Dr. Jan Reimann is a 2008 graduate of RWTH Aachen University, having studied mechanical engineering with a focus on production engineering. He began working in 2008 — first as scientific research assistant and later as team leader — in the gear department of the Laboratory of Machine Tools and Production Engineering (WZL). While there he has published his doctoral thesis on generating gear grinding. Today Reimann is a production engineer at Siemens Mechanical Drives in Bocholt, focusing on manufacturing technology development.