Sunshine and the chime of the bell for the finale: The Department of Information Technology, Electrical Engineering and Mechatronics (IEM) at the Technische Hochschule Mittelhessen ( THM ) in Friedberg released its graduates into the world of work with a celebration and motivating words.

The now former graduates of the bachelor's degree courses in computer engineering, media informatics, electrical engineering as well as the master's degree in media informatics and the English-language master's degree in control, computer and communications engineering (CCCE) celebrated the completion of their studies accompanied by parents, relatives, girlfriends, friends and acquaintances. Overall, Prof. Dr. Karsten Leitis moderator around 140 guests, including theses supervisors from industry and company representatives from the sponsors OVAG AG and blue networks GmbH.

Friedberg's mayor Kjetil Dahlhaus congratulated with a greeting in which he emphasized the importance of the THM for Friedberg. Vice President and Chancellor Prof. Olaf Berger from the university management took part and enriched the evening with his speech addressed to the successful graduates, which was accompanied by the “Drei zu Null Walking Band”. The last keynote speaker was Dean Prof. Dr. Sergei Kovalev, who reminded that a degree is not a sure-fire success and that the academic degree must therefore be earned.

The management of the respective Degree Courses not only honored the best certificates of the year, but also gave each of the 98 graduates a short moment of individual appreciation on the stage, crowned by applause from the hall.

Julia Nöding, Sophia Meyer, Marc Rosenberger and Robin Prause received certificates for the best certificates in the Bachelor's degree programme in Media Informatics, while in the Master's degree programme of the same name they went to Sarah Wassmuth, Chiara Knipprath and Felix Wegener.

Marvin Waldecker, Leonard Hampe and Edmund Jochim received certificates for the best degrees in the bachelor's degree programme in electrical engineering, as did Tobias Roth, Luca Yannick Vissers and Robin Torgil Dietzel in technical computer science.

Of the graduates of the CCCE master's programme, Marcel Wagner, Karthick Muniyandi and Alexander Reusch were honored.

The highlight of the evening was the awarding of the Friedrich Dessauer Prize from the Association of Electrical Engineering, Electronics and Information Technology (VDE) for the best theses. VDE base manager Dr. Bernhard Schild first recalled the achievements of the engineer Dessauer as a pioneer in the field of X-ray technology and steel medicine, and then handed out certificates, prize money and trophies to Marcel Wagner, Sebastian Bräske and the second and third place winners Lukas Hirt and Tobias Roth.

Bräske then took the audience into the laboratory for building automation and the Internet of Things with a lecture on “Modeling plant growth with a 3D depth camera”. Wagner then addressed the international guests with a remarkable English-language excursus on the topic of “Design, Development & Empirical Evaluation of a Web-Based User Interface for Synchronized Generation and Interpretation of Domain Specific Models”.

In order to let all participants take part in a unique and therefore typical university ceremony on the Friedberg campus, a bell video was played after the certificates had been handed over: Prof. Leitis explained that the bell in the entrance area of ​​the university was made in 1981 by the Sinner Bell and Art Foundry Rinker was cast as a memorial bell for the former foundry laboratory. After passing the colloquium, each graduate is allowed to ring the bell once. To this day, their sound continues to ring solemnly through the hallways.