Alfred Kirpal

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Alfred Kirpal (born April 4, 1944 in Dauba , Sudetenland ; † July 26, 2010 ) was a German electrical engineer .

Career

Kirpal studied semiconductor electronics at the Technical University of Ilmenau from 1964 to 1970 . He received his doctorate in 1973 and completed his habilitation in 1986 at the Technical University of Dresden .

After returning to the TU Ilmenau, he was professor for the history of technology and economics and was a co-founder of the Institute for Media and Communication Studies at the TU Ilmenau. At the Technical University he headed the Studium Generale and worked on an interdisciplinary basis at the interfaces between the humanities, social and technical sciences. In addition to his work at the university, he planned and implemented museums for the history of technology and technology.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Jens Wolling, Andreas Will: Obituary. (No longer available online.) Institute for Media and Communication Studies, TU Ilmenau, archived from the original on July 31, 2010 ; Retrieved July 30, 2010 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.tu-ilmenau.de
  2. ↑ Manfred Henne, Alfred Kirpal: Investigation of the threshold voltage of MIS transistors . 1973 ( as PDF on the pages of the Ilmenau University Library [accessed on July 30, 2010] Ilmenau, Techn. Hochsch., Diss., 1973).
  3. ^ Alfred Kirpal: On the genesis of semiconductor electronics as a discipline of technical sciences . 1986 (Dissertation B).
  4. ^ Paul Klimsa: Obituary. Univ.-Prof. Dr. phil. habil. et Dr.-Ing. Alfred Kirpal. Communication Science, TU Ilmenau, accessed on August 10, 2010 .
personal data
SURNAME Kirpal, Alfred
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German electrical engineer
DATE OF BIRTH April 4, 1944
PLACE OF BIRTH Dauba , Sudetenland
DATE OF DEATH July 26, 2010