© Tiss: Uwe Dieter Grebe

Univ. Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dipl.Ing. Dieter Grebe was appointed University Professor for Vehicle Powertrains and Automotive Engineering at the Vienna University of Technology with effect from September 1, 2024. He is assigned to the Institute of Powertrains and Automotive Engineering, opens an external URL in a new window (E315) at the Faculty of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering at TU Wien.

Uwe Dieter Grebe comes from Rüsselsheim in Hesse (Germany). He studied general mechanical engineering with distinction at the TU Darmstadt and received his doctorate there in 1996 - also with distinction - with a dissertation on “Possibilities for intake-side cross-section control and its analysis on a four-valve gasoline engine, opens an external URL in a new window”. While writing his dissertation, he was already working for Adam Opel AG and General Motors and their subsidiaries, later as a group engineer, executive director and department head. In 2012, he moved to AVL List GmbH in Graz, where, as Managing Director, he was responsible for the global development of the Powertrain Engineering division, sales activities and the company's international locations. In addition to his work as Managing Director, he has been a member of prestigious committees for many years, such as the Science Council of Shell Global Solutions and the Scientific Advisory Board of the journals ATL and ATL List. Advisory Board of the journals ATZ (Automobiltechnische Zeitschrift) and MTZ (Motortechnische Zeitschrift). Since 2003, he has been lecturing at the Vienna University of Technology on the “Further development of the gasoline engine, opens an external URL in a new window”.

Uwe Dieter Grebe's scientific home is now the aforementioned institute. There he deals with the technology-open further development of drive systems from hybrid drives to fuel cell and battery electric drives, with the future components and architectures of vehicles and with mobility systems. In automotive & mobility engineering GmbH, ame for short, a 100% subsidiary of TU Wien, the topics with a higher technology readiness level are worked on directly with the industrial partners.

Publications by Uwe Dieter Grebe in ReposiTUm, opens an external URL in a new window.