Univ.-Prof. Dr.-Ing. Michael Rethmeier

Curriculum vitae

• Born in 1972 in Detmold (North Rhine-Westphalia)
  School-leaving exam and university entrance qualification (Abitur) 1992
  Basic military service 1992/93
• Studies of mechanical engineering at the Technical University Carolo Wilhelmina in Braunschweig (1999)
  Scientific Officer at the Welding Technology Institute of the Technical University Carolo Wilhelmina in Braunschweig (2002)
  Doctorate at the Mechanical Engineering Faculty of the Technical University Carolo Wilhelmina in Braunschweig (2003)
• Corporate research project manager at Volkswagen AG, Wolfsburg
  Deputy head of the specialist division "Production Engineering and Concepts" (2006)
• University professor and head of the specialist division „Safety of Joined Components“ at the Technical University Berlin (since 2007)
• Head of the specialist division „Safety of Joined Components“ at the Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing (BAM) in Berlin (since 2007)

Research fields

• Arc and laser beam welding
• Numerical simulation of distortion and residual stresses
• Welding of light metals

Current honorary positions (selection)

• Vice chairman of the "Standards Committee for Welding and allied Processes (NAS)" at the German Institute for Standardisation DIN
• Chairman at the International Institute of Welding (IIW), Select Committee: "Automotive and Road Transport"
• Member of the DVS Research Council

Awards / prizes

• Abicor-Innovation Prize (DVS 2004)
• Kenneth-Easterling-Award (IIW 2006)

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