Gerald Gerlach

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Gerald Gerlach (2017)

Gerald Gerlach (born January 8, 1958 in Ebersbach / Sa. / Oberlausitz ) is a German electrical engineer and university professor for solid-state electronics and director of the institute for solid-state electronics at the Technical University of Dresden .

Life

Gerald Gerlach was born in Ebersbach in 1958, his father was a civil engineer. From 1964 to 1972 he attended the polytechnic high school in Dresden and in 1972 switched to the advanced high school / special school for electronic industry "Martin Andersen Nexö" . There he passed the Abitur in 1976 . Then he did the 18-month military service as a radio locator as part of the general conscription. In 1978 he began studying electrical engineering / information technology at the Technical University of Dresden. He obtained his academic degree as a graduate engineer in 1983 with the title “with distinction” in the field of acoustics and measurement technology.

His studies were followed by industrial activities in research and development from 1983 to 1992 - first in the measuring device factory in Zwönitz (MGW) and then in the device and controller factory in Teltow (GRW). He was significantly involved in the development of innovative piezoresistive pressure sensors for small measurement pressures (MGW Zwönitz) for use in biomedicine and for industrial process measurement technology (GRW Teltow).

Gerlach did his doctorate in 1987 at the TU Dresden as an external doctoral student under the supervision of Arno Lenk with the subject of integrated piezoresistive bending plate pressure transducers for small nominal pressures as a doctoral engineer . In 1990 followed, again as an external, his dissertation B for a doctorate in science with a paper on mechanical interference on integrated piezoresistive pressure sensors of small nominal pressures ; this was recognized by the TU Dresden as a habilitation in 1991.

In 1993 Gerald Gerlach was appointed professor for precision engineering technologies at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering at the TU Dresden. In 1996 he was offered the professorship for solid state electronics at the same faculty. Since then he has also been the director of the Institute for Solid State Electronics.

From 1994 to 1997 and from 2012 to 2015 Gerlach was elected Vice Dean and from 1997 to 2000 Dean of the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology. From 2009 to 2012 and from 2015 to 2020 he was Dean of Studies for the electrical engineering course. In 2001 and 2002 he was visiting professor in the USA at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA).

Gerlach was or is the spokesperson for several DFG-funded graduate colleges at the TU Dresden:

  • "Sensor Technology" (1995 - 2004)
  • "Nano- and biotechnology for the packaging of electronic systems" (12 professors from 4 faculties of TU Dresden, 20 doctoral positions)
  • "Hydrogel-based microsystems" (8 professors from 3 faculties of the TU Dresden, 14 doctoral positions)

In August 2020 he was introduced as the new Vice-Rector for Education when Ursula M. Staudinger took office as Rector of TU Dresden, replacing Hans Georg Krauthäuser .

Research priorities

Gerald Gerlach's research focuses on the physical mode of action, the materials, the manufacture and applications of solid-state electronic sensors, in particular:

  • Pyroelectric sensors and sensor systems for non-contact pyrometry and thermal image recognition
  • Infrared measurement technology
  • Silicon sensors for measuring mechanical parameters, humidity, gas and solution concentrations
  • Semiconductor technology and microsystem technology
  • Functional, especially sensory thin films
  • Modeling and simulation of complex and heterogeneous systems in sensor and microsystem technology.

Management of national and international conferences

Gerald Gerlach was the scientific director of a large number of national and international conferences and congresses:

  • VDE Congress, Berlin 2004 (1500 participants)
  • Eurosensors XXII Conference, Dresden 2008 (General Chair and Program Committee Chair, 550 participants)
  • IRS2 Infrared Sensors and Systems; Dresden, Erfurt and Nuremberg (1997, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, approx. 120… 150 participants)
  • AMA-Conference SENSOR 2017 (together with Reinhard Lerch, approx. 300 participants)
  • GMA / ITG conferences "Sensors and Measurement Systems" 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016 (together with Franz Mesch and Reiner Tutsch; approx. 220 ... 300 participants)
  • APMM 2019 - Active Polymeric Materials and Microsystems, Dresden 2019.

