Martin Herrenknecht was appointed as an honorary senator of the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) this month. In the ceremony, Herrenknecht was presented the award by Eberhard Umbach and Horst Hippler of KIT for his past work on the development of tunnelling technology and general support of engineering.
“In his capacity as an engineer, Dr. Martin Herrenknecht has made a decisive contribution toward the development of tunnelling technology with his company playing a leading international role in this area,” said Hippler.
This was the Herrenknecht CEO’s second honour from KIT. He was awarded the 1st Karlsruhe Innovation Award for Construction Endeavours in 2002.
The KIT was founded in 2009 as an amalgamation of the University of Karlsruhe (TH) and the Karlsruhe Research Center. Dr. Martin Herrenknecht was the first person to be appointed as a senator since the union.
