Prizes and awards

• Innovation Award of the SAMPE (Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering) 2020
  Till Tetzlaff (Clausthal University of Technology)
• Adolf Martens Prize of the Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing (BAM) 2020
  Junior Professor Nina Gunkelmann (Clausthal-Göttingen Simulation Science Center and Institute of Engineering 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
• Innovation Award Industrievereinigung Verstärkte Kunststoffe (AVK) 2019
  Institute of Polymer Materials and Plastics Technology (Clausthal University of Technology) with Institute of Textile Machinery and High Performance Materials Technology (TU Dresden)
• Clausthal University of Technology Teaching Award 2018
  Constantin Weigel (Institute of Mining), Simon Schäfer (Institute of Mechanical Plant Engineering and Structural Durability), Verena Spielmann (Institute of Electrical Power Engineering and Energy Systems), Steven Reineke (Institute of Electrical Power Engineering and Energy Systems)
• Hanns Hofmann Prize 2018
  Junior Professor Gregor Wehinger (Institute of Chemical and Electrochemical Process Engineering)
• Friedrich Stromeyer Prize of the German Chemical Society (GDCh) 2018
  Axel Franke, Lecturer at Clausthal University of Technology
• Best Paper Award of Chemnitz University of Technology 2017
  Marvin Hecht (Institute of Welding and Cutting Processes)
• German Sustainability Award Research 2017
  Professor Michael Sievers (CUTEC Clausthaler Umwelttechnik Forschungszentrum), Professor Ulrich Kunz (Institute of Chemical and Electrochemical Process Engineering, Clausthal University of Technology), Professor Uwe Schröder and Professor Robert Kreuzig (both TU Braunschweig), Professor Harald Horn (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology) and Dr. Thorsten Hickmann (Eisenhuth Gmbh, Osterode)
• Teaching Award of Clausthal University of Technology 2017
  Graduate engineer Eugenia Barthelmie (Institute of Engineering Mechanics) and Dr. Sebastian Dahle (Institute of Energy Research and Physical Technologies)
• Innovation Award of the AVK Industrievereinigung Verstärkte Kunststoffe 2017
  Dipl.-Ing. Jonathan Serna Gonzalez (Institute for Polymer Materials and Plastics Technology)
• Entrepreneur Award of the Region 38 2017
  Dr. Stephan Röthele (Sympatec GmbH, spin-off of Clausthal University of Technology)
• Society of Mining Professors 2016
  Prof. Ludwig Wilke (Rector of Clausthal University of Technology, 1976 to 1978)
• AMA Innovation Award 2016 - Association for Sensors and Measurement
  Prof. Wolfgang Schade (Clausthal University of Technology/Fraunhofer Heinrich Hertz Institute) with team
• Tim Shaw Award of 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)
• Serge-von-Bubnoff Medal 2015 of the German Geological Society - Geological Association
  Dr. Hans Joachim Franzke (Institute of Geology and Palaeontology)
• EWM Award "Physics of Welding" 2015 - German Research Award in the field of welding technology
  Dipl.-Ing. Kai Treutler (Institute of Welding Technology and Cutting Processes)
• Natural Fibrenamics Award 2015
  Dr.-Ing. Ahmed Elsabbagh (Institute of Polymer Materials and Plastics Engineering)
• Wardell Armstrong Prize 2014
  Prof. Dr. Bernd Lehmann (Institute of 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 Process Engineering)
• TMS William Hume-Rothery Award 2014
  Professor Rainer Schmid-Fetzer (Institute of Metallurgy)
• Lower Saxony Science Award 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 Award
  Prof. Hossein Tudeshki and graduate engineer Heiko Hertel (Chair of Surface Mining and International Mining)
• German Raw Material Efficiency Award 2012
  Professor Eberhard Gock (Chair of Raw Material Processing and Recycling) and Professor Otto Carlowitz (Clausthal Institute of Environmental Technology)
• International Otto Schott Research Award 2012
  Professor Joachim Deubener (Institute for Non-Metallic Materials)
• Germany - Land of Ideas, 2012 prizewinner
  Professor Wolfgang Schade (Institute of Energy Research and Physical Technologies/Fraunhofer Project Group "Fiber Optic Sensor Systems")
