Prof. Thomas Gries is, since 2001, Director of the
Institute of Textile Technology and the associated Department of
Textile Engineering at RWTH Aachen University. Before that, he
spent several years in senior positions in the chemical fiber
industry. Thomas Gries is a member of the Academy of Science NRW
and an internationally recognized reviewer of numerous journals. In
addition, he has authored and co-authored numerous books and book
chapters on topics of textile technology. He has received numerous
prizes and awards for his scientific work in the fields of textile
engineering, chemistry fiber production and processing, technical
textiles, fiber composite materials, medical textiles, and smart
textiles.
Dr. Dieter Veit is, since 2001, Academic Director
of the Institute of Textile Technology and the related Department
of Textile Engineering of the RWTH Aachen University. He is a
recognized expert in the field of chemical fiber engineering and
simulation of textile processes and machines. Dieter Veit is
reviewer of several international journals and author and co-author
of several books on subjects of textile engineering. For his
scientific and educational services within the scope of its
activities at the RWTH Aachen, he received a number of awards.
Prof. Burkhard Wulfhorst (1936-2011) was, from
1986-2001, Director of the Institute of Textile Technology and the
related Department of Textile Engineering of the RWTH Aachen
University. As a skilled weaver and mechanical engineer with a
focus on textile technology and through his many years as in senior
roles within textile engineering, he was a recognized expert in the
field of textile technology. For his numerous, often pioneering
work in the field of textile research, he received many awards and
honors. He served as editor and principal author of the first
edition.
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