Professor Dr.-Ing. Rüdiger Daub | Director of Fraunhofer IGCV

On July 1st, 2025, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Rüdiger Daub took over the position of managing director of the institute from Prof. Dr.-Ing. Wolfram Volk, which rotates every three years.

He has been director of the Fraunhofer-Institute for Casting, Composite and Processing Technology IGCV in Augsburg since June 1st, 2021, together with Prof. Dr.-Ing. Klaus Drechsler and Prof. Dr.-Ing. Wolfram Volk. He is also division director in the scientific fields of automation technology and energy storage. In addition to heading the institute, Professor Daub works at the Technical University of Munich (TUM). There he holds the chair of Production Engineering  and Energy Storage Systems at the Institute for Machine Tools and Industrial Management  (iwb). In these roles, he contributes to further deepening the strategic synergies between TUM and Fraunhofer IGCV.
In his role as managing director, Rüdiger Daub is committed to further developing and refining the strategic orientation of the institute. 

In his dual role as director and chair holder, Professor Daub will further strengthen the strategic synergies between TUM and Fraunhofer IGCV. With his many years of experience in the automotive industry, most recently as head of Technology Development and Prototype Construction of Lithium-Ion Cells at BMW, Rüdiger Daub sets specific focal points at the institute. »At BMW, I was fascinated by the production of lithium-ion cells right from the start. The technical complexity of their production is a challenge. At the same time, we as a society need these energy storage systems in order to shape a sustainable future,« emphasizes Daub. »It was therefore very special for me to help set up the  BMW Battery Cell Competence Center – a platform to continuously improve all the properties of battery cells.« According to Daub, such concepts are necessary in order to be able to develop and produce internationally competitive, sustainable products in the future.. »Research in the field of battery cells strengthens and secures the competitiveness of Germany as a technology hub.«

Before his appointment at Fraunhofer IGCV and the Technical University of Munich (TUM), Rüdiger Daub worked in technology development at the BMW Group for almost nine years. Daub studied Electrical Engineering and Information Technology at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) and then worked as a research assistant at TUM's Institute for Machine Tools and Industrial Management (iwb). There he completed his doctorate in the field of Laser Material Processing. After completing his doctorate, he joined the BMW Group. Most recently, he was responsible for electrode production as Head of Technology Development and Prototype Construction. In addition to prototype production, he helped set up the Battery Cell Competence Center, which aims to advance battery cell technology and optimize production processes. Since June 1st, 2021, Professor Daub has been one of three institute directors at Fraunhofer IGCV.

• Member of the Executive Board of LiPlanet (since December 2025)
• Member of IALF – International Association of Learning Factories (since 2025)
• Member of the Steering Committee TUMint ENERGY Research (since 2025)
• Member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Bavarian Research Foundation (BFS) (since January 2024)
• Member of the Battery Research Advisory Board of the Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space (BMFTR) (since 2021)
• Member of the Cluster Mechatronics & Automation Advisory Board (since 2021)
• Member of the German Academic Association for Production Technology (WGP)
• Member of the Scientific Association for Assembly, Handling, and Industrial Robots (WGMHI)
• Member of the advisory board »Virtual Production Campus BMW / TUM«
• Member of DVS Technical Committee 13, Additive Manufacturing
• Member of the advisory board of ProZell - Competence Cluster for Battery Production (2021-2023)
• Member of the Advisory Board InZePro - Competence Cluster Intelligent Battery Production (2021-2024)

• BMW GROUP enGenius-Award winner 2021
• BMW GROUP enGenius-Award winner 2017
  

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