Engelbert Hofbauer studied Precision Engineering at Hochschule München and graduated as Dipl.-Ing. (FH) in 1985. He received his doctoral degree in Optical Engineering at Technical University of Ilmenau in 2008. From 2009 until 2013 he has held a research professorship at Deggendorf Institut of Technology. In this function, he built up the Laboratory for Metrology of Precision Optics Manufacturing at Technology Campus Teisnach. Since 2013, he has worked as a researcher and project manager in applied research projects with the industry (WiPoVi, DoSuRe) on interferometric and deflectometric data acquisition in order to measure and reconstruct very large optical surfaces of at least plane, spherical, aspherical and also freeforms. In parallel, he directs the company Hofbauer Optik in Munich, which develops and manufactures autocollimation sensors and electronic sighting telescopes for precision metrology in engineering and for the optical industry (e.g. centration for spheres and aspheres).
Previously published articles in the Bavarian Journal of Applied Sciences:
Deflectometric Acquisition of Large Optical Surfaces “DaOS” Using a New Physical Measurement Principle: Vignetting Field Stop Procedure (Issue 2 / December 2016)