Portrait of Professor Markmiller
Prof. Dr. Johannes Markmiller has held the Chair of Aircraft Engineering at since April 2020. He was born in Landshut in 1977.
Without aircraft technology ... we could not build airplanes. Flying is a dream come true for mankind and is indispensable for travel and transportation today. I personally have always been fascinated by flying. I have been flying airplanes myself since I was 16.
For me,being a professor... means passing on my enthusiasm for the subject to my students and giving them the skills they need to develop innovative new aircraft themselves later on. Of course, the knowledge I impart is also used in other disciplines - such as vehicles, ships and bridges. There are many parallels here.
Students ... should make the best possible use of the freedom and opportunities they have. They should learn and understand the theoretical basics, which is difficult to catch up on later. But they should also develop personally and spend some time abroad, for example. Personally, I wouldn't want to miss the years I spent in California.
In the future ... the aviation industry will face major challenges: Demand will grow in the long term and cost pressure will increase. The requirements for safety and, very importantly, sustainability and eco-efficiency will increase enormously. We will need new technologies for this and will have to break completely new ground.
If I could study again ... I would study business administration alongside my engineering degree. I only acquired this knowledge later during my time as a management consultant at McKinsey, which wasn't easy. In industrial practice, you need that as an engineer.
For me,excellence ... means always striving to meet the highest standards.