This year, Florian Müller is the recipient of the HIGHVOLT Prize, worth 1,000 euros, for the good Diplom thesis in the field of electrical engineering at the Zittau/Görlitz University of Applied Sciences.

Mr. Dipl.-Ing. (FH) Florian Müller completed his diploma thesis at the Chair of Electrical Power Systems on the topic “Implementation of Weather-Controlled Overhead Line Operation for a Selected 80°C-Rated 110-kV Overhead Line.” This thesis describes a method for transmitting more energy over existing transmission lines. For his outstanding performance, he was awarded the HIGHVOLT Prize on November 7, 2019, during the evening event for the “Upper Lusatia Energy Symposium & Zittau Energy Seminar” in the Bürgersaal of Zittau City Hall. Thomas Steiner, Technical Director at HIGHVOLT, delivered the laudatory speech and presented the award winner with a check and a certificate.

For many years now, HIGHVOLT has been supporting young talent in the field of electrical engineering, particularly in high-voltage technology, in Saxony. In addition to awarding the HIGHVOLT Prize, HIGHVOLT also offers internships to interested students and provides guidance for their final dissertations.

Jan Hartung – HIGHVOLT Apprentice Honored as State’s Top Performer in 2019

We are very pleased that our KIA student Jan Hartung was recognized by the Dresden Chamber of Industry and Commerce (IHK) as the top-scoring student in the “Electrical Systems Installer” apprenticeship program in 2019. Topping the 2019 exams in the “Electrical Systems Installer” apprenticeship program is a great achievement in itself. But Mr. Hartung has achieved even more. He was named the state’s top apprentice in 2019 in his trade and was honored for this on November 13, 2019. The state-wide awards ceremony took place at the State Museum of Archaeology in Chemnitz and is held annually by the three Saxon Chambers of Industry and Commerce (Dresden, Leipzig, and Chemnitz).

Mr. Hartung is currently continuing his studies in “electrical power systems.” We wish him good success as he works toward his degree in 2021.

Mr. Hartung is a KIA student at HIGHVOLT Prüftechnik Dresden GmbH (www.highvolt.de), which has been a long-standing KIA partner of the Zittau/Görlitz University of Applied Sciences.

In this context, HIGHVOLT was awarded the “Outstanding Training Company 2019” distinction by the Dresden Chamber of Industry and Commerce. This distinction is a great honor, but also a commitment and an incentive for all future trainees.