since 2023, chief project manager of Mittelstand-Digital Zentrum Spreeland

2018, admission to the Digitization Advisory Board of the State of Brandenburg

2017 - 2023, chief project manager of the medium-sized companies 4.0 competence center Cottbus

2016, appointed by the University of Aalborg (Denmark) as honorary professor with the denomination "Smart Production“

2015, Foundation of the Brandenburg Innovation Center for Modern Industry (IMI)

2012, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Ulrich Berger was appointed by the Minister of Economy Christoffers as spokesman of Cluster Metal Brandenburg.

2011, Member of the Faculty Council of the Faculty of Mechanical, Electrical and Industrial Engineering BTU

2008, guest professor at Denmarks Technical University (DTU), Copenhagen, with Professor H. N. Hansen (Department of Mechanical Engineering).

2006-2013, Chairman of Association of German Engineers Berlin-Brandenburg.

2003-2007, Dean of the Faculty of Mechanical, Electrical and Industrial Engineering BTU.

2001, appointment as university professor and chairholder of the Chair of Automation at the Technical University of Cottbus (BTU). Director of the Center for Automation. Development and expansion of the center within the framework of research and industrial collaborations. Active participation in scientific bodies (BMBF, DFG Devices Committee, DAAD). Support of international research exchange through participation in the Erasmus and Socrates programs of the European Union. Initiation of an economic and scientific network on topics of automation technology together with the Brandenburg Economic Development Board (ZAB). Creation and establishment of innovative enterprises of production technology in Brandenburg.

1998, appointment as professor and chairholder of the Chair of Production Technology and Quality Assurance. Director of the Laboratory of Production Engineering at the University of Lüneburg. Development and implementation of a project funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research network to new teaching and learning methods in engineering education. Abroad and research collaborations: École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (Prof. Xirouchakis), Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (Prof. Van Brussel), University of Patras (Prof. Chryssolouris), Tampere University of Technology (Prof. Torvinen).

1995, appointment as chief engineer and representative of the Institute of Materials Science and Engineering Bremen at the Production Engineering Department of the University of Bremen (Prof. E. Brink Meier). Scientific contributions to CIRP and WGP. Establishment and development of technological infrastructure. Management and coordination of 10 research projects on submicro- and nanofabrication technologies and ecologically sustainable production.

1990, appointment as Technical Director at the Bremen Institute of Industrial Technology and Applied Work Science at the University of Bremen (BIBA). Responsible for construction of the project funded by the Federal Ministry for Research and Technology CIM Technology Transfer Center at the University of Bremen and over 20 employees. Until 1995, responsible for coordination and project management of 12 national and international research and development projects to robotics, production technologies and rapid prototyping

1984, appointment as Technical Director at the Bremen Institute of Industrial Technology and Applied Work Science at the University of Bremen (BIBA). Responsible for construction of the project funded by the Federal Ministry for Research and Technology CIM Technology Transfer Center at the University of Bremen and over 20 employees. Until 1995, responsible for coordination and project management of 12 national and international research and development projects to robotics, production technologies and rapid prototyping

Academic Education

1995, PHD in Production Engineering at the University of Bremen with Prof. B. E. Hirsch. Thesis: "Development of a sensor-based planning and programming system for industrial robots in the unique objects, single and small batch production."

1979-1984, Degree in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Stuttgart. Thesis at the Institute for Control Engineering of Machine Tools and Manufacturing Units (Prof. G. Pritschow), topic: "Development of an automated program generator for a CNC hobbing machine".