Portrait of Professor Wagenführ
Prof. Dr.-Ing. André Wagenführ has been a full university professor with a chair at TU Dresden since the end of 1999 and holds the Chair of Wood Technology and Fiber Materials Technology. Teaching and research profile: wood anatomy, wood protection, sustainable, bio-based materials in mechanical engineering and vehicle construction, knowledge transfer to industry. Member of the Saxon Academy of Sciences in Leipzig since 2006, member of the German Academy of Science and Engineering (acatech) since 2008.
Without... the complex scientific knowledge of the anatomical structure, chemical composition and mechanical-physical properties of woodand wood-like natural materials, it would not be possible to manufacture, process and remunerate wood products and biomaterials in a resource- and energy-efficient manner.
For me,being a professor... means passing on my knowledge and experience from practice and research to students in a structured and method-oriented way.
Students... should always strive to absorb the knowledge offered to the maximum, to process it independently and critically and to apply it in a problem-oriented way during and especially after their studies.
In the future... wood technology, as an indispensable part of natural materials technology, will be even more strongly integrated into teaching and research on an interdisciplinary basis - not only in Dresden and throughout Germany, but throughout Europe.
If I could study again... I would focus on bionics/biomechanics, because learning from nature represents an infinitely useful potential for mankind, science and business.
Excellence... at TU Dresden means for me a better scientific reputation in the public eye as well as advantages in student recruitment, combined with the hope for improved teaching and research conditions in view of the local and spatial fragmentation of the Chair.