Director
Prof. Dr.-Ing. J. Weber
Effective March 1st, 2010, Dr.-Ing. Jürgen Weber has been appointed university professor and chair of Fluid-Mechatronic System Technology at the TU Dresden, and simultaneously took on the leadership of the Institute of Fluid Power. Since 1.7.2018 he is the leader of the Institute of Mechatronic Engineering.
Mr. Professor Weber had studied mechanical engineering at the TU Dresden, and successfully finished his doctorate in 1991. Until 1997, he was the active senior engineer at the former chair of Hydraulics and Pneumatics.
This was followed by an approximately 13-year industrial phase. He was active in various positions at the R&D department of the agricultural and construction machinery manufacturer CNH. Besides his occupation as the head of the Department Hydraulics and design manager for mobile and tracked excavators, starting in 2002, he took on responsibility for the hydraulics in construction machinery at CNH worldwide. From 2006 onward, he was the global head of architecture for hydraulic drive and control systems, system integration and advance development of CNH construction machinery.