| Prize | Student | Country | Thesis topic | Program |
2018 | | | | | |
| Festo prize | Qi Deng | China | Utilization of marketing strategy in charging stations to engage consumers and develop the brand recognition of battery electric vehicles | MBA |
| Festo prize | Sebastian Rayon Nixon Ravikumar | India | Modeling of an Ottoparticle Filter for use in the XiL Environment | ASM |
| Festo prize | Jorge Mario Patino Taborda | Colombia | Concept Development of a Trimmer System for a VE (Tabakverteileinheit) in terms of Cost Reduction and Format Flexibility | DDM |
| Bosch prize | Madhavan Gopalan | India | Development of the Continuous/Autonomous Testing Environment of Boot Loader Embedded Software for Automotive ECUs | ASM |
| City of Esslingen Award | Liliana Elizabeth Zarco Barragan | Mexico | Development and analysis of a strategy to ensure a sustainable implementation of shop floor management in Audi Neckarsulm | MBA |
2017 | | | | | |
| Festo prize | Aline Godi Guedes | Brazil | Standardization of Operative Project Planning and Control at the KION Group | MBA |
| Festo prize | Mariusz Francik | Poland | Supervising Controller for Dynamic Measurements of the Charge Air System | ASM |
| Festo prize | Samraj Benedict Samuel Paulraj | India | Modular Design of a 5/2-way Poppet Valve Insert and 3/2-way Poppet Valve Insert (2x3/2) in the Existing Housing Designed for Spool Valves and Parameter Verification | DDM |
| Bosch prize | Darko Maksimov | Macedonia | Model-Based Development of AUTOSAR-compliant Software for Predictive Energy Management in a Hybrid Electric Vehicle | ASM |
| ITK prize | Madhavan Gopalan | India | Development of the Continuous/Autonomous Testing Environment of Boot Loader Embedded Software for Automotive ECUs | |
2016 | | | | | |
| Festo prize | Mahmoud Banat | Lebanon | Standardization Concept of Production Lines within an International Production Network | MBA |
| Festo prize | Oliver Breuning | Germany | Realtime-Inertial Navigation System for an Outdoor Robot Using a Quaternion Based Error State Kalman Filter Fusion | ASM |
| Festo prize | Michael Holzner | Germany | Design of an Autoclave for Curing Carbon Composite Materials | DDM |
| Bosch prize | Sergo Gorgijanidze | Germany | The Creation of a Production and Business Concept for a new Costing Technology for Copper Alloys | MBA |
| ITK prize | Sadhananda Siddharth Sathyamurthy | India | Context-Aware Wireshark Plugin for Decoding and Analysing the Universal Measurement and Calibration Protocol Widely Used in Automotive ECU Development | ASM |
2015 | | | | | |
| Festo prize | Thi Mai Anh Kim | Vietnam | Vertical Market Approach Proposal for Thermotechnology’s Large Specified Systems Business | MBA |
| Festo prize | Karan Bargi | India | Development of Diesel Air System for Open and Closed Loop Application | ASM |
| Festo prize | Michael Marzinzik | Germany | Improvement of Lightweight Properties of a Bridge Tool | DDM |
| Bosch prize | Till Krau? | Germany | Investigation on the Application of Double-Shaft Unbalanced Drives | DDM |
| ETAS prize | Natarajan Naharajan | India | Hardware-in-the-Loop Demonstration for Gasoline Combustion Engine | ASM |
| City of Esslingen award | Arun Mohan | India | Concept for the Integration of a New Region into the Existing SM Network | MBA |
2014 | | | | | |
| Festo prize | Ganesh Swaminathan | India | Concept for Enhancement and Further Development of Order and Process Management Tool | MBA |
| Festo prize | Arun Radhakrishnan Nair | India | Rapid Prototyping Solution for Model Based Software Development with MATLAB/Simulink | ASM |
| Festo prize | Magesh Moorthy Ponnurangan | India | Modelling of Real-Time Capable Steering Systems for EPS Applications | DDM |
| Bosch prize | Ahmed Ismail Ibrahim Ismail | Egypt | Reliability of Sintered Silver Solder Joint in a Thermoelectric Module | DDM |
2013 | | | | | |
| Festo prize | Artem Ermolenko | Belarus | Proposal for an Optimized Governance Structure and Demand Management in Multi Project Environment | MBA |
