Education
Reimund Neugebauer graduated in 1979 from the Dresden University of Technology (Technology Union Dresden) with a degree in Machine Tool Design.
Reimund Neugebauer graduated in 1979 from the Dresden University of Technology (Technology Union Dresden) with a degree in Machine Tool Design.
On October 1, 2012, he took office as the tenth President of the Fraunhofer Society, the largest research organization in Europe, from his predecessor Hans-Jörg Bullinger. From 1979 until 1984 he was a scientific associate and a senior scientific assistant at the Technology Union Dresden, where he received his doctorate in 1984 and habilitated in 1989. After the founding of the Fraunhofer Institute for Machine Tools and Forming Technology IWU in 1992 he became one of the Managing Directors.
After the departure of Doctor Rolf Umbach in 1994 he was appointed as the sole managing director of Fraunhofer IWU. He held this position for 21 years, until September 2012.
In 1993 he became Chair of the Department of Machine Tools at the Chemnitz University of Technology and since 2000 he has been the Managing Director of the Chemnitz University’s Institute for Machine Tools and Production Processes. On October 1, 2012, he took office as the tenth President of the Fraunhofer Society, the largest research organization in Europe, from Hans-Jörg Bullinger.
From 2010 to 2011 he was the acting president of the German Academic Society for Production Engineering (WGP).
Officer"s Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (Verdienstkreuz 1 Klasse des Verdienstordens der Bundesrepublik Deutschland) (2005) Honorary doctorate awarded by the University of Technology, Munich (2012) Order of Merit (Verdienstorden) of the German State of Saxony (2012) Honorary doctorate awarded by the Stellenbosch University, South Africa (2013) Honorary doctorate awarded by the Czechoslovakian Technical University in Prague (2014) Erich Siebel Medal, bestowed by the European Research Association for Sheet Metal Working (2014).
German Academy of Science and Engineering]
Professor Neugebauer is a Fellow of the International Academy for Production Engineering (CIRP) and a member of German Academy of Science and Engineering (acatech).
