Dr. Jürgen and Irmgard Ulderup Foundation
| Dr. Jürgen and Irmgard Ulderup Foundation | |
|---|---|
| Purpose: | Promotion of scientific and technical training and further education for students of mechanical engineering, including the necessary foreign language skills; Promotion of environmental and landscape protection |
| Chair: | Board: Thomas Schulze (Chairman) |
| Consist: | since 1983 |
| Founder: | Irmgard and Jürgen Ulderup |
| Seat: | Administration: Schlesierstraße 13 a |
| Website: | ulderupstiftung.de |
The Dr. Jürgen and Irmgard Ulderup Foundation is a foundation for the promotion of education and training as well as environmental and landscape protection . After the Volkswagen Foundation, it is the second largest foundation in Lower Saxony .
history
The foundation , based in Diepholz , was founded in 1983 by the entrepreneur Jürgen Ulderup and his wife Irmgard (1922–2011), initially as the Dr. Jürgen Ulderup Foundation and merged with the Irmgard Ulderup Foundation under its current name in February 2009 .
The former Dr. Jürgen Ulderup Foundation was a minority shareholder in the Lemförder Metallwaren AG group of companies and Lemförder Metallwaren J. Ulderup AG & Co. with their domestic and foreign holdings, before these shares were taken over in 2003 by the ZF Friedrichshafen company and in return, the foundation was given a 6.2 percent stake in the larger company based in Friedrichshafen .
Dr. Jürgen Ulderup Prize
Every year in April, the foundation awards the Dr. Jürgen Ulderup Prize, endowed with a total of 35,500 euros .
Award winners
- 2017: Fifteen graduates from the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering at Leibniz Universität Hannover received the award in the Leibnizhaus in Hannover. The dean of the faculty, Jörg Wallaschek , explained the high number of award winners with their overall good performance throughout the course "[...] in a very short time". Other graduates also received the award, including those from the fields of nanotechnology , environmental robotics and wind energy .
Web links
- Thomas Schulze (Red.): The Dr. Jürgen and Irmgard Ulderup Foundation
- Dr. Jürgen Ulderup Prize on the website of the Leibniz University Hannover
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Dr. Jürgen and Irmgard Ulderup Foundation. Retrieved September 18, 2018 .
- ↑ a b c o.V. : Foundation honors the best engineers from Hanover , in: [[Neue Presse (Hanover) |]] from April 15, 2017, p. 21
- ↑ ( page no longer available , search in web archives )