Lothar Kroll

This article is about the engineer. For a historian with a similar name who also teaches at the TU Chemnitz, see Frank-Lothar Kroll .

Lothar Kroll (* 9. April 1959 in Oberglogau , Upper Silesia / Poland ) is director of the Institute of Lightweight Structures and An-Institute Cetex Institute gGmbH the Technical University of Chemnitz . As holder of the professorship for lightweight structural engineering and plastics processing at the Technical University of Chemnitz and head of the Fraunhofer Research Center STEX at the Fraunhofer Institute for Machine Tools and Forming Technology (IWU), he works increasingly in the research and further development of textile-reinforced plastics and hybrid structures as well as their manufacturing and processing processes. The focus is on in-line and in-situ technologies for large-scale production , which allow the resource-saving production of lightweight structures with high performance and functional density. In addition to his scientific work, he works nationally and internationally as a networker, initiator and coordinator in research associations.

Life

Kroll studied at the Technical University Opole ( Poland ) and the TU Clausthal in the field of vehicle technology and mechanical engineering . In 1992 he was at the Technical University of Clausthal, Institute of Engineering Mechanics doctorate and then moved to the Technical University of Dresden , Institute for Lightweight and plastics technology . There he was a senior scientist for several years before he completed his habilitation on lightweight construction and material mechanics in 2005 and was appointed to the professorship of lightweight structural construction and plastics processing at the TU Chemnitz in 2006 . See Academic Career .

Since then he has significantly shaped the research and prestige of the professorship and the TU Chemnitz . The Federal Cluster of Excellence MERGE, which is unique in Germany in the field of lightweight construction , was created under his leadership and is funded by the DFG in the project period 2012 to 2017 . The cluster is also internationally competitive in other networks, such as the self-founded MTC eV and MERGEurope. Universities and clusters from five European countries cooperate in the latter. Thanks to the lively project activity and the acquisition of third-party funds, MERGE is also funded by the BMBF as one of eleven German clusters within the framework of the InterSpiN, which was initiated to internationalize top clusters, future projects and comparable networks. Through Kroll's contacts to Polish universities and partners, u. a. of the Technical University of Wroclaw and the Technical University of Opole , MERGE can also promote international knowledge transfer. The Polish-German Bridge Conference was launched in 2016 under the patronage of the Prime Minister of Saxony, Stanislaw Tillich . Since 2015, the "International MERGE Technologies Conference for Lightweight Structures" (IMTC) has been held as an exchange platform for the Federal Cluster of Excellence at Chemnitz University of Technology . In cooperation with MERGE, Kroll has also created the international master’s course “Merge Technologies for Resource Efficiency” at the TU Chemnitz .

Kroll is (co-) founder of several institutes or affiliated institutes of the TU Chemnitz , which additionally deepen the research focus of structural lightweight construction and implement it in industrial applications in cooperation with companies. These include:

• Cetex Institut gGmbH, Chemnitz (research and development of technologies and systems for technical textiles and textile semi-finished products for fiber composite materials) - as chairman of the scientific advisory board
• Center for integrative lightweight construction technologies, Chemnitz (new injection molding technologies for high-performance components with textile reinforcement or with complex functional and electronic components)
• Fraunhofer Research Center STEX at Fraunhofer IWU in Chemnitz (new types of textile machines, technologies and interfaces for fiber-reinforced semi-finished products, in-line textile processes for near-net-shape structures, technologies for textile and plastic-based manufacturing processes and preform technologies for bionically reinforced lightweight structures)
• Plastics Center Oberlausitz of the Fraunhofer IWU , Zittau

For networking at the federal level, the Alliance Textile Lightweight Construction (ATL) was set up as a merger of the TU institutes IST (Institute for Lightweight Structures) and IFK (Institute for Conveyor Technology and Plastics) at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and the three affiliated institutes under the direction of Kroll Cetex, STFI (Sächsisches Textilforschungsinstitut e.V.) and KVB (Institute for Construction and Composite Construction) of the TU Chemnitz founded. The aim is to bundle the experts for future-oriented research and development by linking the potential of textile and plastics technology for technical applications. See memberships in associations and committees .

As a member of scientific editorial boards and editor of several specialist journals, he shapes the scientific discourse and actively shapes the national and international transfer of knowledge in lightweight structural engineering. His latest project is the English-language open access journal “Technologies for Lightweight Structures”, in which scientists can publish articles quickly and with qualified peer reviews . See memberships in scientific editorial boards .