| Festo prize | Kristina Braun | Germany | Development and Prototypical Implementation of a New Adaption Method for Hybrid Vehicles with the Focus on the Mixture | ASM |
| Festo prize | David Ruprecht | Germany | Design Procedure for Dimensioning of Mobile Fuel Cell Systems | DDM |
| Bosch prize | Udo Hartel | Germany | Parameter Identification of a Material Model for Concrete in Abaqus/Explicit | DDM |
2012 | | | | | |
| Festo prize | MooKyung Shin | Korea | Development of a Winning Strategy of Festo: Focused on Valves in Asian Market, Especially Automotive and Electronic Market Segment | MBA |
| Festo prize | Arun Sidalingappa | India | Development and Verification of a Test Pulse Method to Determine the Absolute Rotor Angle of a Permanent Magnet | ASM |
| Festo prize | Andreas Petker | Germany | Determination of the Fatigue Strength of Welded Sheet Metals at High Temperatures | DDM |
| Bosch prize | Joachim Friedl | Germany | Numerical and Experimental Investigation of the Tribo-Electrical Properties of Tin and Gold Surfaces | DDM |
| City of Esslingen award | Wei Huang | China | Business Plan for OPC Segment in Americas | MBA |
| Steinbeis Centre award | Elvira Perless | Germany | Boost Control for a Dual-Stage System in a Gasoline Multi-Mode Combustion Engine | ASM |
2011 | | | | | |
| Festo prize | Adrien Ignjatovic | France | Identification of Success Factors of The Business Model and Development of Growth Scenarios For SMC Corp. | MBA |
| Festo prize | Lei Dong | China | Microcontroller Programming wiht Matlab/Simulink Blocksets | ASM |
| Festo prize | Tobias Schumacher | Germany | Drive Concept for Portable Filler Mixer | DDM |
2010 | | | | | |
| VdE prize | Nikesh Vishak | India | Correction of Injection Quantity by Removal of Internal Feedback Loop to Avoid Drift in Emissions | ASM |
| MbTech prize | Loic Pinel | France | Development of a Teal-Time Capable Model for Combustion Engine | DDM |
2009 | | | | | |
| City of Esslingen award | Juanita Avila Urrea | Colombia | Propose New Ways in Which ATMO7 Can Optimize Its Processes In Order to Improve Its DB5 | MBA |
| VdE award | Prabu Shanmugam | India | Design and Implementation of a Supervisory Control and Data Aquisition System Software for High Availability Hybrid Test Rigs with Suitalble Visualization Data Analaysis and Reporting Capabilities | IA |
2008 | | | | | |
| Behr prize | Philippe Pinnau | France | Thermodynamic Design and Construction of New R1349 Evaporation Concepts | AE |
| Bosch prize | Eloi Piedallu | France | Development of a Simulation Model to Assist Aapplication of Boost Pressure Control for Gasoline Engine | AE |
| Bosch prize | Phuong Tran Dien Viet | Vietnam | Development and Evaluation of a Function-in-the-Loop System | IA |
| VdE prize | Rebecca Gutierrez Guerrero | Mexico | Implementation of a Driver Package for the Control of Test Hardware by using CAN | IA |
2007 | | | | | |
| VdE prize | Paola Lugo | Mexico | Analysis of a Modern Test System for the Automotive Field in Relation with Standard Hard Real-Time Capable Bus Systems | IA |
2006 | | | | | |
| Bosch prize | Ipek Sarac | Turkey | Setup of a Test System for the SW-Lab, Enabling Closed Loop Tests with Cylinder Pressure Signal Based Functionality in the EDC | IA |
2004 | | | | | |
| City of Esslingen award | Christian Antonio Egana Ponce | Chile | Vertical Integration For Manufacturing Organisations: Implementation Model and Business Analysis | MBA |
2003 | | | | | |
| City of Esslingen award | Jorge Cases Andreu | Spain | Computer Simulation of Vehicle Dynamics of the Mercedes CLK 2001 DTM Race Car | AE |
2002 | | | | | |
| City of Esslingen award | Juliane Hertweck | Germany | Simulation of a Model of Work Processes in The Field of Maintenance | MBA |
| City of Esslingen award | Susanne Becker | Germany | Branding and Naming in East Asia - The Challenge of Transformation | MBA |