• Born May 5, 1943
• 1967 Engineering Diploma, University of Karlsruhe, Germany
• 1972 Doctor Engineer, University of Braunschweig, Germany
  'Inkrementrechenschaltungen zur Interpolation bei einem Sichtgerät'
• 1972 - 1981 Development Engineer, Group Leader, Assistant Department Manager in various engine management and vehicle control areas, Robert Bosch GmbH, Schwieberdingen, Germany
• 1981 - 1987 Department Manager Advanced Systems Development, Robert Bosch GmbH, Schwieberdingen, Germany
• 1988 - 1992 Group Director R&D, Siemens Automotive, Regensburg, Germany
• 1992 - 2008 Institute of Industrial Information Technology
• Since October 2008 retired

• Automotive Control
• Distributed Realtime Systems
• Signal Processing
• Biomedical Engineering

• Methods of Signal Processing
• Automotive Control Systems
• Distributed Discrete Event Systems
• Digital Signal Processing in Measurement Engineering

• Development of CAN Bus
• Coordination of OSEK/VDX Standard

Arch T. Colwell Merrit Award
Sept. 1987, Society of Automotive Engineers, USA

Eduard Rhein Award
Nov. 2008, Eduard Rhein Foundation, Germany