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They include personalities from academic life, business and government. The members of the Board of Trustees of the Fraunhofer IPT in the year 2024 are as follows:</p> <p><b>Chairman of the Board of Trustees</b></p> <ul> <li>Dr.-Ing. Stefan N枚ken, Supervisory Board, Advisory Board and member of the Strategy Committee at Vaillant Group, Vorwerk Group and Hoerbiger Holding AG</li> </ul> <p><b>The members of the Board of Trustees</b></p> <ul> <li>Dr.-Ing. Hedi Bachmann, Cerobear GmbH, Herzogenrath<span class="bulletpointlist"></span></li> <li><span class="bulletpointlist">Prof. Dr.-Ing. Kirsten Bobzin, Surface Engineering Institute, RWTH Aachen University</span></li> <li><span class="bulletpointlist">Dr.-Ing. Uwe H. B枚hlke, REHAU Industries SE & Co. KG<br> </span></li> <li><span class="bulletpointlist">Dr.-Ing. Christof B枚nsch, freelance consultant</span></li> <li><span class="bulletpointlist">Hans-Dieter Franke, MPower Franke GmbH<br> </span></li> <li><span class="bulletpointlist">Dr. rer. nat. Wiebke L眉ke, WEW GmbH </span></li> <li><span class="bulletpointlist">Dr.-Ing. Rainer Martens, independent consultant<br> </span></li> <li><span class="bulletpointlist">Manfred Nettekoven, Chancellor of the RWTH Aachen University</span></li> <li><span class="bulletpointlist">Hartmut Pausewang, Ministry of Culture and Science of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia</span></li> <li><span class="bulletpointlist">Dr.-Ing. Walther Pelzer, German Aerospace Center (DLR)</span></li> <li><span class="bulletpointlist">Dr.-Ing. 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