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People Index

This is the promoted people layer inside 04 - Leads. High-signal names from the reports should now exist in one of two states:

  • promoted to a standalone person page because they directly support a work package or opportunity
  • referenced here as a routed name that stays in the source layer until a stronger action path exists

If the goal is full coverage rather than just first-wave actionability, use the coverage register:

First Promoted People

Official person Wiki record Official email Official role / institution Primary Fit Current Use Status
Dr. Stavros Nousias local profile [email protected] Research Group Leader, Knowledge Representation and Reasoning / AI in the Built Environment, TUM Chair of Computing in Civil and Building Engineering drawing intelligence, CAD semantics, AI4CADCAM first local drawing-intelligence technical lane promote to outreach preparation
Prof. Dr. Vahid Salehi Douzloo local profile [email protected] Professor, Munich University of Applied Sciences, with focus on virtual product development, systems engineering, CAD/CAE/CAM, and PLM CAD/CAE/PLM execution, applied prototype work fastest Munich CAE thesis lane promote to outreach preparation
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Sandro Wartzack local profile [email protected] Chair holder, Institute of Engineering Design, FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg KBE, engineering knowledge capture, DFM framing strongest advisory lane for WP-02 promote to outreach preparation
Prof. Dr. Markus Zimmermann local profile [email protected] Professor and Head, Laboratory for Product Development and Lightweight Design, TUM TUM credibility, product-development mentorship, thesis framing local strategic advisor and Munich anchor keep as parallel credibility lane
Prof. Dr.-Ing. André Borrmann local profile [email protected] Head of the Institute; Chair of Computing in Civil and Building Engineering, TUM; Director, TUM Georg Nemetschek Institute AI4CADCAM, CAD-to-CAM/CAE graph logic supporting TUM CCBE lane for drawing and CAD semantics keep as secondary contact path
Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Benjamin Schleich local profile [email protected] Professor and Head, Product Life Cycle Management, TU Darmstadt PLM, digital twins, engineering automation strongest digital-thread and standards lane promote to outreach preparation
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Thomas Binder local profile [email protected] Programme Director and Academic Advisor, Mechanical Engineering; Mechanical Design, CA-Methods, and Engineering Mechanics, TH Ingolstadt CA-methods, FEM/CAD workflow support applied TH Ingolstadt CAE lane promote to second-wave outreach
Dr.-Ing. Joachim Linn local profile [email protected] Deputy Head of Division Mathematics for Vehicles, Systems and Production; Head of Department Mathematics for the Digital Factory, Fraunhofer ITWM model reduction, simulation automation strongest later-stage Fraunhofer simulation lane monitor until deliverable sharpens
Dr.-Ing. Daniel Weber local profile [email protected] Head of Department, Interactive Engineering Technologies, Fraunhofer IGD interactive engineering, CAD/CAE acceleration CAD/CAE product and engineering UX lane promote to second-wave technical exchange
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Jens-Peter Majschak local profile [email protected] Chair of Processing Machines and Processing Technology, TU Dresden; Director, Fraunhofer IVV packaging machinery, digital assistance systems packaging-machinery pilot lane promote to outreach preparation
Prof. Dr. Frank Schirmeier local profile [email protected] Professor, Faculty of Computer Science; Scientific Director, Institute for Data-Optimized Manufacturing, Hochschule Kempten industrial GenAI, CAD-graph logic, packaging-adjacent SME work Kempten packaging and DFM lane promote to outreach preparation
Prof. Dr. Ulrich Göhner local profile [email protected] Professor, Faculty of Computer Science; Scientific Director, Institute for Data-Optimized Manufacturing, Hochschule Kempten industrial AI and CAD-structure graph logic Kempten applied mini-project lane promote to outreach preparation
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Kristin Paetzold-Byhain local profile [email protected] Chair of Virtual Product Development, TU Dresden generative AI in product development, CAD integration later-stage AI-in-product-development lane monitor and frame
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Matthias Kreimeyer local profile [email protected] Head of Product Development and Engineering Design, University of Stuttgart IKTD design-simulation overlap, smart products, product-development methods review-intelligence and advisory lane promote to second-wave outreach
Prof. Dr. Gia-Khanh Pham, MBA local profile [email protected] Professor for Materials Technology, Munich University of Applied Sciences applied CAE and AI applications supporting HM execution lane keep as supporting contact
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Robert H. Schmitt local profile [email protected] Chairholder, Intelligence in Quality Sensing, WZL at RWTH Aachen University quality, metrology, AI integration, digital-twin transfer industry-facing AI-in-manufacturing and consortium lane keep as later transfer route

Why These People First

  • Each directly supports at least one current work package or opportunity.
  • The set now covers the main TU, Hochschule, Fraunhofer, and packaging lanes surfaced in the reports.
  • The promoted set is still filtered for actionability rather than exhaustively turning the wiki into a directory.

