Born November 11th 1953 in Scheibbs (Austria). MSc of Mechanical Engineering and Doctorate of Engineering Sciences at Vienna University of Technology. Industrial research and development experience in agricultural machinery (Epple Buxbaum Werke), continuous casting technology (Voest Alpine Industrieanlagenbau), and paper mills (Voith). Since Dec. 1990, Full Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Johannes Kepler University, Linz. Research topics: hydraulic drive technology and mechatronic design.