On Thursday, 20 February, the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering at Paderborn University invites you to the award ceremony for the Zonta Science Prize 2024 and the inaugural lecture by Prof. Dr.-Ing. Balázs Magyar as part of the "Forum Maschinenbau" at 3.45 pm. All interested parties are cordially invited to the event in lecture theatre G. Please register in advance by 14 February on the "Forum Maschinenbau" event website.
Zonta Science Award
The Zonta Science Prize 2024 will be awarded to Dr.-Ing. Melanie Gr??er, who completed her doctorate in 2023 at the Paderborn Faculty of Mechanical Engineering under the supervision of Prof. Dr.-Ing. As a research assistant at the Chair of Particle Process Engineering, her research focussed on the numerical simulation of capillary bridges. She also led a project to develop and implement a didactic concept to promote students' learning and communication skills during the introductory phase of their studies. The prize, endowed with 1,500 euros, honours female doctoral candidates for their outstanding research achievements.
Inaugural lecture: Mechanical engineering and environmental protection
In his lecture "No sustainable product without design", Prof Dr Balázs Magyar examines the responsibility of mechanical engineers when it comes to environmental protection. In particular, the focus is on designers who, when developing new products, determine the carbon footprint as well as the water and energy consumption of these products over the entire product life cycle and put the results of other disciplines into practice. The presentation will show which specific options are available to the design department and which considerations need to be made in order to utilise them sensibly.
Magyar studied mechanical engineering at the Technical University of Budapest until 2007. In 2012, he completed his doctorate at the Technical University of Kaiserslautern, where he held a junior professorship from 2013 to 2018. In 2018, he moved to ZF Friedrichshafen AG as Head of Department. In the winter semester of 2022/23, he accepted the call to Paderborn University and took over as Head of the Chair of Design and Drive Technology (KAt). Magyar's current research work focuses on the design of conventional and additively manufactured electromechanical drive solutions at system, component and tribological level.
