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Faculty Council

Members of the Faculty Council

Term of office: April 1, 2026, to March 31, 2029, or April 1, 2026, to March 31, 2027 (student group)

Chair

  • Prof. Dr.-Ing. Armin Lohrengel (Dean)
    Institute of Mechanical Engineering

Faculty Group

  • Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Ani Melkonyan-Gottschalk
    Institute of Geotechnology and Mineral Resources, Department of Sustainability and Socio-Technical Transformation
  • Prof. Dr.-Ing. Christine Minke
    Institute of Energy Process Engineering and Fuel Technology
  • Prof. Dr.-Ing. Niels Neumann
    Institute of Electrical and Information Engineering
  • Prof. Dr. rer. pol. Winfried Steiner
    Institute of Management, Economics and Law, Department of Business Administration and Marketing
  • Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Alfred Weber
    Institute for Mechanical Process Engineering
  • Prof. Dr.-Ing. Volker Wesling
    Institute for Welding Technology and Separative Manufacturing Processes
  • Prof. Dr. rer. pol. Inge Wulf
    Institute of Management, Economics and Law, Department of Business Administration, specializing in Corporate Accounting

Deputies of the Faculty Council’s Group of University Professors

  • Prof. Dr.-Ing. David Inkermann
  • Prof. Dr.-Ing. Gunther Brenner
  • Prof. Dr.-Ing. Jens Bremer
  • Prof. Dr. rer. pol. Fabian Paetzel
  • Prof. Dr.-Ing. Hubert Schwarze
  • Prof. Christian Bohn, Ph.D. (Eng.)
  • Prof. Heike-Yasmin Schenk-Mathes, Ph.D.
  • Prof. Alfons Esderts, Ph.D. (Eng.)
  • Prof. Dr. (Political Science) Christoph Schwindt
  • Prof. Dr.-Ing. Jens-André Paffenholz
  • Prof. Eleni Gerolymatou, Ph.D. (Eng.)
  • Prof. Philip Jaeger, Ph.D.
  • Prof. Christian Rembe, Ph.D. (Eng.)
  • Prof. Dr. (Political Science) Jürgen Zimmermann
  • Prof. Dr. jur. Hartmut Weyer
  • Prof. Dr.-Ing. Stefan Palis
  • Prof. Thomas Niemand, Ph.D. in Political Science
  • Prof. Dr.-Ing. Michael Olbricht

Staff Group

  • Dr.-Ing. Georg Bauer
    Institute for Electrical Information Technology
  • Dr.-Ing. Michael Wächter
    Institute for Mechanical Plant Engineering and Structural Durability
  • Deputies: Thomas Hardebusch, Dr.-Ing. Annett Wollmann, Dr. rer. nat. Stephanie Lohmeier, Dr.-Ing. Sebastian Keber, Dr.-Ing. Swenja Lorenz, Mirjam Holm,
    Dr.-Ing. habil. Thomas Hagemann, Dr.-Ing. Günter Schäfer, Dr.-Ing. Stephan Beitler, Jacob Fenner

Student Group

  • Hauke Bosch
  • Paul Aaron Steingröver
  • Alternates:
    1. Dennis Hoffmann
    2. Lewon Kspoyan

Technical and Administrative Staff (MTV Group)

  • Dr. Stina Bauer
  • Steffen Lenk
  • Deputies:
    1. Mario Schulte-Übermühlen
    2. Michel Otto Hus

Tasks of the Faculty Council

  • Target agreements between the faculty and the university management
  • Proposal for the composition of the structural and appointment committees
  • Structural concepts
  • Appointment proposals
  • equipment lists
  • Excursions
  • Guest lectures
  • Election of an internship representative
  • Appointment of BAföG representatives
  • Appointment of capacity representatives
  • Appointment of academic advisors at the suggestion of the StK
  • Election of the deans of studies
  • Teaching assignments at the suggestion of the StK
  • Study and examination regulations and implementation regulations
  • Doctoral degree regulations
  • Study program
  • Special admission procedure
  • Doctorates
  • Habilitations
  • Junior professorships
  • Honorary doctorates/honorary professorships
  • Adjunct professorships
  • Preparation of cooperations with other faculties or universities
  • Establishment of commissions and working groups
  • Public relations (in consultation with the Press Office)
  • Internet presence