Eugene Philippov
Eugen S. Philippow , Bulgarian Евгени Филипов (born May 9, 1917 in Sofia , † September 2, 1991 in Ilmenau ) was a Bulgarian engineer and university professor. He made a significant contribution to the establishment and development of teaching and research in the field of theoretical electrical engineering at what is now the Technical University of Ilmenau .
Life
After graduating from high school in Sofia, Eugen Philippow began studying electrical engineering at the Technical University of Berlin in 1936 , where he was also a research assistant from 1941 to 1945 after completing his studies. With the end of the Second World War he returned to Sofia and became an assistant for radio technology at the Sofia State Polytechnic. From 1948 to 1949 he was department head in the Sofia low-voltage plant, then until 1955 head and chief engineer of the Bulgarian central laboratory for the electrotechnical industry, from 1953 additionally a research assistant at the Research Institute for Telecommunications (MPTT).
In 1956 he went to the newly founded University of Electrical Engineering (today: Technische Universität Ilmenau ) and there became head of the Institute for General and Theoretical Electrical Engineering, which he was also after a university reform in the GDR in 1968 as head of the department now called Theoretical Electrical Engineering . In 1957 he received his doctorate in engineering. with a thesis on nonlinear magnetic circuits, 1972 Dr. sc. techn. for work in the field of non-linear electrical engineering .
In addition to his scientific work, he was also significantly involved in the management of the university: from 1956 to 1964 he was dean of the faculty for mathematics, natural sciences and basic technical sciences, then until 1968 prorector for research and from 1968 to 1975 prorector for scientific development. From the beginning of his activity at the university in Ilmenau until the end of his life, he was a member of the university's academic senate .
Works
Eugen Philippow wrote numerous papers on the basics and theoretical electrical engineering. His university textbook Fundamentals of Electrical Engineering was first published in 1959 and has since been published in ten editions. It is still used today at various colleges and universities as a basic textbook on theoretical electrical engineering. In addition, he worked as the editor of various compendia on electrical engineering, of which the six-volume paperback electrical engineering , which he published from 1976, is the most comprehensive and well-known. In total, Philippow has produced around 30 book publications and thus significantly and sustainably shaped his specialist area.
Honors
Eugen Philippow received an honorary doctorate from the Vienna University of Technology in 1976 and from the Mittweida Engineering College in 1987 . He also received gold medals from the Slovak Technical University in Bratislava (1979) and the Technical University of Sofia (1985).
In 1983 and 1985, respectively, he was awarded the state prizes of the GDR and Bulgaria.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ TU Wien: Honorary doctorates ( memento of the original from February 21, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Retrieved March 26, 2015.
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Philippow, Eugene |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Philippow, Eugen S .; Филипов, Евгени |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Bulgarian engineer and university professor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 9, 1917 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Sofia , Bulgaria |
| DATE OF DEATH | 2nd September 1991 |
| Place of death | Ilmenau , Germany |