Gerog Menges is a German educator and adminstrator. In a 23-year career as managing director of IKV at the University of Aachen in Germany (Institut für Kunststoffverarbeiting, or Plastics Processing Institute), Prof.-Ing. Georg Menges grew this small technical training operation to a powerhouse of plastics processing education and research.

To date, the Institute has graduated 1500 Diploma Engineers and has employed up to 400 people in staff and scientific endeavors. Research and development work for more than 300 industrial sponsors is carried out in teams of both students and scientists, and provides the financial stability for the education program.

Virtually every aspect of plastics processing has been undertaken by this formidable institution, and many leaders in both German and international plastics companies have been influenced by Prof. Menges and his group.

Menges studied mechanical engineering at the University of Stuttgart and received a Dr.-Ing. degree in 1995.

He retired in 1989.

Among many honors:

SPE International Award in Plastics Science & Engineering (1983)Award of the Plastics Processing Technical Assn. (Japan) in 1984Received the Hermann F. Mark medal in 1985 (Austrian Research Institute for Chemistry and Technology)Named to Polymer Processing Hall of Fame in 1989

Menges was inducted into the Plastics Hall of Fame in 2006.