Participation in scientific and technical committees

Gerald Gerlach has worked in various national and international scientific and technical committees:

Faculty Day Electrical Engineering and Information Technology (FTEI)

  • 1996–1998 First Deputy Chairman and Chairman of the Permanent Commission

VDI / VDE Society for Measurement and Automation Technology (GMA), Düsseldorf and Frankfurt a. M.

  • 1996–2015 member of the advisory board
  • 1996–2000 Head of Department 2 "Measurement Methods, Transducers, Sensors" (now "Process Measurement Technology and Structural Analysis")
  • 2001–2007 deputy chairman
  • 2007–2010 chairman at federal level
  • 2010–2015 member of the board

German Research Foundation (DFG)

  • 2000–2004 elected expert reviewer by the DFG for the microsystem technology department
  • 2000–2008 elected expert reviewer by the DFG for the field of measurement technology, re-elected in 2004 as a review board
  • 2008–2010 member of the Senate Committee and the Approval Committee for Research Training Groups
  • 2011–2017 member of the Senate and the main committee of the DFG
  • 2012–2017 member of the Senate Committee and the Approval Committee for Collaborative Research Centers

Working Group of University Lecturers for Measurement Technology eV (AHMT)

  • 2001–2004 deputy chairman
  • 2005–2006 chairman at federal level

Association for electrical engineering, electronics, information technology (VDE)

  • 2002–2010 Chairman of the VDE Committee for Engineering Education
  • 2003–2009 member of the executive committee of the VDE
  • 2011–2014 deputy chairman
  • since 2004 chairman of the microelectronics working group of the VDE district association Dresden

EUREL (Convention of National Societies of Electrical Engineers of Europe)

  • 2006–2007 Vice President
  • 2007–2008 President

DVT (German Association of Technical and Scientific Associations)

  • 2013–2015 chairman
  • since 2015 member of the board

Membership in editorial boards of scientific journals

  • since 1999 member of the scientific advisory board of the journal Technisches Messen
  • since 2012 Associate Editor-in-Chief, IEEE Sensors Journal
  • since 2012 Chief Editor, JSSS Journal of Sensors and Sensor Systems

Membership in boards of trustees and scientific advisory boards

  • Board of Trustees of the German Future Prize at the Federal President of the Federal Republic of Germany (2013-2016)
  • Fraunhofer Institute for Electron Beam and Plasma Technology (FEP), Dresden
  • Fraunhofer Institute for Photonic Microsystems (IPMS), Dresden
  • Kurt Schwabe Institute for Measurement and Sensor Technology V., Meinsberg
  • CiS Research Institute for Microsensorics GmbH, Erfurt

Honors and prizes

  • 09/1992 Awarded the 1992 Fitz Winter Prize from the Fritz Winter Foundation
  • 06/1995 Best Poster Award: Transducers 95 / Eurosensors IX, Stockholm 1995
  • 09/2002 Best Oral Presentation Award: Eurosensors XVI, Prague 2002
  • 03/2006 badge of honor of the VDI (Association of German Engineers)
  • 03/2011 VDE Medal of Honor
  • 10/2014 VDE honorary member
  • 2016, 2017 Acknowledgments as part of the teaching awards of the Society of Friends and Patrons of the TU Dresden eV

Trivia

In his exams at TU Dresden, Gerlach allows a self-designed cheat sheet the size of a DIN A4 sheet of paper. In his opinion, well-organized cheat sheets support the penetration of the exam material. He has awarded prizes to the best cheat sheets, which he has included in his collection of around 1000 copies due to their quality. A selection of cheat sheets was on view in 2019 in the exhibition Cheating allowed in the Penck Hotel and in the SLUB Dresden . As part of the exhibition, the accompanying catalog Spicken Allowed was also published! Just nice cheat sheet .

