Marcel Bartz
Professorship:
Engineering Design and Product Development, 1 March 2025
To the Professorship (German only)
Department:
Mechanical Engineering
Studies and doctorate:
- 2018: PhD in load-adaptive drive technology at the Ruhr University Bochum
- 2011: Diploma in Mechanical Engineering at the Ruhr University Bochum

Stages:
- 2020-2025: Senior engineer and head of research group “Machine Elements and Tribology” as academic council at the University of Erlangen–Nuremberg
- 2014-2020: Research associate and lecturer for engineering design at the Ruhr University Bochum
- 2012-2014: Research associate at the Geothermal Center / Fraunhofer IEG
- 2012: Research associate at RWTH Aachen University
Focus in research:
- Machine elements and drive technology (especially rolling bearings)
- Stress-oriented design of structural components and component design
- Mechatronic machine elements and adaptive systems in drive technology
- Simulation and tribology in drive technology
- Transfer of biological lightweight design principles to technology
- Education for sustainable development (ESD) in product development and engineering design