Promotion award for the efficiency of vibration dampers

Munich. In the fall of 2022, the Munich-based "Maurer Söhne Foundation" awarded its sponsorship prize for outstanding research work in the field of structural dynamics and structural mechanics to Andreas M. Riedl and Ludwig Siebert. Every year, the foundation honors outstanding scientific theses in the field of engineering dynamics.

The Maurer Söhne Foundation Prize of €2,000 was awarded in 2022 for two outstanding research papers.

Andreas M. Riedl received prize money of 1,000€ for his master's thesis "Numerical modeling and simulation of coupled TLD structural behavior under time-dependent loading". He compared the efficiency of pendulum dampers and tuned liquid dampers for the reduction of wind-induced high-rise accelerations and simulated a coupled CFD/FE model approach. Prof. Dr.-Ing. Kai-Uwe Bletzinger and Máté Péntek from the Technical University of Munich (TUM) supervised the work.

Ludwig Siebert received the same prize money for his master's thesis "Defect ana- lysis of μ-CT-scanned additively manufactured fatigue specimens using machine learning." He developed a method to detect internal damage of additively manufactured fatigue specimens based on computed tomography scans and using learning algorithms. Prof. Dr.-Ing. Martin Mensinger and Johannes Diller from TUM supervised the work. The award winners were determined on the recommendation of the study award committee of the Depart- ment Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE) of the TUM School of Engineering and Design. The awards were presented on October 28 at the CEE Department Day.

Universities have to rely on project research due to low budgets. Companies normally only conduct research in areas that are likely to lead to product development. Basic research, on the other hand, is completely open-ended and independent of economic benefit. Today, this basic research is neglected, which is why the Maurer Söhne Foundation supports this area.