Functions

• Since 2006: University professor for lightweight structural engineering and plastics processing at the TU Chemnitz
• Since 2007: Reviewer from the DFG and AiF
• Since 2007: Director of the Cetex Institute for Textile and Processing Machines, non-profit GmbH
• 2008: Founder of Lightweight Structures Engineering GmbH (LSE), Chemnitz
• Since 2009: Chairman of the scientific advisory board of the Cetex Chemnitzer Textilmaschinenentwicklung e. V.
• Since 2010: Coordinator of the Lightweight Textile Construction Alliance (ATL), Chemnitz
• Since 11/2012: Spokesman for the Federal Cluster of Excellence EXC 1075 "Technology fusion for multifunctional lightweight structures" ( MERGE )
• Since 01/2013: Founding board member of MTC Lightweight Structures eV
• Since 06/2013: Head of the Fraunhofer Plastics Center Oberlausitz
• 2013–2016: Dean of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering at Chemnitz University of Technology
• Since 2014: Member of the Advisory Board at the Chemnitz Automotive Institute (CATI)
• Since 02/2015: Honorary Professor ( E.h. ) of the Technical University of Wroclaw , Poland
• Since 09/2015: Head of the Fraunhofer Research Center STEX at the IWU
• Since 09/2015: Professor at the Institute for Mechanics and Applied Machine Design at the Technical University of Opole , Poland
• Since 02/2016: Spokesman for the Fraunhofer TEXTIL Alliance
• Since 04/2016: Vice Dean for Research, International Affairs and Equal Opportunities at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering

Memberships in associations and committees

• Since 1987: Member of the Association of German Engineers (VDI)
• Since 1991: Commissioner in the industry committee for structural calculation documents (IASB) of the aeronautical engineering handbooks (LTH)
• Since 1993: Member of the Society for Chemical Technology and Biotechnology e. V. (DECHEMA)
• Since 1995: Member of the industrial association for reinforced plastics V. (AVK)
• Since 2006: Member of the LiMA (lightweight construction in mechanical and plant engineering) trade fair committee in Chemnitz;

mtex (trade fair for technical textiles) Chemnitz; Intec (International Trade Fair for Machine Tools, Manufacturing and Automation Technology) Leipzig

• Since 2006: Member of the European Alliance for SMC / BMC
• Since 2007: Member of the research association for materials from renewable raw materials
• Since 2007: Board member of the Competence Center for Lightweight Structures
• Since 2013: Board member of MTC Lightweight Structures eV
• Since 2014: Member of the Advisory Board at the Chemnitz Automotive Institute (CATI)

Memberships in scientific editorial boards

Editor-in-Chief	Technologies for Lightweight Structures (TLS), Chemnitz
Deputy Editor-in-Chief	Journal of Achievements in Materials and Manufacturing Engineering (JAMME), Poland
Editorial Key Reviewers Committee	Archives of Materials Science and Engineering (AMSE), Poland
Editorial Board	COMPOSITES THEORY AND PRACTICE Research Journal of the Polish Society of Composite Materials
Editorial Board	APPLIED SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY International Journal of KMUTNB, Bangkok , Thailand
Editorial Advisory Board	MECHANIK, Miesiecznik Naukowo-Techniczny, Poland
Steering Committee	International Conference and Exhibition on Thermoplastic Composites (ITHEC), Bremen
Steering Committee	International Polish-German Bridge Conference for Resource Efficiency, Opole , Poland
Conference Committee	International MERGE Technologies Conference (IMTC), Chemnitz
Scientific Advisory Board	Chemnitz Textile Technology Conference (CTT)
Scientific Advisory Board	DGM Symposium "Composite Materials and Material Compounds"

Prizes and awards

• June 19, 2011: Medal of Honor of Chemnitz University of Technology in recognition of his outstanding services to the profile of the teaching and research area "Sustainable key technologies in lightweight construction"
• September 9, 2013: Award from Südwestsachsen eV in the category of science, art and culture

• October 6, 2014: Medal of Honor from the Opole University of Technology in recognition of services to the development of scientific cooperation between Poland and Germany

• June 30, 2015: Award of the BMBF application “Internationalization of top clusters, future projects and comparable networks” at the 3rd International Cluster Conference, Berlin
• October 7, 2015: Outstanding International Academic Alliance Award from King Mongkut's University of Technology North Bangkok, Thailand
• Honorary Citizen of Opole (November 11, 2018)

