Prof. Dr.-Ing. Volker Wesling

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Volker Wesling, born in 1962, studied and obtained his doctorate in Clausthal/Germany...Prof. Dr.-Ing. Volker Wesling, born in 1962, studied and obtained his doctorate in Clausthal/Germany before he worked in the mechanical engineering industry for nine years, amongst other positions in the former Mannesmann group of companies. He was offered a chair as a university professor in 2002 and has been the Vice-President of TU Clausthal since November 2009. He has been a Member of the Board at the Hanover Laser Centre (LZH) since December 2009 and has thus strengthened, amongst other activities, LZH’s orientation as an important partner in the network of Lower Saxony Technical Universities (NTH) as well as the research into engineering sciences at LZH. In addition, he has been the Spokesman of the Board of the Clausthal Centre for Materials Engineering (CZM) since 2010, a Member of the Board of the Lower Saxony Production Technology Centre (PZN) since 2011 and a Member of the Research Council of the Research Association of DVS since October 2011. Due to his scientific activities within the framework of numerous research projects and due to his industrial activities, he has many years of experience in the field of production and fabrication technology, particular in the processing of different materials by means of joining technology.