• Director of the Institute for Automotive Engineering (ika)
  • President of the VDI
  • Scientific Advisory Board of the Federal Ministry for Digital and Transport – BMDV
  • Scientific Director of the NRW Competence Network Automated and Connected Mobility
  • Speaker of the Profile Area Mobility and Transport Engineering at RWTH Aachen University
  • Overall coordinator of the BMBF-funded project UNICARagil

Academic education

2000 Doctoral degree in Mechanical Engineering, Stuttgart University
1995 Artur-Fischer-Award from Stuttgart University
1995 Mechanical Engineering at Stuttgart University, Dipl.-Ing. Automotive Engineering
1993 Scholar of the German National Academic Foundation
1969 born in Grünstadt, Germany

Professional career

01/2023 – today President of the VDI Association of German Engineers e.V.
06/2021 – today Appointment to the Scientific Advisory Board of the Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure
2010 – today Director of the Institute for Automotive Engineering ika
2005 – 2009 General Manager HMI and Human Factors, BMW AG
2003 – 2004 Project Director Integrated Safety, DaimlerChrysler AG
2001 – 2004 Manager Active Safety, Driver Assistance Systems, Mercedes-Benz Passenger Car Development, DaimlerChrysler AG
1999 – 2001 Vehicle Dynamics Test Engineer, Mercedes-Benz Passenger Car Development
1995 – 1999 Research Assistant, Vehicle Research Division of Daimler-Benz AG

Subcategories

Fahrzeugkonzepte & HMI

Vehicle Concepts & HMI

[Foto: Thomas Lennartz M.Sc.]

Thomas Lennartz M.Sc.
Head of Vehicle Concepts & HMI
+49 241 80-25687
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Matthis Hötter M.Sc.
Group Leader Vehicle Concepts & Mobility Systems
+49 241 80-23548
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Jonas Rohrbach M. Sc.
Group Leader Sustainability & Structural Safety
+49 241 80-26382
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Denis Kelm
+49 241 80-25703
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Matthias Korten M.Sc.
+49 241 80-25678
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Christopher Peters M.Sc.
+49 241 80-25686
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Johannes Prinz M. Sc.
+49 241 80-26536
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Gabriel Salewski B.A.
+49 241 80-23550
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Lukas Seibertz M.Sc.
+49 241 80-25701
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Lena Wirtz M. Sc.
+49 241 80-25664
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Fahrdynamik & Akustik

Vehicle Dynamics & Acoustics

[Foto: Dominik Werner M.Sc.]

Dominik Werner M.Sc.
Head of Vehicle Dynamics & Acoustics
+49 241 80-29383
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Benjamin Schäfer M.Sc.
Group Leader Tire Characteristics
+49 241 80-26531
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Carolin Schliephake M.Sc.
Group Leader Acoustics
+49 241 80-25660
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Gunnar Böttcher M.Sc.
+49 241 80-25705
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Elaheh Derakhti M. Sc.
+49 241 80-26712
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Sebastian Dohmen
+49 241 80-25647
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Kai Hergenröther
+49 241 80-25689
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Sungyoon Im M. Sc.
+49 241 80-25691
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Andreas Pley
+49 241 80-25710
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Lionel Brice Pouansi Majiade M.Sc.
+49 241 80-23895
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Saeed Shariatinia
+49 241 80-25700
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Mario Winter
+49 241 80-27537
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Ventseslav Yordanov M.Sc.
+49 241 80-23890
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Energie- und Antriebssysteme

Energy and Powertrain Systems

[Foto: Gordon Witham M.Sc.]

Gordon Witham M.Sc.
Head of Energy & Powertrain Systems
+49 241 80-23919
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Theo Koch
Gruppenleiter Simulation & Optimization
+49 241 80-25690
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Daniel Swierc M.Sc.
Gruppenleiter Concept, Integration & Testing
+49 241 80-26538
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Jonatan Sebastian Basagoitia Vidal
+49 241 80-25663
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Jens Horbach
Maschinenbautechniker
+49 241 80-29382
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Helmut Knops
+49 241 80-29382
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Alexander Koss M.Sc.
+49 241 80-25702
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Linus Kuhlmann M.Sc.
+49 241 80-25674
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Christoph Massonet M.Sc.
+49 241 80-25697
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Anna Rozum M.Sc.
+49 241 80-25704
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Hendrik Hermann Vorjans
+49 241 80-26718
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Robin Zick M. Sc.
+49 241 80-25680
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Fahrzeugintelligenz & Automatisiertes Fahren

Vehicle Intelligence & Automated Driving

[Foto: Timo Woopen M.Sc.]

Dr.-Ing. Timo Woopen
Head of Vehicle Intelligence & Automated Driving
+49 241 80-23549
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Bastian Lampe M.Sc.
Group Leader Function Development Automated Driving
+49 241 80-25673
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Lennart Reiher M.Sc.
Group Leader Connectivity
+49 241 80-25614
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Fabian Ruß M.Sc.
Group Leader Human-Centered Driving Simulation
+49 241 80-25604
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Marcel Sonntag M.Sc.
Group Leader Safety Assurance and Effectiveness
+49 241 80-26714
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Mimoun El Ghaouty B.Sc.
Senior Software Engineer
+49 241 80-25622
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Jobst Nikolaus Bertram Beckmann
+49 241 80-25658
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Jean-Pierre Busch M.Sc.
+49 241 80-25676
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Silas Damaschke M.Sc.
+49 241 80-26713
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Janina Fichtner
+49 241 80-25672
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Christian Geller M.Sc.
+49 241 80-25646
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Christoph Glasmacher M. Sc.
+49 241 80-25611
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Kathrin Hülsen B.A.
+49 241 80-25603
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Philipp Legran
+49 241 80-29385
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Guido Linden M.Sc.
+49 241 80-25645
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Lukas Ostendorf M. Sc.
+49 241 80-25624
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Sven Tarlowski M.Sc.
+49 241 80-25585
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Fabian Thomsen M.Sc.
+49 241 80-25685
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Raphael van Kempen M.Sc.
+49 241 80-25599
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Alexander Wilczynski
+49 241 80-25365
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Lukas Zanger M.Sc.
+49 241 80-25630
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Verkehrspsychologie & Akzeptanz

Traffic Psychology & Acceptance

[Foto: Dr. phil. Stefan Ladwig]

Dr. phil. Stefan Ladwig
Head of Traffic Psychology & Acceptance
+49 241 80-23888
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Emma Höfer M.Sc. M.Sc.
+49 241 80-25695
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Laura Kremer M.A.
+49 241 80-25696
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Ida Kuck M.Sc.
+49 241 80-23893
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Julia Pelzer M. Sc.
+49 241 80-26379
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Lotte Wagner-Douglas M. Sc.
+49 241 80-25698
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Address

Institute for Automotive Engineering
RWTH Aachen University
Steinbachstraße 7
52074 Aachen · Germany

office@ika.rwth-aachen.de
+49 241 80 25600

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