Hermann Grengg
Hermann Grengg (born January 14, 1891 in Judenburg , † October 25, 1978 in Graz ) was an Austrian hydraulic engineer , university professor and rector of the Graz University of Technology .
Life
Like his father, he decided to become a civil engineer. At the Graz University of Technology he studied with Ferdinand Wittenbauer and Philipp Forchheimer . After graduating in 1913, he was drafted into the military and last took part in the First World War as a commander of a high mountain company.
After a short assistant and construction company activity , he joined the newly founded Steirissche Wasserkraft- und Elektrizitäts-AG in 1922 . As design manager and later as deputy director, he helped shape the rise of this company for 16 years. In 1930 he received his doctorate. In 1937 he qualified as a professor in the field of hydropower management at the Technical University of Graz. In 1938 he was appointed to the board of the Alpenelektrowerke in Vienna. He was particularly interested in the facilities of the Drava and the Hohe Tauern. In his time, which tended to be excessive, he succeeded in pushing through his concept for the Glockner-Kaprun group against some resistance. However, he was unable to participate in the further construction of the facilities after 1945.
In 1948 he became a full professor for hydraulic engineering at the Graz University of Technology. There he created a new hydraulic engineering laboratory, was dean of his faculty and rector of the university. His professional achievements have been recognized by various honors. In 1962 he was awarded an honorary doctorate from the Technical University of Munich. In 1963 he retired, but continued to work tirelessly in science and practice. Grenng has reported on his experiences and research work in numerous publications.
He was considered to be an important representative of modern hydropower construction in Austria.
Individual evidence
- ^ Hermann Beer , Graz, full professor, Dipl-Ing. Dr. techn, Hermann Gregg 70 years, the civil engineer 36 year, 19651, no. 2 pp. 75-76. Harald Lauffer , Hermann Grengg + Austrian Water Management Volume 31, 1979, No. 1/2, pp. 32–33 Oskar Vas: Hermann Grengg - 70 years. Austrian engineering journal 4th year, 1961 No. 2 pp. 61–62.
1. Chair for steel construction: Moritz Wappler (1846–1863) | Adolf Gabriely (1864-1893) | Josef Cecerle (1893–1919) | Georg Kapsch (1920–1929) | Franz Brunner (1930–1943) | Konrad Sattler (1944–1945) | Hermann Beer (1955–1972) | Friedrich Resinger (1974–1988) | Richard Pischl (1976-2004) | Richard Greiner (1981-2010) | Harald Unterweger (since 2011)
2. Chair for Roads and Transportation: Remigius Götz (1865–1866) | Karl Scheidtenberger (1866–1885) | Martin Kovatsch (1886-1894) | Emil Teischinger (1895–1921) | Valentin Köck (1921–1923) | Paul Döll (1924–1938) | Ernst Gottstein (1940–1945) | Alois Pendl (1946–1962) | Josef Raimund Dorfwirth (1964–1974) | Herbert Köstenberger (1974–1990) | Helmut Stickler (1995-2003) | Martin Fellendorf (since 2005)
3. Chair for structural engineering: Karl Stelzel (1876–1912) | Fritz Postuvanschitz (1913–1926) | Heinrich Leitz (1929–1930) | Heinrich Neukirch (1931–1939) | Hermann Beer (1940–1955) | Ernst Chwalla (1955–1960) | Konrad Sattler (1961–1975) | Peter Klement (1975–1993) | Gernot Beer (1993–2012) | Thomas-Peter Fries (since 2013)
4. Chair for hydraulic engineering and water management: Wilhelm Heyne (1876–1894) | Philipp Forchheimer (1894–1914) | Hans Paul (1915–1938) | Armin Schoklitsch (1939–1945) | Hermann Grengg (1950–1962) | Helmut Simmler (1964–1987) | Günther Heigerth (1989–2006) | Gerald Zenz (since 2007)
5. Chair for concrete construction: Robert Bortsch (1928–1941) | Hermann Craemer (1941–1945) | Erich Friedrich (1948–1966) | Fritz Bauer (1967–1980) | Richard Küng (1973–1994) | Adalbert Koberg (1981-1995) | Lutz Sparowitz (1994–2009) | Viet Tue Nguyen (since 2010)
6. Chair for Railways and Transport Economics: Paul Döll (1940–1943) | Erwin Massute (1943–1945) | Karl Klugar (1969–1982) | Klaus Rießberger (1984–2009) | Peter Veit (since 2010)
7. Chair for Urban Water Management and Landscaping: Max Breitenöder (1957–1964) | Ernst Nemecek (1965–1988) | Helmut Renner (1983–2000) | Harald Kainz (since 2001) | Dirk Muschalla (since 2012)
8. Chair for Soil Mechanics, Foundation Engineering and Numerical Geotechnics: Christian Veder (1964–1979) | Heinz Brandl (1979–1981) | Martin Fuchsberger (1982-1993) | Stephan Semprich (1993–2011) | Roman Marte (since 2012)
9. Chair for Building Construction: Fritz Reischl (1964–1981) | Horst Gamerith (1981-2006) | Peter Kautsch (2008–2019) | Oliver Englhardt (2010–2017) | Michael Monsberger (since 2016) | Christina Hopfe (since 2020)
10. Chair for Construction Management and Construction: Rudolf Aita (1970–1978) | Norbert Raaber (1981-1996) | Gert Stadler (1996-2006) | Hans Lechner (2002–2013) | Detlef Heck (since 2006) | Gottfried Mauerhofer (since 2013)
11. Chair for materials testing and building material technology: Helmut Geymayer (1980–2002) | Peter Maydl (since 2003) | Markus Krüger (since 2015)
12. Chair for building mechanics: Rudolf Greimel (1985–2004) | Martin Schanz (since 2005)
13. Chair for rock mechanics and tunnel construction: Wulf Schubert (1993–2018) | Thomas Marcher (since 2018)
14. Chair for structural engineering: Karl Kernbichler (1997-2004)
15. Chair for wood construction and wood technology: Gerhard Schickhofer (since 2004)
retired chair for building informatics: Ulrich Walder (2004–2013); retired chair for hydraulics and hydrology: Ferdinand Wehrschütz (1974–1995) | Heinz Bergmann (1975-2002)
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| SURNAME | Grengg, Hermann |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian hydraulic engineer and university lecturer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 14, 1891 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Judenburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 25, 1978 |
| Place of death | Graz |