In the academic year 2023/24, the Faculty said farewell to 126 graduates and 19 new postdocs. In addition to the awarding of the teaching prize by the student council, the winners of research prizes were also honored at the ceremony.

Last Friday, the ceremony to bid farewell to this year's graduates of the Faculty of Transportation and Traffic Sciences took place.

The faculty's day was opened by the Dean, Prof. Regine Gerike. She congratulated the graduates on behalf of the faculty community on their achievements and pointed out the high level of social responsibility that the young academics will have in their future careers.

Transport and mobility will continue to gain in importance. The demand for sustainable transportation systems is increasing all the time - and with it the demand for well-trained experts, for designers who can develop, plan and build these systems. For people like you!

Prof. Regine Gerike, Dean of the Faculty of Transport and Traffic Sciences “Friedrich List”

Prof. Dr. Corinna Salander, Professor of Rail Vehicle Technology and Head of the Railways Department at the Federal Ministry for Digital and Transport (BMDV), then gave a keynote speech. In her speech on “Highlights of rail transport research”, she presented the Federal Rail Research Program of the Federal Ministry for Digital and Transport and the German Centre for Rail Transport Research (DZSF).

After bidding farewell to Prof. Christian Lippold, Prof. Ulrike Stopka and Prof. Gerd Stöwer and welcoming Prof. Duo Liu (Chair of Railway Track Engineering), the faculty honored the award winners of the past year. The prizewinners included:

  • Teaching award in the academic year 2023/24: Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Michael Möser und Dr. John Martinovic
  • „Best Paper Award“ der „18th International Conference on Problem Solving From Nature“: Prof. Dr. Kerschke und Lennart Schäpermeier
  • Tra Visions Award "Crossmodality": Maurice Krauth und Matthias Ribesmeier
  • Deutscher Mobilitätspreis "Publikumspreis": MoveOn
  • INFORMS-Preis in der Railway Applications Section (RAS) “Student Paper Competition” und “Problem Solving Competition”: Peiran Han
  • Johannes-Bröcker-Ehrenpreis 2024: Sebastian Dengel
  • Johann-Andreas-Schubert-Preis: Florian Gutzeit
  • „Clean Mobility Award“ des VDB: Blanca Roßberg
  • Ehrennadel der Technische Universität Dresden in den Bereichen Inklusion und Barrierefreiheit: Lisa Iden

This was followed by the farewell ceremony for the 19 new postdocs of the past year. Dipl.-Ing. Jonathan Gut then greeted the graduates before they were ceremoniously bid farewell with the presentation of their certificates.

The following degrees were awarded in the 2023/24 academic year:

  • 49 Diploma in Transport Engineering
  • 28 Master's in Railway Systems Engineering
  • 8 Master's in Electrical Transport Systems
  • 6 Master's in Aviation and Logistics
  • 12 Bachelor of Transport Economics
  • 14 Master Transportation Economics
  • 9 Master Transportation Economics

The ceremony was accompanied by music from the Big St. Benno Band of the St. Benno Gymnasium.

© Andrea Surma

The ceremony ended with a get-together in the foyer of lecture hall POT 81, where the graduates were able to toast their achievements.

The 18th ball of the Faculty of Transport and Traffic Sciences on Saturday at the German Hygiene Museum concluded the alumni events. With the ball, the Faculty's Alumni Association spätverkehr e.V. honors the graduates of the past year and invites alumni of the faculty, faculty members and partners to a festive evening.

The Faculty of Transport and Traffic Sciences congratulates all graduates, new postdocs and award winners on their degrees and honors. Keep us, the faculty, your alma mater, in good memory - and above all: let's stay in touch.

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Faculty Day

Every year, the “Faculty Day” recognizes and celebrates graduates, prizewinners and young academics from the Faculty who have completed their studies or graduation procedures or successfully participated in scientific competitions in the twelve months prior.