CONFERENCE
Awards for the Best Master’s Degree Thesis were given to Virgīnija Liepiņa (UL), Dace Lauka (RTU), Laura Pastare (RTU), Maksims Gavrilovs (RTU), Mihails Lisicins (RTU) and Zane Zelča (RTU). Awards for the Best Doctoral Thesis were given to Mihails Ščepanskis (UL), Baiba Švalbe (UL), Justs Dimants (UL) and Dāvis Meike (RTU). They have developed waste recycling solutions for reducing environmental pollution, as well as offered alternative solutions for enhancing Latvia’s energy independence, and improving material and process efficiency.
To qualify for the award students have to have defended their master’s or doctoral thesis in the field related to Siemens business sector or compliant with the company’s vision, principles and values.
“This is a special year for Werner von Siemens Excellence Award. Siemens Latvia Branch celebrates its 20th anniversary, and the Excellence Award is granted to the most promising young scientists already for the 15th time. I am very happy this year that young people are aware of the economic and political topicalities, and focus on the energy issues: searching for production alternatives and ways to use energy more rationally,” says Maija Baumane, the manager of Siemens Latvia Branch.
Siemens organizes this competition every year to encourage students to explore issues essential for modern society, develop creative and innovative solutions, and set ambitious future goals.
 Doctorates, whose unique and practical solutions will make our life more comfortable one day, received Werner von Siemens Excellence Award on January 15.){kind=link}