The VDI Lower Rhine Regional Association has once again awarded the VDI University Prize this year. The prize recognises outstanding achievements by students in the engineering faculties of the three universities – Düsseldorf, Niederrhein and Rhein-Waal – and carries a cash prize of €500.
The following students from the Faculty of Technology and Bionics at Rhein-Waal University of Applied Sciences were delighted to receive the award: Phyllis Ndugire won in the ‘social engagement’ category for the STEM Summer School she had set up. Florian Roesner came out on top in the internal competition in the ‘Bachelor’s/Master’s Thesis’ category with his Master’s thesis on the topic “Tactile, baded octapod robot with leg ejection capability to survive rough terrain environments”, whilst Nivruth Nitin Gadamsetty impressed the judges in the ‘Project Work’ category with his project “Development of an electronic differential for an e-trike with articulated-frame steering”. The jury comprises professors from the three universities and members of the VDI.
