Prof. Dr. Ing. Reiner Anderl

• Born on June 24, 1955, in Ludwigshafen am Rhein
• 1974-1979 General Mechanical Engineering Studies at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)
• 1979-1984 Research Assistant at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)
• 1984 Doctorate at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)
• 1984-1985 Technical Director of the company LAL Spartherm (Plant engineering)
• 1984-1993 Senior Engineer at the Institute for Computer Applications in Planning and Design (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT))
• 1991 Habilitation (Computer Aided Design) at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)
• 1992 Appointment as Privatdozent (venia legendi)
• Since 1993 Professorship (C4) for Data Processing in Design at the Technical University of Darmstadt
• 1996-1999 Chairman of the Standards Committee "Technical Product Documentation" of DIN (German Institute for Standardization)
• 1999-2001 Dean of the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the Technical University of Darmstadt, from 2001 to 2003 Vice Dean of the Department of Mechanical Engineering
• 2001-2004 Spokesperson of the Collaborative Research Center 392 "Development of Environmentally Friendly Products"
• Since 1998 Member of the Board of Trustees of the Fraunhofer Institute for Computer Graphics Research (FhG-IGD), Darmstadt
• Since 2001 Member (Deputy Chairman) of the Supervisory Board of engineering methods AG (abbreviated: :em AG), Darmstadt
• Since 2003 Head of PACE Activities (Partners for the Advancement of Collaborative Engineering Education) at the Technical University of Darmstadt
• Since 2005 Adjunct Professor, Virginia Tech (USA)
• Since 2006 Visiting Professor, UNIMEP, Piracicaba, Brazil
• 2005-2010 Vice President of the Technical University of Darmstadt
• Since 7/2017 President of the Academy of Sciences and Literature, Mainz

Competencies:

• Virtual product development, computer-aided design, collaborative and distributed product development (collaborative engineering), information modeling with a focus on product data modeling, knowledge-based product development

Committee and Jury Memberships:

• Since 1993, Member of the Scientific Society for the Promotion of Innovative Product Development (Berlin Circle), now: WiGeP Scientific Society for Product Development
• Since 2006, Member of the Advisory Board of the Bergstraße Economic Development Corporation
• Since 2008, Member of the Academy of Sciences and Literature, Mainz
• Since 2009, Member of the German Academy of Science and Engineering (acatech), Berlin
• Since 2010, Member of the Board of Trustees of the Rhine-Neckar Metropolitan Region Future Association
• 2011–June 2017, Vice President of the Academy of Sciences and Literature, Mainz
• Since 2013 Chairman of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Platform Industry 4.0
• Since 2015 Member of the Advisory Board "Future of Work", IG Metall, Frankfurt
• Since 2015 Member of the Program Committee Communication/Navigation of the German Aerospace Center (DLR)
• Since 2015 Member of the University Council of the Vietnamese-German University (Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam)

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