Günter Pritschow

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Günter Pritschow (March 2009)

Günter Pritschow (born January 3, 1939 in Berlin ) is a German engineering scientist , university professor and former Vice President of Acatech . From 1984 to 2005 he headed the Institute for Control Technology for Machine Tools and Manufacturing Facilities (ISW) at the University of Stuttgart . From 1986 to 1990 he was Vice Rector for Teaching and from 1996 to 2000 Rector of this university.

Professional and academic career

Pritschow attended elementary school and high school in Berlin-Schöneberg from 1945 to 1958 and studied communications engineering at the TU Berlin from 1959 to 1966 . After three years at Siemens as a development engineer and laboratory manager in the field of electronic measuring and control devices, he returned to the TU Berlin in 1969 and received his doctorate in 1972 at the Institute for Machine Tools and Manufacturing Technology under Günter Spur . After completing his doctorate, he took over the production engineering development department at the Gartenfeld cable factory at Siemens. In 1976 he returned to Günter Spur's institute as a professor in the field of automation technology for quality assurance and production. In 1980 he then moved to Bertelsmann in the Industrial Companies division. Pritschow took over the Central Technology division and later headed the Technology and Production Assurance division at Mohndruck Graphische Betriebe GmbH.

In 1984 Pritschow succeeded Gottfried Stute as director of the Institute for Control Technology for Machine Tools and Manufacturing Facilities (ISW) at the University of Stuttgart . Pritschow expanded the ISW, with the significant participation of industry, into a facility that is one of the leaders in Germany in the fields of open controls and control and drive technology for machine tools . In addition to his work as director of the ISW, he was prorector for teaching from 1986 to 1990 and rector of the University of Stuttgart from 1996 to 2000. In 1987 he was involved as a co-founder of Industrielle Steuerungstechnik GmbH (ISG), which has been developing CNC core software on the basis of open controls as OEM software since 1990 and is also known as the manufacturer of the real-time simulation system "virtuos".

Pritschow retired in 2005. His successor as head of the ISW was Alexander Verl .

University policy work

Pritschow also contributed his experience in university politics outside of his direct environment. From 1990–1993 he was a member of the Baden-Württemberg State Research Advisory Board, 1990–1992 a member of the State University Structure Commission Berlin, 1991–1993 member of the Saxon University Commission, 1994–1996 member of the Innovation Advisory Board of the State of Baden-Wuerttemberg and 2004–2008 Chairman of the TU Trustees Chemnitz . After the fall of the Wall, Pritschow strongly advocated the preservation and restructuring of engineering in the new federal states.

In the years 2009 to 2012, he served as a founding representative of the newly established college campus Tuttlingen of Furtwangen University .

Pritschow was head of training and knowledge management at the German Academy of Engineering Sciences (acatech) until 2010 .

He is a member of the Scientific Society for Production Technology (WGP) , of which he was chairman from 2001 to 2003. Since 1987 he has been a member of the International Society for Production Technology (CIRP) . a. Member of the Editorial Committee and Chairman Machines.

Private life

Pritschow now lives in Baden-Baden . He is married and has two children. In addition to his work, he is interested in music and plays the piano and trombone. The handball referees Andreas and Marcus Pritschow are Günter Pritschow's nephews.

Awards and honors

Memberships

Fonts (selection)

  • "Automation in Production, Part 1, Introduction to Control Technology", G. Pritschow, Hanser Fachbuchverlag (2006), ISBN 3446214224
  • "Progress in manufacturing on machine tools", editors: G. Pritschow, G. Spur, M. Weck, Carl Hanser Verlag Munich, Vienna (Volume 1986… Volume 1995)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ https://w4.siemens.de/siemens-stadt/siemkwg0.htm  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / w4.siemens.de  
  2. ↑ Member entry by Prof. Dr. Günter Pritschow at the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina , accessed on July 16, 2016.
personal data
SURNAME Pritschow, Günter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German engineering scientist, university professor and Vice President of Acatech
DATE OF BIRTH January 3, 1939
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin