Franklin Punga

Franklin Punga (born September 29, 1879 in Alsmannsdorf ; † May 15, 1962 in Darmstadt ) was a German electrical engineer .

Life

Erwin Albin Franklin Punga was born in Alsmannsdorf in Thuringia in 1879. From 1898 to 1900 he studied at the TH Hannover . He then studied electrical engineering for a semester at the TH Darmstadt and then switched to the Technical University in Dresden . After graduating in 1901, he moved to industry as a calculator and chief electrician. In 1920 he followed Ludwig Binder to the chair for electrical machines at the Technical University of Darmstadt . He became director of the Institute for Electrical Engineering. Ludwig Binder left the TH Darmstadt after three semesters and switched to the TH Dresden.

Punga was dean of the electrical engineering department several times: 1925–25, 1929–30 and 1935–37. On October 4, 1941, Punga received a patent for electric drive for locomotives (DRP No. 740 027). From 1942 Punga was a member of the NSDAP and also a member of the NSDoB . In the denazification process , he was classified as a follower . His calling did not change this classification.

On March 31, 1949, Punga retired. He had been married to Margarete Martha Koch since 1920.

Foundation, endowment

After the death of Franklin Punga and Martha de Beauclair, the wife of Wilfried de Beauclair , the Punga and Martha de Beauclair Foundation was established from the estate. The foundation especially supports sick and needy students. The foundation is affiliated with the Association of Friends of the Technical University of Darmstadt.

Honors

• 1948: Dr.-Ing. honorary from the TH Stuttgart .

Fonts

• Henry M. Hobart, German edited translation by Franklin Punga: Motors for direct and three-phase current. J. Springer, Berlin 1905
• Lecture on electrical engineering. Demmig, Darmstadt 1948
• with Otto Raydt: three-phase motors with double cage armature and related constructions. Springer, Berlin 1931
• Lawyer or engineer? A criticism of the handling of patent laws by the ordinary courts. Bensheimer, Mannheim 1933
• Modern polyphase induction motors. Particularly those with various types of single and double squirrel-cage rotors. Pitman, London 1933

literature

• Isabel Schmidt: After National Socialism: the TH Darmstadt between past politics and future management (1945-1960) . Carlo and Karin Giersch Foundation at the TU Darmstadt , Wissenschaftliche Buchgemeinschaft , Darmstadt 2015, ISBN 978-3-534-26748-4 (also dissertation at the Technische Hochschule Darmstadt 2014).
• Christa Wolf, Marianne Viefhaus: Directory of professors at TH Darmstadt. Short biographies 1836 - 1945. Verlag des Historischen Verein für Hessen, Darmstadt 1977, p. 161, OCLC 611985164

Web links

• Literature by and about Franklin Punga in the catalog of the German National Library
• Works by and about Franklin Punga at Open Library