Günter Spur#
| Sadly, this member passed away. | |
| Membership Number: | 1436 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | PHYSICS & ENGINEERING SCIENCES |
| Elected: | 1993 |
| Main Country of Residence: | GERMANY |
Günter Spur passed away August 20, 2013.
Positions Held
- 2000 Dr.-Ing. Eh University of Dortmund
- 1997 Emeritus Professor of Production Engineering and Machine Tools of the TU Berlin
- 1996 Dr.-Ing. Eh Brandenburg Technical University, Cottbus
- 1991-1996 Founding rector of the Technical University of Cottbus
- 1986 Dr.-Ing. Eh Chemnitz University of Technology
- 1976 Founder of the Fraunhofer Institute for Production Systems and Design Technology (IPK)
- 1965 Appointed Professor of Machine Tools and Manufacturing Technology of the Technical University of Berlin
- 1962-1965 Design manager and design director in the machine tool factory Gildemeister & Comp., Bielefeld
- 1960 Promotion to Dr.-Ing.
- 1959-1961 Chief engineer and director of the experimental field at the Institute for Machine Tools and Production Engineering at the TU Berlin
- 1956-1959 Research assistant at the Institute for Machine Tools and Production Engineering of the Technical University of Brunswick
- 1955-1956 Designer, machine tool factory Gildemeister & Comp., Bielefeld
Fields of Scholarship
- manufacturing technology
- the interplay between fundamental research and industrial application
Honours and Awards
- member of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences
- 2006 Honorary member of the Fraunhofer Society
- 2006 Helmholtz Medal of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences
- 1996 Honorary Medal of the city of Cottbus (Honorary Senator of the BTU Cottbus)
- 1994 Honorary Professor of Tongji University, Shanghai
- 1994 Dr. hc Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing
- 1993 Dr. hc State Technological University Stankin, Moscow
- 1992 M. Eugene Merchant Manufacturing Medal of ASME/SME, USA
- 1991 Grashof Commemorative Medal of the VDI, highest award of the VDI
- 1991 Dr. hc Czech Technical University in Prague
- 1998 Honorary Member of the Technical University of Berlin
- 1988 Merit of the State of Berlin
- 1984 Great Cross of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
- 1983 Dr. hc University of Leuven, Belgium
- 1981 VDI decorations
- 1979 Honorary Member of the North American Manufacturing Research Institution Namri, USA
- 1979 Honorary Member of the Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME), Detroit, Michigan, United States
- 1977-1978 President of the CIRP, Honorary Membership
- 1966 VDI Ring of Honor for engineering excellence under 40 years
