Head of Department

Univ.-Prof. Dr.-Ing. Holger Seidlitz

Phone: +49 (0) 355 69 2344

fg-leichtbau(at)b-tu.de

*1981 in Guben

2001 – 2005
Studied mechanical engineering/construction and plastics technology at the Lausitz University of Applied Sciences

2005
Internship at IMA Materialforschung und Anwendungstechnik GmbH in Dresden and subsequent diploma thesis: "Basic investigations to determine characteristic values, calculation, modelling and dimensioning of bonded joints"

2006
Project engineer at the Competence Centre for Lightweight Structures Chemnitz

2006 – 2008
Technical employee at the Institute for General Mechanical Engineering at Chemnitz University of Technology (TU Chemnitz)

2006 – 2008
Postgraduate studies in mechanical engineering/production technology at the TU Chemnitz
Diploma thesis: "Contribution to the styrene-free production of large-area fibre composite structures"

2008 – 2015
Research assistant at the Institute of Lightweight Structures at Chemnitz University of Technology

2013
Doctorate (Dr.-Ing.) at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering at TU Chemnitz
Dissertation: "Development of force-flow-compatible joining techniques for mixed construction methods with thermoplastic fibre composites and metals"

2013 – 2015
Lecturer at the BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg

2015 – 2019
Junior professor for lightweight design with structured materials at BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg

Since August 2019
Professor of the chair of Polymer-based Lightweight Design at BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg
Head of the research area "Polymer Materials and Composites PYCO" at the Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Polymer Research IAP

Since 2013
Since 2013 member of the Verein Deutscher Ingenieure (VDI)

Since 2016
Research Advisory Board of the  Chemnitzer Textiltechnik Tagung

Member of  Kunststoff-Verbund Berlin Brandenburg e.V. (KuVBB)

Member of  Netzwerk Leichtbau Metall Brandenburg (LMB)

Spokesperson for the lightweight construction and composites field of action in the  Cluster Kunststoffe und Chemie Brandenburg

DVS Working Group W 4.14 - Joining of continuous fibre-plastic composites

Transferpate der BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg for the subject area of plastics

Since 2018
Head of Arbeitskreis Kunststoffe und Leichtbautechnologien Cottbus of the VDI District Association Berlin-Brandenburg e.V.

Member of the Journal's Programme Council Zarządzanie Przedsiębiorstwem. Enterprise Management

Since 2019
Member of the International Program Comittee of the journal "Developments in Mechanical Engineering"

Member of Scientific Council of “Polimery” journal

Since 2020
Member of the innovation cluster HZwo e.V.