Günter Petzow
Günter Petzow (born July 8, 1926 in Nordhausen im Harz) is a German materials scientist and was director at the Max Planck Institute for Metals Research .
After war service Petzow studied at the University of Stuttgart chemistry and a minor in physical metallurgy . After a diploma (1956) and doctorate (1959) in the field of constitution , he took over the working group of the same name at the Max Planck Institute for Metals Research in Stuttgart . Based on constitution research and powder metallurgy , he built the powder metallurgy laboratory in Stuttgart- Büsnau as a place for interdisciplinary research, which attracted guest scientists from around the world. This resulted in today's large MPG campus. In 1973 he was appointed Scientific Member of the Max Planck Society and Director at the Max Planck Institute for Metals Research. By using ingenious reinforcement mechanisms of the actually brittle ceramic , he created a reliable "quasi- ductility " and thus usability for extreme mechanical and thermal loads. This made Petzow the "ceramic pope". Well over 700 publications testify to his extraordinary wealth of ideas. He published the "Zeitschrift für Metallkunde", founded the "Practical Metallography" and the Metallography School in Stuttgart. His many years of extraordinary commitment as chairman of the German Society for Material Science also applied to the reorganization with German Unity in 1990. In 1989 he received the Skaupy Prize from the Powder Metallurgy Joint Committee for outstanding achievements in the field of powder metallurgy .
Petzow has received seven honorary doctorates , six honorary professorships and seven honorary memberships in prestigious scientific societies. Since 1993 he has been a full member of the Academia Europaea . The Stuttgart “Günter Petzow Prize” for outstanding research is awarded to young researchers at an annual colloquium.
Web links
- Short biography in the online portal materialography
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| SURNAME | Petzow, Günter |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German materials scientist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 8, 1926 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Nordhausen |