Friedrich Wilhelm Bach

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Friedrich Wilhelm Bach

Friedrich-Wilhelm Bach (born September 5, 1944 in Bleckede ; † August 18, 2014 ) was a German professor for materials science at the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz University of Hanover .

Career

Bach studied mechanical engineering at the University of Hanover from 1966 until his diploma in 1972. From 1972 he was a research assistant at the Institute for Materials Science, where he received his doctorate in 1978 (developments in plasma metallurgy to improve metallic materials) . From 1981 to 1983 he was head of the Materials Technology department. In 1983 he completed his habilitation with a thesis on thermal cutting of thick-walled workpieces and became senior engineer at the institute. In 1987 he was appointed associate professor in Hanover and in 1997 as full professor at the University of Dortmund . From 2001 to 2012 he was a professor in Hanover and managing director of the Institute for Materials Technology. Even after his retirement, he remained active as a senior professor of the State of Lower Saxony ( Lower Saxony professorship ).

For a time, Bach temporarily headed the Institute for Nuclear Technology and Non-Destructive Testing Methods in Hanover (from 2001). From 2005 to 2010 he was dean of the mechanical engineering department. He published over 750 scientific papers and held 108 patents. In particular, he dealt with aluminum and magnesium technology, biomedical technology , surface technology , casting of light metals and hybrid materials, non-destructive testing technology, welding and cutting technology, removal technology and the dismantling of nuclear facilities. He had been concerned with methods for dismantling reactor pressure vessels and other parts of nuclear power plants to be dismantled as well as questions of long-term stability and corrosion during storage since the 1980s. He was spokesman for the Collaborative Research Center (SFB) process chain for the manufacture of precision-forged high-performance components , the graduate college for the manufacture, processing and qualification of hybrid material systems and the research group for high-performance joining technology for hybrid structures .

From 2004, Bach was in the specialist committee for materials technology of the German Research Foundation (DFG), from 2001 to 2003 chairman of the scientific working group for materials technology (WAW), chairman of the specialist group "decommissioning" of the nuclear engineering society (KTG) and the DVS specialist committee 6 "special welding and cutting processes" as well as the board of trustees of the Heinz Piest Institute for Craft Technology at the University of Hanover. He played a key role in setting up the Lower Saxony Center for Production Technology (NFP), the Production Technology Center Hanover (PZH) and the Clausthal Center for Material Technology (CZM), each of which he was on the board of directors.

In 2005 he received the Federal Cross of Merit on ribbon. In 2009 he received an honorary doctorate from the University of Bremen and the TU Clausthal . In 2005 he received an honorary professorship at the National Metallurgical Academy of Ukraine . In 2006 he became a member of Acatech .

Fonts

  • with Kai Kerber (editor): Process chain precision forging. Springer 2014
  • Editor: Modern coating processes. Wiley-VCH, 2nd edition 2006.
    • English edition: Modern surface technology. Wiley-VCH 2006.
  • with Erich Lugschneider: Manual of thermal spray technology: Technologies - Materials - Production. Düsseldorf 2002.
  • Editor with Petra Winzer, Eckehard Schnieder: Security Research - Opportunities and Perspectives. Acatech 2010.
  • with Guido Kremer; Katharina Lau: Electron beam welding of surface-refined, high-strength thin sheets in the atmosphere. Düsseldorf 2006.

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personal data
SURNAME Bach, Friedrich-Wilhelm
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German engineering scientist
DATE OF BIRTH September 5, 1944
PLACE OF BIRTH Bleckede
DATE OF DEATH August 18, 2014