
  Professor Hossein Tudeshki (Institute of Mining)
• Special Prize as part of the 2013 Work – Safety – Health
  Promotion Award Prof. Hossein Tudeshki and Heiko Hertel, M.Sc. (Chair of Open-Pit Mining and International Mining)
• German Raw Materials Efficiency Award 2012
  Professor Eberhard Gock (Chair of Raw Materials Processing and Recycling) and Professor Otto Carlowitz (Clausthal Institute of Environmental Technology)
• 2012 International Otto Schott
  Research Prize Professor Joachim Deubener (Institute for Non-metallic Materials)
• Germany – Land of Ideas, 2012 Award Winner
  Professor Wolfgang Schade (Institute for Energy Research and Physical Technologies/Fraunhofer Project Group "Fiber-Optic Sensor Systems")
• campusemerge Multimedia University Teaching Award for Didactics 2012
  Department of "Plant Design and Material Flow Logistics" at the Institute for Mechanical Plant Engineering and Structural Durability

Honorary citizen of the TU Clausthal

Ameling, Dieter, Prof. Dr.-Ing.
Daniels, Will-Hubertus, Bergassessor, Dipl.-Ing.
Grübmeyer, Werner, Ltd. Reg.-Schuldirektor a. D.
Jakob, Karl-Heinrich, Bergassessor a. D., Dipl.-Ing.
Kreysa, Gerhard, Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Dr.-Ing. E. h. Dr. tekn. h.c.
Lamut, Jakob, Prof. Dr.
Pfeiffer, Jörg, Dr.-Ing.
Schneider, Rolf, Ministerialdirigent a. D., Dr. med. h. c.

Honorary senators of the TU Clausthal

Kickartz, Peter, Dr. jur., former Chancellor and Vice President of Clausthal University of Technology
Müller, Georg, Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Dr. h. c., former Rector of Clausthal University of Technology

Honorary Doctors of the TU Clausthal

Bach, Friedrich-Wilhelm, Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Dr. h.c. Dr.-Ing. E.h.
Bauer, Carl-Otto, Dipl.-Ing. Dr.-Ing. E. h.
Bell, Thomas, Prof. Dr. Dr.-Ing. E. h.
Beuermann, Günter, Prof. Dr. rer. pol. h. c.
Brotzmann, Karl, Dr.-Ing. Dr.-Ing. E. h.
Bund, Karlheinz, Dr.-Ing. Dr.-Ing. Dr.rer. pol. Dr.-Ing. E. h.
Erasmus, Friedrich C., Bergassessor, Dr.-Ing. E. h.
Fischer, Hans Dr.-Ing. E. h.
Glatzel, Gerd, Bergwerksdirektor Bergassessor a. D., Dr.-Ing. E. h.
Gräfen, Hubert, Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Dr.-Ing. E. h.
Grethe, Ulrich, Dr.-Ing. E.h.
Großmann, Jürgen, Dr.-Ing.Ing. Dr.-Ing. E. h.
Haferkamp, Heinz, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dr.-Ing. E. h.
Kloos, Karl Heinz, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dr.-Ing. E. h. Dr. Sc. h. c.
Kopineck, Hermann-Josef, Prof. Dr .rer. nat. Dr.-Ing. E. h.
Kreysa, Gerhard, Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Dr.-Ing. E. h.
Kuenheimvon, Eberhard, Dipl.-Ing. Dr.-Ing. E. h.
Leidner, Gerd, Dipl.-Ing. Dr.-Ing. E. h.
Leuschner, Hans-Joachim, Mining Director (ret.), Dr.-Ing. Dr.-Ing. E. h.
Ne`eman, Yuval,Prof. Dr. rer. nat. h. c. Opitz, Reiner, Prof. Dr.-Ing. c.
Opitz, Reinhard, Dr.-Ing. E. h.
Röthele, Stephan, Dr.-Ing. E. h.
Saßmannshausen, Günther, Dipl.-Geol. Dr.-Ing. E. h.
Schaeffer, Helmut A., Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Dr. rer. nat. h. c.
Schmid, Detlef, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dr. rer. nat. E. h.
Schöpf, Hans-Joachim, Dr.-Ing. Dr. E. h.
Sinn, Hansjörg, Prof. Dr. Dr.-Ing. E. h.
Stähler, Kurt, Dipl.-Ing. Dr.-Ing. E. h.
Vogel, Werner, Prof. (em.) Dr. rer. nat. habil. Dr. rer. nat. h. c.
Wellmer, Friedrich-Wilhelm, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dr. rer. nat. h. c.
Xie, Heping, Prof. PhD Dr.-Ing. E. h., President of Sichuan University

Karl Schnabel Memorial Medal

Bürger, Robert, retired cantor
Gayer, Gertrud
Hase, Dietrich, Director of Studies, Dr.
Schirmer, Helmut, retired senior teacher
Schuster, Inge, Dipl.-Phil.
Schütze, Wolfgang, Dipl.-Ing.

Plate of Honor

Mauch, Horst
Scholkemper, Lothar
Steiner, Jochen
Czesla, Wolfgang