AWT awards and honors
- Adolf Martens Medal of the AWT for outstanding scientific achievements in the field of materials, process and production engineering
- AWT honorary pin for special merits of AWT members
- AWT Honorary Membership for very outstanding commitment by members and officers of the AWT
- AWT honorary chairmanship for outstanding commitment by former chairmen
- Paul-Riebensahm-Prize for the best young speaker at the HärtereiKongress. Prize money 2.000,- EUR
- Karl-Wilhelm-Burgdorf-Award (donated by the company Burgdorf GmbH & Co. KG for merits in putting scientific ideas into practice. Prize money 5,000 EUR
Prizes and honors
At the last AWT General Meeting 2022 on October 11, Cologne, after a two-year break due to the pandemic, honors were again bestowed on deserving AWT members.
For his commitment in many AWT committees, Dr. Herwig Altena was awarded the AWT pin of honor. Mr. Altena has served on many technical committees and was a long-time member of the AWT Scientific Advisory Board.
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Hans-Werner Zoch received a special award: For his extraordinary commitment to the AWT and the Leibniz Institute for Materials Oriented Technologies he was appointed honorary member of the AWT.
The Karl-Wilhelm-Burgdorf-Award worth 5,000 euros for merits in putting scientific findings into practice was awarded to Dipl.-Ing. Wolfram Schmid during the festive reception of the HärtereiKongress on October 12.
