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Univ.-Prof. Dr.-Ing. Ernst M. Schmachtenberg

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Dr.-Ing., Universitätsprofessor
Ernst Schmachtenberg
Rector

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Building: 101
Room: 049
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52062 Aachen

+49 241 80 94000

+49 241 80 92102

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Curriculum Vitae: Professor Schmachtenberg

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Education

1985 Doctorate (Dr.-Ing.), Doctoral Thesis: “The Mechanical Characteristics of Non-Linear

Viscoelastic Materials”, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, RWTH Aachen
University

1981 Diploma Degree in Engineering (Dipl.-Ing.), Faculty of Mechanical Engineering,

RWTH Aachen University

Career

since 08/2008 Rector of RWTH Aachen University

04/2006-07/2008 Chair of Polymer Technology, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of

Engineering, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg

10/2001-03/2006 Chair of Plastics Materials Technology, IKV, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering,

RWTH Aachen University

01/1993-09/2001 Chair of Polymer Technology, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Essen

University; CEO of IKM GmbH, Essen

09/1990-12/1992 Head of the Polymer Processing Group, from 11/91 Head of the Construction
Department at the Polymer Division of Bayer AG, Leverkusen

01/1988-08/1990 Head of Research & Development, Süddeutsches Kunststoff-Zentrum (SKZ),

Würzburg

09/1981-12/1987 Research Assistant, from 10/85 Head of the “Part Design, Materials Technology,
and Fibre-Reinforced Plastics” section of the Institute of Plastics Processing (IKV),
RWTH Aachen University

Major Positions and

Memberships
(Selective List)

since 10/2014 President-Elect CESAER (Conference of European Schools for Advanced

Engineering Education and Research)

01/2014-12/2015 President of IDEA League

01/2012-12/2016 Member of the Supervisory Board Max-Planck-Institut für Eisenforschung

01/2010-12/2013 President of TU9 German Institutes of Technology

01/2010-12/2015 Chair of the Scientific Advisory Council of the VDI (The Association of German

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Engineers)/Member of the Steering Committee

Since 10/2009 Member of acatech (German Academy of Technical Sciences)

08/2009-08/2011 President of UNITECH International (federation of leading technical universities to

promote qualified students in cooperation with industry)

Since 11/2002 Member of the Scientific Alliance of Materials Technology (WAW)

04/2000 – 03/2004 Peer Reviewer for the German Research Foundation (DFG) in the field of “Material
Properties and Mechanisms of Polymers/Plastics Processing”

Since 10/1999 Member of the Scientific Alliance of Plastics Technology (WAK)

10/1996 – 03/2000 Vice-Rector for Human Resources and Finances at Essen University

Personal Details

Born in Aachen, Germany, in 1952, married to Petra Weirauch-Schmachtenberg, three children

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