Dr.-Ing. Jochen Stöbich, managing director of Stöbich Brandschutz GmbH and founder of the research award, intents to accelerate with this contest especially the applied research as a challange for the community of medium size businesses in the filed of optical technologies. He is confident, that light - as a tool for the cross section technology and important key to innovations in various parts of the economy - has an outstanding importance. Results of the research having a high potential for innovations for technical and natural science developments and which show a clear perspective for being implemented into new products or methods will be promoted.

The award is endowed with 15.000 Euro!
Results of the research having a high potential for innovations for technical and natural science developments and which show a clear perspective for being implemented into new products or methods will be promoted.

 

 

History of the laureates

2011 - Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Petrich

This year, Prof. Dr. Wolfang Petrich, leader of the working group biophotonics at the Institute for Physics of the University Heidelberg was awarded with the emperor Friedrich research award.

The award-winning fiber-based optical sensor on the base of the MIR spectroscopy via quantum cascade lasers is defined by the simple sensor principle, the simple production of the sensors and its miniaturiazation as well as its high sensitivity. The target of the examinations is the minimally invasive continuous observation of the concentration of glucose (blood sugar) of diabetics.
 

2009 - Alexander Bachmann, Kaveh Kashani-Shirazi, Markus-Christian Amann (Walter Schottky Institute of the TU München), Jia Chen, Andreas Hangauer and Rainer Strzoda (Siemens AG, Corporate Technology, Power & Sensor Systems, München)

The scientists developed the base for new compact gas sensors based on laser technology which have a wide range of application, do not need calibration and offer detection saftey by inherent auto-supervision. Therefore they got awarded with the "Emperor-Friedrich-Research-Award 2009".

 

2007 - Dr. Thomas Riedl (TU Brunswick/ Institute for High Frequency Technology)

The seven jury members coming from science and economy have nominated this year for the first time 4 papers for the research award. The applications were very differential and had a high scientific standard. Finally, the paper of the TU Brunswick with the subject "transparent OLED displays" has won because of its high innovation character and the high industrial importance.

 

2005 - Dr. Alexander Heisterkamp of the Laser centre in Hanover, Germany

Goslar. Yesterday, a young scientist received the "Emperor-Friedrich-Research-Award" at the great hall of the famous emperors palace in Goslar. The award is endowed with 15.000 Euro (the GZ newspaper already reported). The jury chooses the 33 year old Dr. Alexander Heisterkamp of the laser centre in Hanover, Germany for its development of the cutting laser microscope which will open new options e.g. in recancer research.

 

2003 - Dipl.- Ing. Thomas Kleine- Ostmann (TU Brunswick, Germany), Dipl.- Ing. Stafan Hoffmann and Prof. Dr. Martin Hofmann (both of the Ruhr University in Bochum, Germany)

With the grant of the Emperor Friedrich research award 2003 during the Innovation Forum Photonik the 13th may, a german research group has been honoured that delivered a significant milestone within the race for the utilisation of terhertz waves: scientists of the universities Brunswick and Bochum have developed a tetrahertz radiation source which is flexible, compact and economic and therefore enables the appliance of this novel light on a large scale.

 

2001 - Dr. Gerald Rafler, Dr. Frank Börner, Dr. Eckhard Bonatz and Dr. Rudolf Nastke of the Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Polymer Research in Golm, Germany

The scientists Dr. Gerald Rafler, Dr. Frank Börner, Dr. Eckhard Bonatz and Dr. Rudolf Nastke of the Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Polymer Research in Golm near Potsdam have been awarded with the emperor Friedrich research award 2001 for their paper "micro-enclosure against blaze and inflammation". They developed synthetic resin capsules that melt in case of fire and release an added flame retardant.

 

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