Academic Appointments

Full Professorship at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Chair in Measurement and Instrumentation, Kassel University, Germany (1980- 2004), now Professor Emeritus

Dean/Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering (1989 – 1992), long term Speaker of the Faculty Research committee

Founding / Managing Director of the Institute of Measurement and Automation, Kassel University (1987 -2004)

Honored Guest Professor at Tsinghua University Beijing, PR China,
Senior Researcher at The National Key Lab for Precision Measurement Technology and Instruments (since 2002 )

Related Activities

Chairman and Speaker of Numerous International and National Conferences

Author of about 140 Papers in Peer Reviewed Journals, Proceedings and Books

Peer Reviewer of International Journals and Societies (Measurement Science and Technology, Measurement, Applied Physics, Journal of Physics, Neural Computing, Optical Society of America, Optics Communications, Optical Engineering, Applied Optics, Optic Letters)

Invited Lecturer at Technical University Berlin, Ilmenau Technical University (both Germany), Osaka Institute of Technology (Japan) and Tsinghua University (China)

Doctoral and Diploma Theses:

21 Doctoral Theses and more than 70 Diploma Theses supervised /evaluated by me.

Research Projects:

20 Research Projects, external founded to the amount of (to days) 7 M€, acquired and performed successfully by me and my coworkers during years 1985 to 2005.

Industrial working experience and management

Head of Avionics Dept., Honeywell Germany, responsible for Research & Development in Charge of International Aircraft Programs, Flight Control Systems, Navigation, Earth Reconnaisance,  Supervisor of Technical Field Service (1976 – 1980) 

Expert Evaluator of the European Community (EU) in Measurement, Optics and Avionics (1999 – 2003)

Research Assistant at the Institute of Flight Guidance and Air Traffic, Technical University Berlin.(1966 – 1971). Doctoral Promotion (1970).
Postdoc: Team Leader 1971 -1976 , involved in Acquisition of Research Funds and Project Supervising, Cooperation with Industrial Partners 

Multi-honored Member of the German Association of Engineers (VDI)

Academic Education

Diploma in Physics (Dipl.-Ing.), 1965

Doctorial degree (Dr.-Ing.) in Mechanical Engineering, 1970,

Academic lecturer degree (Dr.-Ing. habil.), 1978.

All qualifications awarded by Technical University Berlin.