AWT awards and honors

As part of the AWT General Meeting 2025, deserving AWT members were once again honored.

Dr.-Ing. Jörg Kleff and Dr.-Ing. Thomas Lübben were awarded the AWT badge of honor for their commitment to numerous AWT committees. The laudatory speech for Mr. Kleff was held by Dr. Matthias Steinbacher. He emphasized Mr. Kleff's extraordinary commitment to the AWT technical committees, project-related committees and the AWT board. The laudatory speech for Dr. Lübben was delivered by Gunther Schmitt. He praised his many years of voluntary commitment to the technical committee 15, the organization of conferences and research into dimensional and shape changes in manufacturing.

Dr. Winfried Gräfen received a very special award. He was awarded honorary membership for his extraordinary commitment to the AWT, his involvement in various technical committees, his work at the boarder and, last but not least, for his services as Chairman. The laudatory speech was held by Prof. Brigitte Clausen.

The Paul-Riebensahm Prizes for the best presentations by young scientists were also awarded during the congress. There were two winners this year: Gabriel Ebner from the Leibniz Institute for Materials Technology received the prize for the best young scientist presentation at the Heat Treatment Congress 2024, while Antonio Carlos de Figueiredo Silveira, also from the Leibniz Institute for Materials-Oriented Technologies, received the prize for his presentation at Steel Innovation 2025. The winners can look forward to prize money of 2,000 euros.