{"id":50867,"date":"2023-11-30T15:00:48","date_gmt":"2023-11-30T15:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/content.technikum-wien.at\/?post_type=news&#038;p=50867"},"modified":"2025-09-08T09:26:40","modified_gmt":"2025-09-08T09:26:40","slug":"student-at-uas-technikum-wien-wins-girls-tech-up-role-model-award-2023","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/content.technikum-wien.at\/en\/news\/student-at-uas-technikum-wien-wins-girls-tech-up-role-model-award-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Student at UAS Technikum Wien wins Girls! TECH UP: Role Model Award 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div data-block=\"grid\" data-is-swiper=\"false\" data-columns=\"1\" data-bg-color=\"transparent\" data-vertical-alignment=\"start\" data-horizontal-alignment=\"start\" data-gap=\"s\" data-padding-top=\"2rem\" data-padding-bottom=\"2rem\" data-small-grid=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-ovl-grid\">\n<div data-block=\"grid-column\" class=\"wp-block-ovl-grid-column\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Girls! TECH UP-Role Model 2023 is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/h%C3%BCz%C3%BCme-erkaptan\/\">H\u00fcz\u00fcme Erkaptan<\/a>. The 21-year-old from Vienna works as a Project Engineer at Toyota Material Handling Austria and is studying part-time <a href=\"https:\/\/www.technikum-wien.at\/studiengaenge\/bachelor-internationales-wirtschaftsingenieurwesen\/\">International Industrial Engineering and Management at UAS Technikum Wien<\/a>. On November 16, 2023, she accepted the award at an exclusive evening event following the OVE Innovation Day in Vienna.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-ovl-heading\" data-accent=\"true\" data-tag=\"h2\" data-style-level=\"h4\">&#8220;Technology needs you!&#8221;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Numerous female role models from the fields of electrical engineering, information technology and the energy industry had responded to the call and conveyed their enthusiasm for technology and their enjoyment of the profession in short videos they had made themselves. For the first time, female HTL pupils and students of a technical subject were also able to apply. H\u00fcz\u00fcme Erkaptan ultimately won the online voting and the jury assessment. In her video, the 21-year-old guides viewers through her varied working day and makes a passionate appeal to young women: &#8220;Technology needs you! If you are motivated and interested, don&#8217;t hesitate!&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/mariella-m%C3%BCller-b12626207\/\">Mariella M\u00fcller<\/a>, Equality Manager at UAS Technikum Wien, was also on the jury. FHTW Rector <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/sylvia-geyer-912b7784\/\">Sylvia Geyer<\/a> was also present at the award ceremony.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-ovl-heading\" data-accent=\"true\" data-tag=\"h2\" data-style-level=\"h4\">Award ceremony at OVE Innovation Day in Vienna<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Role Model Award &#8211; a trophy from the 3D printer &#8211; was presented at an exclusive evening event at the OVE Innovation Day on November 16 in Vienna. OVE Fem Chairwoman and Girls! TECH UP initiator Michaela Leonhardt: &#8220;Female role models are a great motivation for young women on their way into technical professions. With the Role Model Award, we bring them to the fore every year. I am delighted that H\u00fcz\u00fcme Erkaptan has been chosen as a great role model for the third time.&#8221;<br>In 2021, the award went to Raphaela Bortoli, technical trainer at Siemens AG Austria, and in 2022 Nina Greilberger, electrical engineering apprentice at KNG K\u00e4rnten Netz GmbH, won the race.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The winning video can be found online at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.girlstechup.at\">http:\/\/www.girlstechup.at<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>In the picture (from left to right):<\/strong> H\u00fcz\u00fcme Erkaptan (Student at UAS Technikum Wien and Project Engineer Toyota Material Handling Austria) with Marion Mitsch (Managing Director of the Association of the Electrical and Electronics Industry). The award was presented at the exclusive evening event of the OVE Innovation Day in Vienna.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Fotocredit:<\/strong>&nbsp;OVE \/ Christian F\u00fcrthner<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-ovl-heading\" data-accent=\"true\" data-tag=\"h2\" data-style-level=\"h4\">Further links:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ove.at\/\">Austrian Association for Electrical Engineering (<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ove.at\">\u00d6sterreichischer Verband f\u00fcr Elektrotechnik <\/a>&#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ove.at\/\">OVE<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.girlstechup.at\/\">Girls! 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