The prize for honorary alumni this year goes to Peter Mads Clausen, who graduated as an engineer from Sønderborg Technical College. Peter Mads Clausen has had great significance for SDU as a regionally rooted university, and through his association with Danfoss he has played a decisive role in the establishment of SDU Sønderborg and not least the Mads Clausen Institute.
And he is still concerned with securing the education of talented engineering students and is engaged in research and development activities that benefit us all in everyday life.