Commemorating Professor Kurt Lange is the primary objective of this award, which is represented by the medal’s naming and organizational details. Above all, the Kurt-Lange Medal is of sentimental value. The awardee is presented with a certificate displaying and honoring his achievement and a medal made of silver, financed by the AGU members.
Details of the award
In 2012, the German Metal Forming Association (AGU)
awarded the Kurt-Lange Medal for the first time in remembrance of the great nestor of
forming technology who died in 2009. The prize is awarded to persons who have carried out
essential investigations on forming technology fundamentals in Germany, thus having
significantly.extended the basic knowledge of forming technology. Therefore, the achievement
to be awarded is expected to be method-oriented with results being transferable to a broader
spectrum of products and processes. There are no limitations regarding age, origin, and
current occupation of the proposed candidates. This is also valid for the time having past
since the achievement was made. AGU members are not excluded from being awarded.
All
AGU members are entitled to submit a proposal, except for themselves. The proposal needs to
include a short description of the cadidate’s career and a description of the scientific
achievement to be honored, stating reasons why this candidate and his achievement
siginificantly differ from other possible candidates. Members of the selection committee are
asked not to hand in proposals. Proposals are to be addressed to the Chairman of the
selection committee (AGU Chairman, by virtue of his office). The AGU selection committee
will examine the proposals received and propose a cadidate to the members to be put to the
vote.
Laureats:
2023 Prof. Hartmut Hoffmann
2019 Prof. Manfred Geiger
2018 Prof. Reiner Kopp
2014 Prof. Oskar Pawelski
2013 Prof. Wolfgang Voelkner
2012 Prof. Karl Roll