Referenced But Not Yet Promoted

Official person Official email Official role / institution Why They Matter Current State
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Nils Meyer [email protected] Junior Professor, Data-driven Product Engineering and Design, University of Augsburg strong Bavaria data-driven product-engineering and simulation-ready geometry fit routed in source layer; promote when Augsburg lane becomes active
Univ.-Prof. Dr.-Ing. Tobias Düser [email protected] Head, IPEK Institute of Product Engineering, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology strong product-engineering and method-development fit at KIT IPEK routed in source layer; promote when WP-09 or methods lane sharpens
Professor of Engineering Thomas Schaeffer [email protected] Professor of Design, CAD, Machine Elements and Transmission Technology, Technical Mechanics, Multibody Systems, and Motion Technology, OTH Regensburg OTH Regensburg digital-twin and CAD/CAE cluster lead routed in source layer; promote with Regensburg opportunity
Professor of Engineering Florian Nützel [email protected] Professor of Digital Product Development in Mechanical Engineering, OTH Regensburg digital product development and simulation fit at OTH Regensburg routed in source layer; promote with Regensburg opportunity
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Tobias Laumer [email protected] Professor and Lab Lead, Additive and Intelligent Manufacturing for Sustainability, OTH Regensburg AI-based product development in additive manufacturing routed in source layer; keep as secondary Regensburg lane
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Klaus Drechsler [email protected] Director, Fraunhofer IGCV; Head, Chair of Carbon Composites, TUM TUM and Fraunhofer IGCV aerospace and composites bridge routed in source layer; promote when aerospace lane activates
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Rüdiger Daub [email protected] Professor at TUM and Director, Fraunhofer IGCV battery and Fraunhofer/TUM digitalization bridge routed in source layer; not first-wave for current work packages
Prof. Dr. Mirko Meboldt [email protected] Full Professor of Product Development and Engineering Design, ETH Zurich high-value European product-development benchmark and advisor routed in source layer; strategic benchmark rather than first outreach
Prof. Dr. Dr.-Ing. Dr. h.c. Jivka Ovtcharova [email protected] Head, Institute for Information Management in Engineering, KIT; Founder, Lifecycle Engineering Solutions Center digital engineering and lifecycle systems depth at KIT routed in source layer; promote when digital-thread consortium lane opens
Prof. Dr. Jochen Garcke [email protected] Head of Business Area Numerical Data-Driven Prediction, Fraunhofer SCAI strongest SCAI simulation-analytics and CAE ML fit routed in source layer; promote if SCAI becomes an active route
Prof. Sabine Roller [email protected] Director, DLR Institute of Software Methods for Product Virtualization DLR virtual-product and validation language fit routed in source layer; promote when aerospace or virtual-certification lane opens
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Roland Lachmayer [email protected] Founding Director, Institute of Product Development and Equipment Construction, Leibniz University Hannover strong KBE and engineering-knowledge capture framing routed in source layer; useful for later methods expansion

Promotion Rules

  • Promote a person when there is a real work-package link or opportunity path.
  • Do not promote names just because they are prominent.
  • Keep the person layer small until outreach and enrichment actually begin.

Open Questions

  • Should the first Apollo-enrichment batch cover all promoted people or only the immediate first-wave group?
  • Which referenced names should be promoted next after the first outreach round?

Sources

  • TextCAD/04_Marketing and Outreach/13_Universities/deep-research-report.md
  • TextCAD/04_Marketing and Outreach/13_Universities/deep-research-report Monster.md
  • TextCAD/04_Marketing and Outreach/13_Universities/RapidDraft Academic & Applied Research Partner Mapping (Monster Brief, v1).md