Robert Dürr awarded by the Otto von Guericke University for best Ph.D. thesis
Dr.-Ing. Robert Dürr, 32, was awarded by the Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg for the best Ph.D. thesis 2017 within the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology on November 23rd, 2017.
Robert Dürr studied Systems Engineering and Engineering Cybernetics at the Otto von Guericke University in Magdeburg and received his diploma in 2009. From 2011 on he was a member of the International Max Planck Research School Magdeburg for Advanced Methods in Process and Systems Engineering (IMPRS ProEng) where he was working on modeling, simulation and parameter estimation of population balance systems with applications in process and bioprocess engineering. In November 2016 he successfully received his Ph. D. degree.
Currently he is a postdoctoral researcher in the Bio- & Chemical Systems Technology, Reactor Engineering and Safety (CREaS) section at the Department of Chemical Engineering at Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (KU Leuven) in Belgium.
The Otto von Guericke University traditionally honours every year the best Ph. D. graduates of its nine departments.