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Univ.Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr.-Ing. Carsten Gachot was confirmed permanently as University Professor for Tribology at TU Wien with effect from 1 October 2021. He is assigned to the Institute of Engineering Design and Product Development , opens an external URL in a new window(E307) at the Faculty of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, opens in new window at TU Wien.

Carsten Gachot comes from Saarland in Germany, where he also studied materials science and technology at the Saarland University and was awarded his doctorate by Prof. F. Mücklich in 2012 for his thesis on "Laser Interference Metallurgy of Metallic Surfaces for Tribological Applications", opens an external URL in a new window. He established himself there as the Head of the Research Unit for Advanced Surfaces. From 2009 to 2016 he was also Principal Investigator at the Steinbeis Research Center Material Engineering Center Saarland (MECS) in Saarbrücken. A research stay abroad in 2016 took him to Imperial College London. Also in 2016, he successfully applied for an temporary professorship for tribology at the TU Wien, which was confirmed permanently in 2021.

Carsten Gachot heads the Research Group for Tribology, opens an external URL in a new window, which is anchored in the Research Unit of Machine Elements and Transmissions for Aviation of the institute mentioned. He is also Chief Editor of the peer-reviewed journal "Industrial Lubrication and Tribology”, opens an external URL in a new window of the Emerald Publishing Group.

Publications by Carsten Gachot in ReposiTUm, opens an external URL in a new window.