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| 1949 - 1957 | Various employments in controls and communications (Ultra-Low Frequency Oscillators, Operational Amplifiers, Analog Simulators). |
| 1952 - 1957 | Studies of Electrical Engineering, and Mathematics and Physics at Technical University Dresden. |
| 1957 - 1963 | Studies of Mathematics and Control Engineering at Technical University (TU) Darmstadt, with interruption by industrial work periods (Electronic Associates Inc. Brussels, simulation of aircraft, nuclear power plants etc.). |
| 1962 | Diploma in Mathematics by TU Darmstadt. |
| 1959 - 1993 | Bölkow KG in Ottobrunn, later MBB GmbH. |
| 1963 - 1993 | Developed and led the "Control and Simulation Department" of the MBB Space Division. The department was continuously expanded to cover the wide area of guided missiles, launch vehicle GNC, attitude and orbit control for communications (e. g. Intelsat V) and scientific (e. g. Rosat) satellites, and the newly emerging area of magnetic levitation and guidance systems for Maglev high speed trains. |
| 1993 | Scientific Consultant to EADS Astrium GmbH for AOCS and related areas. |
| 1983 | Dr.-Ing. from Technical University Munich with dissertation on "The Magnetic Wheel as autonomous functional unit of modular levitation and guidance systems for Maglev trains". |
| 1996 | Appointment to Honorary Professor at University Stuttgart teaching "Spacecraft Dynamics and Controls". |
| 1994 - 2002 | Member of Board of Directors, Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB). |
| 2005 | Teaching Space Master Course (Space Dynamics and Controls) at University Würzburg. |
- Auszeichnungen:
Technical Society/Organization Date Recognition Stiftung Werner-von-Siemens-Ring 13.12.1993 siehe auch 
Werner-von-Siemens-RingGoverment of Bavaria 1998 Maximiliansorden Government of Germany 2000 Großes Bundesverdienstkreuz AIAA 14.05.2007 AIAA Fellow IFAC 10.07.2008 IFAC Fellow TUM 25.10.2011 TUM Distinguished Affiliated Professor - Abkürzungen:
AIAA American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
IFAC International Federation on Automatic Control