2023-06-252023-06-25https://tore.tuhh.de/handle/11420/29609K. Friedrich got his PhD- Degree in “Materials Science” in 1978. He was associated in 1980 as a Visiting Assistant Professor with the Center for Composite Materials, University of Delaware, USA. Between 1982 and 1990, he worked as a Professor for Polymers and Composites at the Technical University Hamburg-Harburg, Germany. In August 1990, he became Research Director for Materials Science at the Institute for Composite Materials (IVW), University of Kaiserslautern, Germany. He acts also as a Scientific Board Member of various international journals in the fields of materials science, composites, and tribology.