Laudatio for Frau Professorin Temmen

Professor Dr.-Ing. Katrin Temmen receives the Weierstrass Award 2018 for the excellent evaluations of her lecture "Fundamentals of Electrical Engineering for Mechanical Engineering". She does this as a service course from our faculty for the faculty of mechanical engineering. She has been rated very highly by these students for years. Apparently she manages to get the mechanical engineering students excited and motivated about electrical engineering, which I hear is not a given. In particular, in the categories "The atmosphere between lecturer and students is positive", and "The lecturer responds appropriately to intermediate questions", and "The material is presented in an understandable and comprehensible way", she is graded by most students with an even Very Good. One student said: "You can tell how much value she places on clear explanations, and I really appreciate that. For me, this is the best course I've ever had!"

I do not want to leave unmentioned here that Professor Temmen is exemplarily committed to almost all events and measures that are carried out by the faculty for female students, even if the prize has another reason.

Laudatio for Frau Isabell Lehmann

Ms. Lehmann is awarded the Weierstrass Prize for her work, especially as a tutor in the "Signal Theory Tutorial", but also for her tutorial group supervision in "Mathematics for Chemists". "Signal Theory" has the reputation of being one of the hardest courses in the undergraduate ET program. However, the course is a very important fundamental lecture in electrical engineering and numerous courses build on it. The tutorial is a supplement to the exercises that also take place, where students are allowed to ask everything that is not clear even after the lecture and exercises. So you have to be very fit to be graded as good as Ms. Lehmann. Especially in the categories "interest in the learning success of the students", "motivation" of the tutor, "responding to questions of the students", "atmosphere between her and students" most of the grades were close to 1.0. Here is a quote that I think describes her more comprehensively than a number can: "Isabell is always in a good mood and perfectly prepared for the tutorial. She explains well and tries to present the sometimes very complex subject of signal theory in a simple way." Or: "She always responds to all questions and takes time for further questions even after the tutorial."