Fritz Eggimann
Fritz Eggimann (born March 29, 1936 in Zurich ; † September 29, 2019 ) was a Swiss university professor and manager .
Life
Fritz Eggimann grew up in Zurich, where he also attended schools. He studied electrical engineering at the ETH Zurich and received his doctorate there. His dissertation, entitled Data Transmission on Telephone Lines , was published in 1965. After graduating, he joined Brown, Boveri & Cie (BBC) in Baden. In 1975 he took over the management of Cerberus AG in Männedorf (today part of Siemens Building Technologies ), where he introduced the concept of integral facility management. In 1984 returned to the BBC and headed the information and communications technology division . After the merger with ASEA, he was appointed head of ABB's Communications and Information Systems business area in 1988 .
He taught information technology in the postgraduate course in Department III B of the ETH from 1969 to 1985 and as the main consultant for technical management of the SKU Association of Swiss Courses for Business Management from 1986 to 1996.
On March 16, 1988, the Federal Council elected him as the new President of the Federal Materials Testing and Research Institute (Empa) and at the same time as full professor of information technology at ETH Zurich. During his work at Empa, this organization of the Confederation was realigned and expanded. In particular, he expanded materials testing to include applied research. He retired on April 1, 2001.
Publications
Fritz Eggimann was a co-author of scientific publications on artificial neural networks .
further activities
- Research Council of the Swiss National Science Foundation
- Member of the Commission for Technology and Innovation (CTI)
- Member of the Swiss Association for Quality and Management Systems (SQS)
- Member of the Board of Directors of Zehnder Group AG from 1988 to 2006
Honors
- Silver medal from ETH Zurich for his diploma thesis
- Fellow of the IEEE
- 1995 Tetmajer Medal from the Vienna University of Technology
- Paul Harris Fellow of the Rotary Club
- 2002 Honorary Member of the International Union of Laboratories and Experts in Construction Materials, Systems and Structures (RILEM)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Obituaries Dr. Fritz Eggimann. NZZ, October 4, 2019, accessed on October 10, 2019
- ↑ a b c Peter Richner: Former director of Empa has died. Obituary Fritz Eggimann. EMPA, October 7, 2019, accessed October 10, 2019
- ^ Obituary Eggimann, Fritz, Prof. Dr. , ETHZ, accessed on February 18, 2020
- ^ Fritz Eggimann. SKU, accessed October 11, 2019
- ^ Fritz Eggimann. researchgate.net, accessed October 12, 2019
- ↑ Honorary Member RILEM , accessed on February 18, 2020
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Eggimann, Fritz |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss university professor and manager |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 29, 1936 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Zurich |
| DATE OF DEATH | 29th September 2019 |