!!!Günter Spur \\ %%(float:left;margin-left:20px;margin-right:30px;) [{Image src='spur_guenter.jpg' alt='Günter Spur' height='180'}] %% [{AcadMemberDataPlugin}] \\ \\ \\ \\ Günter Spur passed away August 20, 2013. \\ \\ __Positions Held__ *2000 Dr.-Ing. Eh University of Dortmund *1997 Emeritus Professor of Production Engineering and Machine Tools of the TU Berlin *1996 Dr.-Ing. Eh Brandenburg Technical University, Cottbus *1991-1996 Founding rector of the Technical University of Cottbus *1986 Dr.-Ing. Eh Chemnitz University of Technology *1976 Founder of the Fraunhofer Institute for Production Systems and Design Technology (IPK) *1965 Appointed Professor of Machine Tools and Manufacturing Technology of the Technical University of Berlin *1962-1965 Design manager and design director in the machine tool factory Gildemeister & Comp., Bielefeld *1960 Promotion to Dr.-Ing. *1959-1961 Chief engineer and director of the experimental field at the Institute for Machine Tools and Production Engineering at the TU Berlin *1956-1959 Research assistant at the Institute for Machine Tools and Production Engineering of the Technical University of Brunswick *1955-1956 Designer, machine tool factory Gildemeister & Comp., Bielefeld \\ __Fields of Scholarship__ [{AcadMemberFOScholarshipPlugin}] \\ __Honours and Awards__ *member of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences *2006 Honorary member of the Fraunhofer Society *2006 Helmholtz Medal of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences *1996 Honorary Medal of the city of Cottbus (Honorary Senator of the BTU Cottbus) *1994 Honorary Professor of Tongji University, Shanghai *1994 Dr. hc Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing *1993 Dr. hc State Technological University Stankin, Moscow *1992 M. Eugene Merchant Manufacturing Medal of ASME/SME, USA *1991 Grashof Commemorative Medal of the VDI, highest award of the VDI *1991 Dr. hc Czech Technical University in Prague *1998 Honorary Member of the Technical University of Berlin *1988 Merit of the State of Berlin *1984 Great Cross of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany *1983 Dr. hc University of Leuven, Belgium *1981 VDI decorations *1979 Honorary Member of the North American Manufacturing Research Institution Namri, USA *1979 Honorary Member of the Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME), Detroit, Michigan, United States *1977-1978 President of the CIRP, Honorary Membership *1966 VDI Ring of Honor for engineering excellence under 40 years \\ \\ %%columns-900 %%coolborders-140-70 [{Image src='User/paper_content_pencil_48.png' width='48px' class='image_left'}] [Obituary |User/Spur_Günter/CV] %% ---- %%coolborders-140-70 [{Image src='User/book_48.png' class='image_left'}] [Publication list|User/Spur_Günter/Publications] %% ---- %%coolborders-140-70 [{Image src='User/camera_noflash_48.png' width='48px' class='image_left'}] [Highlights of my work and anecdotes|User/Spur_Günter/Highlight] %% ---- %%coolborders-140-70 [{Image src='User/database_48.png' class='image_left'}] [Other information|User/Spur_Günter/OtherInformation] %% %% [{ALLOW view All}] [{ALLOW edit gspur}] [{ALLOW upload gspur}] [{ALLOW comment All}]