Speakers
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Volker Gollnick
Director of the Institute of Air Transport Concepts and Technology Evaluation
DLR - German Aerospace Center
Volker Gollnick received his Diplom Degree in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering from the Technical University of Braunschweig in 1991. He started his professional career at the German Forces Flight Test Center as a flight test engineer and research engineer for rotorcraft handling qualities. He was involved in the development of the first fly-by-light inflight simulator primary flight control system for the EC135 based FHS. In parallel he was a member of the handling qualities design and assessment team for the NH90.
In 1998 Volker became a project manager for engine test rig development at Debis Systemhouse until he took over the position of head of department at Eurocopter for cockpit systems and simulation being in charge for the cockpit design, e.g. for Tiger and NH90.
He received his Ph-D. degree in 2004 from the Technical University of Munich performing a study about the mission and energy demand based comparison of various transportation systems.
After some years with Eurocopter, Volker Gollnick advanced to a programme manager position and senior expert at EADS corporate research.
In 2007 he was asked to build up the newly founded entity “air transportation systems & technology assessment” within the German Aerospace Center in Hamburg. The German Aerospace Center will extend significantly its research on overall aircraft design and air transportation concepts in order to assess the ecological, economical and technical value and benefit of new technologies within the operational scope of air transportation.
Beyond aeronautics, Volker enjoys family life, philosophy and sports.
