This year, 2 winners receive Fraunhofer LBF’s Ernst Gaßner Award

Fraunhofer LBF institute for structural durability and system reliability in Germany has selected two recipients for its 2020 Ernst Gaßner Award for outstanding achievements in automotive lightweight design.

The award, which honours exceptional contributions in the development of safety-relevant, reliable lightweight components was this year presented to Yung-Li Lee, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles N.V. (FCA) in Auburn Hills, MI-USA, and Bruno Seufert, Daimler AG in Sindelfingen, Germany. Yung-Li Lee received the Ernst Gaßner Award for his outstanding work in structural durability at Fiat Chrysler Automobiles N.V. (FCA). Lee is responsible for the development and implementation of advanced structural durability technologies for design, simulation and testing. He is also editor-in-chief of the International Journal of Materials and Manufacturing of the Society of Automotive Engineers SAE.

Since 1990, Bruno Seufert has been responsible for structural durability testing at Daimler AG. Since 1998, his focus has been on structural durability issues concerning chassis. Under his leadership, numerous extraordinarily sophisticated and successful vehicle innovations have been developed, including active components in the chassis and lightweight axles. As a recognised structural durability expert, Seufert actively supports the German Association for Materials Research and Testing DVM.

This award, instituted in 2002, is named for Fraunhofer LBF ‘s founder, Ernst Gaßner, and recognises significant work, both practical and theoretical, in the field of structural durability. The Ernst Gaßner Award is endowed and was awarded for the seventh time this year.

Due to the current coronavirus pandemic, the award ceremony took place this year digitally.