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Rudolf Chaudoire Prize awarded

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Vier Personen in Anzügen, darunter Rektor Prof. Manfred Bayer, Dr. Gert Fischer, Vorstandsmitglied der Rudolf Chaudoire-Stiftung, Preisträgerin Dr. Monika Kipp und Prorektorin Forschung Prof. Nele McElvany. © Oliver Schaper​​/​​TU Dortmund
Kamen zur Verleihung des Rudolf Chaudoire-Preises zusammen (v.l.n.r.): Rektor Prof. Manfred Bayer, Dr. Gert Fischer, Vorstandsmitglied der Rudolf Chaudoire-Stiftung, Preisträgerin Dr. Monika Kipp und Prorektorin Forschung Prof. Nele McElvany.
Dr. Monika Kipp from the Department of Mechanical Engineering has received the Rudolf Chaudoire Prize 2024 in recognition of her outstanding research. TU Dortmund University honored her at an award ceremony on 27 November. She will use the prize money of 5,000 euros to finance research stays in Sweden.

Dr. Monika Kipp has been an Academic Councillor at the Institute of Machining Technology in the Department of Mechanical Engineering since July 2023. She previously studied at TU Dortmund University and completed her doctorate with distinction. She was awarded the Rudolf Chaudoire Prize for her research work on surface finishing with diamond grinding tools. The aim of such a grinding process is to produce a homogeneous surface with the lowest possible roughness and without micro-defects. To achieve this, the grinding tools must first be prepared accordingly in the dressing process. This means that, in addition to the profile of the grinding tool, the grinding wheel's topography must also be adjusted. Dr. Kipp is therefore analyzing how the grinding tools must be designed in order to achieve the desired properties of the surfaces to be machined. She will use the prize money for a research stay at Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg, Sweden, to carry out further analyses on surface finishing with her colleagues there. She will also attend the 74th General Assembly of CIRP, the International Academy of Production Engineering, in Stockholm in August 2025.

Prize enables research stays abroad

Prof. Manfred Bayer, Rector of TU Dortmund University, and Dr. Gert Fischer, Member of the Board of the Rudolf Chaudoire Foundation, gave the welcoming speeches at the award ceremony. Prof. Nele McElvany, Vice-President Research at TU Dortmund University, introduced the award winners. As usual, a former award winner gave the keynote speech: Dr. Rolf Strietholt conducts research at the Institute for School Development Research on populism and political education of young people in times of crisis, among other things. He explained that political education is often discussed as a solution to the global rise of populism, but that it is currently in crisis itself, not least because of the consequences of the coronavirus measures: international studies show significant learning losses among pupils. In addition to political knowledge, young people's trust in political institutions has also fallen significantly since the pandemic and there is an increased willingness to protest illegally, which is worrying, said Dr. Strietholt in his lecture. He had used his prize money to finance a research stay at the University of Oslo in 2015. The Hbahneros provided the background music for the evening.

The Rudolf Chaudoire Foundation emerged from the legacy of Rudolf Chaudoire, an industrialist based in the Ruhr region who was passionate about promoting vocational training for young people. Since 1995, the foundation has regularly provided generous funds, the proceeds of which are used to award the Rudolf Chaudoire Prize for young researchers at TU Dortmund University every year. The prize is used to support a research project abroad. To date, 59 TU scientists have been honored.

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