From July 2022 to June 2025, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Wolfram Volk held the position of executive director at Fraunhofer IGCV in Augsburg, which rotates every three years. Together with Prof. Dr.-Ing. Klaus Drechsler and Prof. Dr.-Ing. Rüdiger Daub he heads the institute. In addition to his position at Fraunhofer IGCV, Professor Volk is also head of the Chair of Metal Forming and Casting (utg) at the Technical University of Munich.
Prof. Volk first studied physics and then mechanics at the TH Darmstadt, graduating with a degree in engineering in 1994, followed by a doctorate in the working group of Prof. Dr.-Ing. Wolfgang Ehlers at the University of Stuttgart, Institute of Applied Mechanics (MIB), graduating as Dr.-Ing. in 1999. Prof. Volk then worked at BMW AG in Munich in various functions in forming technology with a focus on forming simulation, product and process planning and concept development. Since April 1st, 2011, Prof. Volk has been full professor of the Chair of Metal Forming and Casting at the Technical University of Munich. Since 2016, he is head of the Fraunhofer Institute for Casting, Composite and Processing Technology IGCV in Augsburg.
Prof. Volks research areas are the fields of Forming Technology and Casting Technology. In the field of Forming Technology, he focuses on the so-called second stage of processing semi-finished products into finished components, particularly for sheet metal forming. The further development of simulation methods is also a focal point. In the area of Casting Technology, research focuses on the continuous casting of light metals and copper alloys as well as the possibilities for producing and processing composite castings.
With his many years of experience in the automotive industry, as head of the Chair of Metal Forming and Casting at TUM and with his responsibility for the field of Casting Technology at Fraunhofer IGCV, Wolfram Volk is striving to sharpen the strategic focus of the institute. It is important, he says, to set specific focal points in terms of content, to continuously scrutinize these and to make even greater use of existing synergies within the three scientific fields of Casting Technology, Composites and Processing Technology.
Member of:
Vice Dean of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering at the Technical University of Munich (2013 - 2016)
Key publications in collaboration with the Technical University of Munich
Fraunhofer Institute for Casting, Composite and Processing Technology IGCV