Biography

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since 2006 free lance Scientist (human-machine systems, musicology) and Musician (conducting, composition)
2005 Docteur Honoris Causa (Dr. h. c.) of the Université de Valenciennes et du Hainaut-Cambrésis in Valenciennes, France
1999 Research stay at the Vienna University of Technology and the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna, Austria
1995 Japanese-German Research Award of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science with research stay at the Kyoto Institute of Technology and the Kyoto University, Japan
1982 - 2006 Univ.-Prof. of Systems Engineering and Human-Machine Systems in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Kassel
1977 - 1981 Visiting Lecturer / Research Associate Professor, Adjunct Associate Professor in Dept. Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA
1980 Habilitation in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the RWTH Aachen University
1974 - 1982 Lecturer for “Human-Machine Systems of Aeronautics and Astronautics” in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the RWTH Aachen University
1971 - 1982 Head of the Department “Human Operator” at the FGAN Research Institute for Human Engineering, Wachtberg near Bonn
1971 Dr.-Ing. degree in the Department of Transport at the Technical University Berlin
Dissertation Development and Optimization of a Multi-Parameter Nonlinear Model of the Human Operator in Vehicle Control
1967 - 1971 Research Assistant at the Institute of Flight Guidance at the Technical University Berlin
Diploma Thesis Analog-Digital Converter Using the Subgroup Technique
1960 - 1967 Study of Electrical Engineering with emphasis on Information and Communication Engineering at the Technical University Berlin
1960 - 1963 Study of Music (Sound Engineering curriculum) at the College of Music (University of the Arts) Berlin
born 1940 in Hamburg