Biographie

• 09.2016 : Member of Editorial Board of the Open Journal of Composite Materials
• 01.2015 - 05.2015 : Sabbatical at the Centre for Advanced Composite Materials (CACM) in Auckland, New Zealand
• 09.2014 : Honorary professorship at the Moscow State University for Design and Technology
• 09.2010 - 03.2011 : Sabbatical at the Centre for Advanced Composite Materials (CACM) in Auckland, New Zealand
• 08.2010 : Head of Institute for Plastic Technology Palatinate (Institut für Kunststofftechnik Westpfalz)
• 09.2006 - 03.2007 : Sabbatical at the Center for Composite Materials (CCM) at the University of Delaware, USA
• 04.1996 : Professor for polymers and composites at the University of Applied Sciences Kaiserslautern, Germany
• 01.1996 - 03.1996 : Divisional Director at company Freudenberg in Berlin, Germany
• 04.1995 - 04.1995 : Doctoral Degree
• 09.1990 - 12.1995 : Research Associate at the Institute for Composite Materials Ltd. (Institut für Verbundwerkstoffe GmbH), Kaiserslautern, Germany
• 03.1989 - 04.1989 : Research Assistant at the company Nobel Plast AG, Ljungby, Sweden
• 07.1988 - 01.1989 : Research Assistant at the Center for Composite Materials (CCM) in Newark, DE, USA
• 04.1986 - 05.1990 : Mechanical Engineering (Processing of Plastics) at the RWTH Aachen, Institute for Plastic Processing (IKV) finished with Master´s Degree
• 10.1983 - 03.1986 : Mechanical Engineering at the TU Braunschweig finished with Preliminary Diploma
• 08.1972 - 06.1981 : High School in Braunschweig finished with High School Diploma
• 07.1981 - 06.1983 : Volunteer in the German army

Lehrgebiete

• Kunststoffprüfung, Polymere Verbundwerkstoffe, Grundlagenfächer

Forschungsgebiete

Kunststoffprüfung, NDT, Compoundierung, Bauteilauslegung, thermische Leitfähigkeit

Tätigkeiten

• Studiengangsleitung:
  "Kunststoff-, Leder- und Textiltechnik, Bachelor"
  "Product Refinement, Master"
  "Refinement of Polymer and Composite Products, Master"
• Auslandsbeauftragter FB ALP
• Fachbereichsrat ALP
• Prüfungsausschuss ALP A FB ALP
• Senatsausschuss für Internationalisierung