Additional funding organisations and foundations
Faculty of Engineering and Computer Science
Department of Automotive and Aeronautical Engineering
Förderkreis Wagenbauschule e.V. (Wagenbauschule Sponsors Association)
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Contact information: Dipl. Ing. Axel Anders, Volkswagen AG (Chair); Prof. Dr. Christoph Großmann, HAW Hamburg (Treasurer)
The Förderkreis Wagenbauschule has the following goals:
- To support teaching with the HAW Hamburg Department of Automotive and Aeronautical Engineering
- To fund outstanding projects in teaching and research
- To promote information exchange between the department and industry
- To provide a discussion and information forum for former members
- To support the department's international networking and public relations work
- To award the Hans Bohnsack Prize
Fritz Kirchberg Foundation
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Contact information: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Ralf Ahrens (Chair)
The foundation supports gifted students studying automotive or aeronautical engineering within the HAW Hamburg Department of Automotive and Aeronautical Engineering.
www.fritz-kirchberg-stiftung.de/stiftung.php
Walter Blohm Foundation
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Contact information: Dr. Wolfgang Wohlers, Airbus Operations GmbH
Every year the foundation awards the Walter Blohm Prize to the top graduate from the HAW Hamburg Department of Automotive and Aeronautical Engineering.
Department of Mechanical Engineering and Production Management
Herbert Rehn Foundation
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Contact information: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dietmar Pähler, HAW Hamburg Department of Mechanical Engineering and Production Management
The Herbert Rehn Foundation supports students in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Production Management through the awarding of scholarships, financial contributions for student and academic activities, and subsidies for materials.
Freundeskreis Maschinenbau und Produktion Berliner Tor e.V. (Friends of Mechanical Engineering and Production Management at Berliner Tor)
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Contact information: Christian Gerlach (Chair), Dr.-Ing. Thomas Frischgesell (Deputy Chair)
The group promotes cooperation and the exchange of information between companies, professional chambers, professional associations, administrative bodies, schools, practising engineers, and students from the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Production Management. Each semester it awards the Werner Baensch Prize for the best Bachelor's thesis.
Franz Herbert Spitz Foundation
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Each semester, the Franz Herbert Spitz Foundation awards prizes for outstanding Master's theses.
Department of Information and Electrical Engineering
Förderverein Elektrotechnik und Informatik der HAW Hamburg e.V. (HAW Hamburg Association of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science)
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Contact information: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Florian Wenck, Department of Information and Electrical Engineering; Prof. Dr.-Ing. Franz Korf, Department of Computer Science
Creating networks with industry and business is not simply a task to be completed, but a process that needs to be cultivated and renewed on an ongoing basis. For many years, the Förderverein Elektrotechnik und Informatik has worked to realise this goal. The club's members include numerous companies and individuals, particularly from the Hamburg area.
Faculty of Business and Social Sciences
Department of Business
Freundeskreis Wirtschaft an der HAW e.V. (Friends of the HAW Hamburg Department of Business)
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Contact information: Prof. Dr. Stefan Tuschl
Unfortunately, no information about this funding organisation is currently available.
Department of Social Work
Freundeskreis Alumni-Soziale Arbeit der HAW e.V. (Friends of the HAW Hamburg Department of Social Work Alumni)
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Contact information: Dipl. Soz.päd. Ina Ratzlaff (Chair), Prof. Mary Schmoecker (Coordinator)
The group aims to promote networking between graduates and alumni, between graduates and the Department of Social Work and HAW Hamburg, and between graduates and organisations carrying out social work. It also provides support for the degree course, teaching, academic work, research, and training.
Faculty of Life Sciences
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Arbeitskreis Medizintechnik Hamburg e.V. (Hamburg Biomedical Engineering Working Group)
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Contact information: Dipl.-Ing. Frank Dzukowski, KME Klinik Medizintechnik Eppendorf GmbH (Chair, Tel.: 040-7410-52298); Prof. Dr. Bernd Kellner, HAW Hamburg (Deputy chair)
The group aims to maintain and cultivate contacts for employees working in biomedical technology and related areas. It supports the training of biomedical engineers in HAW Hamburg's Faculty of Life Sciences, the continued professional development of biomedical engineers, and the sharing and application of experience in the area of biomedical technology. The group is an association of graduates and instructors from HAW Hamburg's Biomedical Engineering degree course and biomedical engineering employees within northern Germany.
Arbeitskreises Rettungsingenieurwesen und Gefahrenabwehr Hamburg e.V. (Hamburg Rescue Engineering and Hazard Prevention Working Group)
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Contact information: Florian Hartart, Rescue Engineering alumnus (Chair); Prof. Dr. Boris Tolg, Professor of Computer Science and Mathematics (Deputy chair)
The group promotes the study of and research on rescue and hazard management, as well as providing student assistance. To this end, the group supports cooperation between the natural sciences, engineering and rescue engineering, as well as the development, application and teaching of hazard prevention. It also aims to promote a general understanding of this interdisciplinary field.
Department of Nutrition and Home Economics
Verein zur Förderung der Ökotrophologie an der Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften Hamburg e. V. (HAW Hamburg Association of Nutrition and Home Economics)
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Contact information: Prof. Dr. Christoph Wegmann (Chair, Christoph.Wegmann (at) haw-hamburg (dot) de )
The group promotes and maintains a network for students and alumni from HAW Hamburg's Department of Nutrition and Home Economics. We facilitate contacts between the department and companies, as well as offering up-to-date and practical events for our members and students.
Faculty of Design, Media and Information
Department of Design
Pentiment - Internationale Sommerakademie für Kunst und Design e.V. (Pentiment – International Summer Academy for Art and Design)
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Contact information: office (at) pentiment (dot) de
Since 1988, Pentiment has offered courses and supporting programmes in the area of art and design. We deliberately run our summer academy as a non-profit organisation. Our aim is to enable and promote artists' ongoing development and networking. In order to provide this service to everyone, Pentiment offers scholarships and free-of-charge assistance to talented students and artists.
Department of Media Technology
Department of Media Technology Alumni Network
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Contact information: https://www.xing.com/communities/groups/mt-alumni-1001996
The group provides graduates with the opportunity to maintain and cultivate contacts with other alumni and the university, enabling to draw on each other's experience.
Department of Information
Library and Information Management (BIM) and Media and Information (MUI) Alumni Network
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Contact information: Prof. Christine Gläser, BIM; Dr. M.A. Ralf Schmidt, MUI
We aim to build a bridge between science and practice as well as to facilitate contact between you and your former university, fellow students and professors in order to create a lively network.
