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Dr.-Ing. Siegfried Werth Foundation

Promotion of scientific work in the field of non-contact metrology

Siegfried Werth, his widow, Mrs. C. H. Maria Werth, established the Dr.-Ing. Siegfried Werth Foundation in 1987, which was transformed into a charitable foundation with legal capacity in 1995.

 
Introduction

Foundation in memory of the pioneering developments and life's work of Dr.-Ing. Siegfried Werth

Dr.-Ing. Siegfried Werth founded an apparatus and mechanical engineering company in Düsseldorf in 1951, which manufactured measuring machines and measuring profile projectors. In 1958, the company moved to Giessen, where a new production facility was built. This formed the basis for today's Werth Messtechnik GmbH, which in this tradition is an international leader in the field of coordinate metrology with optics, probe, computed tomography and multi-sensor systems.

The purpose of the Dr.-Ing. Siegfried Werth Foundation is to promote and finance scientific work in the field of non-contact metrology. The foundation's purpose is fulfilled in particular by awarding prizes for scientific work by young scientists according to their first academic degree in the field of industrial metrology or related fields or by awarding research contracts, including doctoral projects, to talented young scientists.

The sole body of the Foundation is the Board of Trustees. It consists of four honorary trustees, from among whom the Chairman of the Board of Trustees is elected for a term of office of 5 years and who, together with one other member, represents the Foundation in all judicial and extrajudicial matters. The Foundation's registered office and address is Siemensstr. 19 in 35394 Giessen.

Introduction - Foundation in memory of the pioneering developments and life's work of Dr.-Ing. Siegfried Werth
 
Curriculum vitae

Metrology developer and entrepreneur

Dr.-Ing. Siegfried Werth founded an apparatus and mechanical engineering company, which later became Werth Messtechnik GmbH, and made the automation of optical measurements possible with the development of the first optical sensor for measuring projectors.

Curriculum vitae - Metrology developer and entrepreneur
1907

Born in Berlin

1926

Abitur in Berlin

1931

Mechanical engineering studies at the Technical University of Berlin

1931-1936

Assistant at the Technical University of Berlin, at the Institute for Machine Tools and Factory Operation

1937

Doctorate at the Technical University of Berlin

1936-1937

Production engineer at BMW in Eisenach

1937-1939

Operations assistant at Maschinenfabrik Augsburg-Nürnberg (MAN) in Nuremberg

1939-1941

Plant manager at the MAN plant in Augsburg and the engine plant in Hamburg

1941

Manual written for machine workers

1948

Self-employed engineer in Düsseldorf

1951

Foundation of Werth Apparate- und Maschinenbaufirma in Düsseldorf, design and manufacture of measuring machines for the wire industry

1951

Werth Panohol drawing die measuring system

1953

Profile projector development

1955

Werth Record – ergonomic profile projector with integrated beam path

1958

New company location in Giessen

1977

Werth Tastauge – first fiber optic sensor for measurement and profile projectors

1979

Change of name to Dr.-Ing. Siegfried Werth GmbH

1980

Werth Optimus CC – first CNC-controlled measuring projector

1982

Deceased in Giessen

 
Latest news

Dr.-Ing. Siegfried Werth Prize awarded

At the annual conference of the German Society for Applied Optics (DGaO) in Berlin, the Dr.-Ing. Siegfried Werth Foundation once again awarded a prize for scientific work in the field of non-contact metrology. The Werth Messtechnik team congratulates Dr. Marco Jagodzinski on his excellent dissertation at the Technical University of Berlin. Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dirk Oberschmidt (left in the image), Head of the Department of Micro and Fine Devices, took the opportunity to personally attend the award ceremony by Dr.-Ing. Bernd-Jochen Schniewind, Chairman of the Dr.-Ing.

