Egon Althaus

Egon Althaus (born February 15, 1933 in Hagen ) is a German mineralogist. He was a professor of mineralogy and experimental petrology at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology . From 1972 to 1974 he was Dean of the Faculty of Bio and Geosciences.

Life

Althaus studied at the University of Göttingen , his doctorate followed in 1961 and his habilitation in 1967. 1968/69 he conducted research at Yale University . Since 1971 he was a professor in Karlsruhe.

Althaus examined the behavior of building materials from a mineralogical point of view, especially in historical buildings, for example with regard to renovation issues. Another focus of his research is the investigation of rock fluids, for example in connection with geothermal energy (Hot Dry Rock Process) and deep drilling programs.

In 1998 he received the Hans Stille Medal . Since 1990 he has been a full member of the Heidelberg Academy of Sciences . In the same year he was elected a member of the Academia Europaea . He is an honorary doctor of the Faculty of Civil Engineering of the Technical University of Budapest .

The mineral Althausite , known from Norway, is named in his honor.

Works (selection)

Securing and preserving historical buildings. Preservation principles and material possibilities . (= Writings Math.-Naturwiss. Klasse ), Heidelberger Akad. Wiss., No. 11, 2001.
with Augusto Mangini: ¹⁴ C laboratory and geochronology - radiometric determination of the age of water and sediments. (= 100 years of the Heidelberg Academy of Sciences. The research projects of the Heidelberg Academy of Sciences 1909–2009. )

Web links

University website with list of publications at KIT , Institute for Applied Geosciences
Prof. em. Dr. Dr. hc Egon Althaus. ( Memento from January 6, 2013 in the web archive archive.today ). In: Heidelberg Academy of Sciences

Individual evidence

↑ Inventory of the Faculty of Bio and Geosciences. In: KIT archive .
↑ Directory of members: Egon Althaus. In: Academia Europaea , accessed February 8, 2018.
^ Althausite Mineral Data. In: Natural History Museum Oslo .
Photo: 5. Althausite from Buskerud. ( Memento from April 24, 2014 in the Internet Archive ), (English), named by Gunnar Raade (Natural History Museum Oslo), Magne Tysseland ( University of Bergen ).

personal data
SURNAME	Althaus, Egon
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German mineralogist
DATE OF BIRTH	February 15, 1933
PLACE OF BIRTH	Hagen

[1] Inventory of the Faculty of Bio and Geosciences. In: KIT archive .

[2] Directory of members: Egon Althaus. In: Academia Europaea , accessed February 8, 2018.

[3] Althausite Mineral Data. In: Natural History Museum Oslo .
Photo: 5. Althausite from Buskerud. ( Memento from April 24, 2014 in the Internet Archive ), (English), named by Gunnar Raade (Natural History Museum Oslo), Magne Tysseland ( University of Bergen ).