Lars Hein
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Employment

Managing director, CEO, at IPU (2007

Background

Professor in Design Methodology at the Technical University of Denmark (1999 – 2007)
Director, head of section, at IPU (1996 – 1999)
Senior consultant in design and innovation at IPU (1984 – 1996)
Project engineer at: Polystan AS / Dansk Teknologi AS / Dept. of Fluid Dynamics (1975 – 1984)
Graduated 1975 as M.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering from the Technical University of Denmark

Current appointments

Guest professor at the Central South University (CSU), Changsha, Hunan, China
Head of the Board at the company Colipu A/S
Head of the Board at the company Tomactech A/S
Head of the Board at the Mechatronics Association (Mekatronisk Selskab), Copenhagen, Denmark
Member of the Board at the company Arcanic A/S
Member of the Teknova Advisory Board, Kristiansstad, Norway
Member of the advisory board to the Confederation of Danish Industries (DI): the product development award
Member of the Board of the Alexander Foss Industrial Foundation (Alexander Foss’ Industrifond)

Awards

The STATOIL Award (STATOIL prisen) 1998 for significant research in technical science

Affiliations

 Member of the Danish Academy of Technical Sciences (Akademiet for de Tekniske Videnskaber, ATV)

Birth and Family

 20 May 1950 in Copenhagen, Denmark. Son of mother Anna Cathrine (nee Krøyer) and father Piet Hein
Wife Lisbet Ellen Hein, sons Jens Hein (1982) and Niels Hein (1984)