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Prof. Dr.-Ing. Steffen Ihlenfeldt

Director
Fraunhofer Institute for Machine Tools and Forming Technology (IWU)

About Prof. Dr.-Ing. Steffen Ihlenfeldt

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Steffen Ihlenfeldt is Director of the Fraunhofer Institute for Machine Tools and Forming Technology IWU, where he is responsible for the Scientific Field „Production Systems and Factory Automation“ and he is Head of the Chair of Machine Tools Development and Adaptive Controls at Technische Universität Dresden.

His research concentrates on cyber-physical production systems, including control technology as well as process informatics and machine data analysis. Further research activities focus on factory system design, machine tool technology for forming, machining an assembling as well as cognitive human robot collaboration.Currently, the Fraunhofer Research Center “Cognitive Production Systems” is being established under his leadership.

Steffen Ihlenfeldt is Associate Member of the International Academy for Production Engineering (CIRP), member of the German Academic Association for Production Technology (WGP), member of the Research Advisory Board in the German Society for the Advancement of Applied Computer Science GFaI and member of the Scientific Society for Assembly, Handling and Industrial Robotics MHI. As Chairman of the Fraunhofer AutoMOBILE Production Alliance, he is an intermediary between science, industry, politics and society.