Prof. Dr. Buxbaum played a major role in this for her, as he was not only able to allay her fears with his easy-going sayings, but his lectures also remained in her memory as grandiose and a basic lesson for life. The certainty that one can master the greatest challenges if one finds the right perspective, has a person who can explain it rationally and does not miss out on the laughter is an important insight from this time.
Of course, my student days were also marked by legendary evenings in the "Plum Tree" or in the "Night" in Mönchengladbach and canteen parties with unbeatable prices for long drinks. But also about "Motortalks" with fellow students, the Paternoster in Krefeld and the Streifenhörnchen-Saal in Mönchengladbach, study groups late into the night and the trembling in front of the glass box where grades were still posted back then. In addition, there were heated discussions about term papers and grading, and finally a "Robofight" as the thesis for the robotics lecture. What has remained, however, are above all the countless moments with the people with whom she shares these memories and with whom she still has contact today.
After graduating, Sarah Leßmann started out at BMW in Munich as a development engineer in the area of lightweight construction projects and then moved through various areas within the group, whether as a specialist for component strategies or as a product manager for the new 2018 8 Series. She realized her childhood dream in 2019 by moving to BMW M GmbH in the "division with the really sharp boxes" and is currently overseeing the development of what she describes as a "really spectacular vehicle." She cannot and must not reveal more about it, but you can see her enthusiasm when she raves about it. It is therefore not surprising that, when asked if and what she would study if she were to start again, she answers that she might have studied (automotive) design, but looking back and in the end everything turned out the way she wanted and imagined. In the end, she would probably do everything the same way again. And perhaps this is what went through her mind when she was standing in front of the university buildings at night during a visit to her old home not so long ago and remembered her student days.
