Thomas Bauernhansl

Professional Career

• 2011 – present Professor (W3), Director of the Institute of Industrial Manufacturing and Management IFF, University of Stuttgart, and Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Engineering and Automation IPA
• 2012 – 2015 Head of Institute for Energy Efficiency in Production EEP, University of Stuttgart
• 2007 – 2011 Freudenberg Sealing Technologies; Head Global Process Technology and Head of Technology Center Europe
• 2003 – 2007 Freudenberg Systems and Tools Engineering Ltd. Spokesperson for corporate management
• 1998 – 2003 Research Assistant at the Laboratory of Machine Tools and Production Engineering (WZL), Chair of Production Engineering (Prof. Eversheim / Prof. Schuh), RWTH Aachen

Qualification Indicators

• 2016: Keynote “Economic relevance and scientific action fields of Industry 4.0” at the 49th CIRP CMS Conference on Manufacturing Systems: Factories of the Future in the Digital Environment, Stuttgart
• Since 2015 Member of Steering Committee Fraunhofer-Allianz Ambient Assisted Living
• Since 2015 Member of Board of Directors of EFFRA (European Factories of the Future Research Association)
• Since 2015 Member of the Strategy Committee “Plattform Industrie 4.0” of the German Federal Government/ Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy
• Since 2015 Board Member “Future of Work/Industrie 4.0” of the German Metal Workers Union / IG Metall
• 2014 – 2017 Dean of Studies “Technology Management” (University of Stuttgart)
• Since 2014 Vice Chairman of Steering Committee “Allianz Industrie 4.0 BW”
• Since 2014 Chair of Commission Ingenieurwissenschaften@bw2025 Ministry of Science, Research and the Arts Baden-Württemberg
• Since 2013 Member of Managing Board Lightweight Construction Centre Baden-Württemberg (LBZ-BW e.V.)
• Since 2013 Member of Board of Trustees IMPULS Foundation VDMA

• RP 5-1 – Reconfiguration of Training, Skills and Digital Literacy
• RP 24-1 – Human-Exoskeleton Interaction in Collaborative Tasks