Jaro Zeman

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Jaro Zeman (born August 1, 1899 in Pola ; † October 7, 1993 in Vienna ) was an Austrian mechanical engineer and university professor . He was rector of the Vienna University of Technology .

Life

Jaro Zeman spent the time in Pola until 1916 and then went to Vienna to study mechanical engineering at the Technical University. From 1922 to 1933 he worked in the industry, in 1931 he graduated as Dr. techn.

From 1934 he was assistant at the chair for internal combustion engines at the Technical University , and in 1937 he qualified as a professor for mechanical engineering. In 1939 he was appointed associate professor for machine elements and in 1944 full professor. After being laid off in 1945, he worked for VÖEST for several years . From 1954 he was again a full professor at the Technical University. In the academic years 1960/61 and 1961/62 he was dean of the faculty for mechanical engineering and electrical engineering, in the academic year 1963/64 he was elected rector of the technical university . During his rectorate, a first part of the new building for the mechanical engineering faculty was opened on Getreidemarkt .

In 1980 he was awarded the Johann Joseph Ritter von Prechtl Medal .

His notes on his hometown Pola were published posthumously by the Austrian Archeology Association in 2010 .

Publications (selection)

  • 1935: Two-stroke diesel engines of small and medium power , Springer-Verlag, Vienna / Berlin 1935
  • 1944: The two-stroke evaluation quantities and the basis for their determination , VDI-Verlag, Berlin 1944
  • 2010 (posthumous): Pola, lost home: work and life in the KuK war port; Urban development of the city of Pola using the example of the KuK military port , Historica-Verlag des Österreichischen Aräologie-Bund , 2010, ISBN 978-3-901515-15-6

literature

  • Juliane Mikoletzky, Sabine Plakolm-Forsthuber (editor): A Collection of Extraordinary Completeness / A Collection of Unusual Completeness: Die Rektorengalerie der Technische Universität Wien / The Gallery of Rectors of the TU Wien . Festschrift 200 years Technical University of Vienna, Volume 13, Vienna, Böhlau-Verlag 2015, ISBN 978-3-205-20113-7 , page 139

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ TU Vienna: functionaries . Retrieved September 13, 2019.
  2. ^ TU Wien: holder of the Prechtl Medal . Retrieved September 13, 2019.
  3. ^ Austrian Archeology Association: Historica-Austria Volume 8 - Pola: Verlorene Heimat. Work and life in the KuK naval port . Retrieved March 6, 2016.
personal data
SURNAME Zeman, Jaro
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Zeman, Jaroslav
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian mechanical engineer and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH August 1, 1899
PLACE OF BIRTH Pula
DATE OF DEATH October 7, 1993
Place of death Vienna