Wolfgang Schröder

Academic Qualifications

• 1983: Dipl.-Ing.
• 1978 - 1983: Mechanical Engineering, RWTH Aachen University (Specialization: Fluid Mechanics)

Scientific Degrees

• 1987:
  Dr.-Ing.
  Dissertation on:
  Numerical integration of the Navier-Stokes equations using the multigrid concept
  Advisor: Prof. E. Krause, Ph.D.

Professional Career

• 2010 - 2012: Dean of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, RWTH Aachen University
• 2004 - 2010: Vice Dean of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, RWTH Aachen University
• 1998 - 2024: Professor of Fluid Mechanics and Director of the Institute of Aerodynamics, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, RWTH Aachen University
• 1994 - 1998: Professor of Mathematics and Statistics, Braunschweig University of Applied Sciences, Germany
• 1989 - 1994: German Aerospace AG, Head of Aerothermodynamics, Space Infrastructure, Munich, Germany
• 1987 - 1989: Postdoc, Applied Mathematics, California Institute of Technology, USA
• 1983 - 1987: Scientific Assistant in the group of Computational Fluid Dynamics, Institute of Aerodynamics, RWTH Aachen University

Memberships

• since 2016: Membre Titulaire der Académie de l’Air et de l’Espace
• 2013 - 2018: Member of the Strategy Board, RWTH Aachen University
• since 2008: Member of the Nordrhein-Westfälische Akademie der Wissenschaften
• 2010 - 2016: Member of the Scientific Steering Committee of the Partnership for Advanced Computing in Europe (PRACE)
• since 2010: Member of the Scientific Board of the Gauss Center for Supercomputing (GCS)
• since 2004: Member of the Scientific Board of the Hochleistungsrechenzentrum Stuttgart (HLRS)
• 2004 - 2015: Treasurer of the European Mechanics Society (EUROMECH)
• since 2002: Member of the Aeroacoustic Specialists Committee of the Council of European Aerospace Societies (ASC/CEAS)
• 2012 - 2020: Member of the DFG Fachkollegium 404
• 2017 - 2020: Speaker of the DFG Fachkollegium 404

Editorship

• Editor-in-Chief: Notes on Numerical Fluid Mechanics and Multidisciplinary Design, Springer Series
• Associate Editor: European Journal Mechanics – B/Fluids
• Associate Editor: International Journal of Aeroacoustics
• International Advisory Board: Thermophysics and Aeromechanics

Awards

• 2014: Fellow, RWTH Aachen University
• 2013: Carl Friedrich Gauß Award, Braunschweigische Wissenschaftliche Gesellschaft
• 1988: Herrmann Reissner Award for Aeronautics, University of Stuttgart
• 1987: Borchers Medal, RWTH Aachen University