Gerhard Egbers

Gerhard Egbers (born June 4, 1933 in Nordhorn ) has a doctorate in engineering specializing in textile technology .

Life

Egbers studied mechanical engineering specializing in textile technology at RWTH Aachen University , where he did his doctorate under Walther Wegener . After working for a year at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology , he managed the spinning mill at NINO for several years . In 1971 he became director of the then Institute for Textile Technology in Reutlingen . In 1981 he also became a professor for textile technology at the University of Stuttgart . In the period up to his retirement in 1998, the institute grew significantly, so that in 1981 the move to the current location in Denkendorf was completed.

literature

• Birthdays. In: TextilWirtschaft. Deutscher Fachverlag, June 3, 1993, archived from the original on April 14, 2011 ; Retrieved April 14, 2011 . 
• 75th anniversary of the textile research center in Denkendorf. Close connection with the University of Stuttgart. In: Press Release No. 1/1996. University of Stuttgart, January 5, 1996, archived from the original on April 14, 2011 ; Retrieved April 14, 2011 . 
• History. Institute for Textile and Process Engineering, archived from the original on April 14, 2011 ; Retrieved April 14, 2011 . 
• Personal: Professor Dr.-Ing. Gerhard Egbers . In: Reutlinger General-Anzeiger . 4th June 2013.

Web links

• Literature by and about Gerhard Egbers in the catalog of the German National Library