Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Prof. E.h. Dr. h.c. Werner A. Hufenbach

Founder of the Institute of Lightweight Engineering and Polymer Technology (ILK), TU Dresden

Holder of a Distinguished Senior Professorship at the ILK

Spokesperson for the Saxon Centre of Excellence ECEMP – European Centre for Emerging Materials and Processes Dresden

Spokesperson for the DFG-funded Collaborative Research Centre SFB 639 – Textile-reinforced Composite Components for Function-integrating Multi-material Design in Complex Lightweight Applications

Member of the Dresden Production Technology Centre (ProZeD)

Consultant to the German Research Foundation (DFG), the German Federation of Industrial Research Associations (AiF), the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), the German Institute of Construction Technology (DIBt) and a variety of other state and national level institutions and industrial companies

Coordinator of all activities engaged in as part of the cooperation agreement between TU Dresden and ThyssenKrupp AG

Professorship and teaching role (specialization: Modern Materials for Lightweight Vehicle Engineering) at the joint Chinese-German College (CDHK[PW1] ) at Tongji University, Shanghai

Member of the German National Academy of Science and Engineering (acatech)

Member of the Scientific Alliance of Plastics Technology (WAK)

Member of the Dresden Materials Research Network (MFD)

Member of a variety of scientific bodies, including the German government’s National Platform for Electric Mobility (NPE, appointed in his capacity as an expert on lightweight engineering), the advisory board of the Saxon Energy Agency (SAENA) and the Automotive Cluster of East Germany (ACOD).

Member of the Association of German Engineers (VDI), the German Ceramic Society (DKG), the German Materials Science Society (DGM), the Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering SAMPE, the DECHEMA research committee for “Materials and Design Concepts for Chemical Apparatus Engineering” and the Dresden-based DIG Holz (an interest group for growers, processors and users of wood)

Member of strategic commissions at various large companies

Member of the Innovation Board at the Faculty of Mechanical Science and Engineering, TU Dresden

Innovation consultant for businesses and industrial companies

Trustee of the Max Planck Institute for Iron Research (MPIE), Düsseldorf

Trustee of the Fraunhofer Institute for Materials Physics and Coating Technology (IWS), Dresden

Trustee of the Fraunhofer Institute for Structural Durability and System Reliability (LBF), Darmstadt

Trustee of the Fraunhofer Institute for Transportation and Infrastructure Systems (IVI), Dresden

Co-Opted Board Member at CC Ost (a regional branch of Carbon Composites e.V. (CCeV))

Chairman of Akademischer Club Leichtbau (ACL) an der TU Dresden e. V. (an academic club for the ILK’s graduates, scientists and supporters