Draft:Claus Emmelmann

Claus Emmelmann (born 29 November 1959 in Hannover, Germany) is a German engineer and scientist for laser technology and 3D printing. As head of the Institute for Laser and Systems Engineering (iLAS), he has been researching and teaching at Hamburg University of Technology (TUHH) since 2001.

Education and career
After graduating from high school and training as an officer in the german military, Claus Emmelmann has been researching and developing innovative production technologies using laser technology since completing his mechanical engineering studies at Leibniz University Hannover in 1985. He has published his activities in various teams in over 600 national and international publications on topics like laser cutting, laser joining and 3D printing of various materials and products.

As head of department from 1986 to 1991, he dedicated himself to the establishment of a technology transfer institution, the Laser Zentrum Hannover e.V. After obtaining his doctorate in engineering (Dr.-Ing. in 1991), he worked as a business unit manager and international sales manager, among other things for the expansion of the solid-state laser division of the then world-leading laser manufacturer Rofin-Sinar within the Siemens Group. In 2001, he was appointed professor at the TUHH and founded the iLAS in the Dean's Office of Industrial and Technical Sciences, which he led as Dean for three terms.

Together with the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg (FHH), Claus Emmelmann founded the Laser Zentrum Nord GmbH (LZN) in 2006 as Chief Executive Officer. In 2018, he transferred the LZN with its research team of more than 100 employees and a revenue of around 10 million euros to the first independent Fraunhofer Institute of the FHH, the Institute for Additive Production Technologies (IAPT). Until 2020 he was the Institute Director of the IAPT.

During his almost 40-year long career, he has awarded more than 30 scientists a doctorate in engineering, initiated the founding of six start-ups, acquired 100 million euros in research and infrastructure funding for the FHH and volunteered on various scientific and industrial committees (TUHH research focus on medicine, aviation and maritime technologies, HansePhotonik e. V., WLT e. V., Technologien in der Bildung e. V., Mobility goes Additive e. V., 3D-Druck Verband e. V., Nortec Messe Hamburg). On the occasion of his 60th birthday colloquium by the Fraunhofer-Society, Claus Emmelmann initiated the Scientific Innovation Prize (WIP) together with the Rotary Club Hamburg-Haake in 2020. This prize is awarded to scientists at the TUHH who have made outstanding contributions to scientific innovation research with a high degree of market maturity.

In addition to his scientific activities, Claus Emmelmann has advised numerous global companies on their 3D printing and laser-specific business strategies and M&A activities.

Claus Emmelmann received his most prestigious awards for his globally pioneering research into metallic and bionic 3D printing and its industrial transformations in the aviation, medical, automotive, tool and maritime industries. For this, he received the German Industry Innovation Award in 2014, was nominated for the German Future Prize by the German Federal President in 2015 and was honored as Hamburgs Person of the Year in 2016.

Claus Emmelmann is married, has two children and has been a member of the Rotary Club Hamburg-Haake for over 25 years.

Publications
Claus Emmelmann has published over 600 national and international publications with an H-index of 30 so far.

Awards and honors

 * 2014: Innovation Award of the German Economy
 * 2015: Nomination for the German Future Prize by the German Federal President
 * 2016: Honored as Hamburgs Person of the Year in the business category

Weblinks

 * Literature by and about Claus Emmelmann in the catalog of the German National Library (Deutsche Nationalbibliothek)
 * Website of the iLAS: https://www.tuhh.de/ilas/en/institute-ilas