Georg Menges (plastics technician)

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Georg Menges (born December 19, 1923 in Gernsbach ) is a German professor and pioneer of plastics technology .

life and work

After his return from Soviet captivity Menges began in 1949 at the Technical University of Stuttgart his studies in mechanical engineering , which he in 1955 with the promotion of Dr.-Ing. graduated from Professors Erich Siebel and Karl Wellinger . He then worked for 10 years in various managerial positions in the industry. In 1965 he was appointed to the new chair for plastics processing at the Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule (RWTH) in Aachen . In Aachen in 1968 he was one of the signatories of the “ Marburg Manifesto ”, together with many other professors from RWTH Aachen University , which formed an academic front against the emerging co-determination at universities.

With his appointment to Aachen, he was also appointed director of the Institute for Plastics Processing (IKV) in Industry and Craft at RWTH Aachen University , which he headed until his retirement in 1989. With the rapid development of the plastics industry, the IKV quickly became one of the most renowned research institutes in Europe, employing up to 70 scientists, thanks to its institutionalized ties to business and industry as a research facility funded by it. The main focus of Menges' scientific work was the investigation and research of the structure and properties of plastics as well as the development of essential contributions to processes in plastics processing such as injection molding , extrusion , foaming , pressing , blow molding , thermoforming and welding and their automation. With his deformation-related approach to plastic stress, Menges also provided significant impulses for understanding the mechanics of plastics and the design of molded parts made from them. Under his leadership, more than 1500 publications and numerous specialist books were created, many of which are being continued and updated in new editions by his successors. Georg Menges is considered to be one of the pioneers in the development of numerical simulation processes (computer programs) for the calculation of flow and heat transport processes in plastics processing as well as the non-linear and anisotropic properties of plastic components and their strength-related design. From his school come over 1,200 graduate engineers , more than 210 doctorate and 5 habilitation engineers. Over 20 of the IKV graduates became university lecturers. The former rector of RWTH Aachen University, Ernst Schmachtenberg , is also a Menges student. After his retirement he was a member of several supervisory and advisory boards in plastics companies in Germany and abroad, as well as working as a consultant. Since 1999, the Georg Menges Prize, named after him, has been awarded every two years by IKV together with the Association for Plastic and Rubber Machinery in the VDMA and Plastics Europe Deutschland eV for outstanding performance in the field of plastics technology.

Honors

He has received numerous honors from well-known associations and institutions in Germany and abroad for his achievements. He was one of the first non-US Americans to be inducted into the Plastics Hall of Fame , founded in 1972, for his life's work in 2006. This is considered to be the highest distinction given in the plastics industry. In 2008 Menges was honored with the "Life Achievement Award" for his life's work at a symposium of the Society of Advanced Molding Technology (SAMT) at the Beijing University of Chemical Technology. On March 18, 2016, the Montan University Leoben awarded him an honorary doctorate due to his internationally recognized scientific achievements and the good relationships between the Montan University Leoben and the IKV that have been cultivated since the late 1960s.

Fonts

  • Materials science plastics. 6th edition. Hanser Verlag 2011, ISBN 978-3-446-42762-4 .
  • Injection molding tools - design, construction, application. 6th edition. Hanser Verlag 2007, ISBN 978-3-446-40601-8 .
  • How to Make Injection Molds. 3. Edition. Hanser, 2001, ISBN 978-3-446-21256-5 . (Translated in Chinese Copyright Carl Hanser, Munich 2002, ISBN 7-5025-4194-2 )
  • Encyclopedia of Polymer Science and Engineering. 2nd Edition. A. Wiley Intersciences Publication, 1985, ISBN 0-471-80950-0 .
  • Materials Science of Polymers for Engineers. 3. Edition. Hanser Verlag 2012, ISBN 978-1-56990-514-2 .
  • Easier understanding of the material behavior with a deformation-related approach. (= Progress reports VDI-Z. Series 5, No. 12). VDI-Verlag, Düsseldorf 1971.
  • Plastic constructions - calculation examples. VDI-Verlag 1974, ISBN 3-18-403038-5 .
  • Recycling of plastics. Hanser Verlag 1992, ISBN 3-446-16437-5 .
  • Recycling of plastics. Hanser Verlag 1995, ISBN 3-446-17412-5 .
  • Recycling and Recovery of Plastics. Hanser Gardiner 1996, ISBN 3-446-18258-6 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Wording and list of signatures of the manifesto against the politicization of universities ( memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , in: Blätter für German and international politics , born in 1968; Issue 8 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.dearchiv.de
  2. ^ Marburg Manifesto , in: Der Spiegel of July 22, 1968
  3. ↑ GW Ehrenstein, TA Osswald: Professor Georg Menges - pioneer of plastics technology - was 85 years old. In: Zeitschrift Kunststofftechnik. 01/2009 kunststoffe.de
  4. ↑ Press release of the Montan University Leoben from April 15, 2016.
personal data
SURNAME Menges, Georg
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German engineer, professor and pioneer of plastics technology
DATE OF BIRTH December 19, 1923
PLACE OF BIRTH Gernsbach