Innovation Center Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Thomas Herlitzius

Agricultural systems of the future

The Innovation Center Agricultural Systems of the Future conducts research in the field of development and optimization of agricultural systems technology. The primary goal is the development and optimization of machines and processes that help to supply the constantly growing population of the earth with food and energy. The focus is on increasingly important aspects such as sustainability and closed material cycles.

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DIRECTOR

Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Thomas Herlitzius

Dresden University of Technology
Institute for Natural Products Technology
Hauptgebäude ZIN, Raum 110
Bergstraße 120
01069 Dresden

Short Vita

Professional background:

  • since 2007 Head of the Chair of Agricultural Systems Engineering at the Institute of Natural Products Engineering at the TU Dresden  
  • Prior to that, many years of industrial experience at the John Deere plants in Zweibrücken, Germany, and at the World Wide Development Center of the John Deere Harvester Works in the U.S., where he held positions including Design Engineer, Engineering Manager Combine Harvesters, and Member of the Executive Board.
  • 2007 Habilitation on the topic: "Development process and engineering education: under the influence of global markets using the example of the agricultural machinery industry".

Research and development

  • Agricultural technology of the future - machine concepts and visions
  • Automation
  • Drives and electrification
  • Functional developments in the processing and ordering of soils.
  • Functional developments in harvesting technology
  • Assembly optimization
  • Development of measurement methods
  • Technological studies
  • Sensors development
  • Preparation and utilization of renewable raw materials
  • Modeling and simulation of technical systems
  • Regenerative energies

Expertise

  • Agrothermics - extraction of geothermal energy on agricultural land
  • Robotics / digitalization in agriculture

Reference projects

  • Agricultural technology of the future - machine concepts and visions
  • Automation
  • Drives and electrification
  • Functional developments in the processing and ordering of soils.
  • Functional developments in harvesting technology
  • Assembly optimization
  • Development of measurement methods
  • Technological studies
  • Sensors development
  • Preparation and utilization of renewable raw materials
  • Modeling and simulation of technical systems
  • Regenerative energies
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