Prof. Dr. Norbert Gruenwald
studied Mathematics and was awarded a doctorate, discrete mathematics, in Rostock, Germany. Between 1984 and 1986 he was employed at Deutsche Seereederei Rostock. In 1986 he became a scientific assistant at the Hochschule für Seefahrt (Maritime University) in Warnemuende/Wustrow. In 1992 he was appointed as Professor of Mathematics and Operations Research at the Hochschule Wismar, University of Technology, Business and Design, Wismar, Germany. He was the Dean of the Department of Mechanical Engineering/Process and Environmental Engineering from 9/1998 till 8/2002. From 9/2002 to 1/2014 he was the Rector of Hochschule Wismar – University of Technology, Business and Design. Since 2011 he is the director of the Robert-Schmidt-Institute of Wismar University.
Professor Dr Grünwald has published several works in mathematics and engineering education, has been involved with a number of national and international research and innovation projects and works as Associate Editor or as member of the Publication Committee of different international Journals. He is the chairperson of the conference series “International Conference on Engineering and Business Education (ICEBE)”. Widely involved in the Bologna Process of European universities, he was nominated to work for and in national and international accreditation agencies and is broadly engaged in industry and the community affairs.