Dr.-Ing. Matthias Walkowiak has since 2013 worked as a calculation and development engineer at SEW-Eurodrive GmbH & Co KG in Bruchsal. Upon receipt of his engineering degree he began his career at the chair of Machine Elements, Gears and Motor Vehicles of Prof. W. Predki at the Ruhr University Bochum as a research assistant. He completed his PhD successfully in 2013 with the doctoral thesis, “Local Loads and Wear Simulation of Tooth Meshing on Spur and Helical Gears with Profile Modifications Between the Beginning and the Ending of the Deflection,” at the chair of Industrial and Automotive Drivetrains of Prof. P. Tenberge.