Ernst Wolfgang Lewicki

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Ernst Wolfgang Leonidas Wilhelm Lewicki (born April 29, 1894 in Dresden ; † March 28, 1973 there ) was a civil engineer and scientist . As a professor at the TU Dresden , he played an essential role in profiling the subject of construction management within civil engineering .

Life

Ernst Wolfgang Lewicki (“Lewitzki” pronounced) was a grandson of Prof. Leonidas Lewicki (1840–1907), who held the chair for mechanical engineering and design at the TH Dresden from 1874 , and son of Ernst Anton Lewicki (1863–1937), who from 1906 to 1931 he was associate professor for mechanical engineering / construction of steam boilers, water power machines and steam turbines at the TH Dresden.

Lewicki had passed his Abitur in 1913 at the Kreuzgymnasium in Dresden and then studied civil engineering at the TH Dresden . After graduating in 1921 he was a. a. Government construction manager at the Schwarzenberg road and hydraulic engineering office and designer, site manager and senior site manager at Gebr. Rank Munich. In 1927 and 1928 he worked as a civil engineer for the Detroit-Edison Company in Detroit / USA.

Other stages in his professional life included construction manager for reinforced concrete bridge structures at Josef Wahler & Co. GmbH Munich (1933–1934), technical manager at Wayss & Freytag AG, Dresden branch (1934) and managing director and technical manager of Vereinigte Ingenieurbaubetriebe GmbH Dresden (1946).

Lewicki was appointed to the "Chair for Solid Bridges, Foundation Engineering and Construction Management" at the TH Dresden in November 1951. With emphasis and out of conviction, he pursued the idea of giving the construction company an adequate position. This ultimately led to the establishment of the “Institute for Construction Management” on September 1, 1955 - the third oldest in Germany after Berlin and Munich. At the same time as the institute was founded, a specialization in "construction management" was created which, in addition to the existing specializations in "structural engineering", "urban engineering" and "hydraulic engineering", included in-depth training for students in the field of structural engineering after the intermediate diploma.

The main focus of teaching and research activities was the planning and control of construction processes, the establishment of large construction sites, construction mechanization, construction with precast concrete elements and construction under winter conditions.

To impart knowledge, not only for students, but also for specialists from the building industry, the "Seminar for Structural Engineering and Construction Management" was created, which today still deals with different topics as a "Seminar for Building" at the Faculty of Civil Engineering at the TU Dresden.

From 1955 to 1957 Prof. Lewicki was dean of the Faculty of Construction. He retired in 1962. In 1968 Lewicki was promoted to Dr. hc of the Leipzig University of Construction . He died on March 28, 1973 in Dresden and was buried in the Johannisfriedhof .

Publications (selection)

  • 1954: Development of prefabricated window and door frame coverings made of reinforced concrete
  • 1955: The assembly method with precast reinforced concrete and its current problems
  • 1956: Development opportunities for graduate engineers specializing in "structural engineering" and "construction management"
  • 1956: Construction, equipment and mechanization of civil engineering and building construction sites

Ernst Lewicki Prize

The Ernst Lewicki Prize has been awarded by the Association of Graduates and Supporters of the Construction Management Department at the Technical University of Dresden since 2008. This is awarded annually to the graduate with the best diploma thesis at the Institute for Construction Management of the TU Dresden.

swell

  • Estate of EW Lewicki in the university archive of the Technical University of Dresden

literature

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Technical University of Dresden (ed.): Graves of professors of the alma mater dresdensis in cemeteries in Dresden and the surrounding area. 2nd Edition. Lausitzer Druck- und Verlagshaus, 2003, p. 17.