Professor in Aircraft Design, Flight Mechanics, Aircraft Systems, and Aviation and Society. Head of Aircraft Design and Systems Group (AERO). --- INTERESTS: Aircraft Design, Aircraft Systems, Flight Mechanics, Flight Dynamics, Educational Flight Testing, Flight Control Systems, Hydraulic Systems, Aerodynamics, Simulation, Optimization, Mechanical Engineering, University Teaching, Short Courses, Open Access, Private Pilot. --- SHORT CV: Studied Mechanical Engineering at Universität Hannover, Germany (Dipl.-Ing.) and at Purdue University, USA (MSME). --- Systems engineer at Airbus in Hamburg, Germany. Topics: Flight Control and Hydraulic Systems. --- Temporary lecturer at Queens University Belfast (QUB), UK for Aircraft Stability and Control. --- Researcher at Technische Universität Hamburg-Harburg (TUHH), Dr.-Ing. (PhD). --- Own engineering office (research and development projects for Airbus and subcontractors), free lance lecturer at Airbus Technical School, Hamburg, Germany. --- SINCE 1999: Professor at Hamburg University of Applied Sciences (HAW Hamburg), Department of Automotive and Aeronautical Engineering, Aircraft Design and Systems Group (AERO) in Germany.