Fritz regulator

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Friedrich Maria Regulator (born March 9, 1901 in Vienna , † August 25, 1976 in Altaussee ) was an Austrian physicist and university professor . He was rector of the Vienna University of Technology and the Freiberg Mining Academy .

Life

Fritz Regulator attended the kk Carl-Ludwig-Staatsgymnasium in Rosasgasse in Vienna-Meidling, where he graduated in 1920 . He then studied at the University of Vienna among others, Gustav Jäger , Eduard Haschek and Wilhelm Wirtinger mathematics and physics, in 1924 he earned his doctorate under Eduard Haschek with a thesis about the dependence of the saturation and shade of light gray body on their temperature to Dr. phil.

After completing his studies, he worked with Guido Holzknecht in the Central X-ray Institute of the General Hospital Vienna , later with Siemens & Halske and with Ludwig Schulmeister, a manufacturer of X-ray devices and electromedical devices in Vienna. In 1929, supported by Wilhelm Exner , he founded a state-authorized research institute for X-ray, non-destructive material tests at his own entrepreneurial risk. Among other things, this carried out commissioned work for the Austrian Federal Railways , such as condition tests on the fatigue of bridge structures. He headed the institute until 1938, when the contract with the Federal Railways was terminated.

In 1933 he qualified as a professor for X-ray physics at the Vienna University of Technology, and in 1940 for applied physics. In 1941, after a temporary job at Drägerwerke in Lübeck, he moved to the Freiberg Mining Academy in Saxony, where he was head of the X-ray department as an adjunct professor from 1942 and held the post of rector in the 1945/46 academic year. From 1947 until his retirement in 1971 he was full professor and head of the Institute for Experimental Physics at the Vienna University of Technology. In the academic years 1952/53 and 1953/54 he was dean of the faculty for applied mathematics and physics. In 1958/59 he was elected rector of the Vienna University of Technology .

From 1950 he was President of the Austrian Physical and Chemical Society, from 1955 a full member of the Austrian Academy of Sciences and from 1976 honorary member of the Austrian Physical Society (ÖPG). In 1958 he co-founded the Austrian Atomic Institute , he was also involved in Austria's accession to the European Nuclear Research Association CERN in 1959 and in the establishment of the Institute for High Energy Physics of the Austrian Academy of Sciences in 1966. He developed new methods for non-destructive materials testing and published over 90 original papers and seven books.

Regulator died after a long illness during a summer stay in Altaussee at the age of 75 and was buried on September 7, 1976 at the Hietzing cemetery. He had six children, including the member of the National Council, Roderich Regulator .

In 1990, the Regulatorgasse in the 22nd district of Vienna, Donaustadt, was named after him.

Awards

Publications (selection)

  • 1924: About the dependence of the saturation and the hue of the light in gray bodies on their temperature , dissertation
  • 1930: Radiographic examinations , Academic Publishing and Mail Order Bookshop E. Haim & Co., Vienna 1930
  • 1931: Borderline skin therapy , together with Herbert Fuhs and Josef Konrad, Urban and Schwarzenberg, Vienna / Berlin 1937
  • 1937: Basics of X-ray physics: an introduction to the laws of X-rays for use in physics, crystallography, medicine and technology , Urban and Schwarzenberg, Vienna / Berlin 1937
  • 1939: Deformation and fatigue of metallic materials in the X-ray image , Hanser-Verlag, Munich 1939
  • 1943: The optics of X-rays
  • 1943: The ring film reflection method
  • 1959: Intergranular behavior of aluminum materials. Taking into account the use in the chemical industry and in nuclear technology
  • 1966/67: Introduction to the physics of X-rays and gamma rays. Taking into account electron and neutron diffraction , Thiemig-Verlag, Munich 1966/67
  • 1974: Light and color: physical principles and applications . Thiemig-Verlag, Munich 1974, ISBN 978-3-521-06083-8

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Daniela Angetter, Michael Martischnig: Biographies of Austrian physicists. A selection . Austrian State Archives, Vienna 2005, accessed on February 25, 2016.
  2. ↑ a b c d Entry about Fritz Regulator in the database of the Wilhelm Exner Medal Foundation .
  3. ^ Austrian Cartel Association: Fritz Regulator . Retrieved February 25, 2016.
  4. ↑ regulator alley in Vienna History Wiki of the city of Vienna
personal data
SURNAME Regulator, Fritz
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Regulator, Friedrich Maria
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian physicist and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH March 9, 1901
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna
DATE OF DEATH August 25, 1976
Place of death Altaussee