Daniel Rainer was awarded with the second place in the Dörrenberg StudienAWARD for his bachelor thesis entitled "Defect and microstructure characterization of a selectively laser-melted FeCoMo alloy", which he carried out at the Chair of Design of Steels under the supervision of Ronald Schnitzer.
This prize competition organized by Dörrenberg Edelstahl GmbH, which includes a total endowment of € 10,000, awards prizes to student research projects in technical fields with a focus on materials technology. Project or bachelor's theses, but not master's or diploma theses, can be submitted. After submission, the candidates were evaluated and preselected for the final round, in which they presented their work with lectures in Engelskirchen near Cologne. The jury was made up of renowned professors from the Ruhr Universität Bochum, the RWTH Aachen and the FH Wels, as well as a representative of Dörrenberg Edelstahl GmbH, and was pleased to award the second place to Daniel Rainer's work.
