Dr. Bernd Westerhoff

Direct responsibility for approx. 260 employees in Europe with a R&D budget of € 42 Mio., Main Tasks: Responsible for the product engineering for all European based Passenger car OEM´s globally including all engineering disciplines like CAD, FEM or CFD with teams in Germany, France and UK Advanced Development for the Powertrain exhaust systems like effective SCR mixing units, active sound loudspeaker and their electronic control unit (ANC) or electrical valves for EGR and acoustic improvements

Direct responsibility for 300 employees and a R&D budget of 42 Mio. US$ - Responsible for the all program engineering activities for European based OEM´s incl. engineering disciplines like CAD, FEM and vehicle and component testing with teams in France, Germany, Italy, Sweden and UK - In charge of the European material development for rubber compositions with expertise for plastic & metal parts - Exteriors, Fluid deliveries, AVS, Powertrain, HVAC - Advanced development / IP Management

Leiter der Bereiche Produktentwicklung, FEM, CAD, Versuch, Patente für Karosseriedichtungen

Leiter der Bereiche FEM, CAD, Versuch, Patente für Karosseriedichtungen, Projektleiter des Aufbaus der European Technical Centre, Mitarbeiter in verschiedenen europäischen Standorten

Leitung einer kleineren Gruppe von 15 Personen in den og.Bereichen, Aufbau einer Konstruktionsabteilung in Osteuropa (Polen)

Ingenieur für Technischen Berechnung (FEM) für Kundenprojekte mit verschiedenen OEM´s( Audi, VW, BMW, MB, .....)

Stoffgesetzentwicklung, FEM, Nichtlineare Mechanik, Versuche, Lehrveranstaltungen

Maschinendynamik, Kontinuumsmechanik, FEM, Nichtlineare Schwingungen