Alexander Sauer
Alexander Sauer (born August 21, 1976 in Coimbra ) has been Head of the Institute for Energy Efficiency in Production (EEP) at the University of Stuttgart and the Energy Efficiency Systems department at the Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Engineering and Automation (IPA) since January 2015 . Alexander Sauer joined the management team at Fraunhofer IPA on January 1, 2020.
Life
Alexander Sauer studied mechanical engineering and business administration at RWTH Aachen University , where he received his doctorate in 2005, where he managed various national and international research and industrial projects.
At the Aachen Laboratory for Machine Tools and Operations Management (WZL), he headed the corporate development department and the aachen tool and mold construction competence center until 2006. He then switched to the automotive supplier Hoerbiger Automotive Komfortsysteme GmbH , where he was deputy managing director for the areas of production planning, logistics, maintenance and production in Germany, the USA and Eastern Europe from 2006 to 2010.
From 2011 until he was appointed to the University of Stuttgart , he held a professorship at the University of Applied Sciences Munich (HAW) and headed the laboratory for applied manufacturing technology there. Since January 2015 he has headed the Institute for Energy Efficiency in Production (EEP) at the University of Stuttgart and the Energy Efficiency Systems department at the Fraunhofer Institute for Production Engineering and Automation (IPA).
Alexander Sauer is known to a wider public through the energy efficiency index of German industry. The survey, based on the model of the Ifo Business Climate Index, determines every six months the attitude of companies to the efficient use of electricity and heat as well as their planned and actual activities in this field.
Private
Alexander Sauer is married and has two children.
Work areas
The scientific focus of his research institute is in the field of energy and resource efficiency in production. He is involved in the following initiatives:
- Since 2016 member of the jury of the funding program "Resource-Efficient Technologies Baden-Württemberg - ReTech-BW" 2015/16,
- Since 2015 member of the selection jury for the regional competence centers of the Energy Efficiency Network as part of the “Innovation and Energy Transition” program for the 2014–2020 funding period of the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF),
- Since 2015 member of the advisory board of the Resource Efficiency and Circular Economy Congress in Baden-Württemberg
- Since 2013 special expert for the working group of industrial research associations "Otto von Guericke" eV (AiF)
- Since 2010 assessor as technical expert for the EUREKA Secretariat AISBL
- From 2009 to 2012 expert for the working group of industrial research associations "Otto von Guericke" eV (AiF)
Industry competencies:
- Automotive OEM and supplier industry
- Aviation industry, rail transport
- Tool and Mold Making
- White goods
Main focus of work:
- Efficiency technologies
- Industrial Smart Grids
- Financing energy efficiency
- Urban production
- Energy management
- Resource-efficient production
Awards
- 2007: Borchers badge from RWTH Aachen University
- 2004: CES sponsorship award from the VDI
- 2003: Springorum commemorative coin from RWTH Aachen University
- Since 2004: Scholarship holder / alumnus of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation
Web links
- Institute for Energy Efficiency in Production EEP
- Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft IPA / Energy Efficiency / Smart Energy in Production
- Alexander Sauer at uni-stuttgart.de
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Sour, Alexander |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German university professor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 21, 1976 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Coimbra |