Web links

• Professorship of Lightweight Structures at Chemnitz University of Technology
• MERGE
• International MERGE Technologies Conference

Individual evidence

1. ↑ CETEX website - contact person. Retrieved December 20, 2016 . 
2. ^ Website TU Chemnitz - Institute for Lightweight Structures. Retrieved December 20, 2016 . 
3. ^ Website of the TU Chemnitz - Institute for Structural Correction. Retrieved December 20, 2016 . 
4. ↑ Fraunhofer IWU website - press archive. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on January 10, 2017 ; Retrieved December 20, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
5. ↑ Website TU Chemnitz - MERGEurope. Retrieved December 20, 2016 . 
6. ↑ InterSpiN website. Retrieved December 20, 2016 . 
7. ^ Website TU Chemnitz - press office. Retrieved December 20, 2016 . 
8. ↑ Website TU Chemnitz - IMTC. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on January 10, 2017 ; Retrieved December 20, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
9. ^ Website Cetex. Retrieved December 20, 2016 . 
10. ↑ Smart systems campus website. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on January 10, 2017 ; Retrieved December 20, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
11. ↑ Fraunhofer IWU website - press archive. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on January 10, 2017 ; Retrieved December 20, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
12. ↑ Fraunhofer IWU website - press archive. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on January 10, 2017 ; Retrieved December 20, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
13. ^ Technologies for Lightweight Structures website. Retrieved December 20, 2016 . 
14. ^ Website TU Chemnitz - Structural Lightweight Construction . Retrieved December 20, 2016 . 
15. ^ Website LSE Chemnitz. Retrieved December 20, 2016 . 
16. ↑ Website Cetex - Contact. Retrieved December 20, 2016 . 
17. ^ Website TU Chemnitz - Alliance for Lightweight Textiles. Retrieved December 20, 2016 . 
18. ↑ Website TU Chemnitz - MTC Lgithweight Structures eV Accessed on December 20, 2016 . 
19. ^ Website TU Chemnitz - Faculty of Mechanical Engineering. Retrieved December 20, 2016 . 
20. ↑ CATI website. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on January 10, 2017 ; Retrieved December 20, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
21. ^ Website TU Breslau (Polish). (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on January 10, 2017 ; Retrieved December 20, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
22. ↑ Fraunhofer IWU website - press archive. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on January 10, 2017 ; Retrieved December 20, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
23. ^ Website TU Opole (Polish). Retrieved December 20, 2016 . 
24. ^ Website TU Chemnitz - Faculty of Mechanical Engineering. Retrieved December 20, 2016 . 
25. ↑ Website LiMA. Retrieved December 20, 2016 . 
26. ↑ website mtex. Retrieved December 20, 2016 . 
27. ↑ Research association WNR website. Retrieved December 20, 2016 . 
28. ^ Website TU Chemnitz - MERGE. Retrieved December 20, 2016 . 
29. ↑ CATI website. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on January 10, 2017 ; Retrieved December 20, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
30. ^ Technologies for Lightweight Structures website. Retrieved December 20, 2016 . 
31. ^ Website Journal of Achievements in Materials and Manufacturing Engineering. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on December 14, 2016 ; Retrieved December 20, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
32. ↑ Website Archives of Materials Science and Engineering. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on January 10, 2017 ; Retrieved December 20, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
33. ^ Website Composites Theory and Practice. Retrieved December 20, 2016 . 
34. ↑ Website International Journal of Applied Science and Technology. Retrieved December 20, 2016 . 
35. ↑ Website Literary Monthly Naukowo-Techniczny (Polish). Retrieved December 20, 2016 . 
36. ↑ ITHEC website. Retrieved December 20, 2016 . 
37. ^ Bridge Conference website. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on October 20, 2016 ; Retrieved December 20, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
38. ↑ Website TU Chemnitz - IMTC. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on January 10, 2017 ; Retrieved December 20, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
39. ^ Website of the Chemnitz Textile Technology Conference. Retrieved December 20, 2016 . 
40. ^ Website TU Chemnitz - press office. Retrieved December 20, 2016 . 
41. ↑ Website Wirtschaft im Erzgebirge. Retrieved December 20, 2016 . 
42. ^ Website TU Opole (Polish). Retrieved December 20, 2016 . 
43. ^ Newsletter TU Chemnitz MERGE September / October 2015. Accessed on December 20, 2016 . 
44. ↑ Prof. Dr.-Ing. Lothar Kroll is the new honorary citizen of Opole (Federal Foreign Office)