| Claudio Zambaldi was awarded the IMPRESS Prize for Young Researchers by the European Space Agency in recognition of the uniqueness of the material science and application research within the IMPRESS project. 2008 |
| Thomas Gronau passed his final exam of the Chamber of Industry and Commerce (IHK) in the qualified job "Materials Testing with focus on Metal Engineering" with very good result January 2008 |
| Prof. D. Raabe was elected in April 2008 as a member into the class for "Engineering and Economics" of the Nordrhine-Westfalian Academy of Sciences. 2008 |
| Thomas Gronau has been honored by Max-Planck-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Wissenschaften e.V. for his achieved performances during his education and training as "outstanding apprentice of the Max-Planck-Gesellschaft" in the qualified job "Materials Testing with focus on Metal Engineering" July 2008 |
