Prof. Dr.-Ing. Güther Prokop

Personals

• 21st December 1969 born in Passau, Germany

Education

• 1988: Secondary school grade at Gymnasium Leopoldinum, Passau
• 1988 – 93: Diploma studies at TU Munich, „Mechanical Engineering in Theory and Research“, scholarship from Hanns-Seidel-Stiftung and Siemens-Studentenkreis
• 1993: Diploma thesis at Department of Automotive Engineering, Cranfield University, UK (Prof. Robin S. Sharp)
• 1993: Diplom-Ingenieur (Univ.) Mechanical Engineering, TU Munich
• 1998: Doktor-Ingenieur at Chair of Applied Mechanics,
TU Munich
 (Prof. Dr.-Ing., Dr.-Ing. E.h., Dr. h.c. mult. Friedrich Pfeiffer),
 grade: „with distinction“.

 „Optimal process dynamics of manipulating robots“ (in German)

Professional career

• 1998 – 1999: Visiting scientist at Mechanical Systems Control Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley, USA (Prof. Masayoshi Tomizuka),
Post-doc scholarship from the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD). „Modelling human vehicle driving by model predictive online optimization“.
• 1999 – 2002: Audi AG Ingolstadt: Specialist full vehicle dynamics, handling/ride, objectivation of handling and ride.
• 2002 – 2010: BMW AG München
• 2002 – 2006: Head of Simulation chassis control systems
• 2003 – 2004: Project leader high-end driving simulator
• 2006 – 2008: Project leader for FMVSS 214 and FMVSS 216 retrofitting of BMW fleet (enhanced side impact and rollover requirements)
• 2008 – 2010: Project leader for Cost-down Program total vehicle validation and head of „hybrid total vehicle validation“
• since 2010: Technical University Dresden
• since 2010: Full professor of Automotive Engineering at TU Dresden
• since 2011: Managing partner of AMFD – Auto Mobil Forschung Dresden GmbH