The Vice President of Technical University of Darmstadt

Vice President for Digitalisation, Sustainability and Infrastructure

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Peter Pelz

Contact

work +49 6151 16-20001

Work Postal address: Karolinenplatz 5, 64289 Darmstadt
Residenzschloss 1
64283 Darmstadt

born in 1967
1998-2002 Group spokesperson for fluid dynamics, Freudenberg Research Services in Weinheim
2003-2006 Head of Advanced Chassis Development, Vibracoustic SE in Hamburg
since 2006 Professor of Mechanical Engineering, TU Darmstadt
since 2012 Founding Partner of Industrial Science GmbH, Darmstadt
2013-2021 Spokesperson for the Collaborative Research Centre “Mastering Uncertainty in Load-Carrying Systems in Mechanical Engineering”
2019-2020 Dean of Studies of the Department of Mechanical Engineering
since 2020 Deputy spokesperson for NFDI4Ing – National Research Data Infrastructure for Engineering Science
since 2021 Spokesperson for the Training & Education section (edutrain) of the National Research Data Infrastructure (NFDI)
since 2021 Founder and spokesperson of the research field Energy & Environment (E&E) at TU Darmstadt
since 2022 Founder and Editor-in-Chief of the Diamond Open Access Journal ing.grid – FAIR Data Management in Engineering Sciences

Digital Transformation Office (DTO)

The central Digital Transformation Office (DTO) was set up to dovetail all digitisation activities at TU Darmstadt across the university. One of the DTO's main tasks is to coordinate and support important university-wide IT initiatives in parallel and to continuously align them with the needs of science and administration.

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Information Security Department (InfoSec)

The Information Security Department (InfoSec) of the TU Darmstadt is responsible for the university wide planning, control and monitoring of information security measures and processes. As part of InfoSec the TUDa-CERT is responsible for operational measures and is the central reporting and coordination point for information security incidents. In addition to the auditing and control function, we offer extensive information, consulting and training services and are thus the point of contact for all information security issues.

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