Ernst Stumpp

Ernst Stumpp (born March 25, 1897 in Kappel ; † August 24, 1978 in Magdeburg ) was a German engineer and professor of electrical engineering . He is one of the pioneers in the use of electric drive systems for innovative applications in mechanical engineering. He was founding director of the Institute for Electrical Engineering at the University of Heavy Engineering in Magdeburg and dean and prorector for young scientists.

Live and act

Ernst Stumpp was born in Kappel am Rhein , his father Leopold Stumpp was a cigar worker, so the family lived in modest circumstances. Nevertheless, he was able to attend high school. At the age of 17 he was drafted into the military and suffered serious wounds in the fighting off Verdun while serving at the front . He then spent 4 years in French captivity, from which he was released in 1920. He decided to study electrical engineering at the Technical University of Karlsruhe . He obtained his degree as a qualified engineer (Dipl.-Ing.) For heavy current technology under Professor R. Richter .

He took him on because of his outstanding achievements as a scientific assistant at his electrical engineering institute. This gave him the opportunity to work on a dissertation on the subject of "About the heating of axially ventilated turbo generators", which gave him his doctorate in 1929 as a doctor of engineer (Dr.-Ing.) With distinction. During this time, together with his college friend Bödefeld , he worked on the chapter on the heating of electrical machines in the standard book Electrical Machines by R. Richter. Stumpp followed this scientific topic with great interest into old age.

Otherwise, Stumpp worked on the integration of electrical engineering and mechanical engineering that went hand in hand with the technical development at the time and systematically developed this discipline. In 1927 he became head of the test field at Eisenacher Magnetwerk G. mb H. He developed magnetic clamping plates and clutches to tap the electromagnetic force for mechanical engineering. In 1931 he became a test engineer at Ramag-Meguin AG.

In 1934 he switched to large electrolysis technology at Berlin-Anhaltische Maschinenbau AG. As a senior engineer in this company, he built a new magnetic device factory in the Dessau section and took over the test field here again. During the war years of the Second World War he was committed to the production of aircraft and ship equipment.

After the end of the war, he campaigned for the rebuilding of the Dessau electric motor factory. From 1948 to 1950 he worked in various companies in Dessau. At the same time, his interest grew in taking on teaching tasks to provide the urgently needed reinforcement of the next generation of engineers.

Early 1955 he takes a call to Professor of Electrical Engineering at the just recently by Heinz Schrader newly founded University of Schwermaschinenbau Magdeburg on. Here he encounters a large number of tasks in the construction of an electrical engineering facility in a mechanical engineering environment. Stumpp was given a professorship in May 1955, and in September 1956 he was appointed professor with a teaching position for the fundamentals of practical electrical engineering and electric motor drives. At the same time he took over the position of Dean of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering.

In 1958 he became director of the Institute for Electrical Engineering. His institute found premises in the basic building, newly built in 1958, as an angular structure on the campus between Walther-Rathenau-Straße and Nordpark. In 1959 he was appointed professor with a full teaching assignment and appointed Vice-Rector for Young Scientists. In 1961 he became a professor and the college for heavy engineering was renamed the Technical University of Magdeburg .

Renowned industrial experts, scientists and several professors such as Reinhold Krampitz and Richard Teßmer have emerged from his academic environment .

When Ernst Stumpp reached retirement age in 1962, he retired . It was already clear to him beforehand that his retirement would be a phase in which he would not retire but pursue his scientific inclinations. After his retirement he published almost 20 scientific articles, mostly in the journal ELEKTRIE. During the years of his retirement, he actively participated in the social and scientific life of his university.

Memberships and honors (selection)

• 1947 member of the SED
• Member of the editorial board of the trade journal ELEKTRIE, Berlin
• Otto von Guericke plaque from the TH Magdeburg
• 1959 Patriotic Order of Merit in bronze
• 1963 Honorary Senator of the TH Otto von Guericke Magdeburg
• 1964 Silver badge of honor from the Chamber of Technology (KDT)
• 1966 Johannes-R.-Becher-Medal in silver of the Kulturbund der DDR.

Publications

• About the heating of axially ventilated turbo generators. Springer, Berlin 1929.
• Mechanical and thermal transition processes in electromotive drives. Your analog calculation with new mathematical tools. With application examples. With a blackboard appendix of the math aids. Verlag Technik, Berlin 1962.

literature

• Adolf Leonhard : The automatic control in electrical engineering. J. Springer, Berlin 1940.
• Johannes Vogel, Reinhold Krampitz, Herbert Poppe: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Ernst Stumpp (1897 to 1978) Biographical sketch. Scientific journal of the Technical University of Magdeburg 27 (1983) Issue 3. [1]
• Werner Kriesel ; Hans Rohr; Andreas Koch: History and future of measurement and automation technology. VDI-Verlag, Düsseldorf 1995, ISBN 3-18-150047-X .
• Hans-Joachim Zander , Georg Bretthauer : Prof. Heinz Töpfer on his 80th birthday. In: Automation technology, Munich. Vol. 58, No. 7, 2010, pp. 413-415.
• Peter Neumann : Automation technology at the Magdeburg alma mater. In: Mechanical and plant engineering in the Magdeburg region at the beginning of the 21st century. Future based on tradition. Delta-D publishing house, Axel Kühling, Magdeburg 2014, pp. 215-219, ISBN 978-3-935831-51-2 .
• Peter Neumann (Hrsg.): Magdeburg's automation technology in transition - from industrial to research location. Authors: Christian Diedrich , Rolf Höltge, Ulrich Jumar , Achim Kienle, Reinhold Krampitz, Günter Müller, Peter Neumann, Konrad Pusch, Helga Rokosch, Barbara Schmidt, Ulrich Schmucker, Gerhard Unger, Günter Wolf. Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg ; Institute for Automation and Communication Magdeburg (ifak), Magdeburg 2018, ISBN 978-3-944722-75-7 .

Web links

• Literature by and about Ernst Stumpp in the catalog of the German National Library
• Website of the Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg