Hans-Jörg Bullinger (

FREng Fellowship of the Royal Academy of Engineering (FREng) is an award and fellowship for engineers who are recognised by the Royal Academy of Engineering as being the best and brightest engineers, inventors and technologists in the UK and from arou ...

, born April 13, 1944, in

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) is a German scientist and former president of the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft. The mechanical engineer with a doctoral degree was the Director of the Fraunhofer IAO (since its foundation), besides he is also Professor of Industrial Science and Technology Management at the

University of Stuttgart The University of Stuttgart () is a research university located in Stuttgart, Germany. It was founded in 1829 and is organized into 10 faculties. It is one of the oldest technical universities in Germany with programs in civil, mechanical, ind ...

. From 2002 to 2012 he was the President of the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft. He is also a member of the Scientific Board of AutoUni Wolfsburg. In 1991, Bullinger was awarded an

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from the

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. From 1963 till 1966 he attended the Technische Oberschule in Stuttgart and passed the Abitur with a second-chance education.

Awards/Titles

Bullinger is a member of acatech, the German academy of science and engineering. * 1998: Order of the Federal Republic of Germany (Bundesverdienstkreuz), medal and ribbon, awarded for outstanding services to German science, industry and society, * 2003: First Class Order of the Federal Republic of Germany (Bundesverdienstkreuz erster Klasse), awarded for extraordinary services to German science and research * 2006: Order of merit of the Federal Republic of Germany for promoting the transfer of knowledge between science and industry * 2009: Verdienstorden des Landes Baden-Württemberg (Merit of the State of Baden-Wuerttemberg) * 2012: Leonardo European Corporate Learning Award in the "Thought Leadership" category. * 2013: International

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of the

Royal Academy of Engineering The Royal Academy of Engineering (RAEng) is the United Kingdom's national academy of engineering. The Academy was founded in June 1976 as the Fellowship of Engineering with support from Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, who became the first senio ...

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Academic/Professional Career/Awards/Titles of Hans-Jörg Bullinger
{{DEFAULTSORT:Bullinger, Hans-Jorg 1944 births Academic staff of the University of Stuttgart Living people Scientists from Stuttgart Knights Commander of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany Recipients of the Order of Merit of Baden-Württemberg Fraunhofer Society Members of German Academy of Science and Engineering Acatech