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Retirements
Prof. Udo Lindemann, Chair of Product
Development, retired on September 30,
2016.
Udo Lindemann studied Mechanical
Engineering at Hanover University, where
he subsequently became a research assis-
tant with Prof. Ehrlenspiel from 1974 to
1979. When Ehrlenspiel accepted a call to
TUM for the Chair of Design Techniques,
Lindemann followed him. After finishing
his doctorate in 1979, he held several
leading positions in industry, first at Renk
AG, Augsburg, in 1992 as CEO of MAN
Miller Druckmaschinen GmbH. In 1995
Lindemann succeeded his former teacher
as Chair at TUM. The Chair was renamed
‘Chair of Product Development’ in 1999.
Under the direction of Udo Lindemann,
the areas of activity broadend so that in
the meantime all stages of the develop-
ment process are covered. A special focus
is set on the research of design methods,
knowledge management and sustaina-
bility as well as management of design
and development. Systems engineering,
complexity management as well as
strategic product and process planning
have been addressed both in fundamental
and applied research projects.
Lindemann was especially successful
in the acquisition of projects, funded by
very diverse funding bodies, including
the German Research Foundation (DFG),
several federal ministries, the Bavarian
Research Foundation (BFS), the Zeidler
Research Foundation and the Volkswagen
Foundation. For several years, he was
speaker of a total of three DFG Collabora-
tive Research Centres (SFBs).
He is author, co-author and editor of
numerous scientific and text books,
journals and other scientific contributions.
Internationalization and scientific
exchange are very important to Udo
Lindemann. He is very active in attracting
researchers from all over the world and
also from other disciplines (e.g. medicine,
psychology, biology, informatics).
Udo Lindemann was also Dean of Studies,
Vice Dean and Dean of the TUM Depart-
ment of Mechanical Engineering for many
years. One of his main contributions was
to successfully introduce a reformed
Diploma curriculum, which later served
as a cornerstone for the introduction of
the Bachelor/Master system. Later he
was elected Member of the TUM Senate,
of which he was chairman for six years.
Despite his retirement he is still active
in Acatech, the Kompetenzzentrum
Mittelstand GmbH, the Future Council
of Bavarian Economy (Zukunftsrat der
bayerischen Wirtschaft) and in many other
bodies.
Retirements
Prof. Dr.-Ing.
Udo Lindemann
Product Development