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Julian Vincent was awarded the Honorary Professorship
Post: 2015-01-30 12:58  View:7047

 

On Friday the 23rd of January 2015, in recognition of his extraordinary contribution to science, the Rhine Waal University of Applied Sciences awarded to Prof. Dr. Julian Vincent the first Honorary Professorship in its Faculty of Technology and Bionics.

 

Cleves/Kamp-Lintfort, 26 Jan 2015: The Faculty of Technology and Bionics of the Rhine Waal University of Applied Sciences awards to Prof. Dr. Julian Vincent, Visiting Lecturer for "Ontology in Biomimetics" and "Biomimetic Product Design", its first Honorary Professorship. Prof Vincent is one of the pioneers of the field of biomimetics, has an excellent reputation as an expert in the field, has registered several patents, and has been awarded several honorary titles by institutions worldwide. At Rhine Waal he is helping to develop the curriculum of the masters degree in Bionics/Biomimetics and has been teaching for three semesters in the Faculty of Technology and Bionics. "The field of bionics plays an important role in all of our degrees. We are delighted to welcome excellent researcher and teacher Prof Vincent, who so ably communicates the interdisciplinary requirements of his field," says the Dean of the faculty of Technology and Bionics, Prof. Dr. Ing. Thorsten Brandt.

 

An internationally reknown researcher in the field of Biomimetics, Prof. Vincent, then employed by the Department of Zoology at the University of Reading, together with Prof. George Jeronimidis from the Department of Engineering, founded in 1991 the first research centre for biomimetics in the world. This successful venture employed 15 researchers and staff and was funded 60% by industry. The centre ran numerous interdisciplinary projects in many areas of research, and published a significant number of research papers.

 

Furthermore Prof. Vincent has given a great number of international research seminars, is a member of several research groups, and has published many specialist articles. "The mutually beneficial collaboration of Universities and Industry, of students, professors and industrialist was and is my most important goal. I firmly believe that students should be trained as practically and future-oriented as possible, with a solid, broad base in their field," says Prof. Vincent.

 

The award of the Honorary Professorship to Prof. Vincent was made by the VC of the Rhine Waal University of Applied Sciences, Prof. Dr. Marie-Louise Klotz. The laudatory speech was made by the Dean of the Faculty of Technology and Bionics, Prof. Brandt.

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