Rolf Henke - new DLR Executive Board Member for Aeronautics

Rolf Henke has taken up his new post as a Member of the Executive Board responsible for Aeronautics research at the German Aerospace Centre (DLR) Henke is thus the successor of Prof. Dr Joachim Szodruch who had headed this division since 2002 and stepped down in October 2010 due to old age. Henke was the Director of the Institute of Aerospace Technology (ILR) at the Technical University of Rhineland-Westphalia (RWTH) in Aachen and prior to that held various positions at Airbus over a period of more than 20 years. Henke will continue his teaching activities as an adjunct professor at the RWTH Aachen and thus remain associated with the University.

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