Univ.-Prof. Dr.-Ing. Lutz Eckstein

Director of the Institute for Automotive Engineering (ika)
President of the VDI
Scientific Advisory Board of the Federal Ministry for Digital and Transport – BMDV
Scientific Director of the NRW Competence Network Automated and Connected Mobility
Speaker of the Profile Area Mobility and Transport Engineering at RWTH Aachen University
Overall coordinator of the BMBF-funded project UNICARagil

Academic education

2000	Doctoral degree in Mechanical Engineering, Stuttgart University
1995	Artur-Fischer-Award from Stuttgart University
1995	Mechanical Engineering at Stuttgart University, Dipl.-Ing. Automotive Engineering
1993	Scholar of the German National Academic Foundation
1969	born in Grünstadt, Germany

01/2023 – today	President of the VDI Association of German Engineers e.V.
06/2021 – today	Appointment to the Scientific Advisory Board of the Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure
2010 – today	Director of the Institute for Automotive Engineering ika
2005 – 2009	General Manager HMI and Human Factors, BMW AG
2003 – 2004	Project Director Integrated Safety, DaimlerChrysler AG
2001 – 2004	Manager Active Safety, Driver Assistance Systems, Mercedes-Benz Passenger Car Development, DaimlerChrysler AG
1999 – 2001	Vehicle Dynamics Test Engineer, Mercedes-Benz Passenger Car Development
1995 – 1999	Research Assistant, Vehicle Research Division of Daimler-Benz AG