Qualifications and Career
| Stages | Periods and Details |
|---|---|
| Dipl.-Ing. | Mechanical Engineering, 1986-1991, University of Stuttgart |
| Doctorate | 1996, "Optimization of Multibody Systems", University of Stuttgart |
| Habilitation | 2000, "Contact Investigations using Hybrid Multibody/Finite Element Simulations", University of Stuttgart |
| Professor (W3) / Head of Institute | since 2002, Director and Full Professor (C4, W3) at the Institute of Engineering and Computational Mechanics (until 2005: Institute B of Mechanics), University of Stuttgart |
| Professor (C3) | 2000 – 2002, Full Professor (C3) of Mechanics and System Dynamics at the Institute of Applied Mechanics at the Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg |
| Research Associate | 1991 – 2000, Fully Funded Research Associate at the Institute B of Mechanics,University of Stuttgart (since 1996 C1-level corresponding to Assistant Professor) |