Editorial Board: Prof. Dr.-Ing habil. Gerd Witt
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University Duisburg-Essen Institut for Produkt Engineering (IPE) |
| Lotharstr. 1 | |
| 47057 Duisburg | |
| Fon +49-203-379-3360 | |
| Fax +49-203-379-1530 | |
| witt@uni-duisburg.de | |
| www.uni-duisburg.de/FB7/FG06/fach6.htm
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| 1975 - 1979 | Technical University Karl-Marx-Stadt , studying und promotion for 'Doktor-Ingenieur Maschinenbau' |
| 1982 - 1990 | Technical University Karl-Marx-Stadt, Graduate Research Assistant at the professorship for manufacturing process formation |
| 1990 | Technical University Chemnitz habilitation: Dr.-Ing. habil. |
| 1990 - 1991 | Member of the management at 'NILES Drehmaschinen GmbH' - manager for quality and business strategies |
| 1992 - 1994 | ABB Service GmbH Deutschland |
| 1994 - 1995 | Technical managing director and member of the management at 'NILES-SIMMONS Industrieanlagen GmbH' Chemnitz |
| 1995 - 1997 | Return to 'ABB Service GmbH' at request of ABB, responsibile for the Berlin branch |
| 1997 - 1998 | Production manager for on-site-installations for the pruduction of azote at 'Messer Griesheim GmbH' Krefeld |
| 1998 - today | Professur for Produkt Engineering und machine tools, University Duisburg-Essen |
| 1991 - 1994 | Federal Ministry for Resarch and Technology:: Member of the circle of experts for the evaluation of basic research tasks |
| 1993 - 1997 | Federal Ministry of Resarch and Technology: Member of the programm comitee 'Produktion 2000' |
| 1994 - 1997 | Institut for sociological research (ISF) Munich: Member of the expert circlel 'strategies for the future' |
| Since 1994 | Co-founder and until the end of 1996 chairman of the working group machine tools
Sachsen-Thüringen e. V.: (29 machine tool companies and 3 institute/universities belong to the working group) |
| Since 1999 | Member of the board of trustees 'Wilhelm Heinrich Steinhaus-Stiftung' |
| Since 1999 | Vice chairman of the 'VDI-Ruhrbezirksverein' |
| 2001 - 2003 | Member of the Senates of the 'Gerhard-Mercator-Universität' Duisburg, Germany |
| Since 2002 | Research consultant in the field of production-integrated environmental protection / production engineering at the Institute of Energy and Environmental Technology e.V. (IUTA) |
| Since 2002 | Member of the Scientific Advisory Council of the 'Verein zur Förderung der Energie- und Umwelttechnik e.V.' (VEU) |
| Since 2003 | Elected reviewer of the German Federation of Industrial Cooperative Research Associations "Otto von Guericke" (Arbeitsgemeinschaft industrieller Forschungsvereinigungen "Otto von Guericke" e.V., AiF) |
| Research areas | - rapid prototyping, optimization of the rapid prototyping prozesses - technology metal-laser-sintern of injection molding dies - simulation of manufacturing und mounting processes - occupational safety - restraint system for drivers of forklifts |

