Agricultural Systems and Technology - Prof. Herlitzius
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Prof. Dr.-Ing. Thomas Herlitzius
Chair of Agricultural Systems and Technology
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Thomas Herlitzius, born in 1961 in Freiberg, is Director of the of Institute for Natural Material Technology at Technische Universität Dresden and is heading the chair Agricultural Systems and Technology since 2007. After learning on a farm for three years and a three-year military service he studied Mechanical Engineering with a major in Design of agricultural machinery at the Technische Universität Dresden and graduated with Diploma Engineer in Mechanical Engineering (Master ME) in 1988. Until 1992 Thomas was working as a Scientific Research Engineer for agricultural machines at the TU Dresden and received his PhD in 1995. He began his industrial career in 1992 joining John Deere Works at Zweibrücken as a Design Engineer followed by a two and a half year period at Harvester Works in Moline, Illinois starting 1997. Back at Zweibrücken he held positions as team leader and project implementation manager at the Combine Engineering department and became Manager Combine Engineering in 2005.