“The selection of scholarship holders and award winners takes place on the basis of the topics and the scientific quality of the submitted bachelor Thesis. The curriculum vitae, personal interests and social commitment also play a role for the independent jury”, says Frank Klüsener from the Executive Board of the CLAAS Foundation.
The prizes were awarded personally by Helmut Claas:
Scholarships:
1st Prize: Patrick Lehr, University of Hohenheim. His bachelor thesis investigated the relationship between the cut and other processing techniques for vines, as well as biochemical changes in the plants.
2nd Prize: Levente Széles, Budapest University of Technology and Economics. His bachelor thesis explored methods of cultivating the Chinese water chestnut in Hungary and the development of a harvester prototype.
3rd Prize: Johannes Friedrich, Technical University of Munich. His bachelor thesis researched the possibilities of using radar and laser technology to control mobile feeding units in dairy cattle stables.
4th Prize: Malte von Bloh, also from the Technical University of Munich. His bachelor thesis examined a variety of camera and sensor measurement equipment, among others to determine the nitrogen content in the early development stages of cereal crops.
Further prices:
Besides the one-year scholarships, four bonus prizes worth €1,500 each and several International students prizes worth a total of 31,500 euros were awarded. In addition, two students from the Hochschule Weihenstephan-Triesdorf each received a scholarship for the course "international MBA Agricultural management".
Two students from Weihenstephan-Triesdorf University of Applied Sciences were the first recipients of a scholarship, with which they hope to earn an international MBA in agricultural management.
