Ms Susanne Linke was honored on Friday, June 21, 2024 at a ceremony in Baden-Baden for her master's thesis on 'Image-based granulometry using Vision Transformer - Investigation of Vision Transformer methods for image-based regression of the particle size distribution of fine aggregates', which she completed at the Institute of Building Materials. In her work, Ms. Linke investigated the question of how the granulometric properties of aggregates - i.e. sands and gravels used in the production of concrete - can be recorded fully automatically using digital, image-based methods instead of traditional manual methods such as sieving. The method presented by Ms. Linke uses images of aggregate on a conveyor belt and identifies selected property parameters of the aggregate based on the image data. Such technologies represent a central building block in the digitalization of the concrete construction industry and make a significant contribution to increasing the sustainability of this industrial sector.
The Schöck Construction Innovation Award Digital 2024 was presented for the second time and is awarded for master's theses that make an outstanding contribution to the digitalization of construction and, in particular, shed light on the interface between digitalization and construction.
