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Awards and prizes

In 2021, the ILK looks back on a successful year with many highlights again. Among others the awards for the work
and research at our institute reflect this fact.

AVK Innovation Award 2021: Convenient charging without cables through
a highly integrated and ultra-thin vehicle module

Numerous technical challenges have to be solved before
structurally integrated wireless charging systems for au-
tomotive applications are ready for the market. For exam-
ple, the increased space requirements of currently com-
mercially available charging modules prevent an efficient
integration into the vehicle. Researchers from ILK at TU
Dresden and Mercedes-Benz AG have tackled this prob-
lem. In close collaboration, an ultra-thin in-vehicle charg-
ing module was developed (see p. 59). With the design
of this receiver module, a decisive milestone was reached
in terms of the design, manufacture and especially the
application of function-integrated lightweight structures
in automotive applications, as well as cross-industry. For
this achievement, the work was awarded one of the pres-
tigious AVK Innovation Awards 2021. The AVK – Indus-
trievereinigung Verstärkte Kunststoffe e. V. and AVK-TV
GmbH awards the prestigious innovation prizes annually
to companies, research institutes and their partners. The AVK Innovation Award 2021 in the category Research and Science:
interdisciplinary development of the highly integrated in- f.l.t.r. Prof. Dr. Jens Ridzevski (AVK), Prof. Dr. Niels Modler (ILK),
ductive charging module for electric vehicles, which cov- Steve Zimmer (Mercedes-Benz AG),
ered both the mechanical and electrical aspects, was Reinhard Lux (AVK).
awarded in the Research and Science category. The ILK and Steve Zimmer for Mercedes-Benz AG took place
award ceremony honoring Prof. Dr. Niels Modler for the on November 23, 2021 in Frankfurt/Main.

WAK Award 2021: A diploma thesis at the ILK with a special focus on sus-
tainability in lightweight engineering

The Scientific Alliance of University Professors of Polymer
Technology (Wissenschaftlicher Arbeitskreis der Univer-
sitäts-Professoren der Kunststofftechnik, WAK) annually
awards the best final thesis and dissertations in the field
of polymer technology. This year, Dipl.-Ing. Levin Schil-
ling was honoured with the Oechsler Prize for a work
on methods and approaches for the development and
design of components made of plastics. The award cere-
mony took place on 04.11.2021 in Aachen.

In his diploma thesis “Integration of the LCA into the
development process of an engine intermediate case”
Levin Schilling extended the classical development pro-
cess to integrate the ecological product requirements.
By demonstrating the undeveloped potential of ecolog-
ical considerations early in the development phase of a
product, the work makes a significant contribution in the
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field of neutral lightweight engineering. Furthermore, it
The handover of the certificate to Dipl.-Ing. Levin Schilling (in the can serve as a basis for further research in the area of
middle) by the WAK member, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Volker Altstädt (right) sustainability-oriented development processes and thus
and the representative of the donor company: Oechsler AG, contribute to the general improvement of environmental
Dipl.-Ing. Matthias Weißkopf (left).
friendliness of products in the future.

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