• Multimedia University Teaching Award campusemerge for Didactics 2012
  Department "Plant Engineering and Material Flow Logistics" of the Institute of Mechanical Plant Engineering and Structural Durability
• Digital Factory Award 2011
  Graduate engineer Malte Niemeyer (Institute of Mechanical Plant Engineering and Structural Durability)
• Innovation Award 2011 of the Schaeffler FAG Foundation
  Dr.-Ing. Daniel Becker (Institute of Tribology and Energy Conversion Machines)
• Technology Transfer Award 2011 of the Braunschweig Chamber of Industry and Commerce
  Professor Otto Carlowitz (Clausthaler Umwelttechnik-Institut GmbH and Institute for Environmental Sciences) and Dr. Christian Schröder
• Sponsorship Award 2011 of the Rotary Club Goslar-Nordharz Foundation
  Graduate engineer Elisabeth Clausen (Institute of Mining)
• Germany - Land of Ideas, 2011 award winner
  Prof. Hossein Tudeshki (Institute of Mining)
• Sponsorship Award of the Lower Saxony Chamber of Engineers Foundation 2011
  Dr. Ansgar Emersleben (Institute of Geotechnics and Mine Surveying)
• Best Paper Award 2011 of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, category graduate students
  Dipl.-Ing. Gang Li (Institute of Electrical Information Technology)
• Hume-Rothery Prize 2010 of the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining (England)
  Prof. Rainer Schmid-Fetzer (Institute of Metallurgy)
• Innovation Prize 2010 of the Reinforced Plastics Industry Association (AVK)
  Institute of Polymer Materials and Plastics Technology
• President's Award 2010 of the International Commission on Glass (ICG)
  Prof. Günther Frischat (Institute of Non-Metallic Materials)
• Prize for Journalists and Writers 2010 of the German Chemical Society (GDCh)
  Prof. Georg Schwedt
• Appointment as honorary member of the German Glass Technology Society (DGG)
  Prof. Günther Frischat (Institute for Non-Metallic Materials)
• Bauma Innovation Award 2010, Research category
  Prof. Hossein Tudeshki (Institute of Mining)
• Feodor Lynen Research Fellowship of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation 2009
  Dr. Björn Braunschweig (Institute of Energy Research and Physical Technologies)
• Study Award 2009 of the German Technical and Scientific Association for Gas and Water (DVGW)
  M.Sc. Amjad Moussa
• Foundation Prize of the Lower Saxony Chamber of Engineers in the field of natural sciences 2009
  Dr.-Ing. Mathias Anhalt (Institute for Non-Metallic Materials)
• Magnesium Research Prize "TMS 2008 Magnesium - Fundamental Research Award"
  Prof. Rainer Schmid-Fetzer, Dr. Andreas Janz, Dr. Joachim Gröbner (Institute of Metallurgy)
• Helmuth Burckhardt Prize 2008
  Dipl.-Ing. Elisabeth Clausen (Institute of Mining)
• Special prize in the category Research of the Mining and Quarrying Employers' Liability Insurance Association 2008
  Prof. Hossein Tudeshki (Institute of Mining), M.Sc. Rainer Kerber
• Award of the scientific organization IARIA 2008
  Prof. Harald Richter (Institute of Computer Science)
• Tammann Commemorative Coin of the German Society for Materials Science (DGM) 2008:
  Prof. Rainer Schmid-Fetzer (Institute of Metallurgy)
• Magnesium Research Prize "TMS 2007 Magnesium - Fundamental Research Award"
  Prof. Rainer Schmid-Fetzer, Dr. Joachim Gröbner, Dipl.-Ing. Djordje Mirkovic, Dr. Andreas Janz, Dr. Artem Kozlov (Institute of Metallurgy)
• George Westinghouse Gold Medal 2007 (American Society of Mechanical Engineers)
  Prof. Roman Weber (Institute of Energy Process Engineering and Fuel Technology)
• Badge of Honor of the Association of German Engineers (VDI) 2007
  Prof. Uwe Bracht (Institute of Mechanical Plant Engineering and Structural Durability)
• Dresden Groundwater Research Prize 2007
  Dr. Carsten Hansen
• Technology Prize of the Braunschweig Chamber of Industry and Commerce 2006
  Prof. Günther Heinz Frischat, Prof. Gerhard Heide, Dr. Gundula Helsch, Dr. Marta Krzyzak (Institute of Non-Metallic Materials)

Honorary citizen of the TU Clausthal

Ameling, Dieter, Prof. Dr.-Ing.
Daniels, Will-Hubertus, Bergassessor, Dipl.-Ing.
Grethe, Ulrich, Dr.-Ing. E.h.
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.
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