Prof. Dr. Jochen Frey has been elected as Vice President of the Technische Hochschule Mittelhessen for another term of office. 30 of 31 participating Senate members voted for the engineer. His term of office begins on April 1 and lasts three years.

THMPresident Prof. Dr. Matthias Willems congratulated Prof. Frey on his election and was pleased to be able to continue the good cooperation in the university management.

As in previous years, Frey will continue to devote himself to the areas of research, transfer and Young Academics in the presidium of the THM . At the election session in the Senate, he named the strategic orientation and profile sharpening of research and transfer, the creation of support structures for researchers and the development and implementation of the scientific mid-level faculty programme of the THM as the focal points of his work to date.

His plans for the next term include, among other things, the Further development of strategies, particularly with regard to internationalization and sustainability, the further development of doctoral law at the Graduate Centre for Engineering Sciences at the Research Campus of Central Hessen and the expansion of start-up funding. "Through the planned activities, THM is strengthening its role as a competent partner for innovation and forward-looking technologies," he explained.  

After studying electrical engineering at the University of Siegen and receiving Dr.-Ing. Jochen Frey (47) initially worked in the chip industry. There, he most recently served as group leader for the development of sensor chips at a medium-sized company. In 2011, he was appointed professor of measurement technology and sensor technology at the Department Electrical Engineering and Information Technology in Giessen . He served as Dean of Studies in his Department , Managing Director of the THMCenter for Quality Development, and is a member of the university's Competence Center for Nanotechnology and Photonics.