Awards
Research award of the Stiftung Südtiroler Sparkasse for Assoc.-Prof. Dr. Thomas Furtmüller, 2022
Assoc.-Prof. Dr. Thomas Furtmüller was awarded the research prize for his habilitation „Contributions to analytical, experimental and computational problems in mechanics with emphasis on structural dynamics“ by the University of Innsbruck on behalf of the Stiftung Südtiroler Sparkasse. More information can be found here (in German).
OGE Prize 2021/22 for Gregor Joas, 2022
Gregor Joas was awarded the OGE Prize 2021/22 of the Austrian Association for Earthquake Engineering (OGE) for his Master´s Thesis „Conceptual design and construction of a vibration damper for ropeway cabins“ supervised by Assoc.-Professor Furtmüller and Professor Adam.
OGE Prize 2021/22 for Thomas Wolf, 2022
Thomas Wolf was awarded the OGE Prize 2021/22 of the Austrian Association for Earthquake Engineering (OGE) for his Master´s Thesis „UMAT implementation of a hypoplastic constitutive law for numerical simulation of dynamic soil compaction“ supervised by Professor Adam and Dr. Paulmichl.
Award Ceremony of the Tiroler Wissenschaftsförderung (TWF) [Tyrolean Science Fund], 2022
During the award ceremony of the Tiroler Wissenschaftsförderung (TWF), Paul König received funding for his research project at the Unit of Applied Mechanics. More information can be found here (in German).
Thesis Award for Dr. Benjamin Hirzinger, 2021
Dr. Benjamin Hirzinger was awarded the Thesis Award for his dissertation „Contributions to modeling and reliability assessment strategies in railway bridge dynamics“ by the Research Area Scientifc Computing of the University of Innsbruck. More information can be found here (in German).
OGE Prize 2021/22 for Immo Lukas, 2021
Immo Lukas was awarded the OGE Prize 2021/22 of the Austrian Association for Earthquake Engineering (OGE) for his Master´s Thesis „Application of high-performance computing for the seismic collapse assessment of a planar steel frame structure“ supervised by Professor Adam and Konstantinos Tsalouchidis, MSc.
FCP Innovation Award for Dr. Nadia Gremer, 2020
Dr. Nadia Gremer was awarded the FCP Innovation Award 2020 in the field of sustainable engineering for her dissertation "A contribution to the assessment of the vertical seismic acceleration demand of regular steel frame structures". More information can be found here (in German).
Recognition Award for Dr. Ivan Paulmichl, 2020
Dr. Ivan Paulmichl was awarded a recognition prize for his dissertation "Numerical modeling approaches to the oscillation roller-subsoil interaction problem" by the jury that selects the best dissertations of the University of Innsbruck for the Award of Excellence. More information can be found here (in German).
Hypo-Tirol-Bank Dissertation Award 2020 for Dr. Ivan Paulmichl, 2020
Dr. Ivan Paulmichl was awarded the Hypo-Tirol-Bank Dissertation Award 2020 for his dissertation "Numerical modeling approaches to the oscillation roller-subsoil interaction problem". The planned award ceremony on September 17, 2020 had to be cancelled due to the spread of the Corona virus. More information can be found here (in German).
Award Ceremony of the Tiroler Wissenschaftsförderung (TWF) [Tyrolean Science Fund], 2020
During the award ceremony of the Tiroler Wissenschaftsförderung (TWF), Nadia Gremer and Benjamin Hirzinger received funding for their research projects at the Unit of Applied Mechanics. More information can be found here (in German).
Austrian Geotechnics Award 2019 for Raphael Heiniger, 2019
During the Austrian Geotechnical Conference, Raphael Heiniger was awarded the Austrian Geotechnics Award (2nd prize) for his Master’s Thesis supervised by the Unit of Applied Mechanics.
Best Student Paper Award 2016 for Dr. Lukas Moschen, 2016
At the Dies Adademicus on March 18 2016, Dr. Lukas Moschen, former PhD student and Research Associate at the Unit of Applied Mechanics, was awarded a Best Student Paper Award for outstanding achievements as junior researcher at the University of Innsbruck.
FCP Award for Sustainable Developments in Civil Engineering Dr. Patrick Salcher, 2016
On March 18 2016 Dr. Patrick Salcher, former PhD student and Research Associate at the Unit of Applied Mechanics, was awarded the prestigious FCP Award
VCE-Innovation Prize for Excellent Research in Civil Engineering, 2015
On May 21, 2015 Dr. Alexander Tributsch, former PhD student and Research Associate at the Unit of Applied Mechanics, was awarded the prestigious VCE Innovation Prize for Excellent Research in Structural Engineering for his dissertation „Structural health monitoring of civil structures based on vibration energy considerations“.
Austria Ground Engineering Prize, 2013
On the occasion of the "Austrian Conference on Geotechnics" on January 24, 2013 the "Austrian Ground Engineering Prize" was awarded to Bernhard Gruber.
Award of the Austrian Society of Engineers and Architects in Tyrol (ÖIAV), 2011
Patrick Salcher and Alexander Tributsch were awarded for their diploma theses.
Nomination for the Austrian National Award for Consulting, 2011
The collaborator of the Unit of Applied Mechanics, VCE Holding GmbH, was nominated for the Austrian National Award for Consulting for the project SEISMID, which was supported by the ZIT - the Technology Promotion Agency of the City of Vienna. The certificate was awarded on December 1st, 2011 in the Oktogon of the Bank Austria in Vienna.
FCP Innovation Prize for Lukas Moschen, 2011
On April 1st, 2011 Lukas Moschen was awarded with the FCP Innovatin Prize for his diploma thesis in the field of sustainable civil engineering.
Award for Alexander Tributsch, 2010
For outstanding academic achievements and an outstanding dissertation during the commemorative event Honour to graduate students 2010 of the Association of German Engineers (VDI - Verein Deutscher Ingenieure).
Best Practice Award, 2009
The project "Dynamic compaction of soils by the Rapid Impact Compactor" funded by the Austrian Research Promotion Agency (FFG) and conducted by a consortium consisting of the Unit of Applied Mechanics (University of Innsbruck), TERRA-Mix Bodenstabilisierungs GmbH and Geotechnik Adam ZT GmbH was honoured with the Best Practice Award in the field of "research facilities and competence centres" on November 16th, 2009 during the BRA.IN Day held in Linz (Austria).