Prof. Dr.-Ing. Friedrich Wolf-Monheim

Ford Motor Company Innovation Project Manager | RWTH Aachen University Honorary Professor | VDI-FVT Executive Board / Advisory Board Member | FISITA Advisor Education | Six Sigma Black Belt

Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

About

Friedrich Wolf-Monheim is Innovation Project Manager at the Ford John Andrews Development Center Cologne (Germany), Honorary Professor at the Institute of Structural Mechanics and Lightweight Design (RWTH Aachen University), Member of the Executive Board / Advisory Board of the Society for Automotive and Traffic Systems Technologies (Association of German Engineers – VDI), as well as FISITA Advisor Education. His research interests cover digital manufacturing technologies, robotics, Industry 4.0, lightweight design, material fatigue, artificial intelligence, machine learning, quantum computing, smart systems and additive manufacturing.

Experience

  • Innovation Project Manager at Ford Motor Company
    Mar 2013 - Present · 13 yrs 4 mos

  • RWTH Aachen University (7 yrs 3 mos)
    • Honorary Professor
      May 2025 - Present · 1 yr 2 mos

    • University Lecturer
      Apr 2019 - May 2025 · 6 yrs 2 mos

  • Executive Board / Advisory Board Member – Society for Automotive and Traffic Systems Technologies at VDI e.V.
    Jan 2023 - Present · 3 yrs 6 mos

  • FISITA (8 yrs 6 mos)
    • Advisor Education
      Jun 2025 - Present · 1 yr 1 mo

    • Council Member
      2018 - Present · 8 yrs 6 mos

    • Vice President Education
      Nov 2020 - Jun 2025 · 4 yrs 8 mos

  • Lecturer at Hochschule Bochum
    2018 - 2019 · 1 yr