Eberhard Kallenbach

Eberhard Kallenbach

Eberhard Kallenbach (born August 16, 1935 in Meiningen , Thuringia ; † October 19, 2016 in Stützerbach near Ilmenau ) was a German electrical engineer , professor of mechatronics , entrepreneur and functionary of the GDR block party NDPD . He was a member of the People's Chamber of the GDR and deputy minister in the Modrow government and the de Maizière government .

Career

Kallenbach, the son of a forester, was born in Meiningen, but grew up with his grandparents in Stützerbach near Ilmenau from the age of 6 , after his mother died, his father had previously been drafted into the war and was only released from Soviet captivity in 1953. Therefore he also attended the elementary schools in Stützerbach and Ilmenau as well as the Goethe high school in Ilmenau .

After graduating from high school in 1953, he went to the newly founded University of Electrical Engineering in Ilmenau . He studied electrical engineering as a basic course and as a specialist at the Institute for General and Theoretical Electrical Engineering (Director since 1956: Eugen Philippow ). He belonged to the first generation of students to be trained here. At the beginning of 1959 he acquired the academic degree of Diplomingenieur in the field of theoretical electrical engineering at the faculty for mathematics, natural sciences and technical basic sciences (dean 1956-1964: Eugen Philippow).

He started his career as a scientific assistant at the University of Electrical Engineering in Ilmenau, which was renamed the Technical University of Ilmenau in 1961. Here he successfully completed his dissertation on the calculation of direct current magnets in 1963.

From 1964 to 1971 he was employed as development manager and technical director at VEB Elektrobauelemente Schleusingen . This company, which has been in existence for over 75 years, has been re-privatized in 1991 as Kern Technik GmbH & Co. KG, specializing in magnet technology and a cooperation partner of the TU Ilmenau.

University professor for mechatronics

In 1971 Kallenbach was appointed university lecturer (equivalent to C3 professor ) for electromechanics at the TH Ilmenau and in 1979 he was appointed full professor . From 1976 he headed the scientific department of information equipment technology and from 1983 to 1986 the technical center for precision mechanics, optics, electronics Suhl of the TH Ilmenau and was also deputy. Section Director . From 1986 to 1990 he was again head of the information equipment technology department at TH Ilmenau.

After the German reunification , the Technical University of Ilmenau (TUI) was formed from the previous Technical University . In 1992 he founded the Steinbeis Transfer Center (STZ) Mechatronics as head of the field of drive technology at the TU Ilmenau . From 1993 to 2008 he worked as a university professor for drive technology and head of the mechatronics chair at the TUI, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering . He was also dean of this faculty from 1997 to 2000 . He headed the Mechatronics Department at the TU Ilmenau until 2002 , after which he retired and handed over the management of the department to Torsten Bertram , but remained active as head of the STZ Mechatronics and on many of its committees for more than 10 years. The mechatronics department is currently headed by Thomas Sattel .

Kallenbach ensured a contemporary expansion of the laboratory internships thanks to fundraising funds and research funding, as well as research cooperation with well-known industrial companies. In addition, he helped develop the new subject area “mechatronics” nationwide, represented it as an independent subject and created special specialist books with several editions.

In cooperation with his professor colleagues, technical facilities for microelectronics / microsystem technology / mechatronics at the University of Ilmenau have been created at the level of industry-related systems, which represent a unique selling point compared to comparable university and higher education institutions in German-speaking countries. At the same time he was a member of the research committee of the university's senate. Building on this, Kallenbach contributed to the development and profiling of the mechatronics course in the mechanical engineering course.

The third-party research since reunification in his research group in Ilmenau has included over 25 joint projects with well-known industrial research partners such as MAHLE International GmbH in Stuttgart and more than 40 small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and companies from abroad. The research focus was mainly in the area of ​​industrial mechatronic drive technology on the process-related actuator level, including related problem areas up to new types of electronic components such as "ideal inductivities as folded flex coils"; In doing so, he and his team relied on interdisciplinary scientific collaborations, including with the Steinbeis Transfer Center in Leipzig under the direction of Werner Kriesel .

Kallenbach has given numerous lectures at scientific events, some of which he initiated and helped to organize himself. His scientific publications also reflect his teamwork and comprise around 200 papers, including numerous books with multiple editions. He was involved in many patents, including several European patents. He has drawn up reports on around 50 dissertations and habilitation theses.

As one of the pioneers of magnet technology and mechatronics , he did not see these subject areas, in which Germany is a global leader with its companies and research potential, as complete. Therefore, he continued to work on the scientific preparation for future solutions in contact with industry and research partners.

