Jürgen Warnatz

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Jürgen Warnatz (born May 31, 1944 in Chemnitz ; † December 22, 2007 in Neckarsteinach ) was a German physicist . From 1999 to 2004 he was managing director of the interdisciplinary center for scientific computing at the Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg and from 2003 until his death chairman of the German section of the Combustion Institute.

Life

Warnatz studied physics at the Georg-August-Universität Göttingen and graduated in 1969 with the diploma thesis "Investigations into the reaction of nitrogen atoms with propyne" .

In 1971 he received his doctorate in physical chemistry at the University of Göttingen under Heinz Georg Wagner with the subject "Determination of the rate constants for reactions of fluorine atoms in the gas phase" . From 1973 to 1982 he worked as a research assistant in the Faculty of Physical Chemistry and Chemical Technology at the TH Darmstadt . He completed his habilitation in 1978 with the thesis "Calculation of the flame speed and the structure of laminar flames" .

From 1982 to 1986 and from 1987 to 1988 Warnatz was professor at Heidelberg University . In 1989 he was appointed professor for combustion at the University of Stuttgart . From 1994 he worked again as a professor at the University of Heidelberg. There he headed the reactive currents working group and was managing director of the Interdisciplinary Center for Scientific Computing from 1999 to 2004. Warnatz was awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of Trondheim in 1997. On September 11, 2003 he was elected chairman of the German section of the Combustion Institute and was chairman until his death.

research

Warnatz's general research approach was the modeling and simulation of chemically reactive flows with special attention to the molecular reactions and transport processes involved. The main research areas of his working group were:

Works (selection)

  • J. Warnatz, Chemistry of Stationary and Non-Stationary Combustion , Chap. 12 in KH Ebert, P. Deuflhard , W. Jäger (Ed.), Modeling of Chemical Reaction Systems , Springer, ISBN 3-540-10983-8 (1981)
  • N. Peters, J. Warnatz (Ed.), Numerical methods in laminar flame propagation , Vieweg, ISBN 3-528-08080-9 (1982)
  • J. Warnatz, Rate Coefficients in the C / H / O System , Chap. 5 in WC Gardiner, Jr., Combustion Chemistry , Springer, ISBN 0-387-90963-X (1984)
  • J. Warnatz, W. Jaeger (Ed.), Complex Chemical Reaction Systems , Springer, ISBN 3-540-18364-7 (1987)
  • J. Warnatz, U. Maas, RW Dibble, combustion , 3rd edition, Springer, ISBN 3-540-42128-9 (2001)
  • U. Riedel, C. Schulz, J. Warnatz, J. Wolfrum, combustion , chap. 3 in K. Kleinermanns, Bergmann / Schaefer Textbook of Experimental Physics Volume 5 - Gases, Nanosystems, Liquids , 2nd edition, Walter de Gruyter, ISBN 3-11-017484-7 (2005)
  • J. Warnatz, U. Maas, RW Dibble, Combustion , 4th ed., Springer, ISBN 978-3540677512 (2006)
  • J. Warnatz, U. Riedel, Currents with Chemical Reactions , Chap. 9 in H. Oertel jr., Prandtl guide through fluid mechanics , 12th edition, Vieweg + Teubner, ISBN 978-3834804303 (2008)

Prizes and awards

Namesake of awards

Jürgen Warnatz Gold Medal

The Jürgen Warnatz Gold Medal has been awarded every two years by the Combustion Institute at the International Symposium on Combustion since 2016. It honors people who have made significant progress in the field of combustion research.

Jürgen Warnatz Prize

Since 2017, the German section of the Combustion Institute has been awarding the Jürgen Warnatz Prize every two years for outstanding achievements in the field of combustion research. The winners should not be older than 35 years.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ https://www.genealogy.math.ndsu.nodak.edu/id.php?id=94562
  2. ↑ https://www.combustioninstitute.org/resources/awards/jurgen-warnatz-gold-medal/
  3. ↑ Honorary Doctors ( en )
  4. ^ Page of the German section of the Combustion Institute
  5. ^ Aventis Foundation: Karl Winnacker Scholarship Holders
  6. ↑ https://www.combustioninstitute.org/resources/awards/jurgen-warnatz-gold-medal/
  7. ↑ http://www.combustioninstitute.de/jwpreis.html
personal data
SURNAME Warnatz, Jürgen
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German physicist
DATE OF BIRTH May 31, 1944
PLACE OF BIRTH Chemnitz
DATE OF DEATH December 22, 2007
Place of death Neckarsteinach