Prof. Dr.-Ing. Arno Kwade

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Arno Kwade Scientific / professional career Jan 2020 – now Coordinator of the EU Horizon 2020 project LiPlanet (Li-Ion Cell Pilot Lines Network) to establish a European pilot line network Nov 2019 – now Chair for Future Grinding Technologies, European Cement Research Academy Oct. 2019 – now Head of the Mobile Energy Storage Working group of the Circular Economy Initiative Germany, BMBF/acatech Oct. 2019 Admission to acatech – National Academy of Science and Engineering Nov. 2019 Re-election as DFG Review Board Member for “Mechanical Process Engineering” July 2019 Head of Division Process Technology and Production Engineering, Fraunhofer Institute for Surface Engineering and Thin films (IST), Braunschweig Sept. 2018 Admission to “Braunschweigische Wissenschaftliche Gesellschaft” (BWG) Apr. 2017 – Mrz. 2019 Member of the Mechanical Engineering Faculty Council of the TU Braunschweig Sept. 2017 – now Deputy Chairman BMBF Advisory Board Battery Research Germany (1) Nov. 2015 Election as DFG Review Board Member for “Mechanical Process Engineering” Dec. 2015 – now Spokesman BMBF competence cluster „ProZell“, Chair of the Management Board (2) (Start of second funding period in Oct. 2019) Sept. 2015 – now Spokesman DFG priority program 1934 „DiSPBiotech“ Apr. 2015 – Mrz. 2019 Member of the Strategy Commission of the TU Braunschweig Sept. 2013 Visiting Professor by invitation of the University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia Apr. 2013 – Mar. 2015 Senator of the TU Braunschweig 2013 – 2017 Spokesman of the MWK joint project “SynFoBiA” 2012 – 2019 Deputy Spokesman DFG priority program 1679 “Dynamic simulation of interconnected Solids Processes” 2012 – 2016 Spokesman of the Lower Saxony Graduate College “Energiespeicher & Elektromobilität Niedersachsen” (GEENI) 2012 – now Elected Member of Global Comminution Collaborative GCC (worldwide cooperation platform of leading acacemic researchers in the field of comminution) 2012 – now Spokesman and founder of the Battery LabFactory Braunschweig (BLB) (3) 2012 – now Spokesman and founder of the Center of Pharmaceutical Engineering (PVZ) (4) 2012 – now Member of BMBF Advisory Board Battery Research Germany Aug. 2012 Visiting Professor by invitation of University of Western Ontario, London, Canada 2011 – 2017 Member of the Board of the State Initiative for Nanomaterials Apr. 2011 – Mar. 2013 Dean of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering at the TU Braunschweig Sept. 2009 – Mar. 2016 Scientific coordinator of the BMU – Lighthouse Projects “LithoRec I und II – Recycling of Lithium-Ion-Batteries” Sept. 2009 – now Chairman of the der European Federation of Chemical Engineering (EFCE) – Working Party “Comminution” Feb. 2008 – Feb. 2014 Spokesman of the DFG-Research Group FOR 856 “MikroPart” Apr. 2007 – Mar. 2015 Member of the Mechanical Engineering Faculty Council of the TU Braunschweig Apr. 2007 – Mar. 2011 Representative for ERASMUS of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering Mar. 2006 – now Chairman of the ProzessNet-Expert Group “Comminution and Classification” Apr. 2005 – now TU Braunschweig, University Professor for Mechanical Process Engineering / Particle Technology, Head of Institute of Particle Technology Jan. 2000 – Mar. 2005 CEO, Betonwerke Emsland GmbH & Co. KG, Nordhorn Oct. 1996 – Mar. 2005 CEO, Kwade + Schwedes Zerkleinerungstechnik, Vechelde Oct. 1996 – Dec. 1999 Engineering office manager, Schwedes + Schulze Schüttguttechnik, Braunschweig Jan. 1992 – Sept. 1996 Research associate at the Institute of Mechanical Process Engineering (IMVT) of the TU Braunschweig, (Headed by Prof. Dr.-Ing. J. Schwedes)

  Contribution to editorial boards and conference responsibilities Nov. 2018 – now Conference Chair and organization of yearly worldwide conference “ Sept. 2018 – now International Battery Production Conference”, Braunschweig Mar. 2016 – now Member of International Advisory Board Journal „Energy Technology“ 2014 – now Member of Editorial Board Journal „KONA“ Nov. 2018 – now Member of Editorial Board Journal „Advanced Powder Technology“ Sept. 2013 Organization and execution of European Symposium on Comminution and Classification (EFCE-Event, about 250 participants from all over the world) Aug. 2009 Co-Organizer as well as Scientific Committee Particle Technology Symposium at the World Congress Chemical Engineering, Montreal Oct. 2000 – now Chair and organisation of biennial Symposium “Fine Grinding and Dispersing”, Braunschweig