Latest news - Dr.-Ing. Siegfried Werth Prize awarded
 
Awardees and sponsored projects

Outstanding scientific work in the field of non-contact metrology

In accordance with the purpose of the foundation, the following young scientists have been awarded prizes by the Dr.-Ing. Siegfried Werth Foundation or have received scholarships to support their scientific work:

Awardees and sponsored projects - Outstanding scientific work in the field of non-contact metrology
1988

Dipl.-Ing. Wolfgang Rauh, Fraunhofer IPA, Stuttgart

Dr.-Ing. Siegfried Werth Prize
"Integration of image processing in profile projectors"

1990

Dr.-Ing. habil. Reimar Lenz, TU Munich

Dr.-Ing. Siegfried Werth Prize
"Development of a high-resolution CCD camera with programmable resolution"

1991

Dr.-Ing. Thomas Sefker, University GHS Essen

Siegfried Werth Prize
"Generalized representation of the behaviour of isothermal free jets"

1994

Dr.-Ing. Christian Troll/Dipl.-Ing. Uwe Kipping, TU Chemnitz-Zwickau

Dr.-Ing. Siegfried Werth Prize
"Transformation measuring systems with evaluation of barcode structures for absolute displacement and angle measurement"

1996

Dr.-Ing. Edgar Reiner Fischer, TU Stuttgart

Dr.-Ing. Siegfried Werth Prize
"Double heterodyne interferometry for profile and distance measurement on optically rough surfaces"

1998

Dr.-Ing. Dipl.-Phys. Ralph Peter Knorpp, Fraunhofer Institute Stuttgart

Dr.-Ing. Siegfried Werth Prize
"Shape guidelines for reverse engineering extraction of edges and radius run-out lines from unstructured 3D measuring point sets"

2000

Dr.-Ing. Horst Konstantin Mischo, Fraunhofer Institute Aachen

Dr.-Ing. Siegfried Werth Prize
"The Virtual Interferometer – Model-based optimization"

2000

Professor Dr.-Ing. Thomas Luhmann, Odenburg University of Applied Sciences

Special prize
"Close-range photogrammetry"

2001

Dipl.-Ing. Simon Winkelbach, Technical University of Braunschweig

Dipl.-Ing. Marcus Jacob, Jena University of Applied Sciences

Oliver Gächter/Roger Caviezel, Technikum Buchs, Switzerland

Special prizes for the 50th anniversary of Werth Messtechnik GmbH

2003

Dr. Bodo Rosenhahn, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel

Dr.-Ing. Siegfried Werth Prize
"Pose Estimation Revisited"

2005

Dr.-Ing. Marcus Petz, Technical University of Braunschweig

Dr.Ing. Siegfried Werth Prize "Scanning reflectance photogrammetry for the measurement of reflective surfaces"

2006

Dr.-Ing. Jens Pannekamp, Fraunhofer IPA, Stuttgart

Dr.-Ing. Siegfried Werth Prize
"Adaptive methods for evaluating textured surfaces"

2008

Dipl.-Ing. Andreas Gläser, University of Applied Sciences Zwickau

- Doctoral scholarship -

2010

Dipl.-Phys.Daniel Weigel, Friedrich Schiller University Jena

Prize of the Dr.-Ing. Siegfried Werth Foundation for outstanding master's and diploma theses
"Increasing the resolution of optical scanning microscopes with the aid of an image-inverting interferometer"

2011

Dr. Marco Hornung, Friedrich Schiller University Jena

Prize of the Dr.-Ing. Siegfried Werth Foundation for outstanding dissertations
"Mosaic grating compressor for high energy femtosecond laser pulses"

2012

Florian Flad, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg

Prize for outstanding student research projects
"Validation of a measurement uncertainty simulation for X-ray computed tomography"

2012

Jan-Hinrich Eggers, Braunschweig University of Technology

Prize for outstanding diploma theses
"Development of the illumination optics of a microstrip projection unit"

2012

Ekaterina Pshenay-Severin, Friedrich Schiller University Jena

Prize for outstanding dissertations
"Design, realization and characterization of optical metamaterials with negative refractive index"

