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Appointments
Appointments
Again in 2016 two new professors have
been appointed to the TUM Department of
Mechanical Engineering.
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Volker Gümmer
Prof. Kau, the former chair of Flight Pro-
pulsion passed away unexpectedly and
far too soon in 2013, leaving a well-estab
lished and active research group. Very
soon after, the department decided to fill
this position again, as turbomachinery is
an essential part of aerospace engineering
and also stationary power conversion. To
address this broader focus, the depart-
ment decided to slightly alter the name of
the institute to ‘Turbomachinery and Flight
Propulsion’.
The department is proud that it was able
to gain Prof. Gümmer (b. 1964) for this
position. Prof. Gümmer studied Mechan-
ical Engineering with a focus on aero-
nautics in Braunschweig and then started
his career with Rolls-Royce Germany,
where he later also had the opportunity to
achieve his Ph.D. under the supervision of
Prof. Kau. He has been ‘Manager of CFD
Methos and Aerothermal Technology’ with
Rolls-Royce Germany since 2012.
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Johannes Fottner
A strong commitment to logistics
engineering is a unique feature of TUM
as compared to other universities in
Germany, even though this sector is the
third largest in Germany (after health and
automotive) with a yearly turnover of
230 billion euro and 2.6 million employees
and rapidly growing.
Prof. Fottner is a renowned expert in this
field. Since completing his dissertation,
which was honored ‘Best Dissertation of
the Department’, he has been working in
leading positions in industry, most recently
as Technical Director MIAS Hungary Kft.
During long stays in Switzerland, China,
the US and Hungary, he gained broad
international experience.
Prof. Dr.-Ing.
Johannes Fottner
Prof. Dr.-Ing.
Volker Gümmer