Burkhard Corves

Background

Corves, Burkhard was born on September 27, 1960 in Kiel, Germany. Son of Erich and Hildegard Corves.

Education

Graduate in Engineering, Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule Achen University, Germany, 1984. Graduate in Engineering, Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen University, Germany, 1989.

Career

Assistant lecturer and directing engineer, institute mechanism and machine design Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen University, Germany, 1984—1991. R&d engineer Emhart Glass Germany GmbH, Neuss, Germany, 1991—1993. Project leader Emhart Glass SA, Cham, Switzerland, 1993—2000.

Director institute mechanism and machine design Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen University, since 2000. Member committee mechanisms handling and manipulation Verein Deutscher Ingenieure, 1991, chairman committee mechanisms handling and manipulation, since 1993, member science board mechanism and machine theory, 2002. Member science advisory board ZA Technology Research Center Jülich, Germany, 2003.

Achievements

• Burkhard Corves has been listed as a noteworthy engineering educator, researcher by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member of International Federation Promotion of Mechanism and Machine Science (chairman technical committee 2006).

Connections

Married Jacqueline Ingeborg Schmiedel, June 7, 1986. Children: Lennart, Alexander.