2012

Martin Peterek, RWTH Aachen University

Prize for outstanding diploma theses
"Mosaic grating compressor for high energy femtosecond laser pulses"

2012

Dr.-Ing. Philipp Krämer, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg

Prize for outstanding dissertations
"Simulation-based estimation of the accuracy of measurements with X-ray computed tomography"

2013

Ms. Johanna Witte

Prize for particularly good student research projects
"Concept for the measurement of deep blind hole diameters"

2013

Carl Alexander Schuler, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg

Prize for outstanding dissertations
"Extending the application limits of sensors for micro- and nanomeasurement technology through dynamic sensor tracking using nanometer-resolved electric near-field interaction"

2013

Jens Thomas, Friedrich Schiller University Jena

Prize for outstanding dissertations
"Mode control with ultra-short pulse written fiber Bragg gratings"

2014

Nicolai-Andre Brill, Fraunhofer IPT, Aachen

Prize for outstanding master's theses
"Development of a polarization-sensitive optical coherence tomography (OCT) system for real-time measurement of semi-transparent materials"

2014

Marcus Große, Friedrich Schiller University Jena

Prize for outstanding dissertations
"Investigations into correlation-based point allocation in stereophotogrammetric 3D object measurement using sequences of structured illumination"

2014

Julia Kroll, Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Engineering and Automation IPA, Stuttgart

Prize for outstanding dissertations
"Task-adapted, controlled surface extraction from 3D computed tomography data"

2014

Sebastian Pollmanns, Chair of Industrial Metrology and Quality Management Machine Tool Laboratory WZL at RWTH Aachen University

Prize for outstanding dissertations
"Determination of uncertainty contributions in medical computed tomography measurements for image-based navigated surgery"

2015

Michael Zürch, Friedrich Schiller University Jena

Prize for outstanding dissertations
"High-Resolution Extreme Ultraviolet Microscopy"

2015

Mario Salzinger, Deggendorf Institute of Technology

Prize for particularly good bachelor theses
"Investigation of filter properties during measurement with industrial computed tomography in comparison with tactile measurement systems"

2015

Lizhuo Chen, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg

Prize for outstanding dissertations
"Light Refractive Tomography for Noninvasive Ultrasound Measurements in Various Media

2015

Wito Hartmann, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg

Prize for outstanding dissertations
"Measurement and evaluation strategies for the model-based assessment of functional properties of microstructured surfaces"

2016

Ruedi Jung, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg

Prize for outstanding master's theses
"Investigations into the effect of various influencing parameters on dimensional computed tomography measurements"

2016

Angela Klein, Friedrich Schiller University Jena

Prize for outstanding dissertations
"Scanning Near-Field Optical Microscopy: From Single-Tip to Dual-Tip Operation"

2017

Anton Sigl, Deggendorf Institute of Technology

Prize for special feature bachelor theses
"Design and construction of a modular CT system for micro and sub-µ applications"

2017

Marc Fischer, Technical University of Braunschweig

Prize for outstanding dissertations
"Deflectometry in Transmission – A new measurement method for capturing the geometry of aspherical refractive optics"

2017

Arno Klenke, Friedrich Schiller University Jena

Prize for outstanding dissertations
"Performance scaling of laser amplifiers via coherent combination of ultrashort pulses"

2018

Stefan Heist, Friedrich Schiller University Jena

Prize for outstanding dissertations
"High-speed 3D shape measurement using aperiodic sinusoidal patterns"

2018

Robert Kuschmierz, Dresden University of Technology

Prize for outstanding dissertations
"Interferometric laser sensors for three-dimensional, in-situ shape measurement of rotating bodies"

2019

Sina Saravi, Friedrich Schiller University Jena

Prize for outstanding dissertations
"Photon-pair generation in photonic crystal waveguides

2019

Joscha Maier, German Cancer Research Center Heidelberg

Prize for outstanding dissertations
"Artifact Correction and Real-Time Scatter Estimation for X-Ray Computed Tomography in Industrial Metrology"

2019

Klaus Bergner, Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Optics and Precision Engineering IOF Jena

Prize for outstanding dissertations
"Time- and spatially resolved analysis of the interaction of intense ultrashort laser pulses with glasses"

2019

Henrik Sprankel, THM University of applied sciences

Prize for particularly good bachelor theses
"Investigation of influencing parameters on the length measurement error in coordinate measurement with X-ray computed tomography"

2020

Silvan Othmar Ammann and Gilson Orlando, Interstate University of Applied Sciences Buchs (NTB)

Prize for particularly good bachelor theses
"Pattern Illumination for Lightfield Camera"

2020

Maximilian Heck, Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Optics and Precision Engineering IOF Jena

Prize for outstanding dissertations
"Tailored light propagation by femtosecond pulse written long period fiber gratings"

2020

Martin Heusinger, Friedrich Schiller University Jena (Faculty of Physics and Astronomy)

Prize for outstanding dissertations
"Investigations into deterministic and stochastic scattered light in highly efficient binary diffraction gratings"

2020

Julian Wittmann, Deggendorf Institute of Technology

Prize for outstanding Master's thesis
"Determining a 3D model of the internal volume of shoes with the help of computer tomography data"

2021

Patrick Steidl, THM University of applied sciences

Award for particularly good bachelor theses
"Contributions to the development of an X-ray detector for coordinate measuring machines with X-ray computed tomography"

2021

Thomas Siefke, Friedrich Schiller University Jena

Prize for outstanding dissertations
"Development of wire grid polarizers for applications in the ultraviolet to vacuum ultraviolet spectral range"

2021

Roy Seitz, OST Eastern Switzerland University of Applied Sciences

Prize for outstanding Master's theses
"StereoVision: High-Speed Stream-Based Parallel Dense Disparity Map Calculation"

2022

Hannes Radner, Dresden University of Technology

Prize for outstanding dissertations
"Adaptive optical wavefront correction using the Fresnel guide star and a hybrid control loop implemented on a field-programmable system-on-chip"

2022

Dr. Andreas Stark, Friedrich Schiller University Jena

Prize for outstanding dissertation
"Development of wire grid polarizers for applications in the ultraviolet to vacuum ultraviolet spectral range"

2022

Jan-Henrik Woltersmann, RWTH Aachen University

Prize for particularly good bachelor theses
"Investigation of generative models for defect segmentation on fine blanked parts"

2023

Marco Roth, OST Eastern Switzerland University of Applied Sciences

Award for particularly good bachelor theses
"Full-Arch-Scanner: Method for measuring and modeling rows of teeth"

2023

Dr. Marco Jagodzinski, Technical University of Berlin

Prize for outstanding dissertation
"Optimization of the optical properties of diamond-cutting diffraction gratings with multiple degrees of freedom by minimizing the machine kinematics"

2023

Dr. Martin Landmann, Friedrich Schiller University Jena

Prize for outstanding dissertation
"Fast and accurate 3D shape measurement using pattern projection and stereo imaging in thermal infrared"

2023

Dr. Jiawei Sun, Dresden University of Technology

Prize for outstanding dissertation
"Learning-based Three-Dimensional Optical Cell Rotation Tomography and Quantitative Phase Imaging Using Multi-Core Fibers"

2023

Professor Dr.-Ing. Gabriel Herl, Deggendorf Institute of Technology

Prize for outstanding dissertation
"Multipositional X-ray tomography for the avoidance and reduction of image artifacts"

2023

Dr. Philip Trapp, German Cancer Research Center Heidelberg

Prize for outstanding dissertation
"Novel Methods for the Reduction of Systematic and Statistical Measurement Deviations and Spatial Resolution Optimization in X-Ray Computed Tomography"

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