Publications

Gerald Gerlach is the inventor or co-inventor of more than 55 patents that have been registered in Germany and abroad. He is also the author or co-author of more than 230 articles in scientific journals. In addition, he has published several specialist books as (co-) author and (co-) editor :

  • Gerald Gerlach, Wolfram Dötzel (ed.): Fundamentals of microsystem technology. Hanser, Munich; Vienna 1997, ISBN 978-3-446-18395-7 .
  • Gerald Gerlach (Ed.): Infrared sensors and systems. 5th conference with exhibition: Infrared sensors and systems, IRS2 97, 8th - 9th September 1997, Dresden. Technical University of Dresden, Institute for Solid State Electronics. Univ. Press, Dresden 1997, ISBN 978-3-931828-66-0 .
  • Gerald Gerlach (ed.): Sensor technology - research results of the graduate college. web-Univ.-Verlag, Dresden 1997 and 2000.
  • Gerald Gerlach, Wolfram Dötzel: Introduction to microsystem technology - a course book for students; with 49 examples and 54 exercises. Fachbuchverlag Leipzig in Carl-Hanser-Verlag, Munich; Vienna 2006, ISBN 978-3-446-22558-9 .
  • Gerald Gerlach, Wolfram Dötzel: Introduction to microsystem technology - A guide for students. Transl. by Dörte Müller. Wiley, Chichester, West Sussex, England 2008, ISBN 978-0-470-05861-9 .
  • Gerald Gerlach; Wolfram Dötzel: Introduction to Microsystem Technology - A Guide for Students. Transl. by Dörte Müller. John Wiley & Sons, New York 2008, ISBN 978-0-470-77092-4 .
  • Gerald Gerlach, Karl-Friedrich Arndt (ed.): Hydrogel sensors and actuators - engineering and technology. Springer, Berlin; Heidelberg 2009, ISBN 978-3-642-26084-1 .
  • Gerald Gerlach, Peter Hauptmann (Ed.): 9th Dresden Sensor Symposium. December 7th - 9th 2009, Dresden. TUDpress, Dresden 2009, ISBN 978-3-941298-44-6 .
  • Gerald Gerlach (ed.), Karl-Friedrich Arndt: Hydrogel Sensors and Actuators - Engineering and Technology. Springer, Berlin; Heidelberg 2010, ISBN 978-3-540-75645-3 .
  • Helmut Budzier, Gerald Gerlach: Thermal infrared sensors - basics for users. Wiley-VCH, Weinheim 2010, ISBN 978-3-527-40960-0 .
  • Helmut Budzier, Gerald Gerlach: Thermal Infrared Sensors - Theory, Optimization and Practice. John Wiley & Sons 2011.
  • Klaus-Jürgen Wolter, M. Bieberle, Helmut Budzier, Gerald Gerlach, T. Zerna: Non-destructive testing of electronic assemblies using imaging methods. Templin: Verlag Dr. Markus A. Detert 2012.
  • Gerald Gerlach, Klaus-Jürgen Wolter (ed.): Bio and Nano Packaging Techniques for Electron Devices - Advances in Electronic Device Packaging. Springer, Berlin; Heidelberg 2012, ISBN 978-3-642-28521-9 , Online: ISBN 978-3-642-28522-6 .

Gerlach is also (co-) author of a number of book chapters:

