Hans Sünkel

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Hans Sünkel (born October 4, 1948 in Rottenmann , Styria) is an Austrian geodesist and university professor at Graz University of Technology. From October 2003 to the end of September 2011 he was rector of the Graz University of Technology . From 2010 to 2011 he was President of the Austrian University Conference . As such, he vehemently advocated better funding for universities and called for regulated access to university studies as well as moderate access restrictions and tuition fees in connection with a well-developed, performance-oriented and socially accurate scholarship system for Austrian universities.

Life

Sünkel studied from 1968 to 1973 Surveying at the Technical University of Graz (today TU Graz), was then Assistant Professor and received his doctorate in 1976. Dr. technicae . After a two-year research stay in 1978/79 at Ohio State University (in the US “geodesic mecca” Columbus ), where he developed geodetic applications of collocation for geoid determination , Sünkel returned to the TU Institute for Theoretical Geodesy and completed his habilitation in Graz in 1981 Department of Numerical Geodesy .

In 1983 he was appointed full professor for mathematical and numerical geodesy at Graz University of Technology. He used two honorable appointments to the University of Karlsruhe (1985) and to the Ohio State University (2001) in order to achieve better research conditions in Graz by defending himself against appointments . From 1987 to 2003 he was head of the newly organized Institute for Theoretical Geodesy at Graz University of Technology. Since 1990 he has been head of the satellite geodesy department of the Institute for Space Research (IWF) of the Austrian Academy of Sciences; from 2001 to 2004 he was also director of the IMF. In 2000, Sünkel was elected Vice- Rector for Research in the university management and in October 2003 he took over the management of TU Graz as Rector. In 2007 he was confirmed as rector for another term of office. On October 1, 2011, he handed over his post as Rector to the previous Vice Rector Harald Kainz .

Sünkel's numerous academic functions included: chairing the International Geoid Commission, chairing the Austrian Geodetic Commission (ÖGK), leading the European GOCE Gravity Consortium in preparation for the GOCE satellite mission, real membership in the Austrian Academy of Sciences and four others foreign and international academic academies, visiting professorships in the USA, China and Canada. He was a member of the ESA advisory team for GOCE (geodetic satellite), the "Austrian Geoid 2000" and chief organizer of the General Assembly of the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (IUGG) in Vienna in 1991.

In addition to his professorship at TU Graz, Sünkel currently has several other functions: Deputy Director of the Institute for Space Research (IWF) of the Austrian Academy of Sciences (ÖAW), Member of the University Council of the Medical University of Graz, Member of the Board of Trustees of the Heliopolis University Cairo, Member of the Supervisory Board of the Science Fund, Member of the Research Council Styria, Chairman of the ÖAW- Commission for scientific cooperation with departments of the Federal Ministry of Defense and Sport, member of the Advisory Board for Aerospace, etc. From 2018 to 2023 he is Chairman of the University Council of the Medical University of Graz . In addition to his academic work, he is involved in adult education in the Austrian Urania for Styria , of which he was president from 2015 to 2017.

Awards

At the suggestion of the discoverer Lutz D. Schmadel , the International Astronomical Union (IAU) christened the asteroid , which until now had the provisional designation "1992 RY", with the name (21109) Sünkel .

Since July 2010, Hans Sünkel has been an honorary member of the Austrian Catholic Student Union Traungau Graz in the ÖCV. In 2010 he was accepted as a full member of the Academia Europaea .

Web links

Commons : Hans Sünkel  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ University: Graz TU boss Hans Sünkel becomes president of the rector. In: Die Presse , December 14, 2009, accessed May 22, 2010
  2. ^ Vice Rector Kainz succeeds Sünkel as Rector. In: Die Presse , April 11, 2011, accessed November 22, 2011
  3. ↑ derStandard.at: University councils are almost complete now . Article dated April 30, 2018, accessed May 3, 2018.
  4. ^ Medical University of Graz: University Council . Retrieved March 21, 2018.
  5. ↑ Hannes Galter et al. (Ed.): The Urania in Graz - 100 years of education and culture . Leykam, Graz 2019, ISBN 978-3-7011-8110-0 , pp. 402-407 .
  6. ↑ List of all decorations awarded by the Federal President for services to the Republic of Austria from 1952 (PDF; 6.9 MB)
  7. ↑ Honor where honor is due: Christine Neuper and Hans Sünkel received the ring of honor from the city of Graz. July 4, 2019, accessed July 4, 2019 .
  8. ↑ 21109 Sunkel (1992 RY). JPL Small-Body Database Browser, accessed on May 22, 2010, 21109 Sünkel engl. Wikipedia
  9. ^ Directory of members: Hans Sünkel. Academia Europaea, accessed on August 3, 2017 .
personal data
SURNAME Sünkel, Hans
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian geodesist and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH October 4, 1948
PLACE OF BIRTH Rottenmann , Styria