Eduard Amstutz
Eduard Amstutz (born November 18, 1903 in Thun ; † June 7, 1985 in Pfäfers ; resident in Sigriswil ) was a Swiss engineer and university professor.
Life
Eduard Amstutz, son of the Thun mayor of the same name, attended high school in Bern and completed a mechanical engineering degree at the ETH Zurich by 1927 . After working in the construction of the Oberhasli power station and as a control engineer at the Federal Aviation Office , he became an associate professor in 1937 and a full professor of aircraft statics and aircraft construction at ETH Zurich in 1943 . From the winter semester of 1949 until his retirement on September 30, 1969, he was a full professor of materials science and testing at the ETH Zurich and president of the Swiss Federal Materials Testing and Research Institute (Empa).
literature
- Eduard Amstutz on his 65th birthday, (November 18, 1968). Festschrift for the 65th birthday of the President of EMPA . Contributions by employees der EMPA, Dübendorf: Eidg. Materialprüfungs- und Versuchsanstalt für Industrie, Bauwesen und Gewerbe, 1969 ( Swiss Archives for Applied Science and Technology , No. 11, 1968, No. 1, 3, 6, 1969) ( Schweizerische Bauzeitung 86, 1968 , H. 46 ( online ) and H. 49 ( online ))
- Thomas Fuchs: Amstutz, Eduard. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
Web links
- Publications by and about Eduard Amstutz in the Helveticat catalog of the Swiss National Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Amstutz, Eduard |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss engineer and university professor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 18, 1903 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Tuna |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 7, 1985 |
| Place of death | Pfäfers |