Sigmar Wittig
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Dr. Sigmar Wittig (born 25 February 1940 in Nimptsch, former Silesia region of Germany) has been the Chairman of the Executive Board of the German Aerospace Center (Deutschen Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt) since March 2002. He is currently the Chair of the European Space Agency Council for a two-year term from 1 July 2005 to 30 June 2007.
[edit] Curriculum vitae
He studied mechanical engineering at the RWTH Aachen, finishing with a doctorate in 1967. This was followed by a 9 year spell in the USA, as associate professor at Purdue University.
In 1976, he went back to Germany to the University of Karlsruhe, to lead the institute of thermo-fluid mechanics. From 1994 to 2002 he was president of the university.
[edit] External links
- ESA press release on Dr Wittig's appointment
- Biography of Sigmar Wittig at the German Aerospace Center
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