Background
Erkens, Georg was born on June 6, 1962 in Mettmann, Germany. Son of Franz and Anneliese (Schneppering) Erkens.
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Georg Erkens
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Diploma engineering in mechanical engineering, Technology University Rheinisch-Westfaelische-Technische-Hochschule, Aachen, Germany, 1992. Doctor of Philosophy in Engineering magna cum laude, Technology University Rheinisch-Westfaelische-Technische-Hochschule, Aachen, Germany, 1998.
Career
Research and Development assistant CemeCon GmbH, Aachen, 1988—1992, research and development engineer, 1992—1996, director research and development, 1996—2000. Project leader LLT Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen Laser Institute, 1989—1992. Business line manager CemeCon AG, Wuerselen, 2000—2003, executive director global competence network, 2003—2006.
Division manager system, officer Sulzer Metaplas GmbH, Bergisch-Gladbach, Germany, since 2006. Presenter in field; lecturer Technology Academy Wuppertal, Germany, since 2000. With German armed forces, 1982-1983.
Achievements
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Georg Erkens has been listed as a noteworthy mechanical engineer by Marquis Who's Who.
Achievements include patents for process and device for a PVD coating; patents for the process for producing a hard-material-coated component; patents pending for PVD process technology; research in PVD pulse technology, novel hard coating systems, and nano-composites; research in lubricious coatings and tribological coatings.
Membership
Member of Society Manf. Engineers (program committee international conference THE coatings manf. engineering since 1999), European Society Thin Films (board directors 2000-2006).
