Hans-Joachim Unrau

Dipl.-Ing. Hans-Joachim Unrau Karlsruhe Institute of Technology Institute of Vehicle System Technology Kaiserstraße 12 Karlsruhe Germany 76131 Email: Hans-Joachim.Unrau@kit.edu Biographical Sketch: Education Background and Professional career / special fields of activities •1984 final degree at Universität Karlsruhe (TH) as diploma engineer (mechanical engineering) •1984 – 2006 academic employee at the Institute of Machine Design and Automotive Engineering (Universität Karlsruhe) under the direction of Prof. Dr.–Ing. Rolf Gnadler. 1. During this time development of test benches particularly in the range of tire technique. 2. Work on several research projects on tire and chassis techniques, p. ex. EU-project “TIME” and FAT projects. •Since 2006 head of vehicle laboratory at the Institute of Vehicle System Technology (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology) under the direction of Prof. Dr. rer.nat. Frank Gauterin. 1. Responsible for the test benches at the institute. 2. Lecturer in the field of “Handling Characteristics of Automobiles”.