Kallenbach had been married since 1965, lived with his wife Christa Kallenbach in Stützerbach near Ilmenau and died here at the age of 81. Her son Matthias Kallenbach has a doctorate in engineering and works as development manager in the traditional company Kern Technik GmbH & Co. KG in Schleusingen , which specializes in magnet technology . Eberhard Kallenbach belonged to the Heimat- und Geschichtsverein Stützerbach e. V. as co-founder and long-time chairman and was elected honorary chairman at the suggestion of the board . He was also a passionate table tennis player who regularly trained and competed in tournaments and won several championship titles.

Research transfer activities

The development of mechatronic drive systems at the Ilmenau location can look back on a long tradition. The foundation stone for this was laid in 1992 by Eberhard Kallenbach, who was then head of the field of drive technology at the TU Ilmenau, when he founded the Steinbeis Transfer Center (STZ) Mechatronics . His goal was to transfer the research results of the university in this special field into high-tech products of tomorrow and thus to significantly increase the innovative content and competitiveness of the products.

• 1992 - Foundation of the STZ Mechatronik as part of the Steinbeis Foundation Stuttgart

The Steinbeis Transfer Center (STZ) Mechatronik was founded by Eberhard Kallenbach as early as 1992 as one of the first transfer centers in the new federal states.

• 2004 - Awarded the Löhn Prize

The STZ Mechatronik was awarded the Löhn Prize for particularly outstanding projects in technology and knowledge transfer for developing an air cycle valve to increase engine performance.

• 2005 - move to the Steinbeis house

On the initiative of Kallenbach, the newly built “Steinbeis House” was built on the edge of the university campus for several Steinbeis companies as an expression of the success of many transfer projects and at the same time as a contribution to Thuringia as a technology location. The company headquarters was relocated from the Technology and Start-Up Center (TGZ) Ilmenau to the Steinbeis House.

• 2008 - SIZ Magnetic Engineering was founded

With the founding of the Steinbeis Innovation Center Magnetic Engineering , competencies in the field of basic research on electromagnetic drive systems were further expanded.

• 2010 - Steinbeis Mechatronik GmbH was founded

Steinbeis Mechatronik GmbH continued the extremely successful development of mechatronics at the Ilmenau location and expanded it with a focus on the implementation of industrial projects.

• 2015 Kendrion Mechatronics Center GmbH

Steinbeis Mechatronik GmbH became part of the international Kendrion Group. As authorized representative , the graduate engineer is Claudia Kallenbach operates. The services include applied research and development, consulting, problem solving and concept development, preparation of expert reports as well as training courses and seminars. The main topics relate to electromagnetic systems, electronics and software, system simulation and construction as well as measurement technology for magnetic drives.

Political activities

Kallenbach became a member of the FDGB in 1958 and of the National Democratic Party of Germany (NDPD) in 1967 . From 1971 he was a member of the NDPD district board in Suhl and from 1976 member of the secretariat of the district board. In February 1980 he was elected to succeed Helmut Grunow as chairman of the Suhl district committee of the National Front and a member of the National Council of the National Front .

From 1971 to 1981 he was the successor candidate and from June 1981 to March 1990 a member of the People's Chamber of the GDR . From 1971 to 1981 he was a member of the youth committee, from 1981 to 1986 a member and from 1986 deputy chairman of the committee for industry, construction and transport of the People's Chamber.

On December 17, 1984 he was co-opted as a member of the main committee at the 8th session of the NDPD main committee.

During the turning point and the peaceful revolution in the GDR , Kallenbach was from January 1990 to April 1990 initially as Deputy Minister for Education Hans-Heinz Emons in the Modrow government and then as Deputy Minister and Head of Department at the then GDR Minister for Education and Science Hans Joachim Meyer was responsible for higher education in the first freely elected de Maizière government .

Together with GDR Minister Hans Joachim Meyer , Kallenbach participated as a member of the GDR delegation in the constituent meeting of the Joint Education Commission of the Federal Republic of Germany and the GDR on May 16, 1990 in Bonn, further meetings followed on June 21, 1990 in Berlin and on September 26, 1990 in Bonn.

Honors (selection)

• Patriotic Order of Merit in silver
• 1979 Order Banner of Labor Stage II
• Medal of Merit of the GDR
• Honorary title of Honored Technician of the People
• 1996 Elected as a member of the Saxon Academy of Sciences in Leipzig , technical science class
• Honorary title: Professor hc (Prof. hc)
• Elected as a member of the acatech academy , subject area mechatronics, topic networks “product development and production”; "Society and Technology"
• 2004 Löhn Prize of the Steinbeis Foundation for a transfer project between his Steinbeis Mechatronics Transfer Center in Ilmenau and MAHLE International GmbH in Stuttgart
• 2008 Löhn Prize as a special prize for the establishment and management of the Steinbeis Transfer Center Mechatronics at the TU Ilmenau, one of the first in the new federal states, since 1992 extremely successful in technology transfer from the university to the economy in the fields of electrical drive elements (actuators), electromechanical Special drives and electronics technology as well as magnet technology.

Publications (selection)

• A theory for the calculation of direct current magnets with an optimal copper-iron ratio and optimal utilization of the magnet work - with special consideration of magnets with modified lifting force characteristics. Dissertation, University of Electrical Engineering Ilmenau, Faculty of Mathematics, Natural Sciences and Basic Technical Sciences, Ilmenau 1963.
• The DC magnet. Academic publishing company Geest and Portig, Leipzig 1969.
• Investigations into the systematic planning of non-linear DC-excited electro-magneto-mechanical drive elements with translatory armature movement. Habilitation (dissertation B), Ilmenau University of Technology, Faculty of Technical Sciences, Ilmenau 1979.
• Eberhard Kallenbach; Gerhard Bögelsack (Hrsg.): Device technical drives. Verlag Technik, Berlin 1991, ISBN 978-3-341-00794-5 ; Hanser Verlag, Munich; Vienna 1991, ISBN 978-3-446-15872-6 .
• Electromagnets - basics, calculation, design and application (with CD-ROM). Teubner Verlag, Stuttgart; Leipzig; Wiesbaden 1994, ISBN 978-3-519-06163-2 ; 2nd edition 2003, ISBN 978-3-519-16163-9 ; 3rd edition 2008, ISBN 978-3-8351-0138-8 ; 4th edition 2012, ISBN 978-3-8348-0968-1 (with Rüdiger Eick; Peer Quendt; Tom Ströhla; Karsten Feindt; Matthias Kallenbach).
• Theoretical electrical engineering. Vol. 3 .: Analysis and synthesis of electrotechnical systems. Wissenschafts-Verlag Thüringen, Langewiesen 1997, ISBN 978-3-00-002167-1 (with Tom Ströhla).
• Eberhard Kallenbach et al. (Ed.): System integration - proceedings. 6th Polish German Mechatronic Workshop 2007. Warsaw University of Technology; Technical university Ilmenau. Wissenschafts-Verlag Thuringia, Langewiesen 2008, ISBN 978-3-936404-19-7 .
• Eberhard Kallenbach; Klaus Janschek (reviewer); Tom Ströhla (supervisor): Sören Rosenbaum: Design of electromagnetic actuators taking into account hysteresis. Dissertation, University Library, Ilmenau 2011.
• Eberhard Kallenbach; Christian Redemann (reviewer); Tom Ströhla (supervisor): Oliver Radler: A contribution to the measurement of static and dynamic properties of electro-magneto-mechanical energy converters and their components. Dissertation, University Library, Ilmenau 2011.

literature

• The People's Chamber of the German Democratic Republic, 9th electoral period, Staatsverlag der DDR, Berlin 1987, p. 373.
• Günther Buch: Names and dates of important people in the GDR. 4th, revised and expanded edition. Dietz, Berlin (West) / Bonn 1987, ISBN 3-8012-0121-X , p. 147.
• Gabriele Baumgartner, Dieter Hebig (Hrsg.): Biographisches Handbuch der SBZ / DDR. 1945–1990. Volume 1: Abendroth - Lyr. KG Saur, Munich 1996, ISBN 3-598-11176-2 , p. 371 ( limited preview in the Google book search).

Web links

Commons : Eberhard Kallenbach  - Collection of Images

• Literature by and about Eberhard Kallenbach in the catalog of the German National Library

Individual evidence

1. ^ Obituary of the TU Ilmenau
2. ↑ Werner Kriesel : Future models for computer science, automation and communication. In: Frank Fuchs-Kittowski ; Werner Kriesel (Ed.): Computer science and society. Festschrift for the 80th birthday of Klaus Fuchs-Kittowski . Peter Lang International Science Publishing House - PL Academic Research, Frankfurt a. M .; Bern; Bruxelles; New York; Oxford; Warszawa; Vienna 2016, pp. 415-430, ISBN 978-3-631-66719-4 (print), E- ISBN 978-3-653-06277-9 (e-book).
3. ^ Obituary notice in the Südthüringer Presse from October 29, 2016
4. ^ Saxon Academy of Sciences in Leipzig (accessed on November 6, 2016).
5. ↑ National-Zeitung of December 18, 1984.
6. ↑ The Ministry of Education has been reorganized . In: Berliner Zeitung , January 11, 1990, p. 2.
7. ↑ http://zs.thulb.uni-jena.de/servlets/MCRFileNodeServlet/jportal_derivate_00165487/IUN_39_1996_03_S01_001.pdf
8. ↑ Gabriele Köhler, Georg Knauss, Peter Zedler (eds.): The educational unification process 1990 - course and results of the German-German negotiations on the education system. Leske and Budrich Verlag, Opladen 2000, pp. 62 ff., ISBN 978-3-8100-2918-8 .