{"id":25,"date":"2013-02-26T20:39:52","date_gmt":"2013-02-26T20:39:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/template\/?page_id=25"},"modified":"2025-06-22T06:26:37","modified_gmt":"2025-06-22T06:26:37","slug":"biography","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/linke\/biography\/","title":{"rendered":"Biography"},"content":{"rendered":"

Education and Occupation:<\/strong><\/h3>\n

05\/2002: Diplom in Mechanical Engineering, specialization in production engineering,\u00a0RWTH Aachen University<\/a>, Germany<\/p>\n

09\/2007: Doctorate in Mechanical Engineering, RWTH Aachen University<\/p>\n

06\/2002 – 11\/2010: Research associate at the Laboratory for Machine Tools and Production Engineering (WZL)<\/a>\u00a0at the RWTH Aachen University, Prof. Fritz Klocke`s Chair of Manufacturing Technology<\/p>\n

11\/2010 – 10\/2012: Postdoc researcher at Prof. David Dornfeld’s Laboratory for Manufacturing and Sustainability (LMAS)\u00a0at the University of California Berkeley<\/p>\n

11\/2012 – 06\/2018: Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of California Davis<\/p>\n

04\/2015: Habilitation, RWTH Aachen University<\/p>\n

07\/2018 – 06\/2023: Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of California Davis<\/p>\n

08\/2019 -12\/2021, 04 – 06\/2022: Vice Chair of Undergraduate Studies, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, UC Davis<\/p>\n

Since 07\/2023: Full Professor, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of California Davis<\/p>\n

Honors:<\/strong><\/h3>\n

2002: Award for studies from the Verein Deutscher Werkzeugmaschinenfabriken e.V. (VDW)
\n2009: F.W. Taylor Medal of the International Academy for Production Engineering (CIRP)
\n2013: SME Outstanding Young Manufacturing Researcher
\n2016: ASME MED Best Organizer of Symposium and Sessions (BOSS) award
\n2018: UC Davis College of Engineering Outstanding Junior Faculty Award<\/a>
\n2022: UC Davis Chancellor’s Fellow Award<\/a>
\n2023: ASME Fellow
\n2025: UC Davis Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Excellence in Teaching Award<\/p>\n

Memberships:<\/strong><\/h3>\n

02\/2008 – 01\/2014: Research Affiliate of the\u00a0International Academy for Production Engineering (CIRP)<\/a>
\nsince 12\/2011: Member of Verein Deutscher Ingenieure (VDI)
\nsince 12\/2011: Member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineering (ASME)
\nsince 11\/2012: Member of the Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME)
\nsince 08\/2016: Member of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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