TRIER UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES - FLUID POWER

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Harald Ortwig

Adress:
Schneidershof
D-54293 Trier

Phone:
++49.651.8103 367

Fax:
++49.651.8103 377

e-mail:
ortwig@hochschule-trier.de


Academic Career

1986
Dipl.-Ing. (equivalent to MSc) in Mechanical Engineering from Aachen University of Technology

1990
Dr.-Ing. (equivalent to PhD) in Fluid Power from Aachen University of Technology
(under supervision of Prof. Prof. h.c. mult. Dr.-Ing. Dr. h.c. mult. Wolfgang Backé)

1993
Professor for Fluid Power at Trier University of Applied Sciences

Professional Career

1982 - 1990
Research Engineer at the "Institute for Fluid Power Drives and Controls"
of Aachen University of Technology

1990 - 1993
Application Engineer and Project Manager with Sauer-Danfoss, Neumünster, Germany

1993
Head of the Fluid Power Laboratory at Trier University of Applied Sciences

1995
Acknowledged as a Publicly Certified Expert for "Fluid Power (Hydraulics und Pneumatics)"
by the Chamber of Industry and Commerce of Trier

1999
Member of "Fluid Power Net International", First Virtual Research Laboratory on Fluid Power

2000
Member of the Fluid Power Committee, Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE), USA

2001
Founder Member of the Board of Directors of the "Competence Centre for Automation, Rationalization and Innovation in Civil and Construction Engineering - KARIB" at Trier University of Applied Sciences

2002
Visiting Professor at TECSUP, Instituto Superior Tecnologico, Lima and Arequipa (PERU)

2002
Acknowledged as a Publicly Certified Expert for "Failure Analysis and Valuation of Machines and Industrial Equipment; Fluid Power" by the Chamber of Industry and Commerce of Trier

2003
Consultant of the Investitions- und Strukturbank Rheinland-Pfalz

2007
DAAD Visiting Professor at Bach Khoa HCMC, Saigon University of Technology (VIETNAM)

2009
PhD-Scholarship Reviewer for the German Academic Exchange Service DAAD in South East Asia

2010
DAAD Visiting Professor at Bach Khoa Hanoi University of Science and Technology (VIETNAM)

2012
Initiation of the Partnership Hochschule Trier - Hanoi University of Industry (VIETNAM)

Professional Activities

Courses and Lectures
- Fluid Power
- Control Technology
- Advanced Mathematics

Research and Development
- Vibration and Noise in Fluid Power Systems
- Investigation and Improvement of Components
- Design and Calculation of Fluid Power Transmissions

Consulting, Expertises, Technology Transfer
- Fluid Power (Hydraulics & Pneumatics)
- Drive & Control Technology
- Investigation of Damages
- Market Survey & Analysis
- Patent & Export Affairs

Link to Publications