Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Klaus-Dieter Thoben, Head of the Department "Integrated Product Development" of the Faculty of Production Engineering at the University of Bremen and member of the Management Board of BIBA - Bremer Institut für Produktion und Logistik GmbH, was appointed as a new member at the General Assembly of the National Academy of Science and Engineering (acatech). acatech is the national academy and voice of science and engineering funded by the German federal and state governments. Under the patronage of the German Federal President, acatech provides independent, fact-based and public-benefit-oriented advice to policymakers and society on issues relating to the future of technology science and technology policy. Members of acatech are admitted to the academy on the basis of their scientific achievements and reputation. They stem from the fields of engineering, natural sciences, medicine, humanities and social sciences. In the academy's projects, the scientific members work together with external experts from science and industry. The results of their work are presented to politics, business, science and the interested public in the form of publications and events.

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