Erich te Kaat

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Erich H. te Kaat (born December 27, 1937 in Blumenkamp (Wesel) ) is a former German physicist . From 1976 to 1978 he was rector of the Technical University of Dortmund .

Life

Erich te Kaat studied physics from 1958 to 1965 . It was in 1969 with the thesis A two-crystal X-ray interferometer doctorate . He then went to the USA as an IBM Systems Consultant. In 1972 he also became a research assistant at the Jülich nuclear research facility and professor for experimental physics at the Technical University of Dortmund.

In 1976 he was elected as the successor to the chemist Martin Schmeißer as rector of the university; the physicist prevailed against the computer scientist Volker Claus . When a merger with what was then the Dortmund University of Education was discussed and te Kaat stood alone in terms of the university's competitiveness with his view that one had to go together in order to be prepared for the future, he resigned from his office in 1978. He remained a professor at the university and devoted himself to setting up the Dortmund Electron Test Storage Ring System (DELTA), a facility for the development of new components for electron accelerators . He also prepared the establishment of a center for microstructure technology .

On October 1, 1991, he took up a new job as scientific director of the Hahn-Meitner-Institut (HMI) in Berlin. Here his focus was on basic research on the structure of solid bodies and solar energy .

In 2017 he was made an Honorary Senator of TU Dortmund University.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Redaktionsbüro Harenberg: Knaurs Prominentenlexikon 1980. The personal data of celebrities from politics, economy, culture and society . With over 400 photos. Droemer Knaur, Munich / Zurich 1979, ISBN 3-426-07604-7 , Kaat, te, Erich H., S. 212 .
  2. ↑ Ole Lünnemann: Rector succession shortly before the decision: Senate has the choice between E. Becker and E. Wacker. A short history of the rector elections. In: idw-online.de. Informationsdienst Wissenschaft eV (IDW), January 9, 2002, accessed on October 9, 2018 .
  3. ↑ 50 years - 50 heads: three questions to Prof. Erich te Kaat about the first meeting of the rectorate. In: tu-dortmund.de. October 5, 2018, accessed October 9, 2018 .
  4. ↑ a b Change in leadership at the Hahn Meitner Institute . In: Physical sheets . No. 10/1991 , 1991, pp. 895 .
  5. ↑ TU Dortmund starts its anniversary year with an annual academic celebration. In: donews24.de. Oliver Börner, December 19, 2017, accessed October 9, 2018 .
personal data
SURNAME Kaat, Erich te
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kaat, Erich H. te
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German physicist
DATE OF BIRTH December 27, 1937
PLACE OF BIRTH Blumenkamp