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Lukas Ortmann wins IFAC Industry Committee Doctoral Thesis Award

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26-08-2026
The award is handed out once every three years and honours the thesis with most significance of potential of business impact, likelihood of business impact to actually occur, novelty of the methods developed, and societal impact of the product/service involved.
Lukas Ortmann holds his award next to the IFAC world congress entrance

Read our story about Lukas' collaboration with AEW Energie AG
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