  • G. Gerlach: Micromechanics. In: W. Krause (Ed.): Construction elements of precision mechanics. Section 14. Berlin: Verlag Technik 1989 and Munich, Vienna: Carl Hanser Verlag 1989. 736–747; 2nd, revised edition. Munich, Vienna: Carl Hanser Verlag 1993. 736-757; 3rd, heavily edited edition. Munich, Vienna: Carl Hanser Verlag 2004. 736–758; 4th, completely revised and expanded edition. Munich: Carl Hanser Verlag 2018. 989-1017.
  • G. Gerlach, M. Tierok: Manufacturing of electronic and micromechanical assemblies. In: W. Krause (Ed.): Manufacturing in micro and precision engineering. Munich, Vienna: Carl Hanser Verlag 1995.
  • G. Suchaneck, M. Guenther, G. Gerlach, K. Sahre, K.-J. Eichhorn, B. Wolf, A. Deyneka, L. Jastrabik: Ion-induced chemical and structural modification of polymer surfaces . Chapter 16. In: R. d'Agostino, P. Favia, C. Oehr, MR Wertheimer (eds.): Plasma Processes and Polymers. Weinheim: Wiley-VCH Verlag 2005.
  • H. Bousack, H. Budzier, G. Gerlach, H. Schmitz: Photomechanic IR receptors in pyrophilous beetles and bugs. In: O. Karthaus (Ed.): Biomimetics in Photonics. Boca Raton, London, New York: CRC Press 2013. 117-139.
  • T. Wallmersperger, A. Atteran, K. Keller, J. Brummund, M. Guenther, G. Gerlach: Modeling and simulation of hydrogels for the application as bending actuators. In: G. Sadowski, W. Richtering (eds.): Intelligent Hydogels. Progress in Colloid and Polymer Science, Vol. 140. Cham et al. a .: Springer 2013. 189–204.
  • M. Guenther, T. Wallmersperger, K. Keller, G. Gerlach: Swelling behavior of functionalized hydrogels for application in chemical sensors. In: G. Sadowski, W. Richtering (Eds.): Intelligent Hydogels. Progress in Colloid and Polymer Science, Vol. 140. Cham et al. a .: Springer 2013. 265–273.
  • G. Suchaneck, O. Pakhomov, G. Gerlach: Electrocaloric Cooling. In: O. Ekren (Ed.): Refrigeration. Chapter 2. Rijeka: InTech 2017. 19–43.
  • H. Budzier, G. Gerlach: Passive Thermography, Thermal Imaging. In: N. Ida, N. Meyendorf (Eds.): Handbook of Advanced Non-Destructive Evaluation. Springer International Publishing, doi: 10.1007 / 978-3-319-30050-4_12-1 .
  • H. Budzier, G. Gerlach: Active Thermography. In: N. Ida, N. Meyendorf (Eds.): Handbook of Advanced Non-Destructive Evaluation. Springer International Publishing, doi: 10.1007 / 978-3-319-30050-4_13-1 .
  • G. Suchaneck, A. Eydam, G. Gerlach: Thermal Wave Techniques. In: N. Ida, N. Meyendorf (Eds.): Handbook of Advanced Non-Destructive Evaluation. Springer International Publishing, doi: 10.1007 / 978-3-319-30050-4_15-1 .

In addition, Gerlach has published the following edited volumes :

  • G. Gerlach (Ed.): Infrared sensors and systems. 5th conference with exhibition: Infrared Sensors and Systems, IRS2 97 , September 8 - 9, 1997, Dresden. Technical University of Dresden, Institute for Solid State Electronics. Univ. Press, Dresden 1997, ISBN 978-3-931828-66-0 .
  • G. Gerlach (Hrsg.): Sensor technology - research results of the graduate college. web-Univ.-Verlag, Dresden 1997 and 2000.
  • G. Gerlach (Ed.): Proceedings / IRS2 2000. AMA Service, Wunstorf 2000.
  • G. Gerlach (Ed.): Proceedings / IRS2 2002. AMA Service, Wunstorf 2002.
  • G. Gerlach (overall management): Innovations for people. October 18-20, 2004, Berlin. 2 volumes. VDE publishing house, Berlin; Offenbach 2004, ISBN 978-3-8007-2827-5 .
  • G. Gerlach, H. Kaden (Ed.): New challenges and applications in sensor technology. 7th Dresden Sensor Symposium, December 12-14, 2005, Dresden. TUDpress, Dresden 2005, ISBN 978-3-938863-29-9 .
  • G. Gerlach, P. Hauptmann (Ed.): Sensors for the environment, climate and security; Biosensors and biosystems. 8th Dresden Sensor Symposium, December 10-12, 2007, Dresden. TUDpress, Dresden 2007, ISBN 978-3-940046-45-1 .
  • G. Gerlach (Ed.): Book of Abstracts. Eurosensors 2008, Dresden, Germany, 7-10 September 2008. VDI / VDE-Ges. Measurement and automation technology, Düsseldorf; Techn. Univ., Solid State Electronics Laboratory, Dresden 2008, ISBN 978-3-00-025218-1 .
  • G. Gerlach, P. Hauptmann (Ed.): 9th Dresden Sensor Symposium. December 7th - 9th 2009, Dresden. TUDpress, Dresden 2009, ISBN 978-3-941298-44-6 .
  • G. Gerlach, A. Schütze (Hrsg.): Miniaturized analytical method high temperature sensors. 10th Dresden Sensor Symposium, December 5-7, 2011, Dresden. TUDpress, Dresden 2011, ISBN 978-3-942710-53-4 .
  • G. Gerlach, U. Marschner, E. Starke (Hrsg.): Non-electrical networks - how systems theory helps to understand the world. TUDpress, Dresden 2015, ISBN 978-3-95908-025-5 .

literature

  • Gerald Gerlach, Günther Pfeifer (Ed.): Acoustic and Electromechanical Systems - Prof. Dr.-Ing. Arno Lenk on his 70th birthday. web-Univ.-Verlag, Dresden 2000, ISBN 978-3-933592-82-8 .
  • Gerald Gerlach (Ed.): Advances in Infrared Measurement Technology - Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Ludwig Walther on his 75th birthday. web-Univ.-Verlag, Dresden 2001, ISBN 978-3-933592-89-7 .
  • Gerald Gerlach, Günther Pfeifer: From electromechanical converters and infrared detectors to microsystem technology - to the development of microsystem technology at the Technical University of Dresden. Institute for Solid State Electronics; Institute for Acoustics and Speech Communication. Technical University of Dresden, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, Dresden 2003.
  • Gerald Gerlach, Rüdiger Hoffmann (Eds.): New developments in electroacoustics and electromechanical measurement technology - Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Günther Pfeifer on his 65th birthday. TUDpress, Dresden 2009, ISBN 978-3-941298-55-2 .
  • Lothar Starke: From the hydraulic controller to the process control system. The success story of the Askania works in Berlin and the device and controller works in Teltow. 140 years of industrial history, tradition and future. Berliner Wissenschafts-Verlag, Berlin 2009, ISBN 978-3-8305-1715-3 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b biography of Gerald Gerlach on dvt-net.de
  2. ↑ Devices for pressure measurement technology based on semiconductors "audapas". In: Lothar Starke: From hydraulic controllers to process control systems. The success story of the Askania works in Berlin and the device and controller works in Teltow. 140 years of industrial history, tradition and future. Berliner Wissenschafts-Verlag, Berlin 2009, pp. 111-113, ISBN 978-3-8305-1715-3 . After German reunification , this part of the GRW was taken over by Endress + Hauser and the electronic semiconductor measuring transducers were successfully continued on the market.
  3. ↑ TU Dresden on the way to a global university for the 21st century / interdisciplinarity at eye level. Retrieved August 17, 2020 .
  4. ↑ School and university: How cheat sheets help us with learning , article from October 18, 2019 in the program Hielscher or Hase from Deutschlandfunk Nova
  5. ↑ Dresden professor exhibits the most beautiful choppers . mdr.de, September 16, 2020.
  6. ↑ Dresden professor allows cheat sheet . pointer.de, October 18, 2019.
personal data
SURNAME Gerlach, Gerald
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German engineer and solid state electronics technician as well as university lecturer
DATE OF BIRTH January 8, 1958
PLACE OF BIRTH Ebersbach / Sa.