Prof. Jörg R. Seume, Ph.D.

room: 315, Geb. 8141

1965 - 1968	Elementary school in Köln / Germany
1968 - 1977	Secondary school in Köln and Weinheim on the Bergstraße near Heidelberg / Germany Abitur
1977 - 1978	Luftwaffe in Sobernheim on the Nahe / Germany Military service
1978 - 1981	Diplom-Ingenieur (BA) degree in mechanical engineering, Berufsakademie Mannheim/Daimler-Benz / Germany
1982 - 1984	Master of Science, University of Wisconsin in Madison,Wisc./USA
1984 - 1988	Ph.D.; NASA-sponsored dissertation in fluid mechanics and heat transfer, focused on the laminar-to-turbulent transition in oscillating flows, University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, Minn. / USA

1989 - 1991	Sunpower Inc., Athens OH / USA Development of Stirling engines for solar applications
in parallel 1990 - 1991	Ohio University, Athens, OH / USA Adjunct professor, guest lecturer and student/postgraduate supervisor
1991 - 1993	Siemens AG, Muelheim (Ruhr) / Germany Research engineer for flow measurements
1993 - 1994	Siemens AG, Berlin / Germany Project leader of the development and prototype testing of heavy duty gas turbines
1994 - 2000	Siemens AG, Berlin / Germany Head of the departments for gas turbine testing and gas turbine quality management
in parallel 1996 - 1999	Technical University of Berlin / Germany Adjunct lecturer
since 2000	Professor and Head of the Institute of Turbomachinery and Fluid Dynamics, Leibniz University Hannover / Germany
2010-2015	Dean of Faculty of Mechanical, Leibniz University Hannover / Germany