Prof. Dr.-Ing. Gerhard Faber

  • Apprenticeship as Radio- and Television Technician, German Abitur

  • Working Experience in Avionics (Aviation Electronics)

  • Active Pilot since age 15, holds JAR-FCL- und FAA-Pilot Licenses, Certified Instructor

  • University Degree in Physics, Electrical Engineering and Information Theory

  • Electrical Engineering faculty member at the Technical College in Frankfurt/M.

  • US reserch time DLH-Verkehrsfliegerschule Phoenix, AZ, 78. NFF and Embry Riddle Aeronautical University Prescott, AZ and Daytona Beach FL

  • Professor at the University of Hamburg, the Technical University of Chemnitz and the Technical University of Darmstadt

  • Chair of Didactics of Electrical Engineering/Automation Technology

  • Applied Information Technology at the Technical University of Chemnitz

  • After Emeritus, continued teaching activities in Didactics of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology at the Darmstadt University of Technology  (TUD)

  • Various foreign activities

  • Areas of Research: Information-Editing and Processing at man-machine interfaces, Qualification of Operators at highly complex man-machine interfaces

  • Completed Expertise on ”Academic Pilot Training“ to establish International Degree in Systems Engineering and Management (ILST) at the University of Applied Sciences in Bremen and Lufthansa Flight Training; Vice Chairman of the ILST-Advisory Board (University of Applied Sciences Bremen + Lufthansa Flight Training, Bremen and other partner flight-schools)

  • Chairman of the Research Network for Academic Pilot Training(registered non-profit organization) in Darmstadt, since its foundation in 1997

  • Reader/Chair of graduate papers and dissertations in the area of aviation 

  • Numerous Publications in the area of aviation