Founder and long-time head of the Institute of Process Measurement and Sensor Technology and the Department of Process Measurement Technology
1970
Doctorate as Dr.-Ing.
1974
Habilitation
1974 - 75
Visiting scientist at the Kiev Polytechnic Institute, now the National University of Ukraine
1981
Appointment as full professor for process measurement technology
1990
Foundation of the Institute for Process Measurement and Sensor Technology and its management until 2009
1991
Foundation of SIOS Meßtechnik GmbH,
together with some employees of the institute
1995
Appointment as visiting professor at Xian University of Technology, China
1996
Appointment as visiting professor at Tianjin University, China
1997
Awarded honorary doctorate by the National Technical University of Ukraine
2002
Honorary doctorate awarded by the National University "Lvivska Politechnika", Ukraine
2002
Initiator of the Collaborative Research Center SFB 622 "Nanopositioning and Nanomessing Machines" and speaker until 2008
2002
Award of the Thuringian Research Prize
2003
Appointment as full member of the Academy of Non-Profit Sciences in Erfurt
2009
Award of the Medal of Merit of the Thuringian Ministry of Education and Cultural Affairs and retirement, still working at the institute as consultant and head of the transfer and joint project NPMM 200
2009
Award of the Ernst Abbe Prize
2010
Awarded the VDE Ring of Honor in Gold
2010
Award of the Medal of Honor of the City of Ilmenau
Prof. Jäger has published more than 60 articles in journals and given about 180 lectures at national and international conferences. He has been granted more than 40 patents. Prof. Jäger was invited to give guest lectures in: China (Xian University of Technology 1993, 1997; Tianjin University 1993, 1996, 1998, 2001, 2004, 2010; Shanghai Institute of Measurement and Testing 2006).
National Taiwan University 2002, 2003; Taipei University of Technology 2005. University of North Carolina 2004, 2009. Stanford University 2007. Modern Academy Cairo, Egypt 2007. King Saud University, Saudi Arabia 2008.