Award to honour students of civil engineering because of an excellent diploma thesis and successful and efficient studies as well as because of the interest of students and university specific issues. The award, worth 5000 Euros, has been delivered by Dr. Ernst Trapp (a TU Berlin alumni)  during the diploma ceremony of civil engineering students. The first awardee received 2000 Euros, the second and third awardee received 1500 Euros.

Dipl.-Ing. Peter Geisenhainer

The diploma thesis "Untersuchung der Druckausbreitung in geschlossenen mit einem Wasser-Luft-Gemsich gefüllten Fugen unter Verwendung von Trinkwasser und Meerwasser" was carried out at the Chair of Hydraulic Engineering, Technical University Berlin and at the Queens University in Belfast.

Mr Geisenhainer was supervised and examined by Dipl.-Ing. R. Marth and by Dr.Müller. The diploma thesis received the mark 1,0.

The award is offered by Dr.-Ing. Ernst Trapp.

The Jury consists of Mr. Dr. Trapp as well as three professors from the Department of Civil Engineering.