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CV Dr.-Ing. Prof. h. c. Frank Härtig

Education & Professional Experience

Since September 2021
President of the International Measurement Confederation (IMEKO)

since May 2020
Vice-President of Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB) 

September 2018 – September 2021
President Elect of the International Measurement Confederation (IMEKO) 

January 2017 - November 2017
Head of department 1.5 "Liquid Flow" 

since January 2016
Professorship honoris causa; Harbin Institute of Technology

April 2014 – April 2020
Head of division 1 "Mechanics und Acoustics" 

August 2008 - March 2014
Head of department "Coordinate Measuring Technology" 

June 2003 - August 2008
Lead of the working group "Gearing and Threads"

December 2002 - June 2003
Lead of the project "Gearing and Threads"

since August 1999
Permanent position at Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt
Scientific employee in the department "Coordinate Measuring Machines"

April 1998
Lead of the software and electronic development, Werth Messtechnik Ltd. 

April 1995
Scientific employee in the department "Coordinate Measuring Machines", Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt 

January 1992
External doctorate at the Institute for Tooling Machines and Industrial Engineering of the Karlsruhe University (TH), Promotion Dr.-Ing. (PhD Engineering), engineering activity on a self-employed basis 

January 1990
Deputy director of the department “Software development”, Carl Zeiss company

July 1989
Team leader measuring gear cutting tools, Carl Zeiss company

March 1987
Development engineer, company Dr.-Ing. Höfler Messgerätebau (construction of measuring devices)

October 1980
Studies in mechanical engineering, Karlsruhe University (TH); degree: graduate engineer

Additional functions

since May 2020

  • Head of Conformity Assessment Center of PTB (KBS)
  • Deputy Chairman Administrative Council of Helmholtz-Fonds
  • Chairman of Rule Determination Committee (Regelermittlungsausschuss REA)
  • Chairman of Vollversammlung für das Mess- und Eichwesen

Memberships

December 2010 - March 2014
Presidency of the sector committee 5.6 "Dimensional Measurands" of the German Accreditation Body (DAkkS)

September 2010 - March 2014
Member of the Accreditation Committee of the German Accreditation Body (DAkkS)

January 2011 - March 2014
Member of the advisory board 5 "Metrology of the Advisory Council of Accreditation" of the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi)

March 2014 - January 2020
Chairman of the TraCIM association "Validation of software algorithms"

since February 2015
Member of the Consultative Committee for Mass and Related Quantities (CCM) des BIPM

since August 2017
Representative of the member organization of Germany within the International Measurement Confederation (Opens external link in new windowIMEKO)

since October 2020
Member of the „Arbeitskreis der Hochschullehrer für Messtechnik e. V. (Opens external link in new windowAHMT)“

August 2022
Member of the Supervisory Board of the Deutsche Akkreditierungsstelle (DAkkS)

since February 2023
member of the "Deutsches Strategieforum für Standardisierung" at the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action

Awards & Guest professorships

  • Certificate for Excellent Presentation: IMECO International Symposium on Measurement and Quality Control in Production; Lecturer: Härtig F, co-authors: Kniel K., Wäldele F., Erlangen 2004
  • Technology Transfer Award of the IHK (Chamber of Industry and Commerce) Braunschweig 2005, Franke M., Härtig F, Schwenke H., Trapet E., Wäldele F.
  • Guest professorship at Beijing University of Technology 2010
  • Best Application Paper Award
    3D Micro Probing Systems for Gear Measurements with Nanometer-Scale Deviation; 3M Nano 2013; Suzhou China, Ferreira N, Metz D, Dietzel A, Büttgenbach S, Krah T, Kniel K, Härtig F
  • Professorship honoris causa; Harbin Institute of Technology, 2016
  • Guest professorship at Beijing University of Technology 2016 - 2018
  • Technology Transfer Award of the IHK (Chamber of Industry and Commerce) Braunschweig 2019, Härtig F., Lehrmann K., Meeß R., Wiedenhöfer T.
  • Seifriz Award 2020 for „The roundest spheres in the world – German craft businesses and PTB work hand in hand“; Härtig F., Lehrmann K., Meeß R., Wiedenhöfer T.
  • Appointment as Guest Professor at the Beijing University of Technology (Mar 2021 – Mar 2023)
  • Recipient of Finkelstein Medal 2021, Institute of Measurement and Control, London