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Prof. Dr. Alexander Rost
Teaching and research areas
- Modern materials and their processing
(material condition after processing, material modeling, stress-appropriate design)
Functions
At the university
- Dean of the Faculty of Mechanical and Automotive Engineering
- Laboratory management – Laboratory for plastics technology
Outside the university
Director and Head of the Materials Department of the Automotive Technology Transfer Center at Coburg University of Applied Sciences (TAC)
Courses
- Materials engineering
- Designing for plastics
- Composite materials
- Injection molding production technology
- Company organization, personnel and organization
- Project management
Short vita
- since 10/2013: Coburg University of Applied Sciences
- 1998 – 2013: Various positions and responsibilities in the electrical industry (factory automation) and in the automotive supply industry/plastics processing with tasks in development, product management, production, marketing and sales and management
- 1993 – 1998: Research assistant and doctorate (Dr.-Ing.) at the TU Darmstadt
- 1987 – 1992: Degree in mechanical engineering (Dipl.-Ing.) with focus on mechanics and materials, TU Braunschweig
Memberships
- Member of the Association of German Engineers VDI and the Society for Applied Mathematics and Mechanics GAMM
- Member of the Association of Christian Scouts and Guides VCP e.V.
- Collaboration with the German Protestant Church Congress
