Prof. Dr.-Ing. Günther Prokop

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Jante-Bau, JAN 20 George-Bähr-Straße 1b

01069 Dresden

Curriculum vitae

1998	Doctoral engineer, Chair of Applied Mechanics, TU Munich (Prof. Dr.-Ing., Dr.-Ing. E.h., Dr. h.c. mult. Friedrich Pfeiffer), "passed with distinction". "Optimal process dynamics for manipulation with robots".
1988 - 1993	Studies at the Technical University of Munich, mechanical engineering in theory and research, scholarships from the Hanns Seidel Foundation and the Siemens Student Circle.

since 2023	Spokesperson for the Smart Mobility Lab at TU Dresden
2018 - 2022	Dean of the Friedrich List Faculty of Transport and Traffic Sciences.
2015 - 2018	Managing Director of the Dresden Institute of Automobile Engineering (3 Chairs, approx. 50 Research Associates)
since 2010	Chair of Automobile Engineering at TU Dresden
2002 - 2010	BMW AG Munich: Vehicle dynamics, advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) Vehicle dynamics simulation Functional safety Validation of complete vehicle
1999 - 2002	Audi AG Ingolstadt: System engineer for vehicle dynamics, objectification of vehicle dynamics
1998 - 1999	University of California, Berkeley, USA: Visiting researcher at the Mechanical Systems Control Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley, USA (Prof. Masayoshi Tomizuka), post-doctoral scholarship from the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD). "Modelling human vehicle driving by model predictive online optimization".
1993 - 1998	TU Munich: Research Associate, Mechanical Engineering in Theory and Research, scholarships from the Hanns-Seidel-Foundation and the Siemens Student Circle.
1993	Visiting scholarship at Cranfield University, U. K. (Prof. R. S. Sharp), "Active Chassis".

since 2017	IAMT mechatronics GmbH: co-founder and 30% shareholder (expected turnover 2022: EUR 2.7 million)
since 2011	AMFD - Auto Mobil Forschung Dresden GmbH: Founder and 51% managing partner (expected turnover 2022: EUR 2.3 million).

European SCART-Institute: Founder and Speaker
FISITA: Co-chair of Intelligent Safety Working Gorup"
IAMTS: Co-chair of "Technical Leadership Committee"
Doctoral students (30 finished, 32 in preparation, 23 served as researcher)
Boards and committees
- AVEC – Int. Symposium on Advanced Vehicle Control
- DSC – Driving Simulation Conference
- Auto[nom]Mobility
- Int. ASAM Conference
Reviewer: DFG, SAE, "Vehicles", "Systems", "Vehicle System Dynamics"
ini.TUD Graduate School (TU Dresden - Audi, 15 doctoral students, program coordinator)
TechCenter i-protect (Daimler, Bosch, Fraunhofer Gesellschaft, TU Graz, Uni Stuttgart, TU Dresden, 4 doctoral students)
CSC (Chinese Scholarship Council) doctoral student program (6 doctoral students)
Summer school "Control Theory in Automotive Engineering" 2015 (TU Dresden, University of California)
Member of 13 appointment committees (2 as chairman)
VDI: leading participation at VDI-MT 5900 "Experts in automotive and road transport"

(amount of research funding more than EUR 20 million)
Horizon 2020, BMBF, BMVI, Saxon. Ministry of Economics and Labor
Audi, Federal Highway Research Institute, BMW, Daimler, DEKRA, FSD - Vehicle System Data, Goodyear, Horiba Europe, Hyundai, Porsche, TÜV Süd, Volkswagen
Volkswagen AutoUni: Lecture program "Complete Vehicle Technology